Writer's Block: Peevish

[keaalu]

[Error: unknown template qotd]People who mix up "then" and "than". The fact you might pronounce it the same way doesn't mean it has even remotely the same meaning.

Case in point? Icon I saw on devART: "Better to DIE on FOUR LEGS then LIVE on TWO." Typical silly, pithy anti-human teen!were sentiment, but doesn't quiite mean what they think it does.

Oh, and stupid questions in "QotD".

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[jill-dragon.livejournal.com]

Pet peeve? 'Stupid questions' seems to cover it.

'Then' and 'than' don't sound the same at all, at least not to my ear. Silly Brits, always pronouncing everything funny. ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_silverfox/]

Mine is similar: there/their/they're - English isn't evemn my first language and I can tell them apart without a problem. (Then and than sometimes requires thinking, but I can do that, too.)

[muffins-of-god.livejournal.com]

Mine is people reading over my shoulder. I just want to throw my head back into their face whenever someone does it....ARG.

Violent tendencies? Me? Naaaah.