We're literate!

[BSea]

Originally Posted by navyhmc

No, that;s right...I drive the short ambulance!

Be nice, that was written in hour 19 of an 18 hour shift.

I wasn't being mean, I didn't know what it was (either spelling) till I googled it.

[cajunfla]

trying to follow this darn funny thread gave me dain bramage.

[fire diver]

Originally Posted by oddbod

"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig."

Holy crap! That's incredible. I read that only a fraction of a second slower than if it had been spelled correctly.

[BoomerNJ]

My pet peeve is "their" & "there" "There" = place... You're right there... "Their" refers to people... No, that's their tank dummy...

I do have to admit though, this is one of the better edumacated forums for spelling & grammar... lol...

[Vercingetorix]

Originally Posted by BouzoukiJoe

Some that get me:

"After I made my decent I swam around for a while. When my time was up I watched my depth guage close in order to avoid an uncontrolled accent."

WTF is a decent? What's a guage, and how on Sam Hill does it help you avoid an uncontrolled accent? And even if you have an uncontrolled accent, it's not likley to cause any problems while underwater unless you have a comm link. Tarnation!

"closely"...not "close"

It's an adverb...use it!!