Stop writing "per say", will you?

It's really annoying. And wrong. What you mean is per se. Unless of course you're writing a fic in which uttering the word "say" is a crime, in which case there might really be a fine of 50 bits per say.

Goodness, is that the time? ("Yes" -- Goodness.) I must be off.

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[iisaw]

[Georg]

Hey, I have Latin purists lurking in my comments every time I try even the smallest thing. It's educational though, and sent me on a voyage of discovery to to the Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, Poland at one time. Interesting how small the world has become.

[Pascoite]

Look, there are so many of these rants to go on that I've given up. Like people who use the following spellings:
woah
ya'll
lil'

and the following phrases:
rising to a crescendo
could care less
between you and I

[Super Trampoline]

4826465
I’m blanking. What’s that one word that has probably about a dozen letters that people always think has a prefix that makes it into a not real word?

[Pascoite]

4826472
irregardless?

[Super Trampoline]

4826475
THANK YOU

[FanOfMostEverything]

Shouldn't that be fifty bits per per say?

[OleGrayMane]

'til is on my list

[Rocket]

That, and people who write "sike".

[Pascoite]

4826612
That's actually an accepted spelling, though. Till, til, and 'til all are.

[Loganberry]

4826465

could care less

...about the dress? Another count to add to Chrysalis's charge sheet.

4826579
British style is generally to use words from one to nine, but to use numerals from 11 onwards. You can write either "10" or "ten", depending on which style guide you're following. (As an aside, it's also considerably more common in BrEng to write "between five and 50 employees" than it is to write "between five and fifty employees". The latter form isn't incorrect in BrEng, but it looks decidedly old-fashioned these days and isn't what you'll find in British newspapers.)

4826654
And as for people writing "phase" when they mean "faze"...

[FanOfMostEverything]

4826730
I was more concerned with the missing per, but I think you mistaking what I was nitpicking only adds to the joke.

[Loganberry]

4826738
Okay, you win this thread. Perfect.