dann2707 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Has anyone else seen loads of people spell bought as brought? I don't understand how people are managing to stick an extra letter in there. It's a totally different word having a completely different meaning. I just can't see how it's become a thing. Is there some kind of explanation behind it? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 It's due to retardation in young people. An increasing problem in the UK in particular, it seems. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzatpro09 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 That their is a lode of rubbish. I thout I bought some grematical wizerdry to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) I hate watching Jeremy Kyle and listening to thicko council estate dwellers say "he textes/texted me." ITS f**kING TEXT YOU c**ts. Edited October 21, 2014 by Pashley26 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Leigh Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 surprisingly im not a retard for my age group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I hate watching Jeremy Kyle and listening to thicko council estate dwellers say "he textes/texted me." ITS f**kING TEXT YOU c**ts. "I text Jardo's mum" is surely a present tense. What version should be used for past tense? Texes or textes is clearly wrong, but I'm sure texted is valid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 "I text Jardo's mum" is surely a present tense. What version should be used for past tense? Texes or textes is clearly wrong, but I'm sure texted is valid... I feel as though 'text' can work in past tense…? "My balls ached and my stomach churned after I had text Jardo's mum". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) I'm sure texted is valid for past tense, it just pisses me off. "So I text Adam about lunch time." Sounds better than "so I texted Adam about lunch time." It just doesn't sound right. Textes is the one that annoys me most. Edited October 21, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Sex-texts are a difficult one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Hmm. I'm in the texted camp. Textes sounds like testes = balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Perhaps it's just the dialect, but there are far too many people in the SW that instead of using the plural "texts" go for "textses". Makes them sound like some form of technologically advanced version of Golum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Smeeeeagol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How Original Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 It winds me up too, especially when you tell them they've spelled it wrong and they say 'oh yeah I know, I always do that, I can't help it' (or once converted into Chav; o yh i no i alwyz do that cnt hlp it) YES, yes you can help it, you know you're doing it. STOP doing it, then you'll have stopped doing it and the world will be fine again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Haha only you Dan. I remember my mate telling me about brought and bought when I was like 12 and I was confused as f**k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think its worse when you see on facebook people spelling 'Swap' as 'Swop' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 As much as I hate the word swop - and clearly swap is the 'correct' spelling - Collins say otherwise: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/swop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Also: mixing up affect and effect, and also using formally instead of formerly. Retardation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 It's a minefield out their lads... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Also: mixing up affect and effect, and also using formally instead of formerly. Retardation. I don't really know the difference here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) A problem being, is being able to type fluently. Clicking "send" without proof reading. I know that first sentence i typed isn't quite correct. I'm on a phone so won't correct it. When you're not awake too, i know i type some god awfull stuff. We type so quick so it often just goes down how the subconcious thinks it should/ sounds. But i know my english improved from TF internet pressure. Theres and apostrophies are the most common ones. I find using "their" instead of "there" quite funny. The other was around i don't. Haha. See my error above. No proof reading. Y and W aren't even next to each other! I don't really know the difference here Formal dressing. Formerly is past tense description. Also, some internet spell checkers are shit. Edited October 21, 2014 by eskimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 People who spell definitely with an A do my head in, or worse still people who let it auto correct to defiantly because they really are thick as f**k. That and people who use "fubar" as "foobar" as a replacement for the word f**k - fubar: f**ked up beyond all recognition. And on a similar note people who use twoc spelt wrong and not knowing what it means - taking without owners consent. Stop this, all of you. And you their/they're/there get wrongerers, just kill yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 ;) That was just a simple mistake though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 And on a similar note people who use twoc spelt wrong and not knowing what it means - taking without owners consent. Who, other than the police, ever uses this in conversation often enough for you to be annoyed by it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Who, other than the police, ever uses this in conversation often enough for you to be annoyed by it? Car forums, in particular ones with many youngsters, in particular E38. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Is it a car thing to call someone 'chap'? I only seem to hear friends who are in car scenes say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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