What's with the creative spelling?

The BBQ Pit
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I’m a relative newbie on the SDMB and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading most of the posts. However, I’ve noticed that two words often seem to be misspelled or misused: manny instead of many and than instead of then.

Example: I believe, like manny others here, that if you have a dream, than go for it.

Is this some sort of inside joke? Am I on the outside of the clique looking in? Or do most people just not realize the error of there (sic) ways?

Gratuitous winking smilie to appear here.

BTW, for the sarcastically impaired, I realize that I misspelled their there.

Brady Bunch Quote Of The Week:

“Porkchops and applesauce.” – Peter

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Oh boy. Did I make a mistake here or what. I meant for this to be in MPSIMS instead of the Pit.

Moderator, could you please move it over there for me?

Thanks.

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Oh, no, Kepi, you made no mistake. This is bound to become a Pit topic sooner or later.

My opinion? Most people have a modest grasp of the English language. And even those of us who CAN write moderately well simply don’t proofread carefully enough before hitting “submit reply.” There’s that awful sinking feeling when you’ve hit it and spot that mistake juuuuust before it vanishes from the screen . . .

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From the Inside Jokes section of OpalCat’s Teeming Millions Web Page :

I actually read this before I selected my username, blissfully unaware that the username would acquire its own nickname.

Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine

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Me mad at EEve*#

her Say not us all gots gud Ienglish skillz 'n stu]ph ?>~ TheN her goes and spelz it juuuust whenm all of us noes it is jist^:

Hoo you ta takl, huhh! Eeeev$

Buckiey

Oh, well. We can always make more killbots.

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Oh, Bucky, I just wanna put you under glass on my mantelpiece!

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But stuff him first, right, Eve?

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Not everyone in the world is a native English speaker, either, contrary to popular misconception.

Don’t you have something better to complain about?

Dee da dee da dee dee do do / Dee ba ditty doh / Deedle dooby doo ba dee um bee ooby / Be doodle oodle doodle dee doh http://members.xoom.com/labradorian/

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labradorian -

I wasn’t complaining. If you read my second post, you would realize that I didn’t even intend for this to be in the Pit. I was just curious whether this misusage and misspelling was intentional as an inside joke.

Moderator, please cancel my request to move this out of the Pit. labradorian, being one of the sarcastically impaired, has now made it truly worthy of a Pit topic.

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Ha! Was I right, or was I right?

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Eve -

You da man! (Figuratively speaking, of course.)

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Oh, I figured it would become Pitworthy in just a bit, I’m just being lazy.

Lynn
For the Straight Dope

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Well, Lynn, that does not negate the fact that I am, indeed, Da Man.

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Sarcasm? Hell, I invented it back in early '72.

You just didn’t do it very well.

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Wow, Eve is Da Man.

That brings up large questions about my masculinity.

I have to go play with my manny dollhouses.

pat

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You’ve dedicated dollhouses to me? Ew, I think.

Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine

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I’d be more worried about the manny dolls. Very creepy or kinky or both, depending on what he does with them.

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Buy your very own manny dolls.
The new version has just come out. Pull the string and he moves a post to Great Debates. (Includes the David B insult, at no extra charge)

Get em while they are hot.

If you are of the Moderator Hating personality type. (ISTJ MODH) You can use the dolls as voodoo dolls.

pat

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Anyway…I hate when people spell lose as “loose”.

I know I’m anal and I’ve spelled a few words wrong due to carelessness or fatigue, but I cringe whenever I see that.

“Don’t look at me–I’m irrelevant.”

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I tend to write “thanx” instead of “thanks”. I know it’s “not spelled correctly”, but I find it more aesthetically pleasing.

But I agree with “your” instead of “you’re”, “there” instead of “their” or “they’re”, “loose” instead of “lose”, etc.

I’ve found that correcting people can really tick them off. If I like someone, I don’t correct them unless not correcting them will cause them undue embarassment.