Social Networking GaffesFreddy Woo writes, "My school bully just friended me on Facebook!" No doubt he pokes him, and then demands his lunch money.
Personally, last month a scantily clad young woman confused me with her fiance, with whom I share a first and last name. I'm still not sure she's noticed, but she's going to be mortified when she does.
What's the biggest mistake you've made using a social networking site?
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chthonic, Thu 11 Sep 2008, 14:06)
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Bill BrysonRead "Mother Tongue". It's a really witty look at spelling in the English Language and tells you where many words originated.
It pains me to say it, but many Americal spellings are the originals, that haven't changed from when we went over, and it's us that have evolved. It's the same with customs such as Haloween which was very big when we were populating the colonies.
Having said that, Webster did butcher their spellings to 'color' and 'tonite', so neither side is really correct.
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