Misspelled words that drive me CRAZY

[sugarplumkitty]

skiddish - Do people think this comes from critters skidding as they run away? NO! It's skittish!
ect - This is an abbreviation of the word "etcetera." It's spelled, "etc. with a period!

I stopped taking the hormones again. I wonder if my extreme irritation this morning with these common misspellings is due to hormonal imbalance?

Comments

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

i swear, my misspellings are out of stupidity! They really are.

*hands over some hormones* :o)

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

Not you, my friend. Your grasp of our crazy language amazes me. It's the plethora of US LJers in the cat communities that get me going. You know, people who have supposedly been speaking English their entire lives and went to school here?

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

i notice that in my own language people also write very bad. Escpecially youth doesn't make an effort anymore for writing correctly. it's a shame. I'm afraid that in a generation or two the skills of writing will decrease a lot.
Too bad. Words are such a lovely item to express feelings and thoughts. They should be used in the rightful usage.