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Quitters (plural) has 2 T's In It

• DannyPhan 1,013 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 4:18 PM

  3puttsSuk:

  And we all know Yancytalk is in perfect form.  Theirs no way your gonna mess that stuffables up.

  gr8flbob:

  OK, I'll play!

  No moron, it's not 'maroon'.

  It is if you're playing Bugs Bunny!

  By the way, you have some Updock in your hair.

• mara43 1,674 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 4:18 PM

  TesLa33:

  JohnHancock:

  It is in England - home of the English language, not the abused version you speak in America :)

   

   

  spelt/spelt/

  Noun:

  An old kind of wheat (Triticum spelta) with bearded ears and spikelets that each contain two narrow grains, not widely grown but favored...

   

  spelt ²  (splt)

  v.

  A past tense and a past participle of spell¹.

  The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

   

• TesLa33 109 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 4:30 PM

  mara43:

  spelt ²  (splt)

  v.

  A past tense and a past participle of spell¹.

   

  I kind of like the funky wheat definition better.. after all, it is favored. ;)

   

• LeonDelBosque 1,551 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 4:44 PM

  "It is in England - home of the English language, not the abused version you speak in America :)"

  Just kidding, man taking the piss, mate

• mara43 1,674 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 4:45 PM

  TesLa33:

  mara43:

  spelt ²  (splt)

  v.

  A past tense and a past participle of spell¹.

   

  I kind of like the funky wheat definition better.. after all, it is favored. ;)

   

  lol..  :)

   

• godelescher 636 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 5:24 PM

  I have a lot!

  • a lot vs. alot
  • compliment vs. complement
  • Totally agree with the -'s, though it annoys me that the possessive "its" does not have an apostrophe
  • People italicizing or emboldening the wrong word in a sentence for emphasis.
  • It's a "person who..." and a "thing that...", as in, "People that speak good English are pompous". The whole "person who..." and "thing that..." problem is epidemic.
  • But the one that makes my eye twitch is, "anyways".

  Had to edit this one because I just thought of some more:

  • People who say "amongst" or "amidst" when they actually mean "among" or "amid"
  • People who use "who" when they should use "whom" don't bother me half as much as people whom use "whom" because they think sounds smart.

• nanstar 4,914 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 5:41 PM

  godelescher:

   

  • compliment vs. complement

   

   

  A sign I once saw in a chicken shop still haunts me to this day.

  "Chips, they compliment your chicken meal' (talking chips:)

  And in our local supermarket on mass produced expensive looking signage.

  "Nuts, the perfect healty snack'  :(

   

• LeonDelBosque 1,551 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 6:29 PM

  Mid-afternoon, guy gets a beer at a deserted bar, bartender goes into the back to get something.

  Guy hears some whispering..... "Wow, nice suit" .... "You sure are handsome" ... "Great haircut."

  He looks around, doesn't see anyone. Bartender comes back.

  Guys says, "Man, I must be going crazy. I could swear I just heard voices, saying nice things about me."

  Bartender says, "Oh yeah, that's the peanuts.  They're complimentary."

• godelescher 636 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 7:04 PM

  LeonDelBosque:

  Bartender says, "Oh yeah, that's the peanuts.  They're complimentary."

  lol

• SgtDoodles 3,112 Posts

  Tue, Feb 21 2012 11:31 AM

  I should know better than to tease WGT's majority, but...

  It's doughnut, not donut!

  It's colour, not color!

  It's favour, not favor!

  I could go on... but, you get my point.