fyi (just because there might be other analites out there)

Don't get me started on the common misspellings and misuse of words that I see on here. :)

I think the ones that get me the most are "flair" and "Chron's." :)

I guess that one can flare with flair, however.

Spelling crohn's incorrectly (especially for those that actually have it) drives me bonkers too, same with "flair". As far as regime goes..."Definition of REGIME 1a : regimen 1 b : a regular pattern of occurrence or action", I've seen it used properly here and as far as regiment goes, well in all fairness I think it can be appropriately used as well to describe in our signatures for example all the things we take and do on a daily basis to try and keep our disease under CONTROL just like with a military unit, afterall living with IBD is a BATTLE lol!

I think some of it may be that some people on here are from different countries and English may not be their first language. Also, they could be like me and got D's in English. LOL

I'm just very happy that we all understand what "D" stands for. I misspell diarrhea most often . Of course, after a few more years w/ colitis, I should have it down pat.

::snort:: at Sherri's comment

as long as i can read and understand what a person says, then i don't care how they spell it. i know there are some words that i will never care to learn how to spell- nauseous is one of them. that's my assumption on how to spell it. or nausea? is that right?

 

lookforcure,

I certainly am not ashamed of myself for expressing my pet peeve regarding spelling, and I don't go out of my way to point out or pick on anyone that has spelling issues...I'm well aware of language barriers since both of my parents came from europe. Mispelled words have long been a pet peeve of mine and I know others share the same pet peeve not to mention even more bizarre pet peeves than that. It is what it is, no one is making fun of anyone regarding the topic....lighten up!

I bet i've used regiment incorrectly, sorry if I have offended. I figure, you know what I mean!

please understand i never intended to hurt any feelings - it was simply (here i go again) to inform i.e., FYI -
i'm old and was raised to talk, spell, act "right" - so, that's what i do - i learned to care about that kind of stuff, right or wrong -
there are four groups in my opinion:

i care
i don't care
i care but don't know, so show me
oh sh#t, i said that ?

my wife is the latter - she is younger than i am and was raised differently - i'll say to her " do you realize what you just said?" and she'll be horrified - i don't criticize, i just let her know cuz she wants to know -

Hey, I had a doctor ask me what medication regiment was I on....I wanted to say "it's regimen!".

typing stuff, it's easy to make common finger misorder mistkesa! but some words that are used in many posts, such as flare, rectum, Crohn's , etc....that's something we can learn if we're interested.

There will always be common word dialects such as prolly or gotta or whatever.

It's couldn't care less, not could care less.

we all can go on and on.

One day I was typing something and instead of should've came out should of. that was typing purely by sound...which was weird.

So...this is just a pet peeve thread. We're not texting each other. There are many ways for people to check for spelling, but the most common I think should at least be noted.

I learned on here about mucus and mucous. Since I'm Canadian, I tend to spell that way. but there is a specific difference as to the meaning of adding the u.

The caps thing is infuriating when it's in a complete post.....and if it's done on purpose...it's just to fuel the fire and totally disrespectful for a forum. Some words for emphasis, totally we get it.

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