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Demonhood
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Oct 12, 2006, 05:03 PM
 
what words have been ruined for you by the evil power of the internet?
words you spell differently, mix up definitions for, or have simply grown annoyed by.

here are some examples from my personal experience:

thread - i vaguely recall the day when this referred to something you used with a needle.
director - i spell it 'directory' every single time now. bad Y, bad!
sight - "he was just out of site sight, but i could sense his presence."
     
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Oct 12, 2006, 05:19 PM
 
Hampstor - i vaguely recall the day when this referred to an animal, not a lame server.
Turtle- i vaguely recall the day when this referred to an animal, not a MacNN member.

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Oct 12, 2006, 05:40 PM
 
bored - "The kid was so board bored, he went to the 'NN Forums."
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 12:21 AM
 
there - I vaguely recall when that was spelled their.
there - I vaguely recall when that was spelled they're.
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you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 08:21 AM
 
Remember "LIfe" ?? It's what we had before computers.
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 09:06 AM
 
Originally Posted by Y3a
Remember "LIfe" ?? It's what we had before computers.
I don't know about you, but I have a iLife '06.
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 09:22 AM
 
whats a vocabulary? between the internet and spell checkers, humanity will be reduced to a fettered mass of grunting beasts.
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Oct 13, 2006, 09:26 AM
 
iPod (RED)

The inter-capitalization, the all-caps, the needless parenthesis, all smack of illiteracy.
     
Stradlater
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Oct 13, 2006, 10:42 AM
 
Originally Posted by Demonhood
thread - i vaguely recall the day when this referred to something you used with a needle.
Thread was used metaphorically far before the internet.

P.S.
Originally Posted by OED
1642 HOWELL For. Trav. (Arb.) 23 If one read skippingly and by snatches, and not take the threed of the story along, it must needs puzzle and distract the memory.
1687 DRYDEN Hind & P. III. 278 The matron..then Resumed the thrid of her discourse again.
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Oct 13, 2006, 11:01 AM
 
LOL, I also think the correct use of threat vs. thread got messed up because of teh intarweb.

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Oct 13, 2006, 11:02 AM
 
Originally Posted by Kerrigan
iPod (RED)

The inter-capitalization, the all-caps, the needless parenthesis, all smack of illiteracy.
Yeah, talk about President iSenhower

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Oct 13, 2006, 11:13 AM
 
Loose - What used to mean something that wasn't tight apparently now means to not win. At least on every forum I'm a member, there is someone who creates a thread with that in the title.
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Oct 13, 2006, 11:19 AM
 
Own - Meant 'belonging to'. Now means 'to kick someone's butt at something'.
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 11:58 AM
 
Originally Posted by kmkkid
Own - Meant 'belonging to'. Now means 'to kick someone's butt at something'.
You misspelled pwn. n00b.
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Oct 13, 2006, 11:59 AM
 
I'm still a fan of the 'teh'

(Mostly because I always pronounce it literally when I read it)
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 01:02 PM
 
Originally Posted by davesimondotcom
You misspelled pwn. n00b.
It predates intarweb 'l33t' speak.
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 01:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by Kerrigan
iPod (RED)

The inter-capitalization, the all-caps, the needless parenthesis, all smack of illiteracy.
The use of mixed case is a programming thing. My guess is at some point it got associated with technology in general and started showing up in product names and marketing campaigns. I wouldn't call it illiterate but it does get annoying
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 02:47 PM
 
Furry - I remember when this word described cute little animals.
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Oct 13, 2006, 02:49 PM
 
Yes, that came up recently. I'm to partly to blame, too.
     
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Oct 13, 2006, 04:35 PM
 
Damn, I too have a few words that I mispell automatically by mistake because I use a similar one online, but I can't remember them at the moment..

However, on a slightly related note, I always spell Halloween "Halloweed" for some obscure reason.. which may explain the memory blank encountered above
     
   
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