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.
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 . . .
Not everyone in the world is a native English speaker, either, contrary to popular misconception.
Don’t you have something better to complain about?
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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.
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.
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.