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pumpkinpumpkin · October 2009

It's DEFINITELY. D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y. Definitely.Not definetly, not defiantly, not definatly, or any other variation. I'm genuinely curious. What is SO difficult about spelling "definitely" correctly?

kikibaby · October 2009

Who cares?

arbolita · October 2009

Probably the same thing that makes it hard for people to spell ridiculous.

anna.oskar · October 2009

definitely

ac_in_dc · October 2009

wow P2 you definately got youre panties in a bunch over this one.

jajph1974 · October 2009

Hahaha. I was deffanetlee spell checking your post.

kate51485 · October 2009

Can we add there/their/they're, its/it's, and your/you're to the list please?

Andrea_Lea · October 2009

definitely ridiculous.

betrothed123 · October 2009

I'm genuinely curious. What is SO difficult about spelling "definitely" correctly?It's all the silent js. Damn those silent letters!

SwedishChick2011 · October 2009

Yeah, it's definitely definitely. That doesn't bug me as much as when people put apostrophes on plurals for no reason. That's probably my biggest grammar pet peeve.

Sooles · October 2009

for me, its because i think of the word define. oops.

pumpkinpumpkin · October 2009

kiki, I care, thank you. It drives me batty. I don't mean only on this site. In general, it's like 75% of the population cannot spell it. It's spelled EXACTLY like it sounds. Whoever mentioned "ridiculous" is also right. I just don't understand what is so hard about it. Vent over.

ggmae · October 2009

Both of my best friends can't spell "tomorrow." They spell it "tommorow."One of my friends spells "front" like "frount" and "kisses" like "kiss's." I don't get it.

pumpkinpumpkin · October 2009

cocoreo - YES. Whenever I see "STD's" I want to rip my eyeballs out.

kikibaby · October 2009

They're/Their/There is a much worse crime, because they mean different things. Although, defiantly does mean something different than definitely.

georgia_bride09 · October 2009

THANK YOU. My ex spelled it definatly 100% of the time in texts. It made me want to punch him and call him stupid. In addition, I prefer addictive over addicting and function over functionality. In closing, someone on here said "irregardless" the other day. NOT A WORD.

bbyckes · October 2009

Add separate to the list too. It's not seperate. It's not.Also, P2 a public apology for briefly confusing you with pumpkinprincess. I thought temporarily you had lost your mind. My apologies.

alixzafiris · October 2009

[i]defiantly[/i] This is actually a word. Though if it's being used as "definitely", that's amusing. Andplus, you used definitely so many times in that post that now it just looks all wrong to me.

pumpkinpumpkin · October 2009

Alix, I know it's a word...but I've seen it here and other places (ie - facebook - the root of all grammar evil) when they meant "definitely". And I know...I had to check 3 bazillion times to make sure I hadn't spelled it incorrectly myself. It looks so wrong after that many. Kiki - their/they're/there and your/you're irritate me as well. I've vented about that here before though. Today, I definitely have no patience for the "definatly" thing. We all graduated from high school. We should all be able to spell it.

pumpkinpumpkin · October 2009

capri - i have no idea what you're talking about. But apology accepted.

kate51485 · October 2009

Another one that gets me is conversate. Thanks to rappers, everyone seems to have forgotten that the word converse exists.

pumpkinpumpkin · October 2009

You know what else drives me?When people say "should of". No. It's "should have".

betrothed123 · October 2009

Another one that gets me is conversate. Thanks to rappers, everyone seems to have forgotten that the word converse exists. Ditto. This drives me nuts.

IrishBrideND · October 2009

Some people, myself included, have severe learning diablities that make spelling difficult. This is a word I mispell often. I try, but sorry if it bugs you. Oh well.

kikibaby · October 2009

Ooh, you know what else bugs me? "I could care less." Really? Well, if you could care less, than you must care a little, so what's your point?

fangsiting · October 2009

Is this your website?http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

alixzafiris · October 2009

[i]Ooh, you know what else bugs me? "I could care less." Really? Well, if you could care less, than you must care a little, so what's your point?[/i] We go over this all the time on here for some reason. I couldn't care less means exactly that whilst I could care less is sarcastic. Both are acceptable, it depends on where you're from.

BecW2be · October 2009

p2 your defiantly a ridoculus amount of fun.

kkchisholm · October 2009

I can't stand when people say "I could care less"... do they realize that means that they do care!..It's "I couldn't care less"!

vallyhoo · October 2009

We've had the could vs. could not care less argument. This graphic pretty much settled the debate: [img]http://i36.tinypic.com/sg36dt.png[/img]

pumpkinpumpkin · October 2009

irish - aren't you a teacher? I fully believe that teachers, no matter what subject area, should be able to spell. Sorry if I'm mistaken. But the latter half of my comment still stands.

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