# Littleman, a moment? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126 "2019-02-24T16:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/1 "2019-02-24T16:29:35Z")
I’m really not trying to be a complete dick here, but… _ **you’re** _ _ **likelihood** _ Yes, I realize it doesn’t interfere with comprehension. It just grates. Thank you, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Littleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Littleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Littleman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/2 "2019-02-24T16:39:01Z")
> [@andros](#): > > I’m really not trying to be a complete dick here, but… > _ **you’re** _ > > _ **likelihood** _ > Yes, I realize it doesn’t interfere with comprehension. It just grates. > > Thank you, carry on. Sorry, I blame typing mostly on a phone. ---
**Author:** ![Littleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Littleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Littleman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/3 "2019-02-24T17:09:07Z")
I’ve probably let a lot of “tge”'s slip in place of the too . Though the hardest to avoid has been “if” in place of “of” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/4 "2019-02-24T17:16:58Z")
> [@Littleman](#): > > I’ve probably let a lot of “tge”'s slip in place of the too . > Though the hardest to avoid has been “if” in place of “of” Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’ll eventually get the hang of “og”… ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/5 "2019-02-24T20:03:35Z")
If typos are the complaint, I hope **Littleman** will offer me a joinder so I can save on attorney’s fees. I type ‘because’ as ‘becuase’ Every.Single.Time. If you ever see that word written correctly in one of my posts you can be sure I went back and fixed the spelling. I know the correct spelling but my right fingers are faster than my left fingers (unless I’m staring at the keyboard). My ‘the’ also often presents as ‘tge.’ I do know the differences among ‘their’, 'there, ‘they’re’ and even ‘there’re.’ When I type the wrong word it’s due to some old-age aphasia, not illiteracy. (I won spelling bees before most of you were born! 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/6 "2019-02-24T20:17:51Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > (I won spelling bees before most of you were born! 😛 ) The ultimate put-down for the illiterate teenagers texting on your lawn. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/7 "2019-02-24T20:56:28Z")
As long as this pit thread exists for such pedantry: > [@U.S. violence 2017-2018. Right wing, left wing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-violence-2017-2018-right-wing-left-wing/830089/29): > > Which garnishes a lot of attention . :smack: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/8 "2019-02-24T21:10:35Z")
It’s to parsley the argument. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/9 "2019-02-24T22:06:30Z")
My fingers always, always, always, want to type “New Yourk.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/10 "2019-02-24T22:13:31Z")
I have trouble with ‘will’ It always comes out ‘wiil’ And for the life of me I cannot spell ‘tomarrow’ right the first time. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Littleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Littleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Littleman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/11 "2019-02-24T22:51:25Z")
This forum has helped restore some of my vocabulary though. I spend a lot of time with my small kids, like anyone else my vocabulary has at times been abysmally low because of it. Just having conversations with intelligent adults does wonders. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/12 "2019-02-24T23:16:00Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I won spelling bees before most of you were born! What about the part of me born after? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/13 "2019-02-24T23:40:21Z")
Long as we don’t have to deal with the part born again. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/14 "2019-02-25T01:52:40Z")
Why can’t spell check figure out restaurant? Dammit! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/15 "2019-02-25T01:57:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’ll eventually get the hang of “og”… I hope so. Og Smash! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/16 "2019-02-25T02:36:40Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > (I won spelling bees before most of you were born! 😛 ) Don’t try that ageist crap on me! I was born before bees even existed, during the early Cretaceous. We did have spelling contests when I was young, but we just called them “spelling crabronidae”. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/17 "2019-02-25T02:45:00Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Don’t try that ageist crap on me! I was born before bees even existed, during the early Cretaceous. Living in this complex world of the future must feel like having bees live inside your head. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/18 "2019-02-25T10:35:29Z")
> [@Littleman](#): > > This forum has helped restore some of my vocabulary though. > I spend a lot of time with my small kids, like anyone else my vocabulary has at times been abysmally low because of it. > Just having conversations with intelligent adults does wonders. In that case, it’s “garners attention,” not “garnishes attention.” Unless you mean that you’ve somehow added some decorations to the abstract concept of attention. Also, because this is the thread to get out inner grammar Nazi, I have one more thing to say: You have a comma splice in your second “paragraph.” ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/19 "2019-02-25T12:53:27Z")
Why in heaven’s name did anybody Pit **Littleman** for a _spelling error_? This oaf is a moron, troll, liar and/or hypocrite. In another thread he asserts that suicides are inversely correlated to gun ownership and posts links that demonstrate the opposite! I call him on that; he revises his claim; and posts another link that, like the earlier links, contradicts his claim. In the post before the following I excerpted from his cited source to show that the top 15 states for suicides were essentially all redneck gun-loving states and that, the ten states lowest for suicides were all run by Democratic gun-grabber types. > [@Question for anti gun people? home defense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-anti-gun-people-home-defense/829475/347): > > Hey look at that, no consistent correlation to suicides, just as I said This is all too stupid for **Littleman** to be just another Trump-licking moron. The guy is obviously some sort of troll playing us for laughs. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126/20 "2019-02-25T14:21:30Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > In that case, it’s “garners attention,” not “garnishes attention.” Unless you mean that you’ve somehow added some decorations to the abstract concept of attention. Or if some part of your attention has been legally confiscated, like garnishing someone’s wages. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littleman-a-moment/830126.md?page=2)