I’m dyslexic and while it dose cause me some genuinely annoying problems it does have its advantages
I can use the label as a shield admittedly a weak one when I can’t be assed to try
When it is actually annoying me I can still draw solace form the fact it will annoy some people at least twice as much then i just run with it and use it s means of troling like the people who are writing a reply about my lack of punctuation before even reading to this point
i'd bother with my capital letters etc if i wasn't worried i'd look like i was trying to make a point about typing correctly ^-^ as for the grammar, well when i'm just evolving the english language. it's gonna happen so might aswell make try and influence it in ways that sound more appealing to me ^-^
only when i'm leaving comments in places where if people judge me, i can judge them for judging me, though. of course i make the effort when sending emails to people i need to suck up to ^-^
@sKRAPtheRIpPER Evolving the... WHAT? Fuck off, if you think that shitty grammar should become the "norm" for the entire English language, you're a retard.
err, very eloquently put... it's nice to see people passionate about something, but i personally think "shitty grammar" would be a far better norm than decorating your arguments with swears and insults while addressing what the person has said pretty much indirectly, without presenting much semblance of a counter argument p:
and not entirely sure your grammar was perfect there either XD
@Ooft17 don't you think you'd look pretty illiterate to people speaking english a few hundred years ago? but i'm not sure illiteracy is exactly what i meant...
'No I haven't. I have been ill, I haven't been to work since last Friday.'
I wonder how people who think 'would of' is the same as 'would've' (would have) would write such an exchange.
"Of you seen David today?"
"No I ofn't. I of been ill, I ofn't been to work since last Friday."
To think that 'would of' is equivalent to 'would have' simply because it sounds like the contracted form 'would've' is pure ignorance. Funny though that it is exclusively seen in the UK.
@chikubichan I think it stems from young children hearing "would've" and assuming it is the words "would of." Probably just a virtuous error that never got corrected or fell into habit before it was corrected.
@chikubichan It's not at all. It's a common error. Much like 'half to' instead of 'have to' or 'suppose to' instead of 'supposed to'. People assume that the lazy pronunciation they're used to (not 'use to') hearing is an indicator of how to spell.
@jessemaurais Ohh goodness no! I constantly correct my friends on Facebook, or refuse to acknowledge their comment if it doesn't make at least some grammatical sense! They wont learn unless you force them to!
@jessemaurais Just silently judge them. Don't tell them you are judging them but maybe slip in that it will happen and that someone (not necessarily you) will be judging them.
When you refer to a word it goes in quotes, otherwise it signals to the reader that you are using the word, which you clearly were not because it would not be grammatical. That is to say: the two prepositions "of" and "before" cannot occur side by side in an English sentence. But if you put a preposition in quotes then it's being used like a noun.
@jessemaurais I don't. I let everyone know what's on my mind regardless of how they take it. I find it weeds the idiots out and I don't give a proverbial shit about anyone I lose as a "friend" if they're morons. I eat humble pie when I'm wrong and have been corrected, and so should everyone else.
@jessemaurais I used to correct other peoples bad spelling (Hail Grammar Nazi) but I had to give up due to the large amount of bad spelling it would take too much time to correct them all.
@jessemaurais I correct people all the time. And, often, appreciate being corrected. Weird, I know, but I figure if we keep on each other, it will improve our spelling, grammar, and even lexicon. I do get a kick out of some of the reactions I get though, especially when I tell someone they just used a word that doesn't exist.
@jessemaurais HAH! Nonsense, I correct friends on facebook all the time. It may make them angry/annoyed with me, but I still feel like I'm doing a duty to my country.
I hate the "would of" rather than the "would have" as well, but the thing that annoys me most is the fact that people can't seem to grasp the "there/their/they're" and "your/you're" concept.
@heathclifffe. Why do you visit a satirical comedy sketch when you clearly have no sense of humour?
I never claimed to be as witty as David Mitchell but you shouldn't be surprised and certainly not offended when his fans try to make jokes in support of something he has said that is both interesting and entertaining. You don't have to find it funny but also, you don't have to be offensive although in your case, I think that NOT being offensive would be a challenge.
His delivery is impeccable and he is clearly a highly intelligent man. However, it is worth noting that this argument could possibly create an overly sober conception of language and discourages people from being playful with language. As an Irishman, I am aware that much of what I say is technically improper and that many of my turns of phrase are anglicisations of 'nathanna on Ghaeilge'. Ta se ceart go leor sa chaint, ach an fearr cruinneas a bhaint amach sa scriobhneoireacht? N'fheadar.
@pineapplepenumbra That's true,and like he says, you are free to spell how you like...but I'm going to judge you if you spell like that. Sure, I know what you mean when you type that..and I know what you mean when you say would of... but I'm still judging you. Horribly
@gettebs That error isn't specific to a single accent. It happens with every American dialect. I think it's the contraction "would've" that confuses people.
It's funny, because you say "emails". Email stands for: electronic mail. Mail is plural, you do not receive mails. So you don't receive electronic mails.
Spotted 4 punctuation errors in the description for this video - todays instead of today's, cant instead of can't, Davids instead of David's and no space between a full stop and the first word of the next sentence. And bugbear doesn't need a hyphen.
It annoys me when people say more hot, or more scary instead of hotter and scarier. Although I am open to the idea that this is a sign of a living language evolving.
This is probably the only YouTube comments section in which everything is spelled properly! Interestingly, in writing this comment, i discovered that YouTube's built in spell-check mechanism does not know the word YouTube!
So, he thinks that people who can’t spell should write letters perfectly with help from dictionaries?
I belong to that group, the bad spellers that is, and I will claim that if I look everything up I will use at least 7,5 times the time in writing the damned letter. And said letter would be outdated before I finished it.
Therefore I will keep on sending my letters out, non-checked. Hoping that I don't stress nerves of the receivers too much.
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@Sokkurin No, that's not what he meant. He meant that, assuming you KNOW you're a bad speller, you would probably search up things that you're unsure about. Whereas good spellers would be thrown off by a region-specific language filter. I.E American - English and UK - English.
@Szaam my first language isnt even english and everytime i see a native english speaker say of instead of have i'm dying inside. same with your and you're
They piss you off, they don't pisses you off. Secondly, "would've" is a contraction of "would have", meaning that it's essentially the same thing. Anyone who whines about that is nitpicking, but "would of" is entirely different.
This works both ways, some people will make a judgement when everything is meticulously spelled and uses correct grammar and punctuation. Specifically in a less formal context like a text message or a YouTube comment, so what I tend to do is includ one typo to make it look like it's effortless.
Well, while my german spelling is -at least most of the time- perfect, I can't say my English is. And since people often misstake me for a Brit, they most certainly think I'm a complete idiot when they see my writing ^^
The funny thing about is, I too judge people whos english grammar is even more imperfect than mine... What a lovely world we live in, everyone can feel smarter sometimes ;-)
It's not all about judging. The other day a guy wanted to start a fight with me on twitter, but his grammar/spelling was so bad, I had no idea what he was saying. So I blocked him. I barely figured out he was disagreeing with me. I understand English might not be his first language, it's not mine either, but if he wants to communicate a message, he should at least try to spell properly or at least he's just throwing incoherent letters at you.
My kids received a coloring book the other day that had been printed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The title of the book included the word "Kid's," meant to be a pluralization of "Kid." *sigh*
I have a Scottish friend ....wait a minute...I am far too self conscious of my spelling and punctuation now to continue this story about my Scottish friend and her views on my lackluster American education and how I believe that my only psychic experience ever...was reading the subtext of her expressions as she tried to explain to me the inarticulate nature of my emails in a way that would allow me retain at least a shred of my dignity...so never mind... see I cocked it up...
Has anyone noticed how many apostrophes are missing in the video description? I assume David wasn't responsible for that bit, but it's still ironic that it got on there with this video!
@theigneous "I, and everyone else, am." He used a clause. Remove the bit between the commas (and then the commas themselves), and the sentence still makes sense.
@Dave12777 I causes my jaws to clench and thereby to remove most of the remaining enamel from my teeth to think that any reasonable person with a grasp of the English language could create a verb out of the noun "incentive". That sort of thing is just crap of the direst sort. If you somehow feel that it makes you look or sound smarter, then you are already past any help that I could provide. [And I just *know* you were looking for my help, weren't you?]
Spelling and grammar is good, since it shows if somebody takes care and consideration to communicate with you; but as soon as you use somebody else's spelling to win an arguement, you just look like a bad-loser who can't think of an intelligent comeback.
If I read something that has spelling and grammatical errors in it, whether I not I 'judge' the person who wrote it depends on the context of what they've written. I'm not going to pick an informal note to pieces, for example, or a letter from a friend, but I might suggest a rewrite for a job application or a college thesis.
...Although if someone insults me without even being able to spell the insults properly then yes, I WILL judge THEM. Especially if they can't spell 'idiot.'
@archama99 "my uncle Jack" is perfectly normal English. And different from "my uncle, Jack", in both pronunciation and meaning, however subtly so. Because of the way the sentence is spoken when NOT using the comma, you have to leave off the second comma as well, so the correct way of writing when you wish to put the stress on "Jack" and not on "my uncle", is "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse."
@MintyInTheSky The "of" sound is actually the " 've " You'll find at the end of "I've" instead of "I have", for example. I Wouldn't normally be such a grammar nazi about it, but considering the subject of the video, I felt it necessary (And yes, I did have to look up "necessary" in the dictionary.)
@21quandary Yes, I know what it's used for, I just don't know why. 'Could of' makes no sense to me, but 'could've' does. You wouldn't say 'you of' instead of 'you've'.
@Kai2oo6 And yet, for all your anger, you've got to admit; you are speaking English. Which means that at one point or another, we raped your country and made you speak our language. Just like how a rapist implants his seed into his victims womb, zips up his fly, and strolls casually away.
This little rock, fucked your shit up. Now reply to me in my language, bitch. haha
@The1stPoster Ah yea, the mighty Progenitor of Empire and in such deep shit. Such mighty "rulers of the world' you are. Such a great group of people for us quivering masses of the pibnk bits to look up to. I love it. The irony is fantastic. You are the great great great grandfuckwit of the people who actuially made your country great. You are a low level shit still trying to suck some value from the inheritance. Pathetic.
@The1stPoster Ah yea, the mighty Progenitor of Empire and in such deep shit. Such mighty "rulers of the world' you are. Such a great group of people for us quivering masses of the pibnk bits to look up to. I love it. The irony is fantastic. You are the great great great grandfuckwit of the people who actuially made your country great. You are a low level shit still trying to suck some value from the inheritance. Pathetic, arrogant and laughable.
@The1stPoster Umm.... if you were trying to say that Kai2oo6 was being insulting and judgemental, what you've just said really did not help AT ALL.
And as for Kai2oo6: interesting that you rip into the Brits about being judgemental and bigoted by... being judgemental and bigoted yourself. Way to win the moral high ground, genius!
@Kai2oo6 Please don't tar us all with your sweeping generalising brush. While we have our cliquish bigots and popular tv programmes that deal in humiliation, so do many other countries. The sooner people stop generalising by country the better, I know for certain I have more in common with many foreign people than I do with some of those who happen to be born in the same country as myself (final word pun intended)
@morgski It's called stereotyping, when the majority of people and/or the loudest people act/do things in a certain way then that's the view spectators will have on the country/minority aswell. As part of that minority it's your duty to disprove such generalisations to those who believe in them, not to have a little moan about how unfair you believe it all to be.
I definitely judge people who don't follow the rules of the English language. Language is used in every essence of life, you may as well get it right. Not doing so just shows that you are lazy because there's no excuse for not learning it correctly.
That's the only shirt he has?
OhReallyNoWai 1 day ago
I’m dyslexic and while it dose cause me some genuinely annoying problems it does have its advantages
I can use the label as a shield admittedly a weak one when I can’t be assed to try
When it is actually annoying me I can still draw solace form the fact it will annoy some people at least twice as much then i just run with it and use it s means of troling like the people who are writing a reply about my lack of punctuation before even reading to this point
darkblood626 1 day ago
I love how everyone's commenting with perfect grammar now...
Eloise13zzz 2 days ago 2
Be right back, off to send this video to over half of my friends on Facebook...
AlexLong1000 4 days ago in playlist Series 1
u wot m8?
Scyle92 4 days ago
the squigly (spelling?) red gods of microsoft word.. rofl
poppylv21 6 days ago
i'd bother with my capital letters etc if i wasn't worried i'd look like i was trying to make a point about typing correctly ^-^ as for the grammar, well when i'm just evolving the english language. it's gonna happen so might aswell make try and influence it in ways that sound more appealing to me ^-^
only when i'm leaving comments in places where if people judge me, i can judge them for judging me, though. of course i make the effort when sending emails to people i need to suck up to ^-^
sKRAPtheRIpPER 1 week ago
@sKRAPtheRIpPER Evolving the... WHAT? Fuck off, if you think that shitty grammar should become the "norm" for the entire English language, you're a retard.
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sKRAPtheRIpPER 1 day ago
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err, very eloquently put... it's nice to see people passionate about something, but i personally think "shitty grammar" would be a far better norm than decorating your arguments with swears and insults while addressing what the person has said pretty much indirectly, without presenting much semblance of a counter argument p:
and not entirely sure your grammar was perfect there either XD
sKRAPtheRIpPER 1 day ago
@sKRAPtheRIpPER A rise in illiteracy is not, in any way, the language evolving. Complete opposite.
Ooft17 4 days ago 2
@Ooft17 don't you think you'd look pretty illiterate to people speaking english a few hundred years ago? but i'm not sure illiteracy is exactly what i meant...
sKRAPtheRIpPER 1 day ago
wats he bangin on abowt?
MrRay523 1 week ago
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TheJokesAreOnMe 1 week ago
Bad spelling is bad breath in writing
PalaceOfTheFree 1 week ago 8
@PalaceOfTheFree That's brilliant! May I use this? I mean on a daily basis.
WardancerHB 6 days ago
Is anyone else finding themselves clicking through David Mitchell videos?
SkrateBeastin 1 week ago 44
@SkrateBeastin Yes. I must have (not must of) watched about a dozen by now. On to the next one...
MendelsonShape 5 days ago
TOOKER JERBS
indigestive 1 week ago 2
It's "are" shafted.
JDLupus 1 week ago
@JDLupus No...no it isn't.
SebHughes 1 week ago
@JDLupus .No. The 'just like everyone else' is an independent clause. It just interrupts the phrase I am shafted.
MissPizzatarian 1 week ago
Wut awl yaul tawken'g ubaut?
Jcolinsol 1 week ago
rofl spelling doesnt make u cool its just youtube its not like we are in school idiot.
ClTIZEN 1 week ago
@ClTIZEN DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE
Fangtorn 1 week ago 3
@ClTIZEN Why the lapse in grammar, spelling and syntax on youtube? It doesn't make you cool to spell things incorrectly on youtube.
mattg109 1 week ago
gd v1d3o
awesomefrankrapid 2 weeks ago
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310BPM 2 weeks ago
someone needs to make kinetic typography of this guy
brentonalla1 2 weeks ago
You pronounce "would've" as "would of", but yeah, actually typing/writing/texting would of would be pretty bad.
thestrangewizard 3 weeks ago
this is definately the funnyest video I'v seen all day
durananrananrananran 3 weeks ago 5
@durananrananrananran Almost gave me a heart attack there...
MessioticRambles 2 weeks ago
'Have you seen David today?'
'No I haven't. I have been ill, I haven't been to work since last Friday.'
I wonder how people who think 'would of' is the same as 'would've' (would have) would write such an exchange.
"Of you seen David today?"
"No I ofn't. I of been ill, I ofn't been to work since last Friday."
To think that 'would of' is equivalent to 'would have' simply because it sounds like the contracted form 'would've' is pure ignorance. Funny though that it is exclusively seen in the UK.
chikubichan 3 weeks ago
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Kitlun79 3 weeks ago
@chikubichan I think it stems from young children hearing "would've" and assuming it is the words "would of." Probably just a virtuous error that never got corrected or fell into habit before it was corrected.
Kitlun79 3 weeks ago
@chikubichan "Would of" isn't a mistake made exclusively in the UK. I often see that mistake in the US.
ralph489 2 weeks ago
@chikubichan It's not at all. It's a common error. Much like 'half to' instead of 'have to' or 'suppose to' instead of 'supposed to'. People assume that the lazy pronunciation they're used to (not 'use to') hearing is an indicator of how to spell.
WalterLiddy 2 weeks ago
annoying mistakes:would of, dollers, its instead of it's.
Nochibou1 3 weeks ago
dyslexia is a bitch
08budokai80 4 weeks ago in playlist Series 1
So, why are there spelling rules?
so those who want to read what you write are able to understand what you are writing about !
Ignore the rules and no-one understands your meaning - so you are better off not writing at all.
bubbagisla 1 month ago
People should not be allowed to comment on YouTube unless they are made to watch this video first.
Also, who else here must restrain themselves from correcting friends on Facebook out of fear being ostracised?
jessemaurais 1 month ago 88
@jessemaurais Ohh goodness no! I constantly correct my friends on Facebook, or refuse to acknowledge their comment if it doesn't make at least some grammatical sense! They wont learn unless you force them to!
PowderedAsh 1 month ago
@jessemaurais Just silently judge them. Don't tell them you are judging them but maybe slip in that it will happen and that someone (not necessarily you) will be judging them.
bainbonic 2 weeks ago
@jessemaurais You forgot the of before being. You're stupid.
baldurus1 2 weeks ago
@baldurus1 And you forgot to place quotes around words you were referring to rather than using. I guess the grammar Nazi would have shot us both.
jessemaurais 2 weeks ago
@jessemaurais I didn't quote because you didn't use the word in the first place, what was i supposed to quote? :D
baldurus1 2 weeks ago
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@baldurus1 It should look like this:
'You forgot the "of" before "being".'
When you refer to a word it goes in quotes, otherwise it signals to the reader that you are using the word, which you clearly were not because it would not be grammatical. That is to say: the two prepositions "of" and "before" cannot occur side by side in an English sentence. But if you put a preposition in quotes then it's being used like a noun.
Am I being too pedantic?
jessemaurais 2 weeks ago
@jessemaurais I don't. I let everyone know what's on my mind regardless of how they take it. I find it weeds the idiots out and I don't give a proverbial shit about anyone I lose as a "friend" if they're morons. I eat humble pie when I'm wrong and have been corrected, and so should everyone else.
fragman08 2 weeks ago
@jessemaurais I used to correct other peoples bad spelling (Hail Grammar Nazi) but I had to give up due to the large amount of bad spelling it would take too much time to correct them all.
Themingemoblie 1 week ago in playlist Soap Box Series One
@jessemaurais I correct people all the time. And, often, appreciate being corrected. Weird, I know, but I figure if we keep on each other, it will improve our spelling, grammar, and even lexicon. I do get a kick out of some of the reactions I get though, especially when I tell someone they just used a word that doesn't exist.
Swidhelm 1 week ago
@jessemaurais Agree with your first part of the comment.
However, if someone gives you shit or deletes you for correcting them they're probably not worth your time.
paz2001 5 days ago
@jessemaurais HAH! Nonsense, I correct friends on facebook all the time. It may make them angry/annoyed with me, but I still feel like I'm doing a duty to my country.
filetemyoung83 4 days ago
@jessemaurais Does correcting your friends make you become an ostrich?
DeanMalenko 3 days ago
I hate the "would of" rather than the "would have" as well, but the thing that annoys me most is the fact that people can't seem to grasp the "there/their/they're" and "your/you're" concept.
There - where something is
Their - belonging to a person or group of people
They're - short for "they are"
Your - belonging to a specific person
You're - short for "you are"
You'RE welcome.
AllTimeJedLife 1 month ago in playlist Series 1 3
@AllTimeJedLife you are (you'RE) absolutely right.
hippipoll 1 month ago
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barendbos 1 month ago
@barendbos *non native
jackonmsn 1 month ago
I think everyone should be required to listen to this. Not enough people in the world care about grammar and spelling, and I do judge them for it.
Holychickendinner 1 month ago
haha, my boss texted me once : show up when your suppose too !!! 3 mistakes in 1 sentence!!!!
m1occonor 1 month ago
We will judge you.
minister123451 1 month ago
the 'n' in can't is backwards!
OllyOfCydonia 1 month ago 4
Your all talking this to seriuosly. Their is noting the mater with hoe enny1 spels. It isnt esenshal to be under stood.
I need to take some paracetamol now, typing that actually caused me some physical pain.
MrSelidor7 1 month ago 2
@MrSelidor7 cock!
heathclifffe 1 month ago
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MrSelidor7 1 month ago
@heathclifffe. Yes, you are a cock for forgetting the capital letter at the start of a sentence.
MrSelidor7 1 month ago
@MrSelidor7 theres knowin how to write and then theres bein a pretentious self important git....wonder which one u r....
Ooooh, writing that was so dreadfully arduous that it made my fanny tickle!
heathclifffe 1 month ago
@heathclifffe. Why do you visit a satirical comedy sketch when you clearly have no sense of humour?
I never claimed to be as witty as David Mitchell but you shouldn't be surprised and certainly not offended when his fans try to make jokes in support of something he has said that is both interesting and entertaining. You don't have to find it funny but also, you don't have to be offensive although in your case, I think that NOT being offensive would be a challenge.
MrSelidor7 1 month ago
His delivery is impeccable and he is clearly a highly intelligent man. However, it is worth noting that this argument could possibly create an overly sober conception of language and discourages people from being playful with language. As an Irishman, I am aware that much of what I say is technically improper and that many of my turns of phrase are anglicisations of 'nathanna on Ghaeilge'. Ta se ceart go leor sa chaint, ach an fearr cruinneas a bhaint amach sa scriobhneoireacht? N'fheadar.
mingushead19 2 months ago
@mingushead19 no one minds how English is spoken by the Irish, becuase you all make it sound so sexy.
Jazzmonkey24522 2 months ago
Apnrepatly, msot wrods can be uddorsetnod. eevn if teh lrttes are tlalotlly msesed.aobut wthi.
The rule, normally, is that the first and last letters must be in the correct place, but I'm so lazy that I didn't even bother with that.
pineapplepenumbra 2 months ago
@pineapplepenumbra That's true,and like he says, you are free to spell how you like...but I'm going to judge you if you spell like that. Sure, I know what you mean when you type that..and I know what you mean when you say would of... but I'm still judging you. Horribly
egocentress 1 month ago
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@egocentress "but I'm still judging you. Horribly"
Did you mean that, hypothetically, you Would be judging me, if I typed like that, or that you Are judging me? :-D
pineapplepenumbra 1 month ago
"Would of" and "would have" are indistinguishable when spoken in an RP accent. This is the reason people are wont to write the wrong version.
gettebs 2 months ago
@gettebs That error isn't specific to a single accent. It happens with every American dialect. I think it's the contraction "would've" that confuses people.
erichamion 2 months ago
@gettebs I think the abbreviation of "would've" sounding a lot like "would of" causes some trouble, too.
MentalMaladies 2 months ago
@MentalMaladies except that's not an abbreviation, it's a contraction. And it's not even a proper contraction. So it's part of the problem for sure.
realcuts 2 months ago
@realcuts Ah, I thought the term abbreviation could be used for that too, my mistake.
MentalMaladies 2 months ago
lol dave ur legend u giv me jokez
jeanpaulsinatra 2 months ago
Oh, the irony of the missing apostrophes in the description...
hyraxlord 2 months ago
It's funny, because you say "emails". Email stands for: electronic mail. Mail is plural, you do not receive mails. So you don't receive electronic mails.
TheDarkFalcon 2 months ago
...I'm 14 and I've read Eats, shoots and leaves
slightlyinsaneFTW 2 months ago
I don't say "would of" I say "would've". They sound similar but it is a proper contraction of "would have".
taukid421 2 months ago 77
@taukid421 It's likely that that is the reason for the error, they do sound quite similar indeed.
aaron9099 2 months ago in playlist Series 1
@taukid421 Well done!
lostfanvanjellies22 1 month ago
@taukid421 that's the point isn't it - kiddies hear grown-ups saying "would've", and hear it as "would of"
adamc599 3 weeks ago
@taukid421
yeah, "would of" isn't anything. it's "would have" and "would've".
310BPM 2 weeks ago
@taukid421 In my northern accent they sound the same!
Furicist 1 week ago
@Furicist
In my Northern accent, they don't.
rossidude 1 week ago
Spotted 4 punctuation errors in the description for this video - todays instead of today's, cant instead of can't, Davids instead of David's and no space between a full stop and the first word of the next sentence. And bugbear doesn't need a hyphen.
graemeoliver84 3 months ago
@graemeoliver84 omg it's almost like it's on purpose
TakunaNuva 2 months ago
It annoys me when people say more hot, or more scary instead of hotter and scarier. Although I am open to the idea that this is a sign of a living language evolving.
VinnyMonster1 3 months ago
Anyone realize the "N" in can't is backwards?
virjog95 3 months ago
This is probably the only YouTube comments section in which everything is spelled properly! Interestingly, in writing this comment, i discovered that YouTube's built in spell-check mechanism does not know the word YouTube!
gunterdak 3 months ago 3
i do love a good middle class rant in the moring
DazeyBobJim253 3 months ago
"on route" is an annoying one. doesn't make sense, fuck off!
rayreiquaza 3 months ago
your instead or you're, anyone???
bolloxmcfee 3 months ago
So, he thinks that people who can’t spell should write letters perfectly with help from dictionaries?
I belong to that group, the bad spellers that is, and I will claim that if I look everything up I will use at least 7,5 times the time in writing the damned letter. And said letter would be outdated before I finished it.
Therefore I will keep on sending my letters out, non-checked. Hoping that I don't stress nerves of the receivers too much.
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Sokkurin 3 months ago
@Sokkurin if you didn't check this comment before posting than you are clearly not a bad speller, maybe a bad ranter though.
hipp6y 3 months ago
@hipp6y *then?
mespursongles 3 months ago
@mespursongles whoops! my bad, it should be 'then', indeed.
hipp6y 3 months ago
@Sokkurin i think he more referz to ppl talkin lyk dis
TheFritz92 3 months ago
@Sokkurin No, that's not what he meant. He meant that, assuming you KNOW you're a bad speller, you would probably search up things that you're unsure about. Whereas good spellers would be thrown off by a region-specific language filter. I.E American - English and UK - English.
tnreaper 3 months ago
"We won't tell you we're judging you, but we will" - hows that for ambiguity in meaning or non tautological tautological semantics!
jagara1 3 months ago
"Would of" is the most infuriating mistake that no one seems to notice. Thank you, David Mitchell.
Szaam 4 months ago 83
@Szaam i agree, that annoys me so damn much :)
rayechayelle1 3 months ago
@Szaam People of actually made that mistake?!
Idiots....
aaron9099 2 months ago in playlist Series 1
@Szaam my first language isnt even english and everytime i see a native english speaker say of instead of have i'm dying inside. same with your and you're
mihawk14 2 months ago 3
@Szaam your as in :
your stupid
is way more annoying imo {its suposed to be your'e
machielste1 1 month ago
@Szaam People who feel the need to correct the would of with would have pisses me off.
If I say would've don't correct me and say would HAVE. Because that is exactly what I said.
malenkoicp 3 weeks ago
@malenkoicp
They piss you off, they don't pisses you off. Secondly, "would've" is a contraction of "would have", meaning that it's essentially the same thing. Anyone who whines about that is nitpicking, but "would of" is entirely different.
sliver321123 3 weeks ago
This works both ways, some people will make a judgement when everything is meticulously spelled and uses correct grammar and punctuation. Specifically in a less formal context like a text message or a YouTube comment, so what I tend to do is includ one typo to make it look like it's effortless.
superhamzah85 4 months ago
Missing apostrophes in the description. Possibly for comic effect.
Aure217 4 months ago
I just caught the subtle joke of him checking the spelling of "marvellous" and "panellist" every week. Heh.
rocketmangogogo 4 months ago
When he said that he would judge people who misspell things, it reminded me of the posh people who are unaccountably waiters.
miduchalan1 4 months ago
Well, while my german spelling is -at least most of the time- perfect, I can't say my English is. And since people often misstake me for a Brit, they most certainly think I'm a complete idiot when they see my writing ^^
The funny thing about is, I too judge people whos english grammar is even more imperfect than mine... What a lovely world we live in, everyone can feel smarter sometimes ;-)
kindAhumaNbeinG 4 months ago
It's not all about judging. The other day a guy wanted to start a fight with me on twitter, but his grammar/spelling was so bad, I had no idea what he was saying. So I blocked him. I barely figured out he was disagreeing with me. I understand English might not be his first language, it's not mine either, but if he wants to communicate a message, he should at least try to spell properly or at least he's just throwing incoherent letters at you.
mimosveta 4 months ago
"would of" instead of "would have"!! He's so right! I feel an urge to scream when people write or say that!
My other big pet hate is "better then" instead of "better than".
That one should be a hanging offence.
Thraxwhirl 4 months ago 35
@Thraxwhirl - I think you need to get out more.
DarrenRyanMurphy 3 months ago
@Thraxwhirl I say would've instead of would have which sounds like would of but it really isn't.
cristofolon 1 month ago
My kids received a coloring book the other day that had been printed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The title of the book included the word "Kid's," meant to be a pluralization of "Kid." *sigh*
wahlgc 4 months ago
@wahlgc yet you used coloring instead of the british spelling colouring? sarcasm or hypocrisy ?
schnorschrajaxx 4 months ago
@schnorschrajaxx : Neither. That's how we spell it here on the other side of the pond.
wahlgc 4 months ago
@schnorschrajaxx Judging that their profile says they're American, I'd have to say neither.
atjnAdfhhjea 4 months ago
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@schnorschrajaxx Judging that their profile says they're American, I would have to say neither.
atjnAdfhhjea 4 months ago
@wahlgc What did the title say exactly?
atjnAdfhhjea 4 months ago
@wahlgc Out of curiosity, what was the exact title of the book?
atjnAdfhhjea 4 months ago
@wahlgc what was the exact title of the book?
atjnAdfhhjea 4 months ago
@wahlgc what was the title, exactly?
atjnAdfhhjea 4 months ago
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@wahlgc What was the title, exactly?
atjnAdfhhjea 4 months ago
People say "would of"? I just assumed they were using the Irish-ism of "Would've".
AdderSIG 5 months ago
I have a Scottish friend ....wait a minute...I am far too self conscious of my spelling and punctuation now to continue this story about my Scottish friend and her views on my lackluster American education and how I believe that my only psychic experience ever...was reading the subtext of her expressions as she tried to explain to me the inarticulate nature of my emails in a way that would allow me retain at least a shred of my dignity...so never mind... see I cocked it up...
daisyroots 5 months ago 2
everyone's comments sound so DavidMitchelly don't they...
daisyroots 5 months ago
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daisyroots 5 months ago
antidisestablishmentarianism
CrazyRockerTom 5 months ago
o mi days dis mans a nerd. jheeez.
GeorgeHurst08 5 months ago
Has anyone noticed how many apostrophes are missing in the video description? I assume David wasn't responsible for that bit, but it's still ironic that it got on there with this video!
johnsmithbsc 5 months ago
I've always believed that if English is the only language you speak and write, you might as well at least try to get it right!
spectrum99122 5 months ago 4
google. That is all.
moonlightkisu 5 months ago
I concur.
CryptSphinx 6 months ago
I and everybody else am? I and everybody else 'are' - surely?
theigneous 6 months ago
@theigneous "I, and everyone else, am." He used a clause. Remove the bit between the commas (and then the commas themselves), and the sentence still makes sense.
georgercop 5 months ago
@georgercop thanks for clearing that up for me.
theigneous 5 months ago
Gosh darn it! My ears and brain are bleeding. He spoke a word which sounded like "incentivize" as if it were real.
migleroide 6 months ago
@migleroide It is.
imasinnerimasaint 6 months ago
@migleroide I believe the term he used was, 'abundently incentified'. Means he has a big incentive.
Dave12777 6 months ago
@Dave12777 I causes my jaws to clench and thereby to remove most of the remaining enamel from my teeth to think that any reasonable person with a grasp of the English language could create a verb out of the noun "incentive". That sort of thing is just crap of the direst sort. If you somehow feel that it makes you look or sound smarter, then you are already past any help that I could provide. [And I just *know* you were looking for my help, weren't you?]
migleroide 5 months ago
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nelsonemily4 4 months ago
I'm a Grammar Nazi sometimes. It's really fun to correct people out loud.
weirdlightsaber44 6 months ago
Thumbs up if, like me, you've read 'Eats, shoots and leaves'
slightlyinsaneFTW 6 months ago
I always correct my friends and my brother when they text me something that is spelt defective, just because I feel so smug afterwards.
davidmichael07 6 months ago
Spelling and grammar is good, since it shows if somebody takes care and consideration to communicate with you; but as soon as you use somebody else's spelling to win an arguement, you just look like a bad-loser who can't think of an intelligent comeback.
whowantsabighug 6 months ago 2
If I read something that has spelling and grammatical errors in it, whether I not I 'judge' the person who wrote it depends on the context of what they've written. I'm not going to pick an informal note to pieces, for example, or a letter from a friend, but I might suggest a rewrite for a job application or a college thesis.
...Although if someone insults me without even being able to spell the insults properly then yes, I WILL judge THEM. Especially if they can't spell 'idiot.'
Maerahn 6 months ago
@Maerahn
whether OR not, not whether I not
<3
z3r0t0l3r4ns 6 months ago
@z3r0t0l3r4ns Haha! Ya got me...!
... I mean "It appears that you spotted my 'deliberate' mistake... erm... well done!" ;^)
Maerahn 6 months ago
why does david look like hes made of wax in the video
TheGRAclan 6 months ago
What a marvelous panelist he is.
knaan163 6 months ago
did anyone else notice that the "n" from the word can't on the blackboard is backwards?...hmmmm
glittermerchant 6 months ago
@archama99 "my uncle Jack" is perfectly normal English. And different from "my uncle, Jack", in both pronunciation and meaning, however subtly so. Because of the way the sentence is spoken when NOT using the comma, you have to leave off the second comma as well, so the correct way of writing when you wish to put the stress on "Jack" and not on "my uncle", is "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse."
SBWielinga 6 months ago 3
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Maerahn 6 months ago
"Squiggly red gods of Microsoft Word" Genius!
Leprechaun06 7 months ago 4
Oh, you 'would of'-'could of' people, how misguided you are! Still, forgive and forget =)
MintyInTheSky 7 months ago
@MintyInTheSky The "of" sound is actually the " 've " You'll find at the end of "I've" instead of "I have", for example. I Wouldn't normally be such a grammar nazi about it, but considering the subject of the video, I felt it necessary (And yes, I did have to look up "necessary" in the dictionary.)
21quandary 6 months ago
@21quandary Uh, I'm pretty sure MintyInTheSky already knew that :/
"Oh, you 'would of'-'could of' people, how misguided you are!" ←@MintyInTheSky
MrV902 6 months ago
@MrV902 Then is should have been spelt correctly in the first place.
21quandary 6 months ago
@21quandary Yes, I know what it's used for, I just don't know why. 'Could of' makes no sense to me, but 'could've' does. You wouldn't say 'you of' instead of 'you've'.
MintyInTheSky 6 months ago
@Kai2oo6 And yet, for all your anger, you've got to admit; you are speaking English. Which means that at one point or another, we raped your country and made you speak our language. Just like how a rapist implants his seed into his victims womb, zips up his fly, and strolls casually away.
This little rock, fucked your shit up. Now reply to me in my language, bitch. haha
The1stPoster 7 months ago
@The1stPoster Ah yea, the mighty Progenitor of Empire and in such deep shit. Such mighty "rulers of the world' you are. Such a great group of people for us quivering masses of the pibnk bits to look up to. I love it. The irony is fantastic. You are the great great great grandfuckwit of the people who actuially made your country great. You are a low level shit still trying to suck some value from the inheritance. Pathetic.
WaltHawtin 7 months ago
@The1stPoster Ah yea, the mighty Progenitor of Empire and in such deep shit. Such mighty "rulers of the world' you are. Such a great group of people for us quivering masses of the pibnk bits to look up to. I love it. The irony is fantastic. You are the great great great grandfuckwit of the people who actuially made your country great. You are a low level shit still trying to suck some value from the inheritance. Pathetic, arrogant and laughable.
WaltHawtin 7 months ago
@The1stPoster Umm.... if you were trying to say that Kai2oo6 was being insulting and judgemental, what you've just said really did not help AT ALL.
And as for Kai2oo6: interesting that you rip into the Brits about being judgemental and bigoted by... being judgemental and bigoted yourself. Way to win the moral high ground, genius!
Maerahn 6 months ago
*(cough) Stuck up... *(cough) Snob
HarryJones95 7 months ago
@Kai2oo6 Then we'll have to agree to disagree
morgski 7 months ago
@Kai2oo6 Please don't tar us all with your sweeping generalising brush. While we have our cliquish bigots and popular tv programmes that deal in humiliation, so do many other countries. The sooner people stop generalising by country the better, I know for certain I have more in common with many foreign people than I do with some of those who happen to be born in the same country as myself (final word pun intended)
morgski 7 months ago 17
@morgski It's called stereotyping, when the majority of people and/or the loudest people act/do things in a certain way then that's the view spectators will have on the country/minority aswell. As part of that minority it's your duty to disprove such generalisations to those who believe in them, not to have a little moan about how unfair you believe it all to be.
SuckMyRightToe 5 months ago
@morgski Given the content of the video, was this ironic?
Henners1991 4 months ago
I definitely judge people who don't follow the rules of the English language. Language is used in every essence of life, you may as well get it right. Not doing so just shows that you are lazy because there's no excuse for not learning it correctly.
MaxMetal1993 7 months ago 2
I'm sure that what David is recalling here is a page from one of my many internal rants, locked away in my head somewhere.
pinkmusiicluva 7 months ago