Let's talk about Australia.

[Tania]

I would say Adelaide, but it's always a natural disaster.

 

[Saracene]

does wil anderson have any jokes where the punchline isn't him laughing at his own hilarity?

Spot on.

 

[cobl04]

are you watching Ben Elton sara?

 

[Saracene]

You mean on TV? No... internet seems to have taken all the evening space TV used to occupy

 

[blueeyedgirl]

I would say Adelaide, but it's always a natural disaster.

Hey, uh yeah....

 

[blueeyedgirl]

The Late Session with Waleed Aly on SBS. 10 out of 10 on the BEG scale

 

[Axver]

Damn, forgot to watch the Ben Elton show. Was it any good?

(I'm inherently dubious of any comedy that isn't on the ABC/SBS these days.)

 

[cobl04]

I've heard a lot of good things about Waleed Aly. The Ben Elton show was pretty ordinary, what I saw of it. But look I've gotta give props to Shaun Micallef, who turns a simple game show into a work of art every Tuesday night, he's brilliant.

 

[Axver]

Man, the Ben Elton show's getting savaged on The Age ... their critic liked it, but the reader comments are just a wave of negativity (i.e. moreso than normal).

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I can't help but to think of this after watching that interview Tony Abbott had where he didn't answer any of the the questions about his gaff.

YouTube - Homer Simpson Rock Bottom Interview

 

[cobl04]

Saw the tattoo "Everyday's Australia Day" in Zoo Weekly.

Amazing.

Then there's that rugby player who got an essay tattooed on his back with "to" instead of "too".

There must be a lot of illiterate tattooists in Australia. We already know there's a lot of bogans and idiots.

 

[Saracene]

I wouldn't be so hard on tattooists. I've got people at work with journalism degrees writing copy for the brochures who still mix up it's and its.

 

[cobl04]

Fair call. To be truthful it was only about two or three years ago I learnt how to properly use it's/its.

I'm just a grammar nazi!

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Then there's the there/their/they're and the your/you're thing.

 

[Tania]

Damn, forgot to watch the Ben Elton show. Was it any good?

No, it wasn't that great. (I turned it over after about the 3rd or 4th sketch) However, I am hopeful that it will improve.

 

[cobl04]

We've discussed this a million times.

Honestly "ur" bothers me less than "your" when people mean "you're".

The one that riles my blood is "his" instead of "he's". I mean it's the same amount of letters for fuck's sake!! And they aren't even homophones!

 

[Tania]

Separate is the one for me. Not seperate

 

[Vlad n U 2]

We've discussed this a million times.

Honestly "ur" bothers me less than "your" when people mean "you're".

The one that riles my blood is "his" instead of "he's". I mean it's the same amount of letters for fuck's sake!! And they aren't even homophones!

This so much. I see an unusual amount of these mistakes on BigFooty. Ugh.

And I also see the "your" mistake incredibly often on Facebook.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Separate is the one for me. Not seperate

There's also "rediculous" and "definately".

 

[Tania]

Forgot about those.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Argh, don't get me started on "I would of done it".... KILL!!!!

 

[The Sad Punk]

^ That's my least favourite.

Also inappropriate apostrophes, i.e. The Stag advertising "steak's" and what not. Just another reason to hate The Stag (and I used to love it)...

 

[bono_man2002]

Warnie!

However the media are shitting me off about it, cause its not really newsworthy.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I really do not understand the interest in Wurley. Just let them live their lives.

 

[bono_man2002]

Hurnie was the other one I've heard.

 

[Axver]

I think "Hurley" is a fitting last name, given what the sensationalist coverage of this shit makes me want to do.

As for the spelling and grammar fails, apostrophe abuse is probably what drives me made the most. One day I'll start carrying a red pen around with me.

Though speaking of apostrophes, it's fascinating to me to notice that in the 19th century, they were little used in place names in Australia and New Zealand. See, for instance, "Hawkes Bay" and "Donnellys Crossing" in New Zealand, or closer to home, the Mornington Peninsula has "Anthonys Nose" and "Arthurs Seat". Look up the official placename for somewhere you think should have an apostrophe, and more often than not, it officially won't have one.

 

[Purplereign]

it makes me giggle that there is a boo boo in your gripe

< is often guilty of placing apostrophes in the wrong spot . . . I should know better and I should try harder but . . . that "I would of" thing drives me batty as does the your / you're, their / they're / there thing and a multitude of other crimes against the english language . . . but the adding of letters to words, e.g: 'volumptuous' instead of 'voluptuous', is the one that is guaranteed to shrivel my insides every single time

 

[bono_man2002]

I remember when I used to piss you off Ax by writing definitely wrong. Truth be told the actual spelling of the word is done by firefox spell check

 

[Axver]

it makes me giggle that there is a boo boo in your gripe

But it does drive me made! My rage cannot be adequately conveyed with a mere three letters.

 

[cobl04]

Gooooood America