I feel the need to educate. - Page 2

Mommybruno · Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:46 pm

People around here have a problem saying Walmart. Even though it's big as life up on the side of the store, there are still people who feel the need to tack on a K - Walmark. And these are people that I know can read!!

bumblebby · Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:49 pm

I also like it when a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. I realize I am asking for a lot.

"Your eyes are like deep buckets of molasses.".

Is that a compliment or an insult?

Renee · Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:52 pm

My personal fav is when people tack on an R where it doesn't belong. IdeaR, areaR, spatulaR...

Mommybruno · Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:55 pm

I'm guilty of pronouncing the H in Cool Whip. Drives my DH nuts!!

suslvgeo · Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:59 pm

You guys can grammar police all you want, BUT stay away from my.............and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or I am gonna be mad at you.

MamaK321 · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:08 pm

oh yeah..... the overuse of ......... all the.... time gets me. LOL

now ya'll have to understand I'm an exception to these rules LMAO cause I speak my own language, most often with words pronounced (thus spelled) improperly. it's the way I roll.

(its theyre ...... modge podge)

bumblebby · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:09 pm

My personal fav is when people tack on an R where it doesn't belong. IdeaR, areaR, spatulaR...

I once had an english teacher that called me "Rhonder" all the time. She was from England and often put "r's" where they did not belong. (I am not suggesting that all people from England talk like that).

Flapdoodle · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:12 pm

Oh, Sus............joo are soooo seely!!!

ScrapGoo · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:14 pm

bumblebby wrote:
My personal fav is when people tack on an R where it doesn't belong. IdeaR, areaR, spatulaR...
I once had an english teacher that called me "Rhonder" all the time. She was from England and often put "r's" where they did not belong. (I am not suggesting that all people from England talk like that).

Oooh, don't you hate it when it is your name?? I get "Jessicar" all the time from old people in Maine.

SBcrazee · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:16 pm

MamaK321 wrote: oh yeah..... the overuse of ......... all the.... time gets me. LOL

now ya'll have to understand I'm an exception to these rules LMAO cause I speak my own language, most often with words pronounced (thus spelled) improperly. it's the way I roll. (its theyre ...... modge podge)

I'm guilty of the ....(short pause), ................ (long pause), exclamation marks, smilies.
Sorry it gets to you

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Flapdoodle · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:16 pm

Mommybruno wrote:People around here have a problem saying Walmart. Even though it's big as life up on the side of the store, there are still people who feel the need to tack on a K - Walmark. And these are people that I know can read!!

Are you sure you don't live in Norf Durrum?

(North Durham, NC)

Flapdoodle · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:18 pm

SBcrazee wrote:
MamaK321 wrote: oh yeah..... the overuse of ......... all the.... time gets me. LOL

now ya'll have to understand I'm an exception to these rules LMAO cause I speak my own language, most often with words pronounced (thus spelled) improperly. it's the way I roll. (its theyre ...... modge podge)

I'm guilty of the ....(short pause), ................ (long pause), exclamation marks, smilies.
Sorry it gets to you .

There's a difference between being silly and serious. I'm probably more silly than serious. And I love my smilies!

zanettac · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:31 pm

I love my ........ and my !!!!!!! I am sure I have broken the other rules...I am pretty certain of it!!!!

Flapdoodle · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:40 pm

zanettac wrote: I love my ........ and my !!!!!!! I am sure I have broken the other rules...I am pretty certain of it!!!!

Oh guuurrrlll, please.

I'd be in jail for life for doing that.

There is a difference between being playful and inferring an accent or slang and being serious.

Knowing the difference is key, KWIM?

Laura Fiore · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:42 pm

I know I over use the ... and the !!!, but you can't change me!!!

I will also continue to use gonna and wanna, but only because I think I am in a hurry, and too (get that...it's the right too?!) important to type better than I speak! LOL

Bad grammar drives me crazy. What drives me crazier is that, in the schools here, they don't circle grammatical errors because they want to "encourage" the students to write. So my kids, who are straight A students for the most part (Nick wishes we would all forget about that ceramics class!) can't write correctly, because somebody when they were younger didn't want to stifle their writing!

Do they really think that a red circle reminding a student of an improper use is going to stifle them? I don't care if they give them a lesser grade for bad grammar, but you certainly better let them know about it if you're their English teacher!!!!!

Oh crap Jaime...did you know you were opening a can of worms for me?

ScrapGoo · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:55 pm

Laura Fiore wrote:Do they really think that a red circle reminding a student of an improper use is going to stifle them? I don't care if they give them a lesser grade for bad grammar, but you certainly better let them know about it if you're their English teacher!!!!!

I am so with you on this! I actually DO think that kids should get marked down on many papers (not drafts) for grammatical errors. Maybe it was my old school Catholic nun education, but that was exactly what English class was FOR when I was a kid. Sure we read books and had "creative" writing lessons but largely we learned spelling, grammar, and proper writing structure. Ya know? Parts of speech, sentence diagrams, shtuff like that.

Flapdoodle · Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:52 pm

I guess I'm not conveying my thoughts very well.

Heck-- I use, "wanna" and "gonna" too! It's slang, and I type that way often.

And kids should be getting marked for spelling errors! HOW the HELL are they going to learn to spell correctly??? This crap about not wanting to STIFLE their writing efforts? Seriously??
Whatever happened to "If you're going to do it, do it RIGHT."?? What's so wrong with that?

dianagirly · Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:09 pm

Huge pet peeve- people who have no idea what the @ symbol means.
It means AT for crying out loud.Not about, not around... AT!

SG_Becky · Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:16 pm

I'd like to jump into that can of worms. My major grammar pet peeve (it's more of a verbal one than a written one) is not knowing how to properly use the words "see", "saw", and "seen". OMG. I cringe every time I hear someone say "I seen". I have to fight the urge to blurt, "You SAW. To use the word "seen" you need to also use some form of the word "be"." Obviously my grammar and punctuation aren't perfect, but "I seen" just SOUNDS wrong!

bumblebby · Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:18 pm

I guess I'm not conveying my thoughts very well.

Oh, I understand you! We are kindred spirits after all.

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