Why can't Americans spell Caribbean ?

jah

Subject: Why can't Americans spell "Caribbean" ?

C-A-R-I-B-B-E-A-N.


One "R" and two "B"'s



Shit sicktates me.....

jeffrey

Unfortunately it appears that there will always be those among us that find it perfectly normal to butcher this and commonly utter other such gems as...

- nucular
- irregardless (unless truly intending "without lack of regard for" )
- Barnes and Nobles
- Victoria's Secrets
- Clinton Hills

flux

I hav no eyedee whay

raw

Subject: Re: Why can't Americans spell "Caribbean" ?

JAH wrote: C-A-R-I-B-B-E-A-N.


One "R" and two "B"'s



Shit sicktates me.....

Who needs to spell that word, when we have much better words, like T-R-I-N-I-D-A-D-I-A-N?

jah

Subject: Re: Why can't Americans spell "Caribbean" ?

raw wrote:

Who needs to spell that word, when we have much better words, like T-R-I-N-I-D-A-D-I-A-N?

carnivore

Check out the lower left at 0:08.

scott gordon

Why can't New Yorkers spell Manhattan? There's no E. Pathetic

sweet tea

why do so many people online spell ridiculous "rediculous"?

why do people insist that they're "weary" of things they are "wary" of (not just the time daver pointed it out, either)?

more to the point, why do people not install spell check on their web browsers?

beebalos

One of my big pet peeves:

"a lot" is NOT spelled "alot". Ever.

idlewild

Your not saying their are that many people who's spelling ability is hammpered by theyre lack of an education in basic English are ya?

modsquad

Subject: Re: Why can't Americans spell "Caribbean" ?

JAH wrote: C-A-R-I-B-B-E-A-N.


One "R" and two "B"'s



Shit sicktates me.....

I don't give a shit how you spell it. How do you say it! Where does the accent fall, if you're so smart.

How do you say Hawaii? Is it Hawaii or is it Havaii? The vampire replies, "Havaii". You say "thanks". He says, "you're velcome".

jeffrey

Subject: Re: Why can't Americans spell "Caribbean" ?

modsquad wrote: Where does the accent fall

My vote's for "Ca-RIB'-bean" (where caps and ' denote the accent/emphasis)

Unlike the Disneyland of my childhood, with it's "Pirates of the Ca-rib-BEAN' " ride, with em-PHAH'-sis on the wrong syl-LA'-ble.

modsquad wrote: How do you say Hawaii? Is it Hawaii or is it Havaii? The vampire replies, "Havaii". You say "thanks". He says, "you're velcome".

VWUUUUUNNN PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH~!

jah

Subject: Re: Why can't Americans spell "Caribbean" ?

jeffrey wrote: [quote=modsquad]Where does the accent fall

My vote's for "Ca-RIB'-bean" (where caps and ' denote the accent/emphasis)


WRONG! Only tourists say it that way.

jeffrey

Ah. Darn then. Guess that puts Jimmy Buffett in error, too.

jah

jeffrey wrote: Ah. Darn then. Guess that puts Jimmy Buffett in error, too.

=;

boygabriel

sweet tea wrote: why do so many people online spell ridiculous "rediculous"?

I was guilty of this until quite recently.

jeffrey

Alright, then.

Well, somebody please hook me up with the right pronunciation, then.

Is it actually "Ca-rib-BE'-an" (as per the aforementioned Disney of youth) then, instead of "Ca-RIB'-be-an" (as Jimmy B. and myself have used) ?

jah

jeffrey wrote:
Is it actually "Ca-rib-BE'-an" (as per the aforementioned Disney of youth) then, instead of "Ca-RIB'-be-an" (as Jimmy B. and myself have used) ?

Basically.

olyman

Boygabriel wrote: [quote=sweet tea]why do so many people online spell ridiculous "rediculous"?

I was guilty of this until quite recently.

GAH! At least you redeemed yourself.

sweet tea

Idlewild wrote: Your not saying their are that many people who's spelling ability is hammpered by theyre lack of an education in basic English are ya?

its there refusal to pay attention to what their writing that get's to myself. is they're nothing worth preserving in non-verbal language?

em26

Caribbean. :-k

Caribbean. :-k

Why can't Americans spell......it. That word? :scratch:

Caribbean. :-k

Caribbean ? :scratch:

Hmm. Interesting...Hello smurfette.:smurfin: ....yeah , interesting.:-k

I'm craving cookies now.

modsquad

I wonder how you misspell a word in Chinese?

hamilton

Subject: Re: Why can't Americans spell "Caribbean" ?

[quote="JAH"]C-A-R-I-B-B-E-A-N.


One "R" and two "B"'s



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Thanks Mon

em26

Subject: Re: Why can't Americans spell "Caribbean" ?

Hamilton wrote:


Thanks Mon

sweet tea

modsquad wrote: I wonder how you misspell a word in Chinese?

i wonder how you DON'T misspell a word in Chinese.

jeffrey

modsquad wrote: I wonder how you misspell a word in Chinese?

To point this out would indeed be an attack of character.

#-o

hamilton

modsquad wrote: I wonder how you misspell a word in Chinese?

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moonmoon

i love it iam such a huge kermit fan

carnivore

caaahyoko

jeffrey wrote: Alright, then.

Well, somebody please hook me up with the right pronunciation, then.

Is it actually "Ca-rib-BE'-an" (as per the aforementioned Disney of youth) then, instead of "Ca-RIB'-be-an" (as Jimmy B. and myself have used) ?

My lovely Haitian husband says you can pronounce it either way. No one in his rather large family, as far as he can remember, has corrected someone for saying it one way or the other.

In other words, a lot of people have better things to worry about.

EDIT: 1000th post! Wheee!

sweet tea

why can't non-southerners* spell y'all?

you all = y'all

not yall
not ya'll

y'all
apostrophe goes in place of the missing letters, y'all.

related: "y'all" is plural.


*i'd say yankees, except it's not just yankees.