Your Using You're Wrong!!!

You know what really grinds my gears?

There are a lot of people out there (and you may be included) that still cannot use the words "your" and "you're" correctly and properly!!

People, they are two different words that sound alike, but have very different meanings! Those are called homophones, just like by, bye, and buy. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that N*SYNC decided to call their song "Bye, bye, bye," because "By, by, by" would not make too much sense. ("Buy, buy, buy" makes sense, but they are not trying to boost their sales)

Basically, people prefer to just use "your" all the time for ease, as opposed to having to write out an extra letter and even an apostrophe to get to "you're." I know that it is a lot of extra work to write or type out a few extra symbols, but trust me, there is a fine line between ease and laziness.

One of my favorite little ironies of life is when people post status updates and comments on Facebook saying "Your stupid." I am not sure why you need to claim possession of another person's stupid, but your comment only makes you sound stupid.

What I am trying to say is that you should really take time to look at your spelling errors, especially for situations with homophones. "Your" and "you're" may sound alike, but the difference between the two words on paper is the voice of an intelligent person. Neither ignorance nor laziness excuses you from making silly mistakes. If you must write out "you are" for "you're," then please make that a habit. And please, "ur" is never acceptable for "your" or "you're," in any situation.

So I hope that your considering some of you're common spelling mistakes and usage errors. Their are a lot of possible grammar errors out they're, and English teachers are easily willing to take out there red pens to catch those mistakes.

And that is what really grinds my gears.

Cameron

Family Feudless

You know what really grinds my gears?

I can't stand the fact that on Family Feud, the game show, every answer given is always a "good answer!"

I mean, EVERY answer is always a good answer. Even the most stupid, dumb, idiotic, and thoughtless answer is always a good answer. Note the absolutes that I used here.

Let me offer an example: Let's say the question is "Name a country where men greet each other by kissing each cheek." Some good answers would be Italy or France. And for these answers, the family is always clapping and cheering "Good answer, good answer!" Then the next girl says Europe.

...Okay, what? Last time I checked, Europe was a continent, not a country. Nonetheless, the entire family still cheers "Good answer!" and the survey, of course plays the loud buzzer noise, and the family still says "Good answer!" (not to be redundant here)

Okay, let's be honest. How many family members really thought that was a good answer? I certainly thought it was a dumb answer, yet the family expects the survey to have Europe as an answer. Now, if the people were surveyed were as dumb as her, I would understand why they were applauding.

Let's cite another example: The question: "Name a country that begins with the letter A, besides America"
Some given answers: Argentina, Asia, Amsterdam

Okay, and all of those answers were applauded and cheered for as "Good answers!" when only one answer was a good answer (which is Argentina, just in case you were unsure. You may think Amsterdam is a great country to visit, but you may be high while saying that (for obvious reasons))

Why a lot of these "good answers" are related to geography, I am not quite sure. There are certainly other questions where dumb, dumb, dumb, and dumber answers were given, but I'd rather not bore you with a recollection of those.

And hey, for those tough geography questions on Family Feud with the "good answers," Miss South Carolina would say that they probably don't own a map so they don't know the other countries.

And that is what really grinds my gears.

Sorry that I haven't been posting blogs often. Hopefully, I'll have a few more blogs out for you to read in the upcoming weeks.