# Stop typing like and uneducated fool **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833 "2002-10-11T16:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/1 "2002-10-11T16:08:55Z")
In light of Bush’s new (cue-lar) war, assholes throwing things at joggers, and “parents” baking infants, I know this is a petty thing. Almost worth ignoring. Move on, nothing to see here. But damn it, there is a grammer “foe pah” that is really starting to bug me, irregardless of weather it makes any sence. And that is using “and” for “an.” Half and hour. This is such and arbitrary decision. Annd Coulter is such and ass. Wutthefuk? Since when did this become acceptable? Over maybe the past year I’ve seen this idiocy grow to epidemic proportions. Not just on this board, but on others as well. And I’ve even seen it in newsprint and in catalogues. **AN** , assnuggets, **AN**! ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/2 "2002-10-11T16:43:38Z")
faux pas ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/3 "2002-10-11T16:45:17Z")
As a mnemonic device, remember that “AN” can also stand for “Ass Nugget”. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/4 "2002-10-11T16:53:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Forbin \* > \*\*faux pas \*\* Um… Yeah, I know. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/5 "2002-10-11T16:58:33Z")
Hmm… That’s funny. That particular mistake hasn’t stuck out at me, especially not here. Maybe I just ignore it. The one I notice here a lot, though, is **loose** when the poster really means **lose**. For said posters: To “loose” something (when one uses it as a verb, which you invariably, and mistakenly, do) means to set something free, to untie something. It rhymes with “juice.” “Lose” is how you spell it when you mean something has gone missing. I’m not even going to bother with the whole “its/it’s” debacle. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/6 "2002-10-11T17:04:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tdn \* > \*\* > But damn it, there is a grammer “foe pah” that is really starting to bug me, irregardless of weather it makes any sence. > \*\* There is only so much tongue-biting one should be expected to endure. Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/7 "2002-10-11T17:09:12Z")
I was whooshed. :hangs head in shame: ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/8 "2002-10-11T17:10:55Z")
Pissant complaints, all. More heinous are “should of,” “would of,” and “could of” ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/9 "2002-10-11T17:16:47Z")
I would of listened to your complaint, **stofsky** , but after reading the word “pissant” I was alight with juvenile giggling. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/10 "2002-10-11T17:17:21Z")
Pet peeve of mine is when someone will use ‘has’ when they really mean ‘as’. I know a guy who writes e-mail, papers, everything, saying things such as: Has high has a kite. AGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/11 "2002-10-11T17:19:13Z")
oh yes - nodding in agreement here. And what about "…equally **as** (adjective) … ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/12 "2002-10-11T17:24:02Z")
Ditto the OP. As a matter of fact, [I said it first](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=124327&highlight=conjunction)! ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/13 "2002-10-11T17:32:44Z")
I really **could** care less. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/14 "2002-10-11T17:52:56Z")
AHunter3: > [@](#): > > As a matter of fact, I said it first! D’oh! I guess I missed it first time around. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/15 "2002-10-11T18:02:18Z")
's all right. I could’ve used the supportive voice at the time though. I actually had people jumping on me for griping about it! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/16 "2002-10-11T18:07:00Z")
No, no, sorry fellas. The worst offender on earth is the dreaded appostrohe. It’s its, not it’s, damnit! You have lizzard’s for sale? Lizzard’s what? Lizzard’s gizzards? Pluralization does not require an aposrtophe in almost **any** circumstance! It’s really not that hard! The hat belongs to Sue: Sue’s hat More than one hat beolngs to Sue: Sue’s hats The tag in the hat which belongs to Sue: Sue’s hat’s tag Seeeeee? How hard is it?! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/17 "2002-10-11T18:12:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\*'s all right. I could’ve used the supportive voice at the time though. I actually had people jumping on me for griping about it! \*\* That’s because you called people “fucking idiots.” They didn’t take kindly to that. I, on the other hand, merely called them “assnuggets.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/18 "2002-10-11T18:13:02Z")
Damn. I really did spell check. What went wrong? _sob_ ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/19 "2002-10-11T18:17:32Z")
And, moving on, we come to as/like (on which I gave up years ago). Kids! What is wrong with the following ad copy: “Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should”? ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833/20 "2002-10-11T18:18:05Z")
Insignificant as they may be, the errors that get me are: to, two, and too. their, there, and they’re. There is a difference. Just because they sound alike does not mean they are interchangable. (This is not meant for anyone here - mostly for my friends and co-workers who apparently never made it past 3rd grade and who get all pissy when I correct them). Oh, yes. Excuse me one moment since I cannot stand up and yell this in the office … THERE IS NO SUCH WORD AS IRREGARDLESS - I **DO NOT CARE** THAT IT IS NOW IN THE DICTIONARY - DID YOU READ THE DEFINITION “INCORRECT OR HUMOROUS USAGE”? - YOU ARE WRONG AND IF YOU SAY IT ONE MORE TIME TODAY I AM WALKING ACROSS THE HALL AND CHOKING YOU TILL YOU ARE BLUE! Thank you. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-typing-like-and-uneducated-fool/131833.md?page=2)