Originally posted by BrokenCircles
reply to post by Nanocyte

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The following is simply my opinion, with nothing to back it up:


I think that many common errors often become learned behavior mostly due to mimicking.
People are always in a hurry, and just don't have enough time to think for themselves.
The more frequently they see others doing it, the more they're going to believe that it is correct.

Originally posted by trollz

Originally posted by BrokenCircles
reply to post by Nanocyte

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The following is simply my opinion, with nothing to back it up:


I think that many common errors often become learned behavior mostly due to mimicking.
People are always in a hurry, and just don't have enough time to think for themselves.
The more frequently they see others doing it, the more they're going to believe that it is correct.

Yes, the mimicking is a large aspect of it, especially now with the prevalence of cell phones and text chatting.
A story for anyone interested that may or may not be relevant in some way:
I knew a girl who would very consistently misuse the word "your" in place of "you're". One day I explained to her that she was using this word incorrectly. She continued to do so, so I eventually reminded her. The thing is that she KNEW she was using it improperly and yet refused to correct herself. Why continue to do so? Is this some kind of fad? Is it somehow "cute", like typing "ur"?

Originally posted by Mr Headshot
reply to post by Nanocyte

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I've come to think that people who capitalize random words in the middle of sentences are schizophrenic. I don't mean People who Do this. I MEAN people who DO this.

The reason I believe this is because they usually talk about reptiles, or an extremist version of whatever God they believe in.

I'm not talking about your average religious person, I'm talking about the really in your face, "you're going to hell" type of religion.

Originally posted by Cherry0

Originally posted by SpearMint
Nothing Is More Annoying Than When People Type Like This Though. I have a lot of pet peeves when it comes to typing, and Facebook really brings them out. Another fairly common one is when people replace all commas or full stops with ellipses, or when people use incorrect phrases like "I could care less". Don't even get me started on "their", "they're", "there", "your", "you're", "they're", "their" and "there".

I'm a very irritable person...

edit on 17-1-2013 by SpearMint because: (no reason given)

Here you go!

"The speaker here is saying, "What little care I do have for this subject -- and trust me it's not a lot! -- I feel so much disdain for it or you that I cannot be bothered to alter that level of care. It's clear from my venomous delivery that I care at least a little, and I could theoretically care less or not at all. I *could* care less, but I don't care enough to care less, and frankly I'm tired of hearing you talk about it, Full Stop."

Grammar Girl

Originally posted by InTheLight
I found this interesting article on bad spelling may equate to excellent password protection. LOL

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Originally posted by SpearMint

Originally posted by Cherry0

Originally posted by SpearMint
Nothing Is More Annoying Than When People Type Like This Though. I have a lot of pet peeves when it comes to typing, and Facebook really brings them out. Another fairly common one is when people replace all commas or full stops with ellipses, or when people use incorrect phrases like "I could care less". Don't even get me started on "their", "they're", "there", "your", "you're", "they're", "their" and "there".

I'm a very irritable person...

edit on 17-1-2013 by SpearMint because: (no reason given)

Here you go!

"The speaker here is saying, "What little care I do have for this subject -- and trust me it's not a lot! -- I feel so much disdain for it or you that I cannot be bothered to alter that level of care. It's clear from my venomous delivery that I care at least a little, and I could theoretically care less or not at all. I *could* care less, but I don't care enough to care less, and frankly I'm tired of hearing you talk about it, Full Stop."

Grammar Girl

I'm pretty sure they usually mean "I couldn't care less". Saying "I could care less" doesn't really convey what you just said.

"What no one has mentioned yet is DO YOU see an alien/reptilian face or am I onto nothing here?

The face is VERY clear to me. It's so clear that when I was skimming through the magazine it stood out.

You have to remember that each page of advertisement costs OVER $10,000, so why choose an image that LOOKS like a reptilian/alien face?

It makes no sense.

Deny Ignorance."

"ROYALTY. Power. Class system. Social system. History. Surname. Blood. Acts. Ancestors acts."