"Weird" is weird!

[jclin]

"i before e
except after c"   

So I found this gem:

    i before e
    except after c
    we live in a weird society.

Anyway, I have a question: What grammatically chaps your hide?

For me, it's affect versus effect.

[JohnnyDucati]

The word "o n g o i n g".

I have this bizarre, overwhelming urge to spell it and pronounce it

"o i n g o i n g"



That, and I can't stand it when people use the word:  irregardless.

[Howie]

Funny thing about me and "irregardless".  Since so many folks have been complaining about that word it is stuck in my brain like a bad advertising jingle.  I have almost used that "word" several times even though I refuse to recognize it.

[Grampa]

I reject your spelling laws.

[Randimus Maximus]

I reject your spelling laws.

but  u spelt evrything correkly.

[jclin]

Do you think "irregardless" will be the "ain't" of tomorrow?

I got this from the wikipedia (which incidentally has an entry for "i before e except after c"): oneiromancies which is defined as the study of dream meanings. It breaks the rule twice in opposite ways.

You know what else pisses me off about written English? Using "an" versus "a" is dependent on a vowel versus consonant sound, respectively. I see people getting that wrong on forums all the time.

I am such an elitist.

[trenner]

I could care less.

[cmorgan47]

I could care less.

this one is the subject of much debate at work.  i'm in the "i couldn't care less" camp.  if i could care less, it indicates that i at least care some.

i'll throw this one out too...  what's the plural of "stick in the mud?"

[Rev. Millertime]

[Special Ed] Yay, I got mail, yaaaaay![/Special Ed]

[c_rex]

...
That, and I can't stand it when people use the word:  irregardless.
...

+1 I can stand it but I don't have to like it.  I try not to cringe when my friends use it.

[trenner]

this one is the subject of much debate at work.  i'm in the "i couldn't care less" camp.  if i could care less, it indicates that i at least care some.

That's correct: "I couldn't care less".  Drives me nuts to hear it said the other, wrong way.

9 out of 10 grammar police agree:
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g09.html

[jclin]

i'll throw this one out too...  what's the plural of "stick in the mud?"

Could it be "stick-in-the-muds"?

[trenner]

what's the plural of "stick in the mud?"

stick-in-the-muds

http://www.bartleby.com/61/46/S0754600.html
http://encarta.net/dictionary_1861715033_561534102/nextpage.html

[Super T.I.B]

"I don't know nothing!"

which really means....

he/she must know something.

[Buckethead]

Improper use of the word "dampener."

My first semester at college, an instructor of mine had a racquetball ball in one hand and a small spray bottle in the other.

He bounced the ball once and caught it. "I have just damped the ball's vibration."

He bounced the ball a second time and sprayed it with water. "I have just dampened the ball's vibration. And the shoes of this nice young lady in the front row."

Oh, and "breaking" used to refer to applying the brakes on a vehicle.