Dropping the "there" homophones

21/12/2008

The thing that probably annoys me most about the internet and forum-dwelling is grammar Nazism. The funny thing about it is that in the eventuality that you lapse concentration and use the wrong "there" or "your", you get jumped on by people who don't even contain the mental capacity or historical knowledge to be language purists—they're just irritating pedants who found something popular and easy to remember to pick up on. <!--more--> That's why I'm proposing a change. The one thing you notice about the people who constantly pick up on this stuff is the fact that context dictates the "there" you should use. They always know which one you should be using, so why are the different ones necessary? Because of this, I've decided to drop the words "there", "their" and "they're" from my dictionary (for non-official text, obviously!) and replace them with "ther". Think of it as refactoring language—streamlining for production!

If it works, I'll replace "your", "you're" with "yor". Might do that one anyway, it looks better!