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If you're talking about colors - it's palette.
A pallet is those wood things they stack products on in warehouses.
That's all. |
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AncestralPea
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mikklynn
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Adding: it's voila (french), NOT wah-lah... |
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oh yvonne
Pea-rom Queen
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May 2001
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oh....definitely!
Not definately. not FINA people, FINITE.
and while we are at it..the correct expression is that you *couldn't* care less.
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"what is yvoone class prom queen or something of pea high? Thats gotta be the big joke here under the bleechers."
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Leader of the Banned
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| Posted: 2/28/2013 3:37:16 PM
and it's 'you can't eat your cake and have it, too'.
Because you CAN have your cake and eat it (which is what a lot of people say and that is not how it works). |
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tiffanyo
BucketHead
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| Posted: 2/28/2013 3:42:52 PM
Literally means not figuratively. So if you are using a figure of speech, don't say literally.
I am pretty sure you could not literally eat a horse or sleep for a week. | |
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alone_inacrowdedroom
What are you looking at?
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I've seen people write 'palate' after the word color, too, lol. Brings a strange rainbow-colored roof of the mouth image to my mind. |
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Simply_Lovely
PeaFixture
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Just wanted to add that it's PER SE!! Not per say!!
ETA, "A Lot" is two words, not one. Because you can say "a whole lot" and you also don't say "ABunch" or "ACouple"
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Leader of the Banned
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| Posted: 2/28/2013 8:38:18 PM
I wish people would stop using loose for lose.
You don't loose something (like weight). Try losing an o and you'll get it right. If you lose something, it's lost. Same number of o's! |
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MississippiScrapper
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| Posted: 2/28/2013 8:43:03 PM
Ok....here is mine....Something is FOR SALE not for sell. You have an item to SELL and it is FOR SALE. |
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JannyGirl
BucketHead
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December 2002
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| Posted: 2/28/2013 9:43:58 PM
OK. I'll play. It's "across," not "acrost." Grosgrain is pronounced "GROW-GRAIN," not "GROSE-GRAIN." |
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
My Crafty Life
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Jjmikrut143
BucketHead
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| Posted: 2/28/2013 10:24:49 PM
I'm not sure if this one counts (it could just be a personal thing) but it drives me NUTS when people pronounce CROWNS instead of CRAYONS! It's CRAY-ONS! Just saying.. |
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Diane Marie
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 2/28/2013 11:06:03 PM
I have noticed on a lot of threads people typing ect. instead of etc. Maybe it is just a typo, but i think not as it is typed that way in half the threads where it is used.
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sassafrassy
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It is regardless! Irregardless is not a word! |
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sassiescrapper
StuckOnPeas
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January 2005
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Ok, as long as we're adding stuff - I've seen "compliment" used for pea praise on projects when the intended word is "complement."
Complement, as something that completes, coordinates or makes perfect vs. a compliment which is an expression of praise.
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shimelle
Garden Girl
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I love all of these so much that I'll bite.
Less/Fewer.
If you can count the items, it's fewer.
If it's something that isn't individual items, like a percentage or time, for example, it's less.
You can't have less wood veneer embellishments than your friend. You can have fewer wood veneer embellishments than your friend.
(You can use less mist though. But you have fewer bottles of mist. Also: your friend is apparently a pretty serious scrapbook shopper, from the sound of this.)
(Drives me absolutely crazy at every store than has a '5 items or less' queue. Is it just for people who have fractions of items?) |
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VexedAngel
Cold Pea on a Cracked Plate
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 4:37:55 AM
Interest is piqued, not peeked or peaked. |
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Laura_J
BucketHead
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March 2009
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Loc: Alexandria, VA
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Advise/advice...when you want someone to give you their opinion on what you should do/buy/etc. you are asking for advice. When someone gives you that advice, they are advising you.
Examples:
"I need advice on which die cut machine to purchase."
"I would advise you to choose the Silhouette Cameo over the Cricut." | |
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lovemykidos
PeaNut
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 6:58:02 AM
Sassafrassy- Irregardless is in the dictionary | |
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VexedAngel
Cold Pea on a Cracked Plate
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ElleCee
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 7:57:21 AM
Love this list! Thanks for the giggles | |
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stephaniep
BucketHead
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 8:04:09 AM
Even though this one is obvious it's extremely common to see it used incorrectly and it drives me nuts!
"your" is not the same as "you're" please understand the difference. I'm sure it's just lazy typing-like using text speak but they are not interchangeable! |
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Rhonda in TX
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September 2007
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Loc: Houston, TX
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Love these!
Bringing up "voila" again... It's not "viola". A viola is a stringed instrument. "Voila" is an exclamation.
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treyaut
BucketHead
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June 2009
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Loc: in my scraproom in PA
| Posted: 3/1/2013 8:47:38 AM
You converse...you do not CONVERSATE....Conversate is not a word. |
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Paisleys Garden
StuckOnPeas
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April 2010
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 9:48:20 AM
Viola said, "I was conversating with friends when I seen you're color pallet has less colors than theres."
I said, "Viola, you're mistaken. Her color palette has fewer colors than theirs."
Viola responded, "That's what I said." | |
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BEF2008
PeaFixture
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 9:57:17 AM
I SEEN this thread and I just had to comment here, too!
I see and hear "seen" (in place of "saw" everywhere and it makes me twitch. LOL
"I seen that at Michaels ..."
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Leader of the Banned
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 10:05:56 AM
hahaha... yeah, 'seen' is a big one. It's SAW, people! Unless you use 'have'. I hope you have seen the light..... if you did, then you saw the light. |
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Memoreez2
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 10:55:17 AM
Haha, this thread is funny!
I totally agree:
I wish people would stop using loose for lose.
You don't loose something (like weight). Try losing an o and you'll get it right. If you lose something, it's lost. Same number of o's!
If you lost weight your clothes would be loose. LOL!
Several people I know say, "I have an ideal" instead of "I have an idea"... |
I LOVE to talk about scrapbooking!!
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Leader of the Banned
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 11:01:13 AM
oh, another big peeve of mine...
spell out your damn words, people! You look like a nitwit.
It's photo, not foto. Enough, not enuf. You're/You are, not ur. |
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garagesaler
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 11:16:31 AM
It's specific, not Pacific, unless we are talking about the ocean. A pastor I knew used to give messages that said the Pacific point was..... I would always get distracted, and start thinking about the ocean. | |
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frankvtx
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 12:03:59 PM
Ok, I'll bite...the one that bothers me is:
These ones
I know, it's petty, but it drives me nuts. | |
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CatalanScrapper
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July 2011
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 12:30:41 PM
Paisleys, that's funny!
This thread made me laugh. | |
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Leader of the Banned
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October 2002
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Loc: Froogville
| Posted: 3/1/2013 12:34:37 PM
Viola said, "I was conversating with friends when I seen you're color pallet has less colors than theres."
I said, "Viola, you're mistaken. Her color palette has fewer colors than theirs."
Viola responded, "That's what I said."
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Paisleys Garden
StuckOnPeas
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April 2010
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 12:46:17 PM
... I would always get distracted, and start thinking about the ocean.
That's funny
I have a very hard time saying "specific." I have practiced and practiced and it rarely comes out right. It's a tongue twister for me and I avoid saying it. | |
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Yelise
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August 2011
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 12:48:09 PM
What about their, they're and there? These get mixed up all the time and it drives me crazy. I also have to agree with irregardless and conversate. Wouldn't irregardless be a double negative? Conversate is not a word, converse is. | |
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lancene
PEAlicious
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January 2003
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 1:40:49 PM
Alright is NOT all right. | |
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ncgibbons
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June 2010
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 1:59:19 PM
My turn....
Accept is a verb and means 'to receive or to admit as true'.
Except is a preposition (meaning 'excluding') or a conjunction (meaning 'other than').
They all accepted the invitation, except for Bill.
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Simply_Lovely
PeaFixture
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April 2010
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Loc: New York City
| Posted: 3/1/2013 2:15:58 PM
Another one: if you scrapbook, you're a scrapbooker or a scraPPer not a scraper. A scraper is a tool you use to scrape things off something - like gunk off your shoe. |
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writermom1
Thrift Whisperer
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November 2003
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Loc: At the intersection of Hooterville and Stars Hollow
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I every last one of you. Literally. |
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besskinn
PeaAddict
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June 2010
Posts: 1,343
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Loc: Hillsboro, TX
| Posted: 3/1/2013 2:34:12 PM
Misspelling confidence as confidance.
Also when people say ValenTIMES, instead of ValenTINES. That sets my teeth on edge. I had a principal who pronounced it as ValenTIMES. Ugh
Which reminds me of principal and principle....
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Leader of the Banned
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 2:34:27 PM
Another one: if you scrapbook, you're a scrapbooker or a scraPPer not a scraper. A scraper is a tool you use to scrape things off something - like gunk off your shoe
I used to go by frugal scrapper. One day my hubby got me a freebie (it was either a pen or letter opener - can't remember) where you could have your name engraved on it. The man can't spell (or he just happened to mess up.) It says Frugal Scraper. |
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Gem Girl
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 2:58:25 PM
Here's a timely one (no pun intended): It's Daylight Saving Time, not Savings Time.
But the one I hear constantly is people using "I" when "me" would be correct, as if they think "I" is always more proper. Not when it's the object of a preposition--it's "between you and me," not "between you and I." |
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Paisleys Garden
StuckOnPeas
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April 2010
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 3:04:57 PM
But the one I hear constantly is people using "I" when "me"
Drives me nuts! I want to correct posts on facebook. I hold back though. | |
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DivaDesigns
Just one more post!
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 3:16:37 PM
I love this thread! Most of mine have already been listed, but another is when people write "threw" instead of "through". The head of our HR department typed a letter that was attached to *everyone's* paycheck that had that mistake. | |
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Gem Girl
PeaAddict
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 3:32:10 PM
The other one that people seem to say because it "sounds more proper" is using "one another" when "each other" is correct. "One another" refers to three or more people (that's the easy way to remember the rule--the word "one" has 3 letters!), while "each other" is two people. So, my sister & I love each other, but my brothers & I sometimes irritate one another. (Made up example, as I don't have any brothers.)
Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now & go join PolarGreen for some wine. |
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Leader of the Banned
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 4:15:32 PM
Not when it's the object of a preposition
I had to stop and think what a preposition is. (ok, I'm sure that sentence is grammatically incorrect. ) It's probably supposed to be 'what is a preposition' but that doesn't sound right. |
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SuzMannecke
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|  Posted: 3/1/2013 6:15:12 PM
There are many misspellings and grammatical errors these days-a big reason because of texting I am sure; autocorrect and the like.
Here's one:
And I "*shudder" to think that I recently saw a post where one used "shutter" in this context. Eep. |
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beamed
PeaNut
PeaNut 435,437
August 2009
Posts: 434
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Loc: Elmhurst Illinois
| Posted: 3/1/2013 6:44:18 PM
This is more of a funny story rather than a PSA. I teach second grade and about five years ago I had a student that spelled cum instead of come. She misspelled the word ALL YEAR LONG. Little did she know that some of her sentences were rather obscene | |
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stwa
BucketHead
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June 2009
Posts: 614
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Loc: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
| Posted: 3/1/2013 6:49:34 PM
Pobody's Nerfect
I get annoyed too sometimes by things that are obviously wrong to me. But there are some things that are different depending on your location... to me colour should have a 'u' in it but I'm sure you all want me to say color. |
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Leader of the Banned
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| Posted: 3/1/2013 6:57:10 PM
Makes no difference to me.
But here's an interesting thing because your post made me think of how you other English-speaking peeps use 'cheque'...
We use checks, unless it's those traveler ones. Then they're traveler cheques. |
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