"Your a Looser"

[kandtell]

My mum's pet hate is "invite" used as a noun. Every time she hears it she says "It's an invitation! Invite is a verb!".

[GodPatrol]

i kan spel ded gud an vat but donut mined abot vat soart off fing ven agen id duz elp iff u no grama

[Bergarita]

your a looser!  j/k !! hehehhe

[ScattySafari]

I've read a few histories of the English language(e,g by Bill Bryson & Melvyn Bragg to name 2) and what's fascinating is that the mistakes tend to win the day & if enough people say or write the 'incorrect' form it becomes the norm over time.'

'Your' for 'you are' is so prevalent in the internet age I'm guessing it'll be the dominant form in a 100 yrs.Glad I'll be dead then!

[ScattySafari]

Hee,nice to have found you,think I might subscribe.I agree wholeheartedly.I'm a Baxter too,& a lot of our ancestors & cousins around the world were/are writers & artists. Maybe we have hatred of extreme language fuckery in our genes.

For me though,the two I HATE beyond all reason are the following:

1)"I COME up the road yesterday."AAAAAAAAH!!! Tenses,motherfucker!Do you understand them?

2)''Somethink,'anythink.'EEEEK­!!!! When did these ing' words aquire a 'k'?

[AfraidtoFly]

I've worked as a writer and my wife is an editor. You would not believe how often professional writers mess up "then" and "than," as in "They have more money then me." Ugh.

[BionicDance]

@AfraidtoFly Sounds like slavery: "They have more money...then, me!"

*meep* ;)

[OneEyedJacker]

@BionicDance

Duh! That's "than me" moron.

[GodPatrol]

@AfraidtoFly Shouldn't that be, "...then I"? ;-)

[AfraidtoFly]

@GodPatrol See? It never ends! :-)

[TheTexanCanadian]

I never pay any attention to people who complain about grammar Nazis, if they don't care enough to type correctly they probably aren't too skilled at thinking either.

[Rabboleth]

For shame... such foul, offensive language. I've seen some disgusting turns of phrase, but....

untie me?

That's the worst!

[ReligiousFiction]

Ahh yes! And let's talk about lie and lay. I can't stand it when people mess those up.

[AdamBomb669]

your sister is loser than my sister.....hahaha

[joe3eagles]

I wish their was a weigh I could of gave this video a hundred Like's, rather then just the one.Than again, all you're video's deserve kudo's!

[r3v3ng3ofthef4113n]

As an English major, I’m often accused of being a Grammar Nazi when I correct someone’s English. I don’t get it. If someone claims 2+2=5, and you correct them, does that make you a Math Nazi? If someone says the earth is flat, and you correct them, does that make you a Science Nazi?

[HybridD91]

@r3v3ng3ofthef4113n Bad comparison. Scientists and math majors aren't fond of English. Leave us alone.

[McPrfctday]

BionicDance eats shoots and leaves :)

[endergt]

if you're proposing that we reproduce to increase the number of language snobs... well, I'd be all over that if I weren't already fixed...

[ChuckyJesus666]

Bliss you, Bionic! I am so dismayed at the horrible English I see online. It's usually worse with fundies, but sometimes I see it from atheists too and it drives me to distraction!

[Devilock07]

Discuss: their, there, they're...

[BionicDance]

@Devilock07 Those are on my list of things to talk about, yes.

[supermanlypunch]

So now I can add language snob to the list of reasons why you're awesome. Keep up the good work Bionic.

[tnordloh]

I couldn't watch this video because you spelled looser rong.

[is3it7lonar]

Hipocracy, I say! (That one got by Spellcheck. Well, no, it didn't I'm lying.)

[Sines314]

Oooohhh.... If you wanna be possessive, it's just 'i-t-s', but if you want to do a contraction then it's 'i-t-apostraphe-s'. Scaliwag.

That's always stuck with me...

[LasraelLarson]

Your looser ate my dingo!

[MrKrov]

Any pedant that tries to "correct" any utterance of mine that's perfectly acceptable to the majority of speakers in a chosen medium (or even if it is a real error but just a minor, one time thing) to my face, I'm gouging their eyes out.

[melowar78]

Although I do know these simple grammar thingings, I do tend to fuck up from time to time. Another good piece of advice is to not type when your drinking ;)

[antonc81]

YAY!!! Language snobs unite!

[bigbattenberg]

I know a manager that always says "death line" when he means "deadline". I think that's funny.

[bgm1958]

From a fellow grammar bully I applaud your attention to this matter. My pet peeve is how people misuse unique. I actually corrected my therapist once on that point.

[Ajindo76]

Please don't jump the shark.

[BionicDance]

@Ajindo76 Ayyy...whaddaya think I'm Fonzie ovuh here? ;)

[TheNatchers]

yeah i used to get annoyed by these things too but, as long as one can understand what people are trying to say and it's not a legal document then, who cares? Languages change and evolve all the time. I do know where your (hehe, you're) coming from though

[WelshLore]

I don't get that upset with grammar mistakes as long as it's still coherent.

[thetechnologyfreak]

Ah so you are a language snob, a scifi fanatic, a rational thinking ...and a number lover. I'm so frelling glad I subbed to your channel.

[BionicDance]

@thetechnologyfreak Welcome aboard! :)

[SecularNumanist]

you forgot the when/went, where/were/we're distinctions.

Also, your and asshole

[RottenRroses]

I think it can be unfair to criticize people for spelling or grammatical errors on the Internet. You don't know what their background is or if English is their first language.

I think everybody should have the opportunity to participate in the conversation no matter how well developed their language skills are.

The Internet is an international forum, so I don't mind a few spelling or grammar errors, as long as I understand what the person is saying.

[Pancerni]

Wow,and people think I am psychotic because I get angry about inaccuracies I see in war movies,e.g.~anytime they depict the Romans,no matter what period of the Republic/Empire,they are always wearing the goddamned Lorica Segmentata armor.Jeebus fucking christ on a cross,they only used that set for roughly 2-300 years and not during the time of the Republic.You,on the other hand,are freaking out just over words!?!?!?!?,WEIRDO.

[BionicDance]

@Pancerni We, uh, use these words NOW, dude; you're flipping out of historical FICTION.

Think about it. ;)

[WildwoodClaire1]

The "your" "you're" mistake appears constantly in YT comments and its effect on me is much the same as when someone drags their fingernails across an blackboard.

[BionicDance]

@WildwoodClaire1 With you on that one, yeah.

[cruelbusiness1984]

I am not a language snob. I insist on typing in text speak :P (I also don't care if people don't like this :P)

[Astrobrant2]

"Language snobs are sexy."

Thanks! Too bad I'm a guy! [snerk]

When I taught GED prep, "your-you're" was on my list of most misused words. It wasn't number 1, though. IMO, the "its-it's" mistake is more common. Then we have "there-their-they're." Spell-check dependents are just out of luck.

But your right, its worse then I thot.

[jaymthegenius]

@Astrobrant2 Grammarly and White Smoke are good grammar programs, although Microsoft Word (even the 2010 version) is infamous for not being always correct. I've seen apostrophes in "does", as in "Doe's anyone have..." and even "theirs" and "hers".

[Astrobrant2]

@jaymthegenius I haven't heard of them. Fortunately, I have the best program of all: education.

Yes, there are some pretty common errors on the Internet. Another error which has always been a problem is using apostrophe's to make thing's plural or when adding an "s" to a verb. That really bug's me.

[snerk]

[GiftofGod18]

i dont think grammer really matters, i supppose im nihilistic when it comes to grammer

[BionicDance]

@GiftofGod18 "Grammar". *clenches teeth*

[GiftofGod18]

@BionicDance hahahahai had to think of how to spell that... i litterally spent a few seconds deciding on which letter to type, but see "grammar" is not that important to many people, why even have grammer police patroling anyways? you can still be very successful without the help of a dictionary

[jaymthegenius]

@GiftofGod18 It is one of the most important things in the world, along with good manners.

[DeeDemonwitch]

@GiftofGod18 Well if you don't care what you write, why should anyone else? The incorrect use of punctuation or the misspelling of a word can alter the meaning of a sentence.

Here is an example of how punctuation can make all the difference:

[DeeDemonwitch]

@DeeDemonwitch

love letter:

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy – will you let me be yours?

[killswell]

yeah i really hate people who can't spell.. it really gets on my pet peeves..

[killswell]

antidisestablishmentarianism wanna fuck? XD

[CJCA915]

At the end, I wanna what this video?

[BionicDance]

@CJCA915 "Rate".

[CJCA915]

@BionicDance ohh, ok.

[CJCA915]

I'm a spelling and grammar Nazi, lol.

[TomSFox]

Could you also explain the difference between "worse" and "worst"? It's something I see getting mixed up more and more recently and it really pisses me off. And please don't tell me you don't know the difference yourself!

[BionicDance]

@TomSFox Wow. I'm getting a LOT of suggestions; people have got some PET PEEVES about language. Heh. :)

Gonna have to start writing some of these down.

[dima80te]

Love from grammar Nazis all over the world!

[MyGrammarRules]

Oh yeah! I love it!

[itsjustameme]

What I have problems with is how you place your commas. English is very poor on commas. You hardly ever use them and when you do you put them in the strangest of places.

[TheKilgoretrout]

One of my pet peeves is hearing people saying "me and Joe is ..." instead of "Joe and I ARE..." This is probably because my mother was a school teacher who drummed this into me at an early age.

[TychoCelchu]

Another classic example being "noone" instead of "no one". As in "Noone agrees with you".

They could of course be referring to Peter Noone, lead singer of Herman's Hermits, but I doubt it.

[GreatEighthSin]

The one I'm trying to get rid of is using "it's" as if it were possessive. It doesn't work that way, but my brain makes it so!

[boyceps]

Oh my! i thought that i was the only one who was a grammar freak. Thumbs up for trying to correct people who mangle "da eenglissh langage" ;-) And for even knowing the word yore! Even though it's archaic and hasn't been used since the days of yore (snicker) ;-)

[buybuydandavis]

Really? You know people who need any of that explained to them? How sad for you.

[Schnork71]

@buybuydandavis Eeehm..have you avoided reading YouTube comments so far?

[smashballbrawler]

I say that, so long as the message is well within comprehension, don't correct it. BionicDance, I'm not saying you shouldn't have done this; in fact, I think this is indeed a necessary distinction. Examples:

"He is the guy whose house I am going to." Wrong, but let it go.

"I am going to you're house." Wrong. Correct it.

[BionicDance]

@smashballbrawler Um...actually, that first sentence is correct; "whose" is possessive. "Who's" is a contraction of "who is".

[smashballbrawler]

@BionicDance Not that. The sentence was ended with a preposition.

[BionicDance]

@smashballbrawler Oh, THAT. Heh. :)

[MyGrammarRules]

@smashballbrawler Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. ;-) Churchill said that, and that man knows what he's talking about! *wink wink*

[LotusPhoenix93]

Thank you BionicDance!! Can you make more of these? :D

[BionicDance]

@LotusPhoenix93 *grin* Thinkin' about making it a series. :)

[Sav3TheWorld]

too plus too equails for. This statement is incorrect due to poor grammar. Everyone knows its not the content of the message that matters, its the presentation.

[Hyperlot]

I try my very hardest not to butcher the English language, yet... Still human.

[toppledgod]

Hey, You didn't mention there there and there!

[boyceps]

@toppledgod i think that you meant there, their and they're. So their! :-p LOL

[secretk33per]

I have a hard time speaking in proper English. Mostly because I have a southern accent, and I tend to revert to another language I had since I was a kid.

[GreatBigBore]

Yore awsum!

[evilbettyann]

I also hate it when people use the wrong 'their/they're/there'.

[stramster1]

Grammar police on patrol. Hide your euphemisms.

Who cares I been busted for worse.

[Gripen1974]

I am not native English speaker and writer and i do those mistakes all the time

[YourXavier]

Well, grammar policing can get out of hand sometimes and distract from the argument at hand. However, it's generally a good idea to learn spelling, grammar, proper punctuation and so forth. Communicating clearly is a good idea, at least if you expect anyone else to give a crap about what you're saying.

[phead80]

i always like the old, "your a idiot" i see that a lot...

[steveb0503]

I like the example you provided for looser ;-)

How 'bout there, their, and they're? Drives me bat-shit crazy on a daily basis!

[SeekerKC]

We all make mistakes, but the serial offenders drive me bonkers! My MIL (no intellectual slouch) was a touch challenged in the spelling/grammar dept., but she knew it, & kept a dictionary handy. I could respect that.

[realigiousrayne]

Your and you're are things I have mess up on if I'm typing too fast and don't check what I have typed. I have also seen this kind foul-up in text books.

[TheBoyFromNorfolk]

Love the outro. Mangling English is interesting when people start typing their dialect phonetically. Lots of fun.

[Squagnut]

*pokes tounge at BD*

[niriop]

It's a travesty that you're forced to make this video; there are a lot of ignorant fools out there

[DrTazMage]

Your a big looser talking all that crap about my lose sister...I'ma break you're face and stuff it up yore backside AND take a wholly shit while I'm at it!

[MyPisceanNature]

I read somewhere being a grammar nazi means you are more likely to have a high IQ... Either that or the other way around I am not sure lol.

[TheOtherSide100]

Yes!

[Abengoshis]

I CAN stand bad grammar, but the only ones which do get me really annoyed are the wrong versions of 'there' and 'your', 'loose' instead of 'lose and (I'm not sure if this happens outside of England) 'haitch' instead of 'aitch'.

[MrStillmans]

I am a grammar Nazi. You have done well here.

[markken57]

I love the fucktards who put a two line post on FaceTwit which manages to have multiple catastrophic failures of grammar and spelling..like "where going to meet at the theyre place", which manages to be both inane and idiotic at the same time.....

[farvision]

They're their, there are another set the are often confused by young people and theists. A way to remember their and there: theIr contains a person (I) and thEre is a place like the Earth.  I suppose one could add theY're has a person in it , You...

[Rockerman1928]

And here I thought I was the only language stickler left in the world.  Looking forward to your 'their, there, and they're' episode!

[rarrmonkey]

What about my lack of grip?

[L00NGB00W]

'Yore' isn't used hardly enough.

I'm a spelling Nazi, but there's one word I can never get right for some reason.

Nesecarry, damn.

Necessery, damn.

Necessary, woot!

[MrTruthAddict]

"like your big fat head" lol

Thanks for being the spelling Nazi. I get tired of doing it myself

: )

[monkeytube138]

I have a friend who routinely types "wholly shit." In all fairness, it is accurate sometimes.

[BionicDance]

@monkeytube138 *snork* I love it. :)

[ShadeC4]

Where's the "Love" button when you need it? :3

[t3tsuyaguy1]

Then/than, further/farther, there/their/they're Jesus/GEEZUS!. It's important to use the correct term, in the proper context. :)

[scrooge38]

Then there's possessive/plural confusion - the unnecessary use of an apostrophe in plurals. For example "Let's buy some pizza's for lunch." Here in the UK this basic mangling of the Queen's English is becoming so common that we are even seeing it in official documentation and on some road signs. This - and also the "looser" point you identify - annoy me intensely when I see them - but they just reflecting the sad reality that our education system has become incredibly dumbed down.

[perspectivedetective]

Don't forget about "Yor, the Hunter from the Future!"

We will need a lot more hemp before we're through.

[KaroKoenich]

That's a clip for Sesame Street :-)

[dennilane]

Love it. I'm a snob and proud of it

[thor97470]

At 15 seconds your voice modulator had a small flux. You might want to run some diagnostics to make sure nothing is wrong.

[BionicDance]

@thor97470 I don't HAVE a voice modulator...

[AnnaMayEyes]

I saw the title of the video in my subscriptions list and I was thinking "Noooooooooooo!" I had lost all respect for you. I should have known better!

[BionicDance]

@AnnaMayEyes Yes. Yes, you shoulda. ;)

[AdmiralCasey18]

The word I sometimes mess up is goggles by saying googles.

[anbayanyay]

My only complaint is that it doesn't make a person a snob to insist that the language be used properly. It's only morons who get upset when they are shown up for being morons who would get offended when you correct them. By contrast, even I who have perfect grasp of English grammar will fuck it up and if I do so I don't mind being corrected.

[RomeoCo]

As a Dyslexic I find your attitude discriminatory.

[vfIskullangel]

I hate when people use "UR" instead of Your.

[ScattySafari]

@vfIskullangel I admit I've used 'UR' instead of 'Your'-but only on the internet where there's a character limit.

[SinnFein4ever]

Bionic Dance should teach.

Like GrapplingIgnorance does.

Wouldn't it be awesome to have GI as your English teacher, and BI as your Computer Science teacher?

[MorteMcAdaver]

This video gave me a lovely case of the smiles. Once I show this to my partner in literary crimes, Lynn, I think she may just fall in love with you. Just a heads up.

[skoockum]

language snobs are great, but how many of them are making pronunciations like ZOO-ology, antenn-EYE and fun-Ji

[tinydx95t2]

I will be very honest I never saw or even knew the word "Yore" even existed. They say you should learn something new every day. Today I learned a new word and its meaning. Thanks for the video and thanks allot for teaching me something new.

[BionicDance]

@tinydx95t2 GRAAAAAGH! "Allot" is NOT the right word! It's "A lot". "Allot" has a completely different meaning!

*has a foaming conniption*

[tinydx95t2]

@BionicDance Wow I use a word incorrectly and I actually get a comment back other than the time I asked if you ever read and comment back on peoples comments. I apologize for my ignorance of the proper spelling of words in the English language.Spelling was never my strong suit in school. I will try not to use improper English words or spellings so that way my comets are always correct. I really like your videos because I think you have an interesting way of looking at things. sorry 4 my errors.

[BionicDance]

@tinydx95t2 So long as you learn, nothing has been lost. Thanks for wanting to! :)

[ADDMeetsInsomnia]

People get mad because I correct people all the time. Someone just left me a comment, saying 'your ignorant.' My ignorant what? I know it's the internet, but still. lol

[dude12nothin]

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[douglet55]

I think we have a new "Hotforwords"

[BionicDance]

@douglet55 Problem, of course, being that I'm not, you know...hot.

Maybe "Notexactlyuglyforwords"? ;)

[DLandonCole]

@BionicDance I have to ask - how do you feel about soup?

[BionicDance]

@DLandonCole Souper. ;)

[kirafan68]

@BionicDance : there are people who think that you are hot. Don´t you like that? ;)

[BionicDance]

@kirafan68 They're fools, but I'm content with that. :)

[Toudiyama]

@BionicDance Well, I think you are hot. |But being a male of Nephy'd age, I will say no more

[polymath7]

It's the language slobs who have reason to be abashed. How is it even fucking possible for a native English speaker to reach adulthood -nay, adolescence- and manage to avoid learning the distinction between "your" and "you're?" This is not a rhetorical question; I literally don't understand how it's possible.

[BionicDance]

@polymath7 I think it's a phenomenon scientists and linguists have begun calling, "Not giving a shit."

...but that's just me.

[Jaybird196]

@BionicDance I too have noticed this phenomenon. It seems to have so much of daily life in some places.

[Jaybird196]

@Jaybird196 *Sorry, meant to add infected between have and so. Ooops!

[Otokogoroshi]

@polymath7 Shitty schools that's how. Growing up (in Arizona, one of the lower ranking schools for Education. But hey, we do better than Mississippi!) I was hardly taught jack. I didn't learn the difference between verbs and nouns and all that till I taught MYSELF playing word games. The teacher covered it sure but blew through it as fast as possible and didn't actually sit down and try to find out if the kids learned it. Being dyslexic made it all the worse.

[V0r4xiz]

Speaking right from my heart, Kate :>

Grammar and orthography nazis are awesome.

[danthenewprohet]

@bionicdance, Alright, you caught me dammit. Then not than. I do have a friggin BS in Computer IT, but sometimes I wonder if the BS means BullShit. I guess 2 years of English and grammar never sunk in. LOL

[BionicDance]

@danthenewprohet *grin* B.S., M.S., Ph.D?

Bullshit, More Shit, Piled Higher, Deeper. ;)

[TheKilgoretrout]

@danthenewprohet You probably heard that BS means Bullshit, but have you ever heard that MS means more of the same and PhD means piled higher and deeper

[Pineconevolved]

your right, my sister is loser then yores, shes such a looser.

[tedarklordhappypants]

Yay! I'm sexy! Thank you for indirectly paying me a compliment. :D

[Nitelurker1]

I giggle every time I see someone post "Your to stupid to...." (and so on) I make plenty of common errors myself, but this kind of thing still makes me grin.

[BionicDance]

@Nitelurker1 You're more tolerant than I; seeing that makes me shake my head sadly and sometimes facepalm. ;)

[ghostofdayinperson]

THANK YOU. May the language 'snobs' win the majority!

[BionicDance]

@ghostofdayinperson Yay! :)

[polymath7]

@ghostofdayinperson You say that, but are you really a language snob, are merely someone who observes minimal linguistic hygene?

Are you the type who raises an eyebrow when I use words like "hitherto" or "fourth term categorical syllogism"?

[ghostofdayinperson]

@polymath7 Hey you made a typo, but I'm not a snob so I forgive youo and tat is why I puta de "snob" in quotes. Nao I am speaking a strange language.....OK that' s enough of that! Honestly.

[polymath7]

@ghostofdayinperson

A: I made know teipo

Secondmost: It's your fonetic spelling that is idyosyncratic,or "strange", not your grammar or semantics

C. Your entire comment is an exigulatory faraggo os querrenstipitous xeneprosity

Mostover: Domitus mobus parriuinium

QED

[SinnFein4ever]

@ghostofdayinperson

YAAAAAAY!

Ghostofdayinperson is here!

:D

[ghostofdayinperson]

@SinnFein4ever Aw! You are cute :D O' hai and Egg Lincoln says hi too!

[SinnFein4ever]

@ghostofdayinperson

(giggles)

Egg Lincoln?

I don't know...isn't he a bit of a ham?

;)

[ghostofdayinperson]

@SinnFein4ever He is a little bunny and he likes attention

[SinnFein4ever]

@ghostofdayinperson

What color(s) is/are he?

[lordtalon69]

Only loosers post videos like this. What is yore problem?

[danthenewprohet]

I also cracked up at this video. I am a language snob with all my friends and they hate it. But you know what, if some of us don't speak up than they will either never get a clue or continue being illiterate. Peace.

[BionicDance]

@danthenewprohet "Than"...? *raised eyebrow*

[dreadpiratedan]

@danthenewprohet priceless.

[RaymondCorrigan]

You're a loo sir

[099923257457]

Then people like me that just have really hard time with grammar. Period

[DarthMocha]

There are some people who are genuinely dumb when it comes to using their own language correctly, but there are plenty of others who don't have English as their primary language and will screw up words as they try to find the right ways to communicate in English. In those cases, their mutilation of the English language might not reflect so much on their intelligence or lack thereof.