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Other Topics => Completely Off-Topic => Topic started by: iluvvanessa on July 10, 2008, 02:27:40 pm
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Does anyone else LOVE when they find english fail? For those who don't know, english fail is an attempt at spelling something [in english] correctly, or using the correct punctuation when it is really false, and then advertising it whether it be on their store window, or a candy machine, on a bumper, etc, so has anyone else seen it?
here's an example i found yesterday, they spelled raisins "raisans" it was on a candy machine in the mall
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/iluvvanessacarlton/me152-1.jpg)
and one a korean couple put on their store window
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/iluvvanessacarlton/epic2.jpg)
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yeah I can't tell you how many people I see trying to look like Paris Hilton by wearing a shirt that says "Your Hot" or "Your Jealous" :roll:
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^hahaha!
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gaah grammatical errors make me die a little inside :(
however, I do enjoy some engrish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engrish); it brings the lulz
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Bad Enligh makes my eyes combust.
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Failed spelling for the win.
We all do it, so we may as well laugh about it :D
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Tell me about it. Specially now that I am not in school I can miss spell a word and just get lazy and not change it.
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The longer you are away from school, the easier it is to spell incorrectly.
Thankfully, Firefox has a spell-check function, which saves my bacon more often than not! :twisted:
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Bad Enligh makes my eyes combust.
I hope you were being ironic.
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I hate bad English and spelling.. you should've seen my school's yearbook this year. SO MANY MISTAKES! It's painful to read. For example:
"They tried there best"
They spelled a bunch of names wrong.
GAH!
It makes me angry.
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Haha we sell you e-rasers and....you know.
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Haha we sell you e-rasers and....you know.
and "penis" ...the regular school items...
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There's a store near where I live called "Cheaper Than Cheaper". Their slogan, copied verbatim:
"Smile, your saving. alot of money."
Quotation marks and all.
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i hate the your you're thing, its so easy to remember and people still make mistakes on it, i could go through my yearbook and count all the "your" "you're" mistakes!
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I remember some mistakes in English class. Many years ago we had to translate 'Grasshopper' ('Saltamontes') into English, so my schoolmate wrote 'Hopmonts'.
And last year, a different mate had to write 'I agree you', which in Spanish is 'Estoy de acuerdo contigo'. And he wrote this: 'I am offcourse with you'.
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I remember some mistakes in English class. Many years ago we had to translate 'Grasshopper' ('Saltamontes') into English, so my schoolmate wrote 'Hopmonts'.
And last year, a different mate had to write 'I agree you', which in Spanish is 'Estoy de acuerdo contigo'. And he wrote this: 'I am offcourse with you'.
Hopmonts? Is that to imply that a grasshopper can hop over a mountain? :razz:
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I remember some mistakes in English class. Many years ago we had to translate 'Grasshopper' ('Saltamontes') into English, so my schoolmate wrote 'Hopmonts'.
And last year, a different mate had to write 'I agree you', which in Spanish is 'Estoy de acuerdo contigo'. And he wrote this: 'I am offcourse with you'.
Hopmonts? Is that to imply that a grasshopper can hop over a mountain? :razz:
Actually it does. I mean, in Spanish, the word means exactly 'Mountain hopper'. The English word is more accurate, I have to recognize.
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I found another english fail...
Kentucky Fried Chicken had a sign that said "americas favorite hospitality dish" there wasn't an ' on americas. I couldn't get a picture cause the car was gping too fast.
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I love the website www.engrish.com It shows all of the english fail that is used over in Asian countries. It's pretty hilarious.
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me too. its funny.
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Hi.
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but I don't want to open a new topic either because it's a little question.
Do you say surprised 'by', 'with' or which preposition?
Bye and thanks!
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Hi.
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but I don't want to open a new topic either because it's a little question.
Do you say surprised 'by', 'with' or which preposition?
Bye and thanks!
Good question, i don't know if one's the absolute correct way to say it, but i use both ways.
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Hi.
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but I don't want to open a new topic either because it's a little question.
Do you say surprised 'by', 'with' or which preposition?
Bye and thanks!
Good question, i don't know if one's the absolute correct way to say it, but i use both ways.
Most frequently, it's "surprised by". In the South, occasionally it's "surprised at", such as in "surprised at your tone of voice" or "I'm surprised at you. You don't usually go for bright colors." But if it's a specific event causing the surprise, it's usually "surprised by". "I was surprised by your answer." "Surprised with" may be used occasionally, but it sounds a little British to me.
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Hi.
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but I don't want to open a new topic either because it's a little question.
Do you say surprised 'by', 'with' or which preposition?
Bye and thanks!
Good question, i don't know if one's the absolute correct way to say it, but i use both ways.
Most frequently, it's "surprised by". In the South, occasionally it's "surprised at", such as in "surprised at your tone of voice" or "I'm surprised at you. You don't usually go for bright colors." But if it's a specific event causing the surprise, it's usually "surprised by". "I was surprised by your answer." "Surprised with" may be used occasionally, but it sounds a little British to me.
Thanks a lot to both!
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You can say "surprised with" in America and not come off British at all. Like... "She was surprised with a cake." In this case it would make more sense than saying she was "surprised by" a cake because that would make it seem like there was some inherent thing in the cake that could surprise her and that is kind of silly unless the cake said "You suck" or something, then I can see being "surprised by" the cake, etc.
I have a feeling there is some sort of rule involved in what I'm referring to, but I have always stunk at remembering the rules of grammar. Luckily I have a pretty good inherent sense about it.
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hehe, i would love if a cake said 'you suck' to me! god, i'm so glad there are more of us out there. my boyfriend and i go on grammar missions from time to time and rescue abused apostrophes. i read in the newspaper today that some phonetics professor has been putting forward the idea of just getting rid of spelling and letting everyone spell words however the feel like it. sigh.
what are your worst offenders? i think, 'less' instead of 'fewer', 'would of' instead of 'would have', 'for free' and random apostrophe distribution.
i do quite like typing without capital letters though.
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i hate when people in my algebra 2 class say "you minus the one" "you plus the one" my teacher even says that! it bugs me it should be you add or subtract, multiply [not times].
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i hate when people in my algebra 2 class say "you minus the one" "you plus the one" my teacher even says that! it bugs me it should be you add or subtract, multiply [not times].
hihihihi :oops: :oops:
I do that most of the time...i know its wrong but i cant help it!! :P :lol:
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EPIC FAIl TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE!!!!!!
my friend took this myspace survey thingy, sooo bad lol
Whoz your ex-boyfriend?
he's the sixth person on my top
Did you ever liked him?
umm if i didnt i never would have gone out with himm
Did he ever liked you?
umm duh
Did you ever kissed him?
no shitt
Do you regret it?
nope
Have you ever hold his hands?
yes i did
Did he buy anything for you?
no but thats not important to me.
Did you ask him out?
no he did
Did he asked you out?
whoever wrote this has really bad grammar.
Do you or him have any pictures with each other still?
we never took any pictures.
Did he care for you?
duhh
Do you think he loves you?
umm no haha
he never loved me to begin with
we were together for like 3 weeks haha
Did he ever tried to kiss you?
umm ok youre dumb.
Dose he flirt alot?
with me?
well no haha
Is he shy to you?
nope
Have you ever tried to kiss him?
duhhhh
Do you like someone else now?
mhmm :)
Do you still have feelings for your ex ?
um romantic ish?
no.
i dont
i care about him as a friend though.
Is he still your friend or boyfriend?
yess he's still my friend
Repost this bulletin as Ex-boyfriend.
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Hi!!
I have a question. Can you say 'Your truth' instead of 'The truth about you'?
Thanks!!
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It seems like you need to work on prepositions. There are a some differences between one locale to the other on established usage.
Some of your questions depend on context.
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You all know I used to be a bit of a grammar nazi... And on the inside, I still criticize most every text I see on a daily basis. The only thing that I don't really care about anymore is when I'm IMing/texting. But there's a limit to that, of course...
Yesterday, my friend sent this to me in a comment:
GOOD. TRYiN TO GET THRU SCHOOL [AGAiN]
0_0 Are you serious right now?
I'm sorry, but that's just sad. Of course, I am not going to be a dick to her and say, "Hey, you need to read a book or two. Your spelling and grammar are deplorable." Yet, I'm still thinking it, and restraining myself until the desire fades...
Although I guess that's not what you mean by English fail... I do know what you mean, though.It makes for a good laugh for sure. Especially when someone is trying to "act smart" by typing as perfectly as they can while they are arguing with someone else, and then they make a ridiculous error that they then repeat!
I need some examples, so if I can remember, I'll post some haha.
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Bad Enligh makes my eyes combust.
I hope you were being ironic.
Baha! I was thinking the exact same thing.
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Picture tags made by hungarian teens: ;D
"I am car"
"The bestes"
"You call me beach because I speak what's on my mind?"
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LMAO, the second picture says, "We sell penis in the back." Good gravy!! haha