venting: sort of OT but alt. fashion related

This ng has started my interest in Isabella Fiore handbags and totes, and I've purchased 2 from ebay in the past couple of months. My beef is with the sellers who don't know the difference between the words sequins and sequence. Aaaaargh! The English language is going to hell in a beaded handbasket. Thank you for listening, now you may continue with your day.

Just for the halibut...
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=sequins
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=sequence

I rarely look at ebay (the reflection camera guy kinda steered me away), yet I'd like to see some examples of your concern, as it is a valid one.

No problem...heck I was going to continue all night anyway

Dennis

AAAAGH! My biggest pet peeve ever! OK, not the biggest. That would be pronouncing the word 'nuclear' as 'nucular' (yes, that means you, Dubya). Boggles the mind that people who are alleged experts in the public eye are allowed to make themselves sound like such bloody idiots.

I had a history prof pronounce it 'nucular'. One day, I just got so aggrevated I shouted, 'It's 'NUCLEAR'!!!!!' Good thing it was a small class.

Back to ebay...my personal favorite is when people list a satin item as a satan item.

Obviously never read the old Pogo comic strip in which they referred to the 'New, clear physics.' (Lucus a non lucendo if there ever was one.)

My favorite is a story in which the author, intending 'charnel house,' wrote 'carnal house.' As someone said at the time, the worst possible moment for a reader to get the giggles.

Tom Parsons

I can't stand it either! I had a science teacher who pronounced it 'nucular' and he also said 'simular' instead of 'similar.'

A lot of people say 'exspecially,' 'expresso,' and 'exscape.'

As far as written language goes, I'm still bugged by the old standby: 'your' vs. 'you're.' Also, even more misused: 'it's' vs. 'its'

And the ones who say 'eck cetera'...AAARGH!

(And, like as not, abbreviate it as 'ect.'

Tom Parsons

/delurk/ A license should be required to use an apostrophe. In my perfect world, only those who have proven that they know the difference between plurals and possessives will be allowed to have a license, and unlicensed users will be shot on sight.

> As far as written language goes, I'm still bugged by the old standby: > 'your' vs. 'you're.' Also, even more misused: 'it's' vs. 'its'

Oh, gosh, you see these all the time on the Net. I think the problem is that people use spell checkers, not realizing that spell checkers aren't homonym checkers.

Tom Parsons

People can begin by remembering that you never change the original spelling of a word when you are using the apostrophe to show possession. Words like James or Hermes end in 's' so you would never put the apostrophe before the s. For the examples cited above, say the two words for the contraction and if they fit in your sentence, those are the ones you use.