# What's with all the S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G in current music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874 "2007-03-06T23:11:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/1 "2007-03-06T23:11:26Z")
Seriously, W-to the-T-to the-F is going on? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/2 "2007-03-06T23:15:43Z")
I dunno. If you ask me, that shit is B-A-N-A-N-A-S. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/3 "2007-03-06T23:17:54Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] I dunno. If you ask me, that shit is B-A-N-A-N-A-S. [/QUOTE] Which, as a snack, are T- to the-A-to the-S-T-Y, tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/4 "2007-03-06T23:47:12Z")
Today’s kids are all about literacy. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/5 "2007-03-06T23:49:19Z")
Not just current. Try D-I-V-O-R-C-E for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/6 "2007-03-06T23:56:09Z")
Today’s artists are just looking for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/7 "2007-03-07T00:21:31Z")
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/8 "2007-03-07T00:22:54Z")
M is for the many things . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/9 "2007-03-07T01:29:46Z")
I don’t know what you’re talking about. Some examples would help. -frL- ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/10 "2007-03-07T01:36:52Z")
M-I-C see you real soon! …Nah ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/11 "2007-03-07T02:30:59Z")
These lyricists just want to spare you from having to consult [your dictionary](http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/s_Dictionary.html) (scroll down a tad). ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/12 "2007-03-07T02:31:40Z")
What an appropriate post. What’s the new song that does this? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/13 "2007-03-07T02:32:55Z")
Spelling in music usually S-U-C-K-S, but look at the bright side: “This shit is bananas/B-A-N-A-N-A-S!” is the funniest thing in recent music history. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/14 "2007-03-07T02:34:47Z")
L-O-L-A Lola… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/15 "2007-03-07T02:35:49Z")
B I N-G-O and Bingo was his name-o. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/16 "2007-03-07T03:50:48Z")
It’s a F - A - D. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/17 "2007-03-07T04:05:55Z")
Has someone been playing Fergalicious too often? ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/18 "2007-03-07T04:11:08Z")
Her name was: G L O R I I I I… G L O R I A ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/19 "2007-03-07T04:13:58Z")
Maybe the difference these days is that songs are spelled in teh l33tsp33k. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874/20 "2007-03-07T12:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] I dunno. If you ask me, that shit is B-A-N-A-N-A-S. [/QUOTE] Gabe Saporta, the lead singer of Midtown and [Cobra Starship](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Starship) did a dead-on parody of this song, called “Hollaback Boy.” When it gets to the spelling part, his version goes, “This shit is… Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! S-U-P-E-R-C-A-L-A-F-R-A … What?!” and then stops trying to spell and drops the idea completely. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g-in-current-music/394874.md?page=2)