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Apparently “nowdays” isn’t a word.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As long as you know the difference between your and you're, as well as its and it's, we cool.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if you write "could of" i will follow you around the internet and cyberbully you

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Youz too could of been helpful yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

And break vs brake. (break=bust something, brake=what stops your car.)

The number of car sub posters that get that wrong is too damn high.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say But nothin comes out when they move their lips Just a buncha gibberish

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

mofoggers acting like they forgot about dre!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Apparently

😂

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Quite often seen with spaces or hyphens.

As an aside I saw 'check, mate' today.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Australia, this means putting your friend into check.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Or asking for the bill at a restaurant where you're friends with the waiter (though if I was going to be anal, afaik we spell it 'cheque' in the UK / Australia where people use 'mate')

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That seems fine to me. I've heard "check and mate" a bunch, so this isn't too much of a stretch for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They clearly meant checkmate though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well OP clearly meant nowadays whenever they said "nowdays", too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So do the people who say "check and mate."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Another fun fact that is equally shocking: you can't spell Wednesday as "When's Day".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Did you know "nonetheless" and "nevertheless" are each one word? I remember when I found that out