I’m seeing it everywhere today.
It’s “etc.” It’s short for “et cetera”, which is Latin for “and others”.
What makes you think it’s “ect”? Everytime you see “etc.” in print, do you think to yourself “hey, they spelled ‘ect’ wrong”?
I generally lean more towards description than prescription, but this one really chaps my tits.
I await the inevitable wrath of Gaudere…
How else do you suggest I abbreviate “ectoplasm” when discussing Ghostbusters, huh?
In my case, it’s usually a typo that auto-correct didn’t correct or that I didn’t correct. (I’m famous for taht, adn, and teh, as well.)
Obviously, I can’t speak for anyone else.
I agree completely! Those damn shock doctors lie! I don’t care what they say, bilateral, monolateral, reduced voltage, whatever, it’s still destructive of healthy brain tissue and it’s still not safe! ECT should be a restricted category treatment and should most definitely not be prescribed willy-nilly!
Why don’t they at least rule out other causes, other ailments, and holistic alternative treatments bef-
WHAT?
oh. NEV-er mind…
Yeah, people do that alot [sic].
That’s the one that chaps my tits (so to speak) - alot. I pretty much lose all respect for someone’s opinion when they toss one of those into a post. Grammar nazi? Moi?
My pet peeve is when I see “and etc.” That’s like saying “PIN number” or “ATM machine.”
Huh, I thought it was Chicagan for Peter Cetera. Now I know.
No, it’s his brother Edwin Thomas Cetera, a disciple of e.e. cummings.
But how else do you abbreviate the generic term “early cromulence test”?
(By the way, according to my dyslexic keyboard, the term abbreviated is sometimes rendered ec tetera – perhaps that is what is meant?)
I suspect that many people who spell it “ect” also pronounce it “eck-setter-a”. Which is an even bigger peeve of mine.
‘ect’ is the abbreviation for ectartere. It means “with tartar sauce.”
(what?)
Hey, h.sapiens, how much would it annoy you to know that I typically pronounce ‘etc.’ as “ect” (or, ‘ehkt’, to specify the pronunciation better)?
That’s how Buckwheat spells it. “Eck-tetera.”
The word I was seeing yesterday was ‘rouge’, as in ‘lovable charismatic rouge’, ‘rouge data point’, ect.
Is that like those guages they use to measure stuff, Nanoda? (Okay, in all fairness, that’s a word that looks wrong both ways.)
Don’t it though?
My current bugaboo (although** ect. **is a longstanding major one) is “tounge.” Man, I actually have to apply Carmex to both tits after that one. Literally.
[very slight nitpick] It’s Latin for “and others of the same kind”, which is different from “et alii/et aliae/et alia”, Latin for “and others.”[/very slight nitpick]
And I gotta axe you: How hard is it for people to pronunciate words correctly?
Or “The La Brea Tar Pits.”
I hate it when people mix up i.e., e.g., and et al.
And his trusty sidekick Mascara! 
