# Most annoying misspellings **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123 "2010-03-03T14:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/1 "2010-03-03T14:56:14Z")
1. “Bare with me.” Look, if you wanna get naked go right ahead, but please don’t ask me to join you. It’s still winter where I live. 2. “I’m hungary.” I don’t understand – do you lack satiety? Or are you claiming to be a landlocked Carpathian nation? Even worse is “I’m hungery,” in which case I don’t know WTF you are talking about. 3. That whole there/their/they’re thing. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/2 "2010-03-03T14:58:14Z")
loose for lose ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/3 "2010-03-03T15:10:00Z")
I’ve been seeing past/passed confusion in the recent passed. Walla. Um, it’s voila. Not long ago someone on this board called a threesome a manaja twah, or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![JerseyFrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/4 "2010-03-03T15:12:11Z")
where/were Ever been there? Yes, we where there. I saw this all the time in Miami. Not so much here in NJ. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/5 "2010-03-03T15:14:01Z")
its/it’s. The latter means “it is” or “it was.” Otherwise, use the former. This misspelling has crossed over into “yours/your’s” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/6 "2010-03-03T15:16:50Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Walla. Um, it’s voila. Not to be confused with “viola.” And anything that may or may not have an apostrophe. ---
**Author:** ![Vernon\_Vernons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce73a5/32.png) [@Vernon\_Vernons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vernon_Vernons)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/7 "2010-03-03T15:20:23Z")
I keep seeing people typing “of” for “have” and it’s melting my will to live. “We could of gone, but we decided not to.” :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/8 "2010-03-03T15:24:22Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > 1. “Bare with me.” Look, if you wanna get naked go right ahead, but please don’t ask me to join you. It’s still winter where I live. You do **not** mess with an American’s right to bare arms!!! In addition to all the above, Isreal. Yes, it is. The name of the country, however, is _Israel_. ---
**Author:** ![RedBloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/9 "2010-03-03T15:26:49Z")
I don’t have the heart to correct my friend who constantly uses “your” for “you’re”. Your kidding me RedBloom! AGH!! ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/10 "2010-03-03T15:44:50Z")
How about the rampant confusion between the words ‘prostate’ and ‘prostrate’? They say/write one, when they mean the other. Happens _all_ the time. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/11 "2010-03-03T15:51:02Z")
Mine will always be _chaise lounge_ for _chaise longue_, although it’s been misspelled that way in the US since about 1950 so it’s included in some US dictionaries as an alternative spelling. :smack: > [@tdn](#): > > Not long ago someone on this board called a threesome a manaja twah, or something like that. Please find link. I must see this. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/12 "2010-03-03T15:59:08Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Please find link. I must see this. I wouldn’t even know where to start! The actual misspelling would make for some great keywords, but I can’t remember exactly what the misspelling was. It was posted within the last week, and I’m pretty sure it wasn’t in a sex-related thread. Instead of “twah”, it might have been “toi”, but we can’t search on 3-letter words. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/13 "2010-03-03T16:01:51Z")
> [@Vernon\_Vernons](#): > > I keep seeing people typing “of” for “have” and it’s melting my will to live. > > “We could of gone, but we decided not to.” > > :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: Nitpick: they aren’t typing “of” for “have,” they’re typing “of” for the contraction “'ve.” “We could’ve gone” ==\> “We could of gone” No, that doesn’t make it any better. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/14 "2010-03-03T16:03:11Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Not long ago someone on this board called a threesome a manaja twah, or something like that. I may change my username. That rocks! A little kid we knew when he was a little kid preferred listening to Moonlight Sinatra. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/15 "2010-03-03T16:44:18Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’ve been seeing past/passed confusion in the recent passed. > > Walla. Um, it’s voila. > > Not long ago someone on this board called a threesome a manaja twah, or something like that. That reminds me of the time I was chatting with some random person, and they spelled _moi_ “ma wa”. That was over a decade ago, and I still laugh when I think about it. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/16 "2010-03-03T17:00:53Z")
Apostrophes in plurals, such as “Here are some photo’s”. The apostrophe has been so overused it might as well mean “Here comes an ‘s’, everybody!” ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/17 "2010-03-03T17:09:56Z")
The ones I hate the most are the ones I make. Your/you’re I always have to stop briefly to make sure I write it right. Occasionally comes out occassionally or ocasionally or who knows what. I’ve given up on that one, and just right-click on the red squiggly line to fix it. A few years back, I was writing some code that “aligned” something, and couldn’t ever remember if the spelling was align or allign. The subroutine names and file names and all the calls went back and forth for about a month. Drove myself nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/18 "2010-03-03T17:18:24Z")
Definately - seen here all the time. Read the comments in any on-line newspaper in the English-speaking world and prepare to weep. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/19 "2010-03-03T17:28:12Z")
These are along the same lines as “could of”: 1. All of **the** sudden 2. He **use** to do that. #1 was actually in my newspaper this week. #2 was used several times in one thread here on the board within the last day or two. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/20 "2010-03-03T17:30:46Z")
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