Clemens Vasters

January 11, 2008

@ 07:42 PM

It is ridiculous how many people spell ridiculous 'rediculous' these days. I must be reading the ridiculous spelling 'rediculous' dozens of times a day. English is my second language and I'm far away from claiming that I know it all, but if thousands of people keep making the same mistake on a regular basis it just makes my eyes bleed and my brain's spell-checker revolt. Same goes for 'definately' (wow, I really need to clean out the spam on that old page) and the horrific 'there' instead of 'their'.

Luckily, I just found that I'm not alone:

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Saturday, January 12, 2008 5:59:44 AM UTC

There's more of those: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39273376,00.htm

English is my second language too (the fourth, more precisely), and I always wonder how come I can speak my native tongue and several others properly, while others can't even get right the language they grew up with.

Oh, well, I guess that's why big companies have to hire expats, right?

Grammar Nazi

Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:05:46 AM UTC

Wow, you're already the #8 hit for "rediculous" on Google!

Oran

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:10:31 AM UTC

You left out "loose" (not tight) != "lose" (to misplace). I don't know how many times I see that one everyday, but it's enough to make me "loose" (unleash) my temper...