By Anonymous - 08/05/2012 22:10 - United States - Chandler

Today, I corrected someone who spelled "learned" as "learnt" on my favorite forum. Nothing could've prepared me for the torrent of abuse that followed from the non-American members. Now I'm banned for "trolling," and all my 7,000+ posts since 2006 are gone forever. FML
I agree, your life sucks 17 428
You deserved it 41 607

Same thing different taste

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WHAT???! You mean the Internet isn't American?? You should totally sue!

nadnerbz 6

I hope you learned you lesson. Maybe learnt?

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I think the point was that it wasn't a "correction" but rather a stupid comment. But that's just how I interpreted it, perhaps this person really did just stupidly suggest that only "learnt" is correct but that would just make me sad inside...

Learnt, earnt, burnt, dreamt, spelt, dealt, spilt...We brits do that a lot ;)

You only think that's the sole reason you were banned. Sprinkle in some naive with your stupid.

Well, I'm pretty sure "learnt" is also a word, lots of words meaning the same thing have to correct spellings. If you're going to be a grammar nazi, make sure you know that rule and what words it applies to. Without that knowledge, you just look like an ass. Besides, learned and learnt is like correcting someone for using "u" instead of "you". Unless the person's grammar is so horrible that you can barely understand what they typed up, there's no sense in correcting them. Well, you can also do it if they try to insult you and make simple mistakes, especially I'd they try to insult your intelligence.

Large difference between language/regional spellings and internet-idiot shorthand. Color/Colour is nowhere near the same as u/you, wat/wot/what when it comes to correcting people. Someone who corrects "colour" with "color" is just stupid, while when correcting "u" with "you" the opposite is true.

That does suck. Sad how learning opportunities are received so negatively...

Poster_Pastry 0

Yeah people get so pissy over that shit. I correct people all the time and they get mad and I am like 'what are you going to do when you get a job and your boss asks you to type something? Then what if he corrects your mistakes? what are you going to say?? you cannot cuss him out for correcting you.' people need to gtfover themselves

Poster_Pastry 0

I just love the insanity debates going on xD

That's what you get for being an ass, in order for this to have happened I can almost guarantee that OP did some cussin and name calling