Oh, use it; it's fun.  Say thinks pique your interest.  Say that an annoying co-worker has put you in a fit of pique.  Say that your lunch was piquant.

Another word I want to bring back is petrichor.  M-W gave up on it, but OED hasn't - "A pleasant, distinctive smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather in certain regions."  More of a Midwestern thang.

I gave up on English about 6 years ago...  I'm all about the "Where you at" and "I ain't heard nothin' 'bout that"



The more dangling participles, the better...  And NO Gs on the ends of words.

so aperently we need to go back to freshman english to learn the difference between spelling errors and homonyms.

LMFAO... I LOVE THIS BOARD... I too am a spelling/grammar nazi... but I forgive everyone on the board, as most are intoxicated when they post (*cough*Davipu!*cough*)    

Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLastLMFAO... I LOVE THIS BOARD... I too am a spelling/grammar nazi... but I forgive everyone on the board, as most are intoxicated when they post (*cough*Davipu!*cough*)    

davipu intoxicated? sure but that's not the cause of his misspellings. he was born that way  

I personally don't see the need to be a spelling/grammar nazi. It just makes you look anal and uptight, anyways. Not to mention it is extremely annoying, and there are more important things to be concerned with: like what the person is saying. And who said it was your job to point out their mistakes?

I generally overlook spelling errors / typos unless they change the meaning of the post, and then it is just like "huh? ohhhhhh I get it". Even then, as long as it makes sense and you understand what they are trying to say, why waste time on it?

If you focus too much on how it is being said, you are missing the important part: what they are saying. And what, in this case, is always more important than how.

We all have different backgrounds, experiences, and educations. But we all have one thing in common: we enjoy motorcycles. Who cares if someone types something wrong? or misspells something? There are more important things than that! Like purpel lesbiens!  

Quote from: RVertigoPique:  A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity.

:lol:   The definition is better than the word itself.  I've never before seen it used in a sentence.

That reminds me of a few jack-asses I work with...  They think queue is spelled cue.   :x  Makes me want to smack them.

Like the commercial:  "You mean we don't get French benefits? Huh."

Quote from: davipuso aperently we need to go back to freshman english to learn the difference between spelling errors and homonyms.

Using the wrong homonym is a spelling error.  

Oh, the other one that gets me - "mute" instead of "moot."

not knowing the idiosyncratic details of the word concerned when spelling the word, does not make it a spelling error. it's a gramatical error as the meaning of the sentance changes. ie: ending the sentance with a .  as opposed to a ! .

I see your point, but I'm still not sure I agree.  Grammar is syntax.  Spelling is getting the letters and the order of the letters correct in a given word.  Just because they happened to spell another word correctly doesn't change the fact that they spelled the actual word incorrectly.

yes it does.

"Does nooooooot!"

Quote"Does nooooooot!"

whining Buddha Loves You.

"does not."

responce that entails that no more information for this side of the argument is needed/ warrented.


so now you can clearly see the gramatic difference in the meaning of the sentance, and how spelling errors are relative to gramatic errors.

you lose.

Now that I can clearly see the grammatical differences in the meanings of the sentences, and how spelling errors are relative to grammatical errors - what?  

I thought this was about lesbiens?  

Quote from: Jake DI thought this was about lesbiens?  

No no... That's the other one.

Les is more!

Lasbians?  Ahhh.

Quote from: RVertigoPique:  A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity.

:lol:   The definition is better than the word itself.  I've never before seen it used in a sentence.

one morning in a fit of pique
sing rickety-tickety-tin
one morning in a fit of pique
she drowned her father in the creek
the water tasted bad for a week
and we had to make do with gin, with gin
we had to make do with gin

serious bonus points for anyone who knows the song (without googling it).