*sigh.*

[kuangning]

Sometimes, I want to make a list of oft-mangled words that make me cringe and not want to read communities.

The herb that makes the tea to start menstruation (incidentally, that makes it an emmenagogue) is parsley. Not, as some would have us believe, "parsely". No, dear, spelling it the same wrong way consistently still doesn't make you right.

Also, unless you are oviparous, and if you are, then you should be rich, that being something humans aren't designed to be, you are not laying in your bed in night. You are lying there. I know, I occasionally make the same mistake, and have to refer back to the rule to correct myself. But... try, won't you? Please?

No, I'm not going to strip with you. But if you're asking my indulgence, then certainly I can bear with you. Not "bare". That's just rude when we've never met before, don't you think?

While we're at it, I wish I could make the misspelling "dissapear", well, disappear.

Yep. Sometimes I want to make a list. And make it easy to find. Definitely post it somewhere online. And then I remember -- there already are lists. They're called "dictionaries". And, well, we know these people already aren't consulting them.

But oh, how I wish they would.

Comments

Sing it, sister!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

"Saftey" is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.

Also, "birth" is a NOUN. "To bear" a child is the verb... no matter how politically correct and newly popular the word "birthing" may be.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

The lay/lie confusion is one of my peeves. One of the teachers at the school where I taught last year confused them frequently, or rather, always said "lay." I think people assume "lie" means to tell a falsehood, and thus, is wrong.

Lay requires an object. I see it as easy, but then, I see English as a delightful adventure.

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

I think I love you.

[lothie.livejournal.com]

I probably misspell parsley. *embarrassed*

HAHAH!

[rare.livejournal.com]

You're a word/grammar snob too! I blame my grandmother, since she always corrected me, but now I expect people to pay attention. And these are definitely good. Oh, the danger of homonyms! And the evils of internet chat rooms! "Thx, u gave me teh rite word 2 use!" *argh*

[anoisblue.livejournal.com]

I'm guilty of laying vs. lying, I think. That one always gets me. If you see it wrong in a post of mine, please tell me.

Can we add the millions who write loose when they mean lose? Drives me nuts.

[scarlett13.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling that I am not the only one receiving e-mail and wanting to correct spelling and grammar and send it back.