QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Jul 19 2006, 08:31 PM)
A snack shop in town advertises "pitta's, baguette's, meal deal's..." you get the picture.
Random mean trick: if you want to drive YAP to drink, send him PMs entitled "Panini's"
You know, I don't mind the misplaced apostrophe so much as long as the person
consistently misplaces it: it shows they are working to a rule that they have internalised (albeit incorrectly). What drives me mad is mixed use, frequently seen in markets all over English-speaking countries:
Sock's, boxer's, hats, gloves, tight's etc...
That just shows laziness and a lack of respect for the language - that's what gets my goat up. I don't much care if people make grammatical errors because there isn't really such a thing as 'correct grammar' as a fixed object, it constantly changes. Linguistic disrespect I cannot handle, though...
In the words of Henry Higgins, 'why can't the English teach their children how to speak?'
Allan
I have to say, in an informal context such as a messageboard bad spelling doesn't really bother me that much. Besides, considering my own at times dubious grasp of the English language, I can't afford to be too much of a pedant!