Bah.

[ysobelle]

Am I the only human left who knows "burgandy" isn't a word? It's BURGUNDY, you twits! It's a colour, it's a wine, it's a sauce, and it's a region in France! Take your pick! What is it NOT? Spelt with an A!


And for the record, it's the closed captioning on "A Daily Show" that put me over the edge.

Comments

[dansr.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one.
It's one of my favourite colours/wines/sauces.

I love you.

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

I think that "lavendar" bothers me more.

[ysobelle.livejournal.com]

Oh, G-d, that too!

[silverstah.livejournal.com]

Yep, that one bothers me more, too.

(Mostly because *I* still misspell burgundy sometimes. *grin*)

[surlywench.livejournal.com]

a lot = much of something

alot = not a word, no really. NOT A WORD.

allot= to divy up or distribute


and re: the wench boards: if a catholic nun can firmly recognize the difference between morals and ethics, please to be SHUTTING THE FUCK UP. kthks.

[surlywench.livejournal.com]

*divvy, i suck because i can't edit my comments :(

[fondor.livejournal.com]

I've been seeing many occurrences of formally and formerly in professional communications. It can be annoying and also change the meaning.

[hederaivy.livejournal.com]

Doesn't the misuse of the language just drive you over the edge? I was reading a sewing forum the other day where a professional sewing teacher mentioned that the petal of her sewing machine was broken because her cat had chewed the cord. She thought perhaps if she had the cat spade it would settle down.
Another professional website had the words till and badge where they really meant teal and beige.
Using then instead of than is another one that just makes me grind my teeth, as in "I bought more then her".
Oh..and then there's the ever-popular rouge/rogue switch. I had to stop reading the wench board two years ago because most of those people just can't write.

Did they really call it A Daily Show? ...and it wasn't part of the humor?

[ysobelle.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's "A Daily Show" until the strike is over. And it's followed by the colberT reporT, with both Ts sounded. And neither host has papers in his hands when doing the opening greeting, as per usual.

Did you see SC's tribute to his writing staff on the 23rd?

[skiafoxmorgan.livejournal.com]

and so, when I did it in a post recently, you must have groaned. I don't necessarily spellcheck my postings as well as I do my editings.

LOL

I just went and checked the posting again. Yep. I really did it.

[relisabeth.livejournal.com]

An object at rest is stationary.

You use stationery to write upon.

(Yes, the burgundy thing drives me up a wall!)

and for your amusement:a blog about bad punctuation (http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/)

[sheraqaw.livejournal.com]

I absolutely choke when a staff member comes to me and says, " Mr. ....... say can he have a soda". I believe that I will be fired for throwing a dictionary AND a thesaurus at someone.

[relisabeth.livejournal.com]

I always say that Mr....... can...if he asks for one. I get quite a few blankly inquisitive looks in response.

[sheraqaw.livejournal.com]

I plan to write a book entitled, "How To Talk English Gooder"