"My Bad"

Another thing that gets to me is people putting something like box's instead of boxes. Saw it all the time when I used to walk through town to college on market stalls when they were being set up. You'd have thought they would have at least been educated!

 

Get the bus instead then, mate.

 

I hate Americanisms, the term and concept of "sweet 16" also pisses me off. Some neighbours round the corner had sweet 16 banners up round the corner. I was not happy

 

Most people go into that area of work through a parent or other family member, so it's not as if they've got A-Levels or degrees in English!

 

I'd have bludgeoned the faux-Yank little ****er to death if I'd seen it.

 

I despise the way American culture is taking over our language and way of life over here, being 16 wasn't a big deal when I turned that age, 18 was the one you wanted to be.

Also that's very true, but come on, they would have at least been taught that in school though!

 

bus what the ****s one of them last time i got a bus was when i was at school

 

I don't have a degree in English but I still know how to spell It's not difficult!

There's a shop round the corner from my old house that has signs round the top saying " BEDS MATTRESS'S WARDROBES CARPET'S "
If you're going to include pointless punctuation in words where it doesn't need to be, then at least be ****ing consistent about it!!


edit; before any of you lot with a good memory out there point out I'm in the middle of an English degree, I'm well aware about that and it doesn't count

 

hate the way they say Herbs,Aluminium amongst many other words they bastardise

 

Whoah! Steady on, that's a bit excessive, how about a catapult and a broken window first.
You weren't Viking Eric in a previously life were you?

 

Yeah I'm good thanks, just a little busy with packing for the house move on Wednesday & work! How about yourself?
Also agree with many others on here regarding the bastardisation of the English language by Americanisms creeping into everyday use (even on this post my spell check is flagging up bastardisation saying it should be spelt with a Z instead & spelt/spelled).

 

People who actually manage to mix up "of" and "off" (when writing).

 

Once saw a sign that said 'Please Clean the Benchs and stove's after use so Every One enjoy's our facility's'.

 

If you ever go over there apparently they speak 'American.' As far as i'm aware they speak English, a slightly backwards version of it, but still English. It's things like these that make me wonder why they are allowned to pro-create.

 

I would have gone and complained, that is just a nightmare of errors.

 

I use it as an example at work, it's just awful.

 

An alarming amount of people on my facebook use 'are' instead of 'our'. But I went to a school full of stupid kids and chavs. Was nice being the smartest in the year though. Me and my mates were in the "gifted and talented" group and got to go on cool trips

One of my housemates is dyslexic and the other one has really bad punctuation so I have to correct it for him sometimes in essays, and he's doing an English degree with me Crazy. My dyslexic mate I can let off though I suppose...

 

Are you specialising in any particular area of English?

 

Here's a good one, Off and Of.......eg "Get off of me"

 

The full title of my course is English and American Literature. So yes, I know I'm also studying American Literature but y'know So not quite the language side of it (which is sinfully boring), but spelling and punctuation is part and parcel of any English degree really..