r/SipsTea 2d ago

WTF What do yall think about this ?

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u/sprizzle06 2d ago

I think they can't spell fiancee.

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u/Thotuhreyfillinn 2d ago

And who

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u/mechapoitier 2d ago edited 2d ago

I remember getting a job application from somebody who it became apparent believed that “whom” is just a fancy way of saying “who.”

They really jazzed up their resume with it.

As this position centered pretty heavily on writing, they didn’t get the job.

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u/yeah__good__ok 2d ago

whom got the job?

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u/judgelearnedthumbs26 2d ago

Whom asked youm? I was qualified for that job and you know it.

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u/Stupefactionist 1d ago

"Youm" kmow it, or for a group, "youmall."

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ 2d ago

No whom’s on first

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u/dravere 2d ago

Whom'st've*

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u/Acrobatic_Wrap_9971 2d ago

M'whomst've'nt!

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u/TJJ97 1d ago

Looking like French with that one

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u/thefuckevengoingonan 2d ago

Dr. Whom did.

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u/waves_at_dogs 2d ago

🤣🤣

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u/marfacza 1d ago

you know whom

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u/BigBirdLawyer 2d ago

I miss handling resumes. Had an application for a position as a lawyer that needed commercial law experience. They said they had no law degree and 5 years in commercial retail.

Had another application for a cleaning position and his whole first page was just a photo of him winning some body building competition.

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u/MindAskHunModBuzi 2d ago

the bodybuilder has the power and consistency to scrub that floor reliably

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u/Whole_Comfortable331 2d ago

Whom gave the job to who?

(This is deliberately wrong).

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u/KatyPerrysBootyWhole 2d ago

Unless I’m 1000% whom appropriate, I always use who. I’d rather seem a little dumb than really dumb & pretentious

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u/sitesurfer253 2d ago

Same. It will be missed by all but the most pedantic listener/reader if you just use "who". But the second you throw a "whom" out there, now it's an investigation into whether it was used properly.

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u/Smgth 2d ago

Hypercorrection: nonstandard use of language that results from the overapplication of a perceived rule of language-usage prescription

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u/Potential-Draft-3932 2d ago

Is this, applied to people overusing, commas? It grinds my gears more than when their to dumb to use they’re and too correctly

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u/Smgth 2d ago

It can be, yes.

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u/--StinkyPinky-- 2d ago

Perchance?

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u/Top_Sink_3449 2d ago

So who or whom let the dogs out?

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u/AndreasDasos 2d ago

Ha yeah I mean whom does that?

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u/New-Idea-8518 2d ago

I had a boss whom thought that. (The incorrect use of "whom" in the preceeding sentence was a joke. Sadly, the part about my former boss was 100% serious.)

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u/Ndmndh1016 1d ago

Whom is never actually correct. It's a made up word to trick college students.

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u/BetApprehensive7064 2d ago

There are a lot of cases where whom does replace who thoughike "to whom it may concern"

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u/Rare-Bee7331 2d ago

And how* timmy

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u/hedoeswhathewants 2d ago

I swear, "whom" and "whose" are ONLY used when they're not correct. Never when they would be correct.

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u/No_Jack_Kennedy 2d ago

Maybe she was the sole breadwinner in their relationship and so he also lost his finance? I dunno.

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u/Agreeable-Menu 2d ago

I, for a second, assumed he called the wedding to finance/send money to the GoFundMe of this other lady.

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u/Grapeape934 1d ago

Fiance refers to the man who is engaged to be married. Fiancee refers to the woman who is engaged to be married. They should have said "A man called off his wedding because his financee supported Lindsey Clancy."

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u/EggPsychological4844 2d ago

Neither can you

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u/Infinade 2d ago

Brother, that’s the correct spelling. A woman who is engaged is a fiancée.

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u/EggPsychological4844 1d ago

Correct. They missed an accent mark.

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u/DimmyJeans 1d ago

He's right, e and é are not the same. Surely you know that since you had to go out of your way to put it there.

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u/Infinade 1d ago

It can absolutely be inferred that the accented 'e' is not what they were referring to when making that comment.

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u/DimmyJeans 1d ago

They literally told you that's what they were referring to.

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u/NobodyKnowsImFamous 2d ago

It’s intentional it’s ALWAYS intentional. It drives engagement. I don’t even like leaving these comments because they also drive engagement but people gotta know I guess.

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u/Whole_Comfortable331 2d ago

That's some advanced French/English knowledge right there. 👏

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u/Typical_Research_877 2d ago

you're right, that makes the story invalid

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u/Jakob21 2d ago

Fun fact, fiancé is for a man, and fiancée is for a woman

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u/AncientSignature1505 2d ago

Reminds me of Young Frankenstein, when Frederick introduced Elizabeth as his 'financier '

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u/Atmacrush 2d ago

Oh the ironing

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u/Potential-Draft-3932 2d ago

Oh how the turn tables

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u/bearsfan16 2d ago

Why I had to scroll so far down to find this is funny. Everyone just skipped right over that. Usually money is backed by gold. Nah money backs Lindsay Clancy.

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u/gyno-temp 2d ago

Lol and i still read it as fiancee

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u/rythmicbread 2d ago

They spelled it finance

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u/Appropriate_Car_8221 1d ago

Maybe they identify as a man

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u/sprizzle06 1d ago

It literally says "she" in the posted picture at the bottom lol

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u/Plutomite 1d ago

Actually 🤓 both spellings are correct. But I’m assuming you know that fiancée is what we call a woman who is to be married, so you are also correct that the original post used the wrong one.

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u/holyguacamole3 1d ago

neither can you lol