Originally Posted By Lisann22 Looks like I am an idiot. I struggle with my spelling, grammar and speech everyday.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb ^^^me too Pet peeve: Nucular is not a word! Polical opinion aside I think if you have the power to launch a nuc you should be able to correctly pronounce its name. Say it with me W, new-klee-are.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess I think most everyone here is pretty awesome when it comes to writing and grammar skills. We ALL make mistakes from time to time. Lord knows I do! Especially when it's SUPPOSED to be a relaxed environment. What makes me uptight is when I'm monitoring my son's MySpace page and *CONTINUALLY* find posts like this: omg u guys, i m soooo gonna date this guy trevor he is soooo HOTT! your like never going to beleive how awsome he is... are 1st date is on wendsday and i am like soooo in luv with him! he is to cool! THAT is when I get a little cranky. I can handle the abbreviated words but not the complete disregard for the English language!!! (A mistake or two is one thing. A mistake every other word makes me want to throttle someone. LOL)
Originally Posted By MissCandice I always thought Credence Clearwater Revival was saying "you don't need to be a pinhead just to hang around" in "Down on the Corner" HAHA!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Elton John is one whose lyrics are sometimes completely unintelligible to me. And I love his songs, so it is immensely frustrating to be singing blithely along with him and suddenly have to make noncomittal humming noises for several bars. "Back to the hmm hmm hm hmmm hmmm hhhmmm hm, huntin' the horny back toad. . . "
Originally Posted By alexbook Okay, grammatical mistakes and misspellings happen. Sloppiness happens. But can we all agree to be extra careful in our topic titles? I hate it when a popular topic has a mistake in the title, and I keep seeing it over and over and every time it's a little bit more annoying than the time before.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Mine: In the meadow we can build a snowman, and pretend that he is SPARSE and brown; he'll say, "Are you MERRY?" we'll say "No, man, but you can do the job when you're in town." (No wonder that song never made sense) "Later on....we'll PERSPIRE as we dream by the fire...." I could go on, but I shall mercifully stop. The weird things lyrics turn up as in our brains!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >> "Back to the hmm hmm hm hmmm hmmm hhhmmm hm, huntin' the horny back toad. . . ">> LOL that's how I sing it too!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb "Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce another runner in the night". I will NOT tell you what I used to think Bruce was singing because I respect the Admin (hint the lyric "deuce" was the one that was giving me trouble).
Originally Posted By LacyBelle ^^I can imagine the word, as I had the same lyric in my head for years before I found out what he was really saying. The song never really made sense then. LOL
Originally Posted By MissCandice "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" is one of my favorite Elton John songs.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy "Anyways, friendofdd goes to DL a lot." He may in fact do that, but it's not "Anyways", it's "AnywaYYYYYYY", NO "S"!! "I saw this car the other day---" are you sure?? If it was 2 days ago, that is fine, but that is THE ONLY TIME you can use that phrase. If it was last week, it was last week...a week ago, a week ago...yesterday, then it was yesterday...three or four days ago, a few days ago...you can ONLY say "the other day" if it was in fact the day before yesterday. THAT is "the other day" (this may be my rule but it makes good sense in my book). I can't believe some folks further along in the tooth here had no idea it was "you have another THINK comin' " and not "thing". I'm a youth in my 20s, butcher words in songs a lot, and even *I* knew that one! ;-) I always have to look up "eligible" and "privilege". And then I don't like people naming their kids names I think should stick with opposite genders, but that's another thread...
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb ^^^my late husband Leslie and his sister Jamie disagree Speaking of the hubby we used to argue about "a couple" he thought "a couple" was two or three, when clearly "a couple" is two and only two. 3 or more is "a few" (unless you get enough to be "some" or "a lot").
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Leslie is marginal IMO, and Jamie is an equal opportunity "up for grabs" one. I was thinking of more extreme cases though, like a woman named Dustin (how many men would love to shout "Oh Dustin!" while making love to a woman?), or a studly macho man named Dana or Stacey. Ermf. I agree, couple = 2, few = 3.
