D&D 5E Pedantic pet peeves

[lowkey13]

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[Satyrn]

It's not supposed to be "could of done that", it's "could've". So it's legitimate, but misspelled. And probably obsolete.

The thing is that "could've" is a contraction of "could have."

"Could of" comes from people not properly knowing the phrase and just writing what they hear.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Azzy]

I am the rare person who loves the fantasy name apostrophe trope. I treat it like it's glottal stop, but with more spittle and Klingon bravado.

I also like to soundly abuse the hyphen like it is a demented Chōonpu.

Glottal stop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop
Chōonpu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chōonpu

I've used apostrophes to distinguish when vowels are pronounced individually as opposed to as a diphthong (say, like "zoology" would be "zo'ology"), and similarly for distinguishing consonants from consonant clusters (say, like "springtime" would be "spring'time"). Of course this is used solely for made up words where the pronunciation may seem ambiguous.

 

[Satyrn]

Coulda, woulda, shoulda paid attention in school.

If only you had Van Halen's teacher.

 

[billd91]

It's not really a peeve, but I do have to kind of shake my head at people who write "walla" when they're trying to say "voilà". And then there are the ones who spell it "viola" but that's a simple-enough typo.

 

[Ed Laprade]

A general one. Writing of when the word should be off, or vice versa. "I could off done that." "Oh, come of it."

I can't believe I did that. Too focused on coming up with an example I guess. (The first should be "I could have done that." as others have pointed out.)

 

[lowkey13]

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[Satyrn]

spelling errors.

Their not spelling errors, there jokes.

 

[robus]

What's the point of using Ye Olde English if you pronounce it like normal words??

It think it's a rule of Modern English etiquette that Ye Olde English should be seen and not heard!