Most annoying spelling error?

[Bumpa STIKKA]

People who don't know the difference between 'lose' and 'loose' are easily the most annoying people on the planet.

Now; even my favourite (and best designed) website has fallen fowl (yes, I know!) of this simple but oft made err!

That's what you get when you outsource your proof reading to Indian based students.

[PigDogg]

(Bumpa STIKKA @ Oct. 30 2010,22:11) People who don't know the difference between 'lose' and 'loose' are easily the most annoying people on the planet.

OTOH, those who misuse there, their, and they're (like me) generally are aware of the difference but just type their thoughts.

Most people think and talk in words or sentences, not letters.

But I agree, people who use loose for lose should die. But only after they are castrated.

[Steff]

Is it "coming down the pipe" or "coming down the pike"?

[donnykey]

I wouldn't loose any sleep over it Bumpa.

Cheers DK

[Bumpa STIKKA]

That donnykey - he's a lose cannon!

[Crackerjax]

Advertising Voiceover:

"Do you suffer from lose bowels?"

"Try Walking Street."

[manarak]

For me it is the use of 's as a mark for plural.

Written equivalent of the noise made by a hard piece of chalk on a blackboard.

[kevin4252]

It was always that "stoogie" misspelling that got to me.

BTW, whatever hapened to that guy?

[Jake_Sully]

I could care less about political correctness but BS can you provide us with proof that it was indeed outsourced to "foreign students"?

This is comical but I'd say its more likely some lazy bum named Peter Wright sleeping on the job and deciding to look up some porn or read some funny papers instead of doing his job - being the editor.

Care for a wager? How about 50 years free TLF access if I win?  

[Road Runner]

(Jake_Sully @ Oct. 31 2010,15:50) .....BS can you provide us with proof that it was indeed outsourced to "foreign students"?

The Daily Mail hack was probably using MS Word spelling chequer.

RR.

[friedfrunk]

lose/loose
their/there/they're
your/you're
its/it's
elicit/illicit
discreet/discrete
affect/effect
compliment/complement
accept/except
definitely/definately
weird/wierd
existence/existance
friedfrunk/fredfrunk/friedfunk

i don't always use proper english myself and i sometimes make up my own words. so i'm not a stickler if somebody misspells (not "mispells", another common error).

[laputanegra]

(PigDogg @ Oct. 31 2010,13:31) OTOH, those who misuse there, their, and they're (like me)

I'm guilty of that

[manarak]

(kevin4252 @ Oct. 31 2010,21:11) It was always that "stoogie" misspelling that got to me.

BTW, whatever hapened to that guy?

Some say that stooge changed his name!
But I think this is mostly BS.

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

(laputanegra @ Nov. 01 2010,01:15)

(PigDogg @ Oct. 31 2010,13:31) OTOH, those who misuse there, their, and they're (like me)

I'm guilty of that  

It's ok if you do it Tan.

Ugly people who do it should die and then be castrated.

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

My verbal pet peeve equivalent is "nuculer"