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pitoufsd 08-19-2012 04:33 AM
Than/then. The most annoying online habit?
 
For me, it's reading something by someone who doesn't know (or care to know) the difference between 'than' and 'then.' The problem with misused 'thans' and 'thens,' is that they are usually not immediately identifiable as being improperly used. It's only once you read on (either the comparison, or the next event) that you realize the author's previous error.

"I would rather buy a Matrox Parhelia then give my money to nVidia because I hate nVidia."

Wait, what?! See! It's only once you read the end of the sentence that you realize the author's laziness. Makes me want to throw an axe through my monitor, except that I don't own an axe and I'm quite fond of my monitor.

EDIT: I propose a new auto-correct feature. Whenever 'than' or 'then' is typed, a little MS paperclip should fly over the text box and say, "Hang on there, slugger. Are you sure you didn't mean than/then?"

Cyncceply 08-19-2012 04:55 AM
It has GOT to be "your" and "you're"

cucceevevaind 08-19-2012 05:08 AM
Effect/affect.

Luisabens 08-19-2012 05:23 AM
Then/Than catches my eye more because your/you're is much more common, a bit like Sparafucil's tea.

Discus 08-19-2012 05:42 AM
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Then/Than catches my eye more because your/you're is much more common, a bit like Sparafucil's tea.
And lots not forget about "i could care less" in place of "i couldnt care less" http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/mad1.gif

Yb4bulVR 08-19-2012 05:47 AM
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And lots not forget about "i could care less" in place of "i couldnt care less" http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/mad1.gif
Most Americans know it's a logic fail, but it's an idiom over there. We have loads of them in the UK as well. The problem is that it's really frustrating to read when you don't know that it's an idiom.

freddyujnf 08-19-2012 06:01 AM
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We have loads of them in the UK as well.
Like what?

yWleIJm4 08-19-2012 06:05 AM
About/Aboot is probably the most annoying.

CicyHannyCeli 08-19-2012 06:11 AM
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Like what?
Here's a hundred or so to get you started...

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...h+english.html

iH1wMOhE 08-19-2012 06:14 AM
For me its the diaperstain mouth breathing text typing. You know like ,

"hey, wut r u doing 2day"

****ing nails on a chalkboard that is for me.

D6b2v1HA 08-19-2012 06:16 AM
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Here's a hundred or so to get you started...

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...h+english.html
So which are the ones that you think are illogical?

Nubtoubrem 08-19-2012 06:20 AM
For me it is the tinomens - the online pimps and ninjas that have done everything better.

When they are not busy beating up a room full of athletes, ignoring texts from supermodels, proving Fermat's Last Theorem or lifting 250 lbs over their head, they are posting comments on YouTube videos.

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So which are the ones that you think are illogical?
Oh ****, here we go...

Dr.Hoodoba 08-19-2012 06:27 AM
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For me it is the tinomens - the online pimps and ninjas that have done everything better.

When they are not busy beating up a room full of athletes, ignoring texts from supermodels, proving Fermat's Last Theorem or lifting 250 lbs over their head, they are posting comments on YouTube videos.

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Oh ****, here we go...
Actually, it's a fair question to ask. Dangermoose said we have loads of illogical idioms. Bungle asks which ones here are illogical.

vdw4Epsi 08-19-2012 06:29 AM
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Oh ****, here we go...
Funny, I say exactly the same thing every time you reply to one of my posts.

dupratac 08-19-2012 06:31 AM
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Actually, it's a fair question to ask. Dangermoose said we have loads of illogical idioms. Bungle asks which ones here are illogical.
You are correct.

So far it is not Bungled. Give it a minute.

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Funny, I say exactly the same thing every time you reply to one of my posts.
Ha! Nice.

loyalgagora 08-19-2012 06:35 AM
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Most Americans know it's a logic fail, but it's an idiom over there. We have loads of them in the UK as well. The problem is that it's really frustrating to read when you don't know that it's an idiom.
No one would know its an idiom because thats not what an idiom is. the phrase i couldnt care less is not figurative as in an idiom, it is literal. if you couldn't care less about something you have no interest in it

I could care less is a contradiction of i couldnt care less. One states no interest the other states an arbitrary level of interest but none the less still an interest.

Using a literal phrase when one actually means its contradiction is not an idiom. It is however idiocy. In my experience anyone who says i could care less to me does in fact mean they couldnt care less but simply does not understand the definition so there in, not understanding the difference.

capeAngedlelp 08-19-2012 06:40 AM
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No one would know its an idiom because thats not what an idiom is. the phrase i couldnt care less is not figurative as in an idiom, it is literal. if you couldn't care less about something you have no interest in it

I could care less is a contradiction of i couldnt care less. One states no interest the other states an arbitrary level of interest but none the less still an interest.

Using a literal phrase when one actually means its contradiction is not an idiom. It is however idiocy. In my experience anyone who says i could care less to me does in fact mean they couldnt care less but simply does not understand the definition so there in, not understanding the difference.
That's a very advanced reply for someone who couldn't even manage the most basic of Google searches...

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm

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So which are the ones that you think are illogical?
Figure it out yourself, I really don't have the energy for a trip to Bungletown tonight.

gugamotina 08-19-2012 06:41 AM
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Figure it out yourself, I really don't have the energy for a trip to Bungletown tonight.
Um no. I'm asking you to back up a statement that you made. Now you're trying to worm you way out of it in your usual way.

neniajany 08-19-2012 06:47 AM
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I really don't have the energy for a trip to Bungletown tonight.
I agree. It's a wide, dark, and hairy place to visit.

somamasoso 08-19-2012 06:48 AM
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Um no. I'm asking you to back up a statement that you made. Now you're trying to worm you way out of it in your usual way.
Look, you turnip, I said that we have loads of idioms in the UK and gave you a link to a page of them. You're the one that jumped to the conclusion that all idioms are illogical.

Try reading this again, after turning off bunglethought and bunglevision:

Most Americans know it's a logic fail, but it's an idiom over there. We have loads of them in the UK as well. The problem is that it's really frustrating to read when you don't know that it's an idiom.

At what point has bunglebrain combined bunglethought and bunglevision and misread that as all idioms are illogical?


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