Mine is people who separate words when they write. I’m Norwegian, and we can string together words indefinetly to make a new word. The never ending word may not make any sense, but it is gramatically correct

Still, people write words the wrong way by separating them.

Examples:

  • “Ananas ringer” means “the pineapple is calling” when written the wrong way. The correct way is “ananasringer” and it means “pineapple rings” (from a tin).

  • “Prinsesse pult i vinkel” means “a princess fucked at an angle”. The correct way to write it is “prinsessepult i vinkel”, and it means “an angeled princess desk” (a desk for children, obviously)

  • “Koke bøker” means “to cook books”. The correct way is “kokebøker” and means “cookbooks”

I see these kinds of mistakes everywhere!

  • @foggy
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    91 year ago

    “-sts” and “sps” et al

    e.g. ghosts, frosts, wasps, clasps, flasks, basks.

    Just a stupid sound.

    • @[email protected]
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      fedilink
      41 year ago

      i propose we return to the germanic roots of english and replace the endings of those words with “-en”, ghosten, frosten, waspen…

      • @foggy
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        1 year ago

        Sure, the morning frosts began a few weeks ago around my area. That’s when everything frosts over from the humidity and cold temps.