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omg.misspellings.
May. 7th, 2009 07:06 amFandom, can we talk?
Its and it's. Not the same thing.
Your and you're? Not the same thing.
There, their and they're? Shockingly? NOT THE SAME THING.
Names, though? Oh, can we talk names?
Aeryn Sun. Not Erin. Not Son.
John Crichton. There's no Kryten in Crichton. (aside, this makes watching Red Dwarf distracting, at times). eta: am reminded. Also, Creighton, Criton, and Crouton? Also not on.
Cally Henderson? Not Callie. I know there's a Grey's Anatomy chick spelled that way. Stop it.
Leoben Conoy. This is not hard. It's not frelling Leobon. if you're going to insult him, spell it the frak right. eta: and Conroy is not on, either (though I've misspelled it that, once or twice, and probably have at least one fic I haven't found to edit)
Tory Foster. Not Tori. Not Forster. Not Froster. Not any of the other stupid ways you misspell it.
And this. This, THIS, is the one that puzzles me the most...
Laura Roslin. Not Roselin. Not Roslyn. Not Rossalyn. Roslin. Six letters. HOW IS THAT HARD TO GET RIGHT?
ETA: as reminded.
D'Anna Biers. Not Deanna, not Diana.
Fandom, you fail. A lot.
(I refuse to speculate on why fandom chooses to misspell names of women that are universally loathed, because then I'll hate people even more. Besides, Roslin isn't loathed.)
Its and it's. Not the same thing.
Your and you're? Not the same thing.
There, their and they're? Shockingly? NOT THE SAME THING.
Names, though? Oh, can we talk names?
Aeryn Sun. Not Erin. Not Son.
John Crichton. There's no Kryten in Crichton. (aside, this makes watching Red Dwarf distracting, at times). eta: am reminded. Also, Creighton, Criton, and Crouton? Also not on.
Cally Henderson? Not Callie. I know there's a Grey's Anatomy chick spelled that way. Stop it.
Leoben Conoy. This is not hard. It's not frelling Leobon. if you're going to insult him, spell it the frak right. eta: and Conroy is not on, either (though I've misspelled it that, once or twice, and probably have at least one fic I haven't found to edit)
Tory Foster. Not Tori. Not Forster. Not Froster. Not any of the other stupid ways you misspell it.
And this. This, THIS, is the one that puzzles me the most...
Laura Roslin. Not Roselin. Not Roslyn. Not Rossalyn. Roslin. Six letters. HOW IS THAT HARD TO GET RIGHT?
ETA: as reminded.
D'Anna Biers. Not Deanna, not Diana.
Fandom, you fail. A lot.
(I refuse to speculate on why fandom chooses to misspell names of women that are universally loathed, because then I'll hate people even more. Besides, Roslin isn't loathed.)
