Two typos that I frequently make aggravate me to the point of anger...
- "Thankls" (instead of "Thanks") - I hate it because of how it sounds when spoken aloud (rhymes with "ankles"). I recently learned of the existence of a middle-aged woman who works with someone I know. She replaces or adds the suffix of "ies" to words all the time. "Lunch" is "lunchies". When she says she's changing her shoes, she says, "I'm going to put on my sneakies". "Keys" are "Keysies". As much as she obviously deserves a severe beating, lots of people do that or something similar. For them, "yes" not only gets changed to "yep" but "yeppers". I do not in any way want to be associated with these people, but "thankls" sounds exactly like the kind of thing they would say. "Hey, I appreciate you picking me up when my car ran out of gas; please accept my sincere thankls!" sounds anything but sincere.
- "Yopu" (instead of "You") - This one I hate it because of the way it looks if it makes it into a message unchecked: "I'm looking forward to seeing yopu soon!" If taken literally, one might think I'm excited about going to an anime convention to view an unusually specific form of pornography, that involves furry costumes and the creative-yet-specific use of marshmallows.
Your constants are different from mine. "The" always presents an issue for me. There is another one, but I cannot think of it at this time. It just irks me when it happens.
ReplyDeleteGood Gordness!
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought I was the only one on the planet that had difficulty with the word "occasion" and its variants ... !!!
Over the last month, I've forced - FORCED, I tell you - myself to spell "occasion" and "occasional" correctly, embedding in my brain there are two "C"s and one "S" in the words.
And let me tell you: Sometimes? That's tough work ...
March on ...