That's DEFINITELY not how it's spelled.

The BBQ Pit
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This isn’t going to be a long rant, because it’s a simple and (to be honest) inconsequential subject. Probably a stupid waste of time. But I have to comment.

The spelling of the word which means “absolutely, certainly, positively, unquestionably” is “definitely”. It derives from “definitus”, the past participle of the Latin root “definire”, to define. How in the hell did this trend get started? I did a search and found hundreds of incidences of this mistake. Does the word sound like “definately” when these people say it? “deh-fin-eight-lee”?

Now, I realize that spelling errors are made frequently on this board, and I have no problem with the occasional misspelling (it’s not like my spelling’s perfect). But to see instance after instance in which this particular word is misspelled is maddening. Maybe I’m being unreasonable, but it’s the only word I see consistently misspelled, not only on this board, but now in e-mails as well. I’d hate for this to become correct through popular usage.

That’s all. I told you it was going to be stupid. It’s not even worth any swear words. Here, I’ll start the :rolleyes:'s for you.

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I think you misspelled " :wink: ".

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Your right!

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Thank you! I’m never quite sure how it’s spelled, and now I know! I was never sure if it was “-ely” or “-ley”. Misspellings are one of my pet peeves too.

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No, but in parts of the South, it is pronounced “deh’-fuh-nuht-lee”.

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Don’t be rediculous.

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Calm down, man, don’t loose your cool.

:slight_smile:

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You deffinitely have a point!

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One that gets me is

Congradulations!

I’m guessing that people got a cutesy card for their jr. high graduation ceremony, and it somehow stuck in their heads.

Cutsey cards should be burned. All of them.

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Yes, its a pisser. :wink:

I always think “de-finite-ly” to remember how to spell it, “finite” being the key word. (I also remember Connect-i-cut to spell that right, too.)

Esprix

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I went to the libary to sees if you were right. You were.

I hate fragments.

:slight_smile:

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Their are far to many people who do stupid things like that.

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Sight, Please!

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My first languadge is French, but even I know spelling bedder den dat.

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thanq god four spel chek, im the werst speler i nowe.

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There’s been some really good imput to this thread.

I’ve got to go fix the spicket for the garden hose now.

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I could of told you that

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And some folk’s need to learn the appropriate use for apostrophe’s.

(Okay, I haven’t seen it on this board, but I see it constantly on store signs near where I live. People think you need an apostrophe before any terminal “s”.)

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if yopu take a look at teh thread I posted in IMHO abuot this, your’ll see that allot of loosers ony do this for affect.

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That is such and annoying misspelling!