won't someone please think of the language?

[waider]

I am sad to note that even a man who has great, funny, witty things to say about the movie title, "Snakes on a Plane" apparently doesn't know the difference between "bated breath" and "baited breath". and he's a goddamned WRITER. (he is funny, though)

Comments

[opadit.livejournal.com]

The best writers love and appreciate their editors. They also don't depend on spellcheck.

After reading way too much online content over the past several years, I've been mixing up whose and who's. Ugh.

[wisn.livejournal.com]

Second that. I've been confusing its/it's/its' more lately, although I blame advancing age. But yes, Famous Writers have been known for their poor spelling. It seems to me that if their writing is going up unfiltered they might try harder, but they might also figure that if it's material they're not getting paid for, they oughtn't put as much time into it. Tough call, I say.

[merde.livejournal.com]

while i am, of course, appalled with two p's by "baited breath" and the later "cest la vie", i have to say, i'd rather the writer can't spell the words than that the actors can't pronounce them. (and worse yet, the director didn't catch it and either reshoot or loop it.)

of course, 20 years from now, when people speak only in L337, we'll all look back on this as a pleasant memory OMG WTF LOL 8)8)8)8)8)!!!!!!