Which spelling mistakes make your blood boil?

June 29, 2008 5:08pm CST
I am an English teacher and even I make mistakes but I am venting my frustration here over the constant misuse of your/you're. What bad English makes you bang your head on the desk?
3 responses
@Jaytech (2251)
29 Jun 08
I hate it even more so when it's deliberate, for example when people use text speak. I've seen it right here on mylot, people using words such as dis, dat, a da uver. It makes me cringe & makes them look like imbeciles
@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
29 Jun 08
some spellings that get next to me are: Their, instead of there Using has and have incorrectly, the contractions are always misused. There are more, can't think of them all right now.
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
29 Jun 08
All spelling errors make my blood boil, but some more than others. For instance, the word okay. In most spell checking programs, this word is not spelled correctly. HUH? When did that happen? I realize that I went to school years ago but that was the correct spelling then. Oddly enough, on one spell checkers I used okay is not spelled right and neither is ok LOL By the way, after cleaning chalkboards for 25 years I can tell you the worst spellers in the world are teachers LOL