# What's with the creative spelling? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680 "2000-02-09T17:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/1 "2000-02-09T17:32:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/2 "2000-02-09T17:35:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/3 "2000-02-09T17:47:00Z")
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 . . . ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/4 "2000-02-09T17:56:00Z")
From the [Inside Jokes](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/injokes.html) section of **OpalCat** ’s [Teeming Millions Web Page](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/) : > [@](#): > > _ **manny** _ instead of many, ie, “There are manny manny posts in the Ruda Duda thread.” – Once upon a time (last December, thereabouts), a dude named ZSPhobiaSZ started posting to the MB. All his posts started like this: MANNY PEOPLE ASK ME AND NOW I WONDER… He always typed in all caps, had horrific spelling, and was amazingly racist and ant-Semitic. So much, so, that a lot of people began to suspect that he was really a reg in disguise, trying to piss people off. He became known as Manny Peoples, and people make fun of his spelling by spelling many as manny to this day. Some of his posts are enshrined on the Page O’ Flames. [explained by Kyla Sedai] 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 ---
**Author:** ![Bucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bucky)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/5 "2000-02-09T19:50:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/6 "2000-02-09T19:53:00Z")
Oh, Bucky, I just wanna put you under glass on my mantelpiece! ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/7 "2000-02-09T20:19:00Z")
But stuff him first, right, Eve? ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/8 "2000-02-09T20:38:00Z")
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/](http://members.xoom.com/labradorian/) ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/9 "2000-02-09T20:52:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/10 "2000-02-09T21:02:00Z")
Ha! Was I right, or was I right? ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/11 "2000-02-09T21:07:00Z")
Eve - You da man! (Figuratively speaking, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/12 "2000-02-09T21:45:00Z")
Oh, I figured it would become Pitworthy in just a bit, I’m just being lazy. Lynn For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/13 "2000-02-09T21:51:00Z")
Well, Lynn, that does not negate the fact that I am, indeed, Da Man. ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/14 "2000-02-09T22:41:00Z")
Sarcasm? Hell, I invented it back in early '72. You just didn’t do it very well. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/15 "2000-02-09T22:54:00Z")
Wow, Eve is Da Man. That brings up large questions about my masculinity. I have to go play with my manny dollhouses. pat ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/16 "2000-02-09T23:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by pricciar: > \*\*I have to go play with my manny dollhouses. > > pat\*\* You’ve dedicated dollhouses to me? Ew, I think. * * * Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/17 "2000-02-09T23:15:00Z")
I’d be more worried about the manny dolls. Very creepy or kinky or both, depending on what he does with them. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/18 "2000-02-09T23:22:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/19 "2000-02-10T03:28:00Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680/20 "2000-02-10T14:30:00Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-creative-spelling/4680.md?page=2)