Public service announcement.
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,850,000 for rediculous Did you mean: ridiculous
Results 1 - 10 of about 35,500,000 for ridiculous [definition]
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,580,000 for definatly Did you mean: definitely
Results 1 - 10 of about 142,000,000 for definitely [definition]
These results tell me two things:
1) Illiteracy is becoming rampant, MILLIONS of people are using these misspellings and many more [though these two in particular are becoming terrifyingly common], which means many people are starting to think that they are actually correct. If it were simply language morphing, I’d be more okay with it, but it’s not like these words are in some way a better representation of a concept, an interesting new take on something, a cultural shift. They are, simply, wrong, and come from misinterpretation of lazy verbal pronunciation.
2) People aren’t pointing out their errors often enough because we’re too damn polite and don’t want to offend our friends. I don’t really know what to do about this 
Current Mood:
annoyed