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x2lls
post Dec 26 2012, 11:23 AM
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Looser, something that is ill fitting.
Loser, someone who fails to win.





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post Dec 26 2012, 08:19 PM
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As long as I can read the sentence I don't really care... grammar is more important than spelling.
However it does kind of irritate me when someone puts "your" instead of "you're" - A one off mistake is fine but when they do it constantly...
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- x2lls   A light hearted view of common spelling mistakes   Dec 26 2012, 11:23 AM
- - Biker1   QUOTE (x2lls @ Dec 26 2012, 12:23 PM) Loo...   Dec 26 2012, 11:32 AM
|- - Andy Capp   Should of and should've.   Dec 26 2012, 11:35 AM
- - Strafin   I agree with Andy, that's the worst one!   Dec 26 2012, 11:48 AM
- - On the edge   Well, I'll just go with Mark Twain 'I don...   Dec 26 2012, 12:22 PM
- - lordtup   If one really wishes to experience spelling at her...   Dec 26 2012, 01:25 PM
- - JeffG   Like Biker1 it's bad grammar that get me. ...   Dec 26 2012, 04:47 PM
- - Exhausted   There is... Their toys.....   Dec 26 2012, 05:32 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 26 2012, 05:32 PM)...   Dec 26 2012, 06:58 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 26 2012, 06:58 PM)...   Dec 26 2012, 09:25 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 26 2012, 09:25 PM)...   Dec 26 2012, 10:45 PM
- - blackdog   My favourite ebay listing is one that has been goi...   Dec 26 2012, 08:03 PM
|- - x2lls   QUOTE (motormad @ Dec 26 2012, 08:19 PM) ...   Dec 26 2012, 09:14 PM
- - CBW137Y   Here's a blinding effort for you taken from a ...   Dec 26 2012, 09:54 PM
|- - x2lls   QUOTE (CBW137Y @ Dec 26 2012, 09:54 PM) H...   Dec 26 2012, 09:57 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (CBW137Y @ Dec 26 2012, 10:54 PM) H...   Dec 27 2012, 10:31 AM
|- - massifheed   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 27 2012, 10:31 AM) ...   Dec 27 2012, 10:41 AM
- - NORTHENDER   Their/there who give a phuck   Dec 27 2012, 09:52 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (NORTHENDER @ Dec 27 2012, 10:52 AM...   Dec 27 2012, 10:27 AM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 27 2012, 10:27 AM) Ye...   Dec 27 2012, 11:07 AM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 27 2012, 10:27 AM) Fo...   Dec 27 2012, 11:54 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 27 2012, 12:54 PM)...   Dec 27 2012, 02:22 PM
- - JeffG   Here's another one: redundant apostrophe's...   Dec 27 2012, 10:45 AM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 27 2012, 10:45 AM) Her...   Dec 27 2012, 11:01 AM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 27 2012, 10:45 AM) Her...   Dec 27 2012, 11:48 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 27 2012, 11:48 AM)...   Dec 27 2012, 11:52 AM
- - x2lls   Bought and brought   Dec 27 2012, 11:05 AM
- - NORTHENDER   In my long working life (I'm 70 now) and still...   Dec 27 2012, 11:10 AM
- - Andy Capp   Not quite the same thing, but even BBC presenters ...   Dec 27 2012, 11:12 AM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 27 2012, 11:12 AM)...   Dec 27 2012, 11:18 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 27 2012, 11:18 A...   Dec 27 2012, 11:40 AM
||- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 27 2012, 11:40 AM)...   Dec 27 2012, 12:04 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 27 2012, 12:04 P...   Dec 27 2012, 12:20 PM
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||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 27 2012, 06:10 P...   Dec 27 2012, 07:00 PM
||- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 27 2012, 07:00 PM)...   Dec 27 2012, 08:20 PM
||- - Strafin   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 27 2012, 08:20 P...   Dec 27 2012, 08:22 PM
||- - On the edge   QUOTE (Strafin @ Dec 27 2012, 08:22 PM) N...   Dec 27 2012, 08:36 PM
|||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 27 2012, 08:36 P...   Dec 27 2012, 10:12 PM
|||- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 27 2012, 10:12 PM)...   Dec 27 2012, 10:26 PM
|||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 27 2012, 10:26 P...   Dec 27 2012, 11:33 PM
|||- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 27 2012, 11:33 PM)...   Dec 28 2012, 08:02 AM
|||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 28 2012, 08:02 A...   Dec 28 2012, 11:33 AM
||- - Squelchy   QUOTE (Strafin @ Dec 27 2012, 08:22 PM) N...   Dec 27 2012, 09:12 PM
|- - motormad   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 27 2012, 11:18 A...   Dec 27 2012, 12:41 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (motormad @ Dec 27 2012, 12:41 PM) ...   Dec 27 2012, 12:49 PM
- - x2lls   The wonderful G.W.Bush and the word Nuclear, neuca...   Dec 27 2012, 11:15 AM
- - motormad   But why force "progress"? It's not e...   Dec 27 2012, 01:01 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (motormad @ Dec 27 2012, 01:01 PM) ...   Dec 27 2012, 01:24 PM
|- - Jayjay   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 27 2012, 01:24 PM)...   Dec 27 2012, 02:44 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Jayjay @ Dec 27 2012, 02:44 PM) ar...   Dec 27 2012, 03:07 PM
|- - Squelchy   QUOTE (Jayjay @ Dec 27 2012, 02:44 PM) ar...   Dec 27 2012, 03:28 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Jayjay @ Dec 27 2012, 02:44 PM) ar...   Dec 27 2012, 03:42 PM
|- - stewiegriffin   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 27 2012, 03:42 PM)...   Dec 27 2012, 04:49 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Dec 27 2012, 04:49...   Dec 27 2012, 04:55 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Dec 27 2012, 04:49...   Dec 27 2012, 06:12 PM
|- - stewiegriffin   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 27 2012, 06:12 P...   Dec 27 2012, 06:25 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Dec 27 2012, 06:25...   Dec 27 2012, 06:33 PM
- - Biker1   And another thing - the way people mis-spell their...   Dec 27 2012, 02:24 PM
- - JeffG   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 27 2012, 10:27 AM) Fo...   Dec 27 2012, 03:05 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 27 2012, 05:05 PM) Ha ...   Dec 28 2012, 10:15 AM
- - Strafin   http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/story/20...stabb...   Dec 27 2012, 06:46 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Strafin @ Dec 27 2012, 06:46 PM) h...   Dec 27 2012, 08:33 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Strafin @ Dec 27 2012, 06:46 PM) h...   Dec 28 2012, 12:01 PM
- - On the edge   Thanks for that. Makes you wonder why we need a W...   Dec 27 2012, 09:43 PM
- - x2lls   Thread and off topic can be quite annoying!   Dec 28 2012, 08:05 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (x2lls @ Dec 28 2012, 09:05 AM) Thr...   Dec 28 2012, 09:57 AM
- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (x2lls @ Dec 28 2012, 08:05 AM) Thr...   Dec 28 2012, 11:41 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 28 2012, 01:41 PM)...   Dec 28 2012, 12:19 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 28 2012, 12:19 PM) No...   Dec 28 2012, 12:25 PM
||- - JeffG   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 28 2012, 12:19 PM) No...   Dec 28 2012, 12:56 PM
||- - Exhausted   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 28 2012, 12:56 PM) In ...   Dec 28 2012, 01:31 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 28 2012, 12:56 PM) In ...   Dec 28 2012, 02:17 PM
||- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 28 2012, 04:17 PM)...   Dec 28 2012, 06:09 PM
||- - JeffG   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 28 2012, 06:09 PM) Po...   Dec 28 2012, 11:05 PM
||- - Exhausted   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 28 2012, 11:05 PM) Onl...   Dec 29 2012, 11:02 AM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 29 2012, 11:02 AM)...   Dec 29 2012, 11:09 AM
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|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 28 2012, 12:28 PM)...   Dec 28 2012, 12:33 PM
- - Simon Kirby   Mute and moot: To mute a idea is to silence it, b...   Dec 29 2012, 12:12 PM
|- - JeffG   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Dec 29 2012, 12:12 P...   Dec 29 2012, 02:29 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 29 2012, 02:29 PM) Of ...   Dec 29 2012, 03:41 PM
|- - x2lls   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 29 2012, 03:41 PM)...   Dec 29 2012, 08:20 PM
- - Andy Capp   You missed an 'an' in that! I agre...   Dec 29 2012, 12:24 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 29 2012, 12:24 PM)...   Dec 29 2012, 01:15 PM
- - Andy Capp   To be fair, if I was guilty of making a repetitive...   Dec 29 2012, 02:04 PM
- - JeffG   Thee do speak proper now, though.   Dec 29 2012, 05:01 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 29 2012, 05:01 PM) The...   Dec 29 2012, 09:14 PM
- - JeffG   Book Online dictionary   Dec 29 2012, 10:32 PM
|- - x2lls   QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 29 2012, 10:32 PM) Boo...   Dec 29 2012, 10:40 PM
- - Nothing Much   Just a light anecdote . From the Guardian. http...   Dec 31 2012, 06:28 PM
- - Nothing Much   Sorry folks It should have been Richard Vosburgh. ...   Dec 31 2012, 06:31 PM


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