And another thing:

[rosiedoes]

Dear Americans (particularly those in print),

The correct spelling of the term used when a minor blunder is made is "OOPS" - that's two 'o's and one 'p'. It is NOT 'Opps'.

I know we have differences is some spellings, but this is simply wrong.

Irritated, of Brighton.

Comments

[edgiko.livejournal.com]

That reminds me: Firefox hates me typing "colour" and "grey" even though that's how I'm used to spelling those words.

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

Meh. How come you spell them that way, anyway?

[edgiko.livejournal.com]

It was just how I was taught and I read stuff that spelled those words in that way. So they became right in my head.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

You can add dictionaries for UK and Canadian English to Firefox so you can get along with spellcheck again. :)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

We use 'oops' here, too. But yeah, it's one of those words that's mangled a lot.

[vinylsigns.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're trying to be clever and misspell their commentary in their misspellings? Which is, uh, less clever and more annoying, frankly.

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

I think it's just received stupidity - like saying, "I could care less," instead of "I couldn't care less," or switching the subject of a sentence by saying, "We all can't fit," when they mean "We can't all fit."

[vinagrette.livejournal.com]

wtf? I've never seen that in my life, except for typos on the internets. I wouldn't say this is an American problem, I'd say it is a stupid problem.

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

I've only seen Americans do it. And today, Perez Hilton drew it on a picture. That's no typo.

[vinagrette.livejournal.com]

I choose not to let Perez Hilton represent me. Why won't he die?

But I digress. I wonder if it's meant to be like 'teh' or 'funneh' or some of the other things that are intentionally misspelled. When I was in school, we were taught the correct way. It appears correct in all our newspapers/magazines, as well, so I'm not sure.