Pocono
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:06:15 PM
Thus thred is sully and tha modertaters shad clothes it
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december3
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:07:54 PM
I CU have 2 of these dresses 4 sale. They are spending too much time in chat rooms. All the children who are growing up with internet access will write that way.
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Meya
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:07:58 PM
Pocono, you sound like the British Policeman pretending to be French on Allo Allo!
Seriously, most of my mistakes are due to rushing, not because I don't know any better.
I have trouble with effect and affect.  It's been explained to me a bunch, and I just can't remember it.
[ edited by Meya on Jan 17, 2001 06:09 PM ]
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eventer
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:10:13 PM
sharkbaby,
My dictionary is from 1977, so it's not just been added yesterday to be offensive. It's been a legitimately recognized word for some time..the "misuse" of it, however, is what you may find upsetting.
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Kaffro
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:23:22 PM
"I C U have 2 of these dresses 4 sale. How much 4 both of them + shipping? Thank U."
You asked where they learned to write, it's obvious they went to the University formerly known as "Prince"ton...ba dum bum
Kaffro 
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cariad
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:24:57 PM
I dunno, but.....I don't think there are that many h's in arghh!!
cariad
Noah's last words: "damn woodpeckers"
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nycrocker
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:25:05 PM
LOL! Great thread!
This one has been driving me nuts and now I finally have a place to VENT about it:
It's NOT "Should of"!
It's "SHOULD'VE" as in "SHOULD HAVE"!!!
Example: YOU SHOULD HAVE PAYED MORE ATTENTION IN SCHOOL!
 Rocker <--- Who spent 8 years in Catholic school with big scary nuns beating proper English into me. Now if I could only forget everything else they taught me.
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brie49
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:42:47 PM
Two more to add:
Afterward, not afterwards
Among, not amongst
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brie49
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:44:56 PM
Lol Rocker
You should have paid more attention.
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Zilvy
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:46:30 PM
They can spell it anyway they want as long as it is a positive feedback and they like my quick "Responce"!! My favorite glitch in an auction for Sterling flatware...it has not been "mommagrammed"! Does that mean I should look for pappagrams?? I leave this to your imagination, regarding a computer add= on, the seller stated it would only work with a hard disc...there was, however, a very serious misspelling of a critical requirement...WHOA!
Zilvy..."I started with nothing and I still have most of it left."
[ edited by Zilvy on Jan 17, 2001 06:49 PM ]
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snowydays
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:46:58 PM
brie49: I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.
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nycrocker
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:48:15 PM
Brie LMAO!!!!! TOO FUNNY!!! I can't believe I did that! Well I got caught, so I am not gonna edit it now!! 
Rocker
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bobbin
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:50:11 PM
I see in the listings a number of dresses, shirts and blouses that have an attached yolk. I suppose they are hard cooked yolks because raw yolks would likely slide right off the garment.
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nycrocker
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:51:06 PM
PS: Hey!! I guess I AM starting to forget everything the nuns taught me!! Yaaaay Yippeee!
Rocker
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Meya
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posted on January 17, 2001 06:51:42 PM
How about this one:
I need some advise.
Could you advice me.
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lamps4u
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:02:13 PM
Think I'll go make some coffe in my new perculator.....er percolater....uhhhhh percolator....oh what the heck, I'll just make tea instead!
Edited to say: AKKKKK - can't even spell coffee!
[ edited by lamps4u on Jan 17, 2001 07:03 PM ]
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brie49
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:03:19 PM
I have a an embarrassing story to share.
Like everyone else, my fingers are much slower than my thoughts, or maybe I type faster than I should.
I worked as a reporter in a newsroom for 15 years. It was busy! Phone call after phone call while you are trying to write a story with deadline fast approaching. The girl sitting behind me was in charge of what we called The Bulletin Board. It appeared in our daily paper listing meetings for groups and organizations.
One day while she was on break I answered her phone and took a message for her of an upcoming meeting to publish in the next day's paper. This was several years ago and this newly organized support group was called Manic Depressants.
Well guess what? In my hurry to write the note to her I wrote down Maniac Depressant - and it ran that way in the paper! She didn't know any better because it was new back then and let it run the way I had it written.
The day after it ran, the lady who called it in originally called to have it corrected. I told her how sorry I was, but she had a great sense of humor and we all had a good laugh on that one, her included.
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yorequest
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:09:10 PM
I've been an antique dealer for ten years and I gaurantee this item is for real. My gaurantee comes with a money back gaurantee. 
[ edited by yorequest on Jan 17, 2001 07:12 PM ]
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nycrocker
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:09:27 PM
LOL Brie, that's a hoot!
Anyone remember Emily Latella (Gilda Radner) on Saturday Night Live?
"What's all this I hear about Violins On Television?" LOL And "Presidential E*ections"? (Oops I might get in trouble for that one here, I better edit it). Anyone remember any of Emily's other topics??
Rocker
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:17:32 PM
Hey Rocker: I was going to comment on your misspelling of "payed" but then I went to:
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=payed and found out that PAYED actually IS A word!
10. past tense and past participle paid or payed (pd)
[ edited by ExecutiveGirl on Jan 17, 2001 07:18 PM ]
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snowyegret
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:24:16 PM
My favorite was the seller who left the r out of the word shirt - in the title.
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Meya
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:28:21 PM
Endangered feces was/were one of Emily’s topics.
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twinsoft
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:34:15 PM
Yes, "loose" takes the cake, as in 'loosing bidder.' Another very common mistake I see is:
its vs. it's
its is a posessive, like his or her, as in, "the cat licked its paw."
it's is a contraction, used in place of "it is."
Irregardless is definitely not a word, it's doo-doo. Websters notes it is non-standard, which means they put it in the dictionary expecting someone will try to find it there, which is sad indeed.
By the way, I always write "can not," so thanks to whoever posted that. Better to be embarassed once than to remain in ignorance.
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mrpotatoheadd
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:38:57 PM
Snipping is something you do with scissors.
Sniping is a technique which, when practiced successfully, sometimes results in unhappy losing bidders.
edited... ubb
[ edited by mrpotatoheadd on Jan 17, 2001 07:39 PM ]
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gravid
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:39:17 PM
IRREGARDLESS - Dictionaries include words because of usage. That says nothing about
the quality of the speech. It is a common word. Perhaps it would be better to say a vulgar word. My unabridged dictionary contains many words I refrain from using in everyday speech because they are used by course, crude, uneducated people.
I am disgusted by all the people who use unique, which is an infinitive, and then qualify it. Something is unique or it is not.
You can no more be most unique than you can be a little bit pregnant. There are several TV ads and print ads right now using this error.
[ edited by gravid on Jan 18, 2001 04:54 AM ]
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gravid
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:44:06 PM
Sniping is also a way to "reach out and touch someone" a half mile away. If you have the skills and can read the wind.
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december3
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:44:52 PM
Only eight years with the Nuns? I spent twelve years in Catholic School. I also owned five bars until I retired. The bars were more fun.
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AndieBelle
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:45:09 PM
I'm sure someone mentioned this already, but just in case...
"Literally", misused, drives me nuts in auction descriptions (or anywhere else) although the funny mental images soften the blow somewhat. "These panties literally flew off the shelves when we sold them at our retail location..." Oh, really? You'd think levitating lingerie would go for a much higher opening bid.
(By the way, Rocker, my high school English teacher--a rather hip nun (!)--used Emily Littella skits as teaching tools. Funny and effective!)
[ edited by AndieBelle on Jan 17, 2001 08:08 PM ]
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luketeo
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:48:02 PM
I saw this one on one of the auctions :
" Item will be shipped via First Class Male...."..
Guess that's another name for our friendly postal worker now.
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TammiAndy
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posted on January 17, 2001 07:56:12 PM
ok...this is the perfect time...I have seen this word misspelled a thousand times and it really makes me crazy!!
It is MORON NOT MOROON!!!!!
Oh thank you for FINALLY being able to speak out
[ edited by TammiAndy on Jan 17, 2001 07:56 PM ]
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