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  1. 10-09-2007 09:07 AM #1
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    Congrads!

    This drives me nuts. There is no 'd' in 'congratulations'. It's not 'congrads' - it's 'congrats'.

    Or are my friends the only illiterates that do this?
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  2. 10-09-2007 09:15 AM #2
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    No, not by half. It's people spelling it the way they say it.
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    But what if you're congratulating people for graduating? Then "congrads" would be an acceptable play on words.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFolk View Post
    But what if you're congratulating people for graduating? Then "congrads" would be an acceptable play on words.
    Or or or, get this... Someone who just got out of jail! Then it's a con graduating!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFolk View Post
    But what if you're congratulating people for graduating? Then "congrads" would be an acceptable play on words.
    There has never been a less acceptable pun in the history of puns
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    The English language has never, really, had a strong enough velvet-rope policy when it comes to puns. Nothing but B&T in the land of puns.
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    My favorite is still 'definately'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MChance View Post
    My favorite is still 'definately'.
    There is no a in finite.
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    Quote Originally Posted by weams View Post
    There is no a in finite.
    Or "I got an a hundred on the test"

    It's 'a one hundred' or 'a hundred!'
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFolk View Post
    But what if you're congratulating people for graduating? Then "congrads" would be an acceptable play on words.
    You are a genius so you would know!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MChance View Post
    My favorite is still 'definately'.
    Or "rediculous". There is certainly no shortage of spelling/grammar mistakes, but then, we all make them from time to time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MChance View Post
    My favorite is still 'definately'.
    Mine is defiantly. It makes for more interesting interpretations.
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    To put this into baseball terms, will we EVER learn the correct spellings of Teixiera (Tiexiera) and Wieters (Weiters)?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MChance View Post
    My favorite is still 'definately'.
    For all intensive purposes, I agree. Grant it, the English language is very difficult for people to grasp, even when it's there dominate one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dipper9 View Post
    To put this into baseball terms, will we EVER learn the correct spellings of Teixiera (Tiexiera) and Wieters (Weiters)?
    Not to rain on your parade, but...it's Teixeira.
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