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
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DocBastard 38

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

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nadnerbz 6

I hope you learned you lesson. Maybe learnt?

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4evrAloan 3

That's Kinda harsh and no reason if that's all you said kinda anti-racist.

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TheMathMajor 26

How is that "anti-racist." That term doesn't even make any sense.

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florido_fml 10

That's what you get grammar Nazi

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dominic1221 6

Real grammar Nazis know their shit, or at least research it first. This kid's no grammar Nazi. She's just an ignorant asshole.

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linkinpark98 23

Wow... I could see f they banned you for like a day or so, but forever?! And they deleted your stuff? D: Oh well, should have just kept on with your day, OP.

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sillystyle420 5

Can't be Banned for a day, that'd be a suspension, Sorry for correction not tryina be a douche

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linkinpark98 23

Nah, it's cool. :)

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DelphiCat 17

Deserved it. It would have taken you two minutes to google and discover that *technically* learned is a two syllable descriptive of someone who has amassed great knowledge - now colloquially accepted as a one syllable word meaning, well, learnt - and that learnt is not only a word, it is *technically* a more correct usage. I do hope you learnt your lesson.

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sillystyle420 5

Haha this is probably why they didn't like him, English is the most confusing and complex language

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owo_fml 9

156- That was a comma splice. 48- If OP thought she was correct, there would have been little reason for her to have Googled anything. But I still agree she deserved it.

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Cinn_fml 22

You have a point, #331, but you'd think that on a forum that has users of multiple nationalities you'd think it pertinent to double check that something still held true for them. Especially spelling differences. I know many people don't, and assume their way is the only way, but you don't have to be exposed to the internet for very long to notice that there are differences. Also, it saves you looking like an arse in the long run.

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Enslaved 36

I find this extra funny because the OP could be one of many on this exact site. Rolling rolling rolling!!!

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iamyourgod 3

Learned and learnt sound practically identical. Learned can be pronounced two ways though. "I learned something" is one syllable. "a learn-ed" doctor" is two. (I added the hyphen, it's not supposed to be there)

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stevenmx86 7

Ydi for being a dumbass grammar nazi...

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PrimeEvilTahir 24

I could be the non-American here and say that OP should say 'spelt' instead of 'spelled'

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lonely_heart_89 6

I totally agree with the comment above! I hate it when grammar Nazis don't consider the other ways to spell a word before correcting other people. I always try to convince people who think otherwise that "learned," "learnt," "spelled," & "spelt" are all okay to use.

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nateb123 4

It's an internet forum. I think they just gave you a massive chunk of your life back. Best to do something productive with it, aka not posting on FML

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Maht_fml 0

America is the only place on Earth.

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iHateHippiesToo 6

#152 - You are a comic genius. I salute you. (Or I need to buy stock in Brawndo - fast...)

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