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Title: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: Snaggletiger on March 21, 2009, 01:30:47 PM
Which is it?  You spell damn with an n on the end.  Why do I always see it spelled with an m when lengthening the word to reference something.."it"? 

Which one is correct? 
Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: Tarheel on March 21, 2009, 01:39:55 PM
Quote from: Harvey Birdman on March 21, 2009, 01:30:47 PM
Which is it?  You spell damn with an n on the end.  Why do I always see it spelled with an m when lengthening the word to reference something.."it"? 

Which one is correct? 

I've almost always spelt it as 'dammit'; I think that's the conventionally accepted way...unless you want to spell it out as two words 'damn it'.

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Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: Townhallsavoy on March 21, 2009, 01:45:17 PM
It's actually two words.  You're saying "damn it" with "it" being what you're upset with.  Dictionary.com says the correct spelling of the colloquialism is "dammit."  I don't know why.  But, I guess that's the correct way.

I mean, you wouldn't turn "fuck it" into "fukkit," would you? 
Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: boartitz on March 21, 2009, 04:10:12 PM
Quote from: townhallsavoy on March 21, 2009, 01:45:17 PM
It's actually two words.  You're saying "damn it" with "it" being what you're upset with.  Dictionary.com says the correct spelling of the colloquialism is "dammit."  I don't know why.  But, I guess that's the correct way.

I mean, you wouldn't turn "fuck it" into "fukkit," would you? 
That would be fuccit if you followed the same method.
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Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: Jumbo on March 22, 2009, 12:01:18 AM
Damn this fucking thread.
Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: Buzz Killington on March 23, 2009, 09:38:00 AM
But Dad...I'm Jesus Christ.
Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: CCTAU on March 23, 2009, 10:15:21 AM
Quote from: townhallsavoy on March 21, 2009, 01:45:17 PM
It's actually two words.  You're saying "damn it" with "it" being what you're upset with.  Dictionary.com says the correct spelling of the colloquialism is "dammit."  I don't know why.  But, I guess that's the correct way.

I mean, you wouldn't turn "fuck it" into "fukkit," would you? 

From a strictly Englsih standpoint, dammit does not really exist. But over the last 30 years, our language has been redefined in so many ways. The dictionary used to be the defining tool for all words. The problem was that it took a long time to get a new word approved and added. With today's technology, new words are added, but are not always added as "new" words. Hence the word "dammit" is in the collection of words, but not as a new word, but as colloquialism. I bet you couldn't use it in SCRABBLE.
Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: Townhallsavoy on March 23, 2009, 05:52:35 PM
Quote from: CCTAU on March 23, 2009, 10:15:21 AM
From a strictly Englsih standpoint, dammit does not really exist. But over the last 30 years, our language has been redefined in so many ways. The dictionary used to be the defining tool for all words. The problem was that it took a long time to get a new word approved and added. With today's technology, new words are added, but are not always added as "new" words. Hence the word "dammit" is in the collection of words, but not as a new word, but as colloquialism. I bet you couldn't use it in SCRABBLE.

Fuck Scrabble.  My computer version of it doesn't allow "mit" as in "catcher's mit."  It does allow "sialic" and all the other bullshit words the cheatin' computer spits out.
Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: AUTailgatingRules on March 23, 2009, 06:13:19 PM
Quote from: townhallsavoy on March 23, 2009, 05:52:35 PM
Fuck Scrabble.  My computer version of it doesn't allow "mit" as in "catcher's mit."  It does allow "sialic" and all the other bullshit words the cheatin' computer spits out.

pretty sure you mean "mitt"
Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: Townhallsavoy on March 23, 2009, 06:18:12 PM
Quote from: AUTailgatingRules on March 23, 2009, 06:13:19 PM
pretty sure you mean "mitt"

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Title: Re: Dammit or Damnit?
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on March 23, 2009, 06:19:31 PM
Quote from: AUTailgatingRules on March 23, 2009, 06:13:19 PM
pretty sure you mean "mitt"

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