Commonly misused words in dropzone.com forums and rec.skydiving

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Commonly misused words in dropzone.com forums and rec.skydiving.

I've been meaning to do this for a long time, and finally did. I guess it's just a pet peeve of mine. I created a page where I can point skydivers to when they make ridiculous mistakes misusing and misspelling words, especially those related to their skydiving posts. Many of these I have seen.

Feel free to point people there if they deserve it!

And let me know if you find others.

http://www.freefall.com/peek/misused.html

[quade 3]

One of my personal favorites;

Farther -- refers to actual distance.
Further -- refers to an extension of time or degree.

I could not travel any farther along the road.
I do not wish to converse with you any further.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[lawrocket 3]

Error on yours, dude.

the second "its" needs to be "it's"

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[skymama 35]

My biggest peeves are the misuse of "your" and "you're".

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[Casch 0]

Damn you beat me to it!

[Casch 0]

You should add:

CYPRES: An electronic automatic activation device that is intended to deploy a reserve parachute in the event that no parachute is opened at a preset altitude while falling at a preset speed.
Cypress: Whaaa?

[lawrocket 3]

Dang it! I missed that one!

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Brains 2]

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My biggest peeves are the misuse of "your" and "you're".

your just trying to take up Jessica's slack

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.

[Nightingale 0]

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You should add:

CYPRES: An electronic automatic activation device that is intended to deploy a reserve parachute in the event that no parachute is opened at a preset altitude while falling at a preset speed.
Cypress: Whaaa?

Cypress: A city in California... or a type of tree... take your pick

[mnischalke 0]

OOOhhhhh, OOOOhhhhh!!!

My favorite thing in conversations, both electronic and verbal, is how something coincidental ends up being referred to as "ironic."

mike

Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills--You know, like nunchuk skills, bow-hunting skills, computer-hacking skills.

[fool 0]

maybe it's just me but you might spell sheck this...

steer: manuver
steer: type of cow
stear: no such word

not sure... could be difference between Canadian spelling and everyone elses.

S.E.X. party #1

"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".

[Guest]

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You should add:

CYPRES: An electronic automatic activation device that is intended to deploy a reserve parachute in the event that no parachute is opened at a preset altitude while falling at a preset speed.
Cypress: Whaaa?

US Forest Service Cypress Tree Taxonomy.

mh

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[Jayruss 0]

It's a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word. ~Andrew Jackson

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Error on yours, dude.

the second "its" needs to be "it's"

Lawrocket is correct. You are missing a squiggle there - possessive ("its") as opposed to the declarative contraction of "it is"...

mistake: error
misteak: no such word

Misteak - when I drop my top sirloin cut after pulling it off the grill...

mh

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[Luna 0]

You also have an error on the def. for "stair" where you put "yoy" it should be "you".

I'll go with Andrea on the "your" and "you're", but my biggest peeve is the now pervasive use of "could of," "should of" or "would of" instead of the proper "could've," "should've," "would've" OR "could have," "should have," "would have." That one just drives me crazy!!

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[lazerq3 0]

man if i wint threw and wurried aboot all the werds I mistspelled in threds... ,,,I'd niver git anything sed!!

jason....(F$CK It ...never did like grammer in H.S!!!)

Freedom of speech includes volume

[nathaniel 0]

worse imo:

"I would argue xyz..." but you won't for some reason.

or "It could be said that xyz is..." but it isn't.

for the Good Lord's sake exercise your dominion over the written word

nathaniel

My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?

[bobsled92 0]

How about: "ir-reguardless" an EX-girlfriend insisted it WAS a word and at her Mom's house in the HUGE Websters dictionary(with it's own book stand) showed the word and stated "this is NOT a word but, an abuse of two words inot 1.

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[freeflybella 0]

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steer: manuver

that's maneuver.

Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

[skydyvr 0]

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How about: "ir-reguardless" . . .

Even better is "flammable" and "inflammable". They mean the same thing, but I think one of them ought to mean "fireproof".

. . =(_8^(1)

[bobsled92 0]

yep, like:
Reckless (less meaning without)
wreck-full woull be closer.

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[dove 0]

Don't blame the posters! Its not they're fault their not educated! Maybe your just to critical.

Fall in dove.

[happythoughts 0]

It is not for lack of trying. I just ain't got no learnin'.

[freefallfreak 0]

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Don't blame the posters! Its not they're fault their not educated! Maybe your just to critical.

ROFLMAO!!! Dove, I love you...

TripleF

[nightjumps 1]

And, I believe it's spelled, "controllability."