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Alright, even though it is proper English, I hate it when people say, "I thought we did well."

Good just wants to be put in the place of well.

It wants to!

 

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Mistakes which counter the very rules which have been established through the formation of the dictionary and other means of defining a language do not become standard. Standard within the informal language, perhaps, but not within the formal language. No one here has claimed to speak perfect, formal English. However, there are some mistakes which are mistakes even within informal English. If a person misspells "thank you" as one word, then that is not simply a transition into a new informal language. That is simply a mistake that can be corrected.

 

And I agree with you, Mous, on the American pronunciation excuse for why we have changed the spelling of many words. Because that's just plain f*cking false. We didn't change the spelling (specifically Webster back 230 or so years ago) because it fit more appropriately with the pronunciation of the words. F*ck we pronounce "herb" without the "H". We changed the spelling and pronunciation of many words simply because we wanted to distance ourselves as far from the British as possible. That's why we took up coffee rather than tea (not to mention the tax that was placed on tea). Anyone who says we spell the word "color" C-O-L-O-R because it's pronounced cuh-luhr is a f*cking moron and needs to be shot.

 

I hate it when people argue circularly.

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*Jumps on top of Chilli repeatedly stabbing him in the Mous(e)y tail of his until it is chopped off, and then choking him with it*

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