I might be a language nut . . .

[siog]

I was told to go look at an community. Upon clicking I find that the second post has the word "etcetera", and that means that it is very lucky for said community that I did not have any money to give in the first place, cause all I can think about it anymore is how I want to whoop the poster upside the head. There is no such word as "etcetera"

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[sheistheweather]

The language thing is annoying sometimes, yes. That particular community is, however, to help a very, very dear friend of mine continue to be able to work. She is a singer-songwriter making her living off her music, and had emergency medical bills with no insurance.

The money thing aside, I think you are smarter than to just write something or someone off because of the misuse or misspelling of a single word/word that should be two words.

[siog]

Technically I do give people a chance. This chance involves (if possible) a correction, (again, if possible) a 'whoops, my bad' type of thing, and the important one someone I trust on a high intellectual level saying that 'the person did not know, was in no way trying to sound smarter, and is actually quite intelligent, just not in that specific forum of (whatever the issue I have with them is).'

[sheistheweather]

Popelizbet is not a pretentious sort. :)

[siog]

Then I do will not be ignoring them, just keeping an eye on them in any future dealings.

On a side note, I would be trying to help but i have no money, and no legally sellable skill (/wink), well I can tutor in Latin . . . and a few other no-one-wants-to-study-this-subject subjects.

[errhead]

well, there are a many french words i use to sound smarter, or at least well-read, but i consider them all technically english thanks to the normans

[siog]

The question is do you use them just to sound smarter, or do you use them because they work better in the situation than the English counter part, etc?

The Norman thing is why we call it pork, ham, beef, poultry, etc, as we used to call it pig, cow, chicken, etc. Which means at some point a certain amount of time of a word being used in another language it starts to take over, and becomes one with the language. I hate how English changes so quickly, as it is not evolving, just digesting, but that is a whole other post.