Having to spend most of my time talking to Nigel on msn, and no matter how much I correct him, he still says havnt instead of havent

so how do you guys spell it? Because it seriously does my head in!

Weve been over this. Its a habitual but poor lazy typing habit.

The same way I always end up typing Regards ans Reagrds and half the time never spot to correct it.

How long will it be before someone posts that thing about being able to read sentences with jumbled letters so long as the first and last letters are correct?

Surely you are both wrong and should not be using contractions at all. I think they are called contractions anyway, and so it should be "Have not" rather than the lazy "havent"

I will admit to being into the battletech/mechwars stuff a little too much when I was younger and tried my hardest to follow the "clanners" way of speaking by not using contractions ><

sometimes saying have not just doesnt sound right... plus, I just really can not be arsed (:

Cannot is also a word

I am often accused of mumbling. I am a bit self conscious of my boring voice so tend to talk quietly. I do find though that when I remember to, not using contractions helps me pronounce my words better and people less often ask me to repeat myself

I speak rather quickly though, so saying things like cant havent etc just make it easier (:

Data cannot use contractions because he is an android.

I dont quite understand that, but there you go.

I didnt realise queens English was a requirement of msn chat  -)

I think I might write a note for the milkman tomorrow, now wheres my calligraphy set...

Im down south now, they all harp on about Queens English. I have to keep pointing out that there are no redundant Rs preceeeding As in everything they pronouce.

Quote from: Clockd 0NeIm down south now, they all harp on about Queens English. I have to keep pointing out that there are no redundant Rs preceeeding As in everything they pronouce.

Im down south and my colleagues cant understand me, how nice is that.

if you search for havnt on google. The 2nd result is for the Virginity Project, which Im just not going to click on.  

I say havnt, didnt honestly realise it had an "e" in it so will try and start using it.

I personally hate people that abreviate words like "thanks" to "tks" at the end of an email.

Quote from: mr_rollif you search for havnt on google. The 2nd result is for the Virginity Project, which Im just not going to click on.  

I say havnt, didnt honestly realise it had an "e" in it so will try and start using it.

I personally hate people that abreviate words like "thanks" to "tks" at the end of an email.

"ta" would be better

tk means teamkilling to me

We dont all insist on using recieved pronounciation, its just the way Southerners talk.
So heres a question, do we add the r or do the northerners take it away? (: (why do I feel like Ill be out numbered on this?)
And its only because selling mistakes really annoy me, just like text speak. It makes me want to sratch their eyes out. And Im not kidding

What, like recieved :lol

None of the above is as annoying as the increasing misuse of the apostrophe everywhere, people put it in like seasoning.