Everyone habitually misuses or misspells some words. I have an actual written list to try to find out what mine are, but no one will tell me which ones I misuse ( too kind ) and it's almost impossible to discover them on my own. But mom, 85 years old, always corrects "liberry".
I feel your pain Keight. I'll admit to not having very good grammar skills, and my spelling abilities have diminished over the years, but I still see mangled grammar and misspellings on web forums that make my jaw drop through the floor into the basement. Why oh why, didn't I pay more attention to my high school english teachers?
Lol true. But how about people that don't speak English as a first language and are only learning? I find that pointing mistakes out politely is more useful here, because they are learning.
Tenant/tenet doesn't bother me nearly as much as warrantee/warranty, peddle/pedal or breaks/brakes. I also can't stand "I could care less", when they really mean "I couldn't care less." Another one is "The proof is in the pudding", which is supposed to be "The proof of the pudding is in the eating".
Some people seem to think it doesn't matter - and I agree! Now I'll tell you why: sqfheoiu siuyebd bjsgerus hiute. Quesgdye huiuy lpsatedh h husfe. Iyegdj hhst, shui? I think you'll agree that's a pretty watertight argument!
Don't feel alone on this one Keight - I deal with this kinda crap all the time, and WILL correct!
Problem is, it never breaks them of the habit (and usually is responded to with: "whatever".
Whatever... WHATEVER?!?
No, not "whatever" Archie Bunker - it is what it is and it is not what you said it was - now say it right, and say it right next time. Otherwise it just makes you sound dopey.
Yup. I would have thought people would know how to use a dictionary by now...or worked out that if you type "x definition" into a search engine it'll tell you. Oh well, Dogberryisms are always fun to spot.
Tenants of Christianity...that would be the peasants who lived on church-owned land and were basically owned by the church when vassalage and serfdom was the order of the day, right?
Or what about Tenant Nosce? (Pay rent to thineself)
Why does this video make me picture you as a teacher? You should start handing out homework assignments to the silly boys and girls who get things incorrect.
@Kishandreth I'd make a rotten teacher; without a script and, frankly, significantly more patience than I've got, I could NEVER teach in a classroom environment.
I HAVE been in a kind of mentor situation; I'd finished my final project in film editing class six weeks early, so I ended up being recruited by the teacher as a TA. THAT I did all right, roaming around the class teaching kids how to edit video. :)
It's a pet peeve of mine, as well; particularly when people use "ideal" in lieu of "idea." ...like nails scraping a chalkboard. That being said, I, too, struggle with a few words (who vs. whom -grrrr!), but I don't mind being corrected. It's a family tradition. XD Given my druthers, I would rather know than not. However, some people find being corrected offensive, even going so far as to refuse to correct their misuse. I can't stomach "willful ignorance" in this arena either, it seems.
*Sees the end of the video then goes to the Jeep and looks around*
"Hmm, I have a gear shift, but this doesn't appear to run on think written in all caps".
Ok, that was horrible, but on that note, I never have referred to the ideas of my beliefs as tenets. Thanks though for keeping that from happening in the future. You may have just caused a time paradox though O_o.
lol I saw you correcting someone with that. That was pretty funny. I didn't realize it was wide spread...... Then again knowing the arguments that word would have been in, I really shouldn't be surprised.
@mjh012363 The truth of the situation is rather difficult to ascertain. As much time as I spent writing research papers in college, maybe I'm a bit touchy in this area.
@razgrizinferno Yeah, me too. I find it rather disappointing that noone seems to have realized that I was attempting to make a point. Shit, how many obvious mistakes do I have to jam together before people figure this out?
@analyticalboy No shit. I sincerely hope that this wasn't the only mistake you detected in my grammar and spelling: I tried to include as many as possible. I guess I wasn't quite obvious enough.
Those who confuse those words are the tenants of stupidity. What bothers me most is people who don't know the difference between "then" and "than". To what is the world coming?
On a more serious note if you are basing your irritation on how individuals spell the words in print, there is poor correlation twixt the ability to spell and intelligence. Too often I have had debates I participated in derailed by people who make a big deal over the fact that I misspell words, despite the fact that I am certifiably dyslexic and spill cheekers hat me (yes that was deliberate).
Other juicy nuggets I've actually heard: Ide of made dinner but you were late. Mongrel hordes. I gotta unthaw this ice. Art gecko. Flustrated. Lobster Nuremburg. Innovention. Automagically.
Thank you for this public service announcement.. I had no idea there was a difference. Luckily, I've never had to write/type the word "tenet" out.. but now I'm a little bit smarter.. Thanks!
I did not know what the english word "tenet" means untill today. I knew what a tenant means but not tenet. I learn something new everyday. Thank you for clearing that up for me.
I've actually used the word tenant of christianity in a video. I was corrected. I was not running on automatic I had just never use either of those words enough to realize the differences. I also used the phrase Cognitive dissidence instead of dissonance and still get people correcting me on that video after 2 years. My gf has dyslexia so she does it even worse. Mortal enemy of grammar Nazi Yoda is.
As a brit i cant stand the american ' Icould care less' we say 'I couldnt care less' surely if you could care less that simply means you DO care... if you couldn't then you are at the nadir of your caring, i think David mitchell did a piece on it here on the toobs.
eye blayme fonix four thus mezz, cuz iff spellin dusnt matta ven uh dicksionairy iz difi cult two youse.
Ok I'm now highly dissapppppointed , that"s how we spell it in England; whilst desparatrly tyyyping on ouer keyboards! Bionic come over to France and see us sometime.
You are asking people who believe in Zombie Jesus and the big spook in the sky to think. If they thought they wouldn't believe in Zombie Jesus and the big spook.
Irregardless of this, I think you misoverestimate how dumb it makes you look when OTHER people use these wordisms. You do a fair enough job of that yourself.
you're cool and everything, but your voice reminds me of my voice when i have honey at the back of my throat and my spit strings together and i get this black guy tone...but higher pitched.
there really is no reason for me to say this because its very trolley of me and I apologise.
@blackwolf1200 I know what you mean. I always get the urge to write a comment saying "No, that raises the question.". But then I realize they wouldn't know what the heck I'm talking about. I don't think I've ever heard someone use that phrase in real life. I give it a passing mention in my latest video but I don't explain it. I just point to "Common Errors in English Usage".
Ahhhh the English language is a huge bitch. All those similar sounding or close enough words drive me nuts. Like, affect and effect. ALWAYS mixing those two up and I'm a freakin' writer. The worst part is word processors don't catch those kinds of mistakes and I'm a horrid editor of my own work :P
There are so many words like that in the english language you would almost have to be GrapplingIgnorace (youtuber that's an english teacher) to get it right even 99% of the time. I mean it can affect the effect if you get it wrong.
I know what you mean. I have a few similar "peeves." For instance: Mixing up the words there, their and they're. Another example: Mixing up the words your and you're. On a final note, I can't stand it when people say "ur" instead of your or you're. Am I alone in this?
@KrystineRene It's video keywords; there is no way for YouTube to distinguish between pro-religion and anti-religion if you put, say, 'christianity' or 'islam' in the tags.
I had to edi this text this person sent me. "There sure are a lot of typos there." "Oh, well I didn't proofread it." He skipped the most elementary step a writer must take.
The people I hate are the "as long as people understand it, it dosn't matter how you spell it" crowd. They use terms like "grammar Nazi" to try to hide their own ineptness.
Hang loose, remember not every person has Spanglish as a first language and since when did it become an offence to be an arsehole? Take a chill pill and relax.
@CuriousMoth +1 and LMAO, squared. Top line in tonight’s epp, "Stevie Wonder sang to us under London Bridge at the last frost fare in 1814", "He did?", "Yes, but you must never tell him!" LMAO!
@OmniZodd I believe the famous blue box is now tennanted by a 'mattsmith'. i take this to mean he makes very small carpets that people leave by their front doors.
You know why his happens? No one is reading anymore. When you've only ever heard a word spoken, because you don't read books, then you spell words in whatever way sounds phonetically appropriate. It's depressing.
@OgreVI And it really is important, too. There are right and wrong ways to spell things for a REASON. If every generation makes up their own goofy spellings for shit because they think silent letters are "gay," or something, we'd have a constantly changing lexicon. A hundred years from now no one would be able to read a twentieth century book without consulting a dictionary. Consistent spellings and grammar are a gift to the future.
They really are. We have such an expressive and precise language, and I truly do hate to hear (or see) folks misuse it. I've been considering making a video about that myself, but I don't know if I can do it without getting pissy. Maybe I'll let BD be an inspiration to me.
There's no need to get upper arms. What do you accept of us? For all intensive purposes, it's a doggy dog world and mistakes like that are a diamond dozen. Don't take our comments for granite.
@HelplessVictim Your exposed to look for contact clues when reading anyway. Like one time when a lady told me about her brown conclusive spiders. I got the jest of what she meant because I know about brown reclusive spiders. K8 should of been nicer. She should make a mens.
Now that I'm used to that new opening, I must say I love it! Also, you have one of those hats? Awsome! I have a "knows way too many random things about random subjects" hat! We can start a club!
It's a pernicious meme. This would be the first time I heard that tenant wasn't the word for dogma, etc... We learn words from other people, and if they use the wrong word, so will we. Still, I'll try to keep them straight now. Alternatively, I'll ask my landlord if he's christian. Save me some trouble.
@BionicDance I agree with that, but you shouldn't call someone stupid for simply not knowing something. Correct them first, and if they refuse to accept it, then you can call them stupid.
@dannypantsgm Surely nobody ever referred to themselves as a tenet? *raised eyebrow* I hear "tenant" regarding beliefs, but I've almost NEVER heard the reverse...
@BionicDance One tenant especially loved to do this. Jewish guy, fucking insane. Called me every day about some stupid maintenance shit always reminding me he was a tenet.
The worst ever: Flaunting the Constitution.
Woohoo, look at me, I've got a Constitution!
buybuydandavis 7 months ago
@buybuydandavis As opposed to...what? "Flouting"?
BionicDance 7 months ago
@BionicDance Yeah, flouting. But flaunting gives such a wonderful image, don't you think?
buybuydandavis 7 months ago
maybe they live in 'The House Of God'........Just sayin'...
lookyew 7 months ago
Grammar Nazi here.
At long fucking last! Someone finally said it.
Thank you, BD.
amoxtlacatl 8 months ago
I love you sexy language snob ;-P
antiantilogic 8 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I have learned now =^_^=
BlankPicketSign 8 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Yes, thank you for pointing this out!
limegreensquid 8 months ago
Everyone habitually misuses or misspells some words. I have an actual written list to try to find out what mine are, but no one will tell me which ones I misuse ( too kind ) and it's almost impossible to discover them on my own. But mom, 85 years old, always corrects "liberry".
thereforeithought 8 months ago
I thought this was going to be about how many churches take up space on this planet, and how much of a waste of space this is. ^_-
realigiousrayne 8 months ago
@realigiousrayne It wasn't.
*grin*
BionicDance 8 months ago
Ya, come on guys, you no speak too much goods.
AtheismTV 8 months ago
Besides your "..on automatic ... Think!" some people will make others viewing enjoyment better if they fricken google "spell checker"!
Awesome.
Paxmax 8 months ago
I feel your pain Keight. I'll admit to not having very good grammar skills, and my spelling abilities have diminished over the years, but I still see mangled grammar and misspellings on web forums that make my jaw drop through the floor into the basement. Why oh why, didn't I pay more attention to my high school english teachers?
TranscendentBiscuit 8 months ago
Well I do live with Christians. :P
MysticWhiteReaper 8 months ago
Lol true. But how about people that don't speak English as a first language and are only learning? I find that pointing mistakes out politely is more useful here, because they are learning.
mornmeril 8 months ago
Thank you for this!
MyGrammarRules 8 months ago
Three thumbs up. Way up!
PeytonFarquhar1 8 months ago
I've noticed myself saying tennants instead of tenets sometimes even though I know its incorrect. Its just the way English rolls off the tongue.
metrx330 9 months ago
omg, spelling... who cares?
abemore 9 months ago
LMAO
devchelle2 9 months ago
And if you can't think at least use spell checker ;-)
RDaneelOlivaw2 9 months ago
Tenant/tenet doesn't bother me nearly as much as warrantee/warranty, peddle/pedal or breaks/brakes. I also can't stand "I could care less", when they really mean "I couldn't care less." Another one is "The proof is in the pudding", which is supposed to be "The proof of the pudding is in the eating".
sbunny8 9 months ago
Some people seem to think it doesn't matter - and I agree! Now I'll tell you why: sqfheoiu siuyebd bjsgerus hiute. Quesgdye huiuy lpsatedh h husfe. Iyegdj hhst, shui? I think you'll agree that's a pretty watertight argument!
InvincibleIronyMan 9 months ago
@thkaal1 That's what I was thinking of too ;)
amandarandom89 9 months ago
Don't feel alone on this one Keight - I deal with this kinda crap all the time, and WILL correct!
Problem is, it never breaks them of the habit (and usually is responded to with: "whatever".
Whatever... WHATEVER?!?
No, not "whatever" Archie Bunker - it is what it is and it is not what you said it was - now say it right, and say it right next time. Otherwise it just makes you sound dopey.
steveb0503 9 months ago
I was expecting her to end with "Instead, please... get a dictionary."
Gaawachan 9 months ago
Yup. I would have thought people would know how to use a dictionary by now...or worked out that if you type "x definition" into a search engine it'll tell you. Oh well, Dogberryisms are always fun to spot.
Tenants of Christianity...that would be the peasants who lived on church-owned land and were basically owned by the church when vassalage and serfdom was the order of the day, right?
Or what about Tenant Nosce? (Pay rent to thineself)
Teloculos 9 months ago
Fucking amen!
aameenah 9 months ago
Why does this video make me picture you as a teacher? You should start handing out homework assignments to the silly boys and girls who get things incorrect.
Kishandreth 9 months ago
@Kishandreth I'd make a rotten teacher; without a script and, frankly, significantly more patience than I've got, I could NEVER teach in a classroom environment.
I HAVE been in a kind of mentor situation; I'd finished my final project in film editing class six weeks early, so I ended up being recruited by the teacher as a TA. THAT I did all right, roaming around the class teaching kids how to edit video. :)
BionicDance 9 months ago
LOVE IT!! This video is what made me subscribe to you. See you around.
AmosTheTalented 9 months ago
hmm. I might be guilty of this. So embarrassed
TheEmpiricalTruth 9 months ago
It's a pet peeve of mine, as well; particularly when people use "ideal" in lieu of "idea." ...like nails scraping a chalkboard. That being said, I, too, struggle with a few words (who vs. whom -grrrr!), but I don't mind being corrected. It's a family tradition. XD Given my druthers, I would rather know than not. However, some people find being corrected offensive, even going so far as to refuse to correct their misuse. I can't stomach "willful ignorance" in this arena either, it seems.
SeekerKC 9 months ago
It sucks that words in English often don't spell the way they sounds :p
x86freak 9 months ago
Wow I've seen the mistake more than the correct version! I actually thought "tenants" was right...
Thank you for enlightening me :)
razgrizinferno 9 months ago
Nice 1991 Intro logo.
startreking2007 9 months ago
*Sees the end of the video then goes to the Jeep and looks around*
"Hmm, I have a gear shift, but this doesn't appear to run on think written in all caps".
Ok, that was horrible, but on that note, I never have referred to the ideas of my beliefs as tenets. Thanks though for keeping that from happening in the future. You may have just caused a time paradox though O_o.
Comptech224 9 months ago
THINK!
Sspankyy 9 months ago
lol
theRoseofmyheart 9 months ago
their pee pull two, y u bee mean too them.
The sad thing is that's the worst I could bring myself to screw up in a sentence and it's 3 AM for me.
SabreKitteh 9 months ago
Behold "The ten ants of Christianity.."
JAEDOGNYC 9 months ago 7
I wonder if the Christian tenants are related to the boarders that I'm told are inadequately secured.
epetrich 9 months ago 2
there are ppl that actually make that mistake? wow
christine13black 9 months ago
lol I saw you correcting someone with that. That was pretty funny. I didn't realize it was wide spread...... Then again knowing the arguments that word would have been in, I really shouldn't be surprised.
sonnygll 9 months ago
LOL! Could you also explain the difference between then and than? That's my big pet peeve. I've actually seen journalists screw it up.
GottaStopKillin 9 months ago
LOL U could of made a hole channel for this stuff, but they could probly care less what your saying.
tctheunbeliever 9 months ago
@tctheunbeliever "Couldn't". COULDN'T care less. If you COULD care less, it means you DO care some.
And there are plenty of channels already dedicated to this stuff. I'm subbed to at least one of 'em.
BionicDance 9 months ago 14
@BionicDance Re: tctheunbeliever's butchery of the English language. Also don't forget it's WHOLE not HOLE and it's "YOU'RE" and not "YOUR" :)
mjh012363 9 months ago
@mjh012363 Do you think that perhaps my butchery of my native tongue was intended to make a point? Shit, how obvious do I have to be?
tctheunbeliever 9 months ago
@tctheunbeliever Don't you think that perhaps our yanking your chain about it is just in jest? :)
mjh012363 9 months ago
@mjh012363 The truth of the situation is rather difficult to ascertain. As much time as I spent writing research papers in college, maybe I'm a bit touchy in this area.
tctheunbeliever 9 months ago
@tctheunbeliever That's alright. Inflection is difficult in online chat. :)
mjh012363 9 months ago
@BionicDance THANK YOU. It bugs the crap outta me when people say "could care less"
razgrizinferno 9 months ago
@razgrizinferno Yeah, me too. I find it rather disappointing that noone seems to have realized that I was attempting to make a point. Shit, how many obvious mistakes do I have to jam together before people figure this out?
tctheunbeliever 9 months ago
@tctheunbeliever What the fuck?
I honestly can't believe I didn't notice that. I feel like I need to apologize now.
razgrizinferno 9 months ago
@razgrizinferno Nah, I'm just a grammar Nazi whose honor has been besmirched.
tctheunbeliever 9 months ago
@BionicDance You, could have, whole, probably couldn't, you're. My grammar humor is too subtle.
tctheunbeliever 9 months ago
@tctheunbeliever "whole"
analyticalboy 9 months ago
@analyticalboy No shit. I sincerely hope that this wasn't the only mistake you detected in my grammar and spelling: I tried to include as many as possible. I guess I wasn't quite obvious enough.
tctheunbeliever 9 months ago
Those who confuse those words are the tenants of stupidity. What bothers me most is people who don't know the difference between "then" and "than". To what is the world coming?
8WholeThing 9 months ago
wow, those were bad words to mix up!
RavenBlaze 9 months ago
@RavenBlaze I see it All. The. Time.
I saw it maybe eight times today, and I finally had to make this video. Heh.
BionicDance 9 months ago 3
So are you saying that David Tenet was the best Doctor Who?
djarm67 9 months ago
tentannantets
whisperingdoom 9 months ago
I find a word that is often said and written wrong is probably. So many people leave out the second B and both write and say probaly.
Swidhelm 9 months ago
@Swidhelm I used to say it that way when I was a kid. Now Ijust say "probly". It's more economical.
8WholeThing 9 months ago
@8WholeThing Heh. My brother used to and sometimes still does say "prolly" thanks I think to Beavis and Buthead.
Another one I hear a lot is supposedly. Quite often the d becomes a b.
Swidhelm 9 months ago
It helped.
peachdica 9 months ago
petty argument
Killerwhalepat 9 months ago
You say "Pedantic dictionary snob" like it's a bad thing.
dechha1981 9 months ago
This is good. English is my second language. This a good lesson.
tubetib 9 months ago
Tennant is also a scottish surname
seonidh 9 months ago
What about Tennant?
Tennant-n. the 10th doctor
On a more serious note if you are basing your irritation on how individuals spell the words in print, there is poor correlation twixt the ability to spell and intelligence. Too often I have had debates I participated in derailed by people who make a big deal over the fact that I misspell words, despite the fact that I am certifiably dyslexic and spill cheekers hat me (yes that was deliberate).
SephieRothe 9 months ago
Thanks, i learned a new word today; "chowderhead"
captaindisguise 9 months ago
Think...and learn to use a fucking dictionary.
megagrey 9 months ago
Thank you BD - it needed to be said.
Other juicy nuggets I've actually heard: Ide of made dinner but you were late. Mongrel hordes. I gotta unthaw this ice. Art gecko. Flustrated. Lobster Nuremburg. Innovention. Automagically.
It's all a bunch of kung foolery if you ask me.
skoockum 9 months ago
Somehow I've managed to ignore this horror of language until now, I just let it slide past my brain when I saw it, but spam damnit, you're right!
From now on, I'll start shooting people in the jaw whenever they say tenant instead of tenet.
athywren 9 months ago
Thank you for this public service announcement.. I had no idea there was a difference. Luckily, I've never had to write/type the word "tenet" out.. but now I'm a little bit smarter.. Thanks!
zionviller 9 months ago
Thats like my mom hates it when people say libary instead of library
Angelwriterspeaks 9 months ago
@Angelwriterspeaks Heh. I used to call it the 'berry, but I KNEW I was using slang; I usually saw 'library' full out, now. :)
BionicDance 9 months ago
I did not know what the english word "tenet" means untill today. I knew what a tenant means but not tenet. I learn something new everyday. Thank you for clearing that up for me.
longname25 9 months ago
@longname25 S'part of what I'm here for! :)
BionicDance 9 months ago
@BionicDance Your videos are just awesomely amazing
gphhawkins 9 months ago
It's such a simple goof it's easy to make that misspulling. It's only annoying when someone refuses to fix it.
Darkfirebrand 9 months ago
Jeez, it's just a couple of words that are VERY similar and sound virtually the same when I say them. No need to nitpick so viciously.
silver6kraid 9 months ago
@silver6kraid Sure there is.
Someone is wrong. On the internet.
That's all the reason ANYONE needs. :)
BionicDance 9 months ago
lmao - really? Who makes that mistake?
I think I'm gonna feature this on my channel - if ok with you, BD? Coz that's "Epic in a Can" material ;-)
BrianJ1962 9 months ago
I've actually used the word tenant of christianity in a video. I was corrected. I was not running on automatic I had just never use either of those words enough to realize the differences. I also used the phrase Cognitive dissidence instead of dissonance and still get people correcting me on that video after 2 years. My gf has dyslexia so she does it even worse. Mortal enemy of grammar Nazi Yoda is.
anubis2814 9 months ago
TENNANTS strong British lager usually drunk by the guy you don't want to sit next to on the bus.
jimthepleb 9 months ago
Why cant mall people be like you Bionic?
I just had to argue with a dumb theist, he got me so frigguin angry to the point where I thought mankind had no hope
He actually pulled the "then why do monkeys still exist".....lol.
I think it should be mandatory by state law for all theists to take an anthropology, biology, chemistry and physics class!
I just feel so sorry for them that their parents brainwashed them when they were helpless. That should be considered child abuse!
ScientistSoundSytem 9 months ago
no chance of seeing you in glasses huh?
Nitelurker1 9 months ago
@Nitelurker1 Oh, there'z a CHANCE.
...it'll just COST YOU. :)
BionicDance 9 months ago
@BionicDance I concur, i wanna see you in glasses!!!! See if you can give Sarah Palin a run for her money!!! :D :P ;)
dendariiprime 9 months ago
@dendariiprime Again, it'll cost ya.
Not puttin' myself through that FOR FREE. :P
BionicDance 9 months ago
@BionicDance Ok...... what's the charge??? ;)
dendariiprime 9 months ago
@dendariiprime I'm actually right now making a video about exactly that; you'll see. Gimme about a half hour. :)
BionicDance 9 months ago
As a brit i cant stand the american ' Icould care less' we say 'I couldnt care less' surely if you could care less that simply means you DO care... if you couldn't then you are at the nadir of your caring, i think David mitchell did a piece on it here on the toobs.
eye blayme fonix four thus mezz, cuz iff spellin dusnt matta ven uh dicksionairy iz difi cult two youse.
jimthepleb 9 months ago
Grammar Nazi XD All of my friends are like this. Nice video.
TheSH1N1GAM1 9 months ago
Damn. I bet I have screwed that up before.
ristinraccoon 9 months ago
A new slogan for ya
"Quit running on automatic. Instead, Google define that shit"
I win? :D
rockerwere 9 months ago
Ok I'm now highly dissapppppointed , that"s how we spell it in England; whilst desparatrly tyyyping on ouer keyboards! Bionic come over to France and see us sometime.
flyingfisbeefilms 9 months ago
You are asking people who believe in Zombie Jesus and the big spook in the sky to think. If they thought they wouldn't believe in Zombie Jesus and the big spook.
TheSweetOldMan 9 months ago
Tennent's - Scottish Lager
toppledgod 9 months ago 14
@toppledgod also tastes like cat piss, and yes i have. Still, its better than HARP!
TheAcutus 9 months ago
I live with the dichotomy of being a little bit of a language snob but also of the ilk to kinfa use the odd lol or wtf if ur ken to whit a mean like.
Language, unlike creatards does evlolve over time.
fishypaw 9 months ago
Your [sic] so smart
exodus21v20 9 months ago
"...too terribly often..."
FUUUUUUUUU
67576856666478964567 9 months ago
This is now my favorite video for the day.
salphen 9 months ago
@salphen Yay! :)
BionicDance 9 months ago
Irregardless of this, I think you misoverestimate how dumb it makes you look when OTHER people use these wordisms. You do a fair enough job of that yourself.
SmilingSkeptic 9 months ago
you sound like you eat too much honey...no offence
zer01ife 9 months ago
@zer01ife I don't even know what that means.
BionicDance 9 months ago
@BionicDance maybe it means you are sweet?
SavageDogg38 9 months ago
@BionicDance
you're cool and everything, but your voice reminds me of my voice when i have honey at the back of my throat and my spit strings together and i get this black guy tone...but higher pitched.
there really is no reason for me to say this because its very trolley of me and I apologise.
zer01ife 9 months ago
Sillygames, love the sarcasm! Lol
themendezes 9 months ago
Oh no, I’m dyslexic. ... Please don’t beat me.
Brained05 9 months ago
spell check doesn't tell the difference between tenant and tenet....
emperorkang 9 months ago
Grammar snobs are forever alone...
geminyo 9 months ago
That told us!
YesIamJames 9 months ago
Have you done a video on "begging the question"? That's another one that bugs me all the time.
blackwolf1200 9 months ago
@blackwolf1200 I think I have, but I'm approaching 400 vids, so I'd have to go look to see...
BionicDance 9 months ago
@blackwolf1200 I know what you mean. I always get the urge to write a comment saying "No, that raises the question.". But then I realize they wouldn't know what the heck I'm talking about. I don't think I've ever heard someone use that phrase in real life. I give it a passing mention in my latest video but I don't explain it. I just point to "Common Errors in English Usage".
QuantumDarkness 9 months ago
Ahhhh the English language is a huge bitch. All those similar sounding or close enough words drive me nuts. Like, affect and effect. ALWAYS mixing those two up and I'm a freakin' writer. The worst part is word processors don't catch those kinds of mistakes and I'm a horrid editor of my own work :P
Otokogoroshi 9 months ago
Things that grate for me: "would/could/should of" instead of "would/could/should have" and "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".
SpookyFan 9 months ago
There are so many words like that in the english language you would almost have to be GrapplingIgnorace (youtuber that's an english teacher) to get it right even 99% of the time. I mean it can affect the effect if you get it wrong.
lautz73 9 months ago
That reminds me of the runes of magic forums...dUAl classes, not dUEl classes. And the people with daggers are roGUes, not roUGes!
And we keep correcting them every...bloody day...and it never stops
JasonCrowell 9 months ago
I know what you mean. I have a few similar "peeves." For instance: Mixing up the words there, their and they're. Another example: Mixing up the words your and you're. On a final note, I can't stand it when people say "ur" instead of your or you're. Am I alone in this?
Hereticbooks 9 months ago
@Hereticbooks No, you're not alone AT ALL. Heh.
Nice to know I've got so many fellow language snobs on my channel. :)
BionicDance 9 months ago
@KrystineRene It's video keywords; there is no way for YouTube to distinguish between pro-religion and anti-religion if you put, say, 'christianity' or 'islam' in the tags.
BionicDance 9 months ago
Just searched YT and found a guy using that same phrase in a 44 min presentation about tenants of faith. Love it.
manmadesounds 9 months ago
might as well say Jedi use lifesavers.
gothatfunk 9 months ago
@gothatfunk *twitchtwitch*
BionicDance 9 months ago
I had to edi this text this person sent me. "There sure are a lot of typos there." "Oh, well I didn't proofread it." He skipped the most elementary step a writer must take.
The people I hate are the "as long as people understand it, it dosn't matter how you spell it" crowd. They use terms like "grammar Nazi" to try to hide their own ineptness.
carlcartman 9 months ago
Hang loose, remember not every person has Spanglish as a first language and since when did it become an offence to be an arsehole? Take a chill pill and relax.
TheTomtompiper 9 months ago
I thought a Tenant was a time lord :/
CuriousMoth 9 months ago
@CuriousMoth +1 and LMAO, squared. Top line in tonight’s epp, "Stevie Wonder sang to us under London Bridge at the last frost fare in 1814", "He did?", "Yes, but you must never tell him!" LMAO!
TheTomtompiper 9 months ago
Phew.., I'm glad I knew the difference :) I guess I'm not a chowderhead? :)
sinisterem 9 months ago
1:26 for a second there, I thought you'd say "use a dictionary"
TBman256 9 months ago
TENNANT:
--noun, proper
a man who burns at the center of time and space, and pilots a blue phone box across infinity.
OmniZodd 9 months ago 13
@OmniZodd Smooth :3 I love that we both thought of that witicism within a 20 minute time span XD Our nerd credentials shine brightly.
CuriousMoth 9 months ago
@OmniZodd I believe the famous blue box is now tennanted by a 'mattsmith'. i take this to mean he makes very small carpets that people leave by their front doors.
steviemgallacher 9 months ago
Are you a tenet at an apartment or house BionicDance?
Icerama108 9 months ago
HAH! I am right now trying to find some way to properly use the phrase "tenants of Xianity" in a discussion.
OgreVI 9 months ago
@OgreVI I am, too (laughs) .
Jaybird196 9 months ago
LOVED IT, great name for the vid
roblesterfilms 9 months ago
You know why his happens? No one is reading anymore. When you've only ever heard a word spoken, because you don't read books, then you spell words in whatever way sounds phonetically appropriate. It's depressing.
revelwoodie 9 months ago 2
@revelwoodie
It is. I hate it when someone types "would of" instead of "would have" or "would've." That one makes me completely crazy.
OgreVI 9 months ago
@OgreVI And it really is important, too. There are right and wrong ways to spell things for a REASON. If every generation makes up their own goofy spellings for shit because they think silent letters are "gay," or something, we'd have a constantly changing lexicon. A hundred years from now no one would be able to read a twentieth century book without consulting a dictionary. Consistent spellings and grammar are a gift to the future.
revelwoodie 9 months ago 2
@revelwoodie
They really are. We have such an expressive and precise language, and I truly do hate to hear (or see) folks misuse it. I've been considering making a video about that myself, but I don't know if I can do it without getting pissy. Maybe I'll let BD be an inspiration to me.
OgreVI 9 months ago
If I call you a grammar nazi, would that count as a Godwin violation? ;-)
sticklers unite!
zEropoint68 9 months ago
damit now I fell stoopid for using the rang ward ;)
Scarletpooky 9 months ago
Huh, I learned something today. As a fellow dictionary nerd, I thank you. :)
TalkingWigHead 9 months ago
Haha, this is a pet peeve of mine too. I usually hear theists make this mistake, (Venomfangx) but admittedly I have heard a few atheists say this.
Thanks for making the vid, now I don't have to be the word Nazi : )
MrTruthAddict 9 months ago
I am very sorry you have to make this video.
StabbyRaccoon 9 months ago
@StabbyRaccoon No sorrier than I, I can assure you!
BionicDance 9 months ago
I think you should have ended with ...THANK ;p
premed2 9 months ago
Also confused with Tennant: 10th actor to play The Doctor in Doctor Who
AgentOfDoubt 9 months ago
There's no need to get upper arms. What do you accept of us? For all intensive purposes, it's a doggy dog world and mistakes like that are a diamond dozen. Don't take our comments for granite.
HelplessVictim 9 months ago 43
@HelplessVictim I will LIGHT YOU ON FIRE! ;)
BionicDance 9 months ago
@HelplessVictim LOL, that was perfect, haha
MrTruthAddict 9 months ago
@HelplessVictim brillo!
farvision 9 months ago
@HelplessVictim aaauuuuuuughhhhh!
blackwolf1200 9 months ago
@HelplessVictim Your exposed to look for contact clues when reading anyway. Like one time when a lady told me about her brown conclusive spiders. I got the jest of what she meant because I know about brown reclusive spiders. K8 should of been nicer. She should make a mens.
sillygames 9 months ago
Now that I'm used to that new opening, I must say I love it! Also, you have one of those hats? Awsome! I have a "knows way too many random things about random subjects" hat! We can start a club!
GraberStone 9 months ago
It's a pernicious meme. This would be the first time I heard that tenant wasn't the word for dogma, etc... We learn words from other people, and if they use the wrong word, so will we. Still, I'll try to keep them straight now. Alternatively, I'll ask my landlord if he's christian. Save me some trouble.
Sines314 9 months ago
Lack of knowledge does not always equal lack of intelligence.
iantheuncountable 9 months ago
@iantheuncountable A refusal to correct a lack of knowledge is willful stupidity.
BionicDance 9 months ago
@BionicDance I agree with that, but you shouldn't call someone stupid for simply not knowing something. Correct them first, and if they refuse to accept it, then you can call them stupid.
iantheuncountable 9 months ago
As someone who used to lease sleazy apartments, I share your frustration.
dannypantsgm 9 months ago
@dannypantsgm Surely nobody ever referred to themselves as a tenet? *raised eyebrow* I hear "tenant" regarding beliefs, but I've almost NEVER heard the reverse...
BionicDance 9 months ago
@BionicDance One tenant especially loved to do this. Jewish guy, fucking insane. Called me every day about some stupid maintenance shit always reminding me he was a tenet.
dannypantsgm 9 months ago