Mishandling.

[menace64]

...I always read it as "mi-shandling"... why is that? I see the word and think the s goes in the second syllable instead of the first, and have to stop myself in order to re-pronounce the word.

I do not like this word.

[lem0nhead]

I read it mis-handling.

I have no particular feelings about this word, i am unbiased against it as i never use the word.

[AgentDrake]

Erm...

...

Bad kindergarten teacher, perhaps?

The word I don't like is "restaurant." Every time I spell it, the correct spelling has changed again. The U moves to a different spot in the word every time I look it up in the dictionary....

[Ulmo]

I think you need a new dictionary   

[Elessar's Socks]

At the moment it's "propeller." I keep ending it in "or."

For more English fun:

- I still can't bring myself to use "anyways" with an s, preferring "anyway" instead.

- Anyone see something ironic with "Your post is full of mispellings" or "Your grammer sucks"?

- It's annoying having having periods and commas go inside the quotation marks, especially when writing comments in editing work: replace "A" with "B," and replace "C" with "D." Just leave out the comma in B and the period in D. Why can't we be sensible like in British English and put them outside??

[FM]

Ouch! That's... ugly.

[Thranduil]

- It's annoying having having periods and commas go inside the quotation marks, especially when writing comments in editing work: replace "A" with "B," and replace "C" with "D." Just leave out the comma in B and the period in D. Why can't we be sensible like in British English and put them outside??

Actually it's not clear at all where the punctuation goes with respect to quotation marks. Some people put them inside, some outside - I put them inside or out depending on the situation and how I'm feeling at the time!

What really bothers me is when people use too many exclamation marks! Especially in sentences that really don't need them! That and when people put apostrophes in the wrong place. I saw on the BBC yesterday someone writing "it's" as the possessive... [shudder]

Thranduil

[CarpeGuitarrem]

I'm willing to theorize that you're misreading "mishandling" because you see the "sh" in there, and want to make it into a diagraph. It really is a strange thing, in one way.

I really don't see anything wrong with punctuation inside of quotes. It feels nicer to me that way, actually. Why? Because I see the quotes as a container holding the sentence, and the punctuation is part of the sentence. It's like parentheses. Would you put punctuation outside of a parenthesis?

[SomeRandomDude]

I always have trouble with floccinaucinihilipilification . All those i's really drive me crazy in trying to remember them.

[DáinIronfoot]

I always have trouble with floccinaucinihilipilification . All those i's really drive me crazy in trying to remember them.

I'd love to see you use that in a sentence.

[FingolfinFinwe]

Straight from Wiki:  "There is a systematic floccinaucinihilipilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me"

 

[SomeRandomDude]

I always have trouble with floccinaucinihilipilification . All those i's really drive me crazy in trying to remember them.

I'd love to see you use that in a sentence.

I just did.

[Elessar's Socks]

DIE!

Seriously, why not just make "dice" an acceptable singular form. How would you like a product called "Squawking Die" or whatever. *twitch*

Incidentally, I have trouble spelling "squawking." Squwaking. Skwaquing.

I really don't see anything wrong with punctuation inside of quotes. It feels nicer to me that way, actually. Why? Because I see the quotes as a container holding the sentence, and the punctuation is part of the sentence. It's like parentheses. Would you put punctuation outside of a parenthesis?

I get what you're saying, but sometimes for more technical stuff it'd be nice to have some flexibility:

- Incidentally, I have trouble spelling "squawking."
- That card should say "Spot 3 Elves," not "Spot 3 pointy-ears."

It'd be incorrect to move the punctuation marks outside the quotation marks, even though the period in the first has nothing to do with the term, and the comma and period in the second aren't present in the card text. In these cases anyone can figure them out, but in editing/programming comments especially, sometimes I'd ignore that rule for clarity.

[macheteman]

there is a place in Australia called: Woolloomooloo

i want to go there someday...

[sickofpalantirs]

mm! stick around this time will ya?