Should of?

[jmc_bks]

I don't even know what "should of" means.  

Yet I see it written in texts and emails all the time.  Even worse, today I read it in a book.  After the second occurrence, I had to put the book down.  Arguably, that was just the literal spelling of the narrator's pronunciation of "should've" in dialog, and I should have (hah! should have!) just let it go as an exercise in dialect.  But I could not.  Really, just could not.  DNF.

It makes my eyes and my brain hurt to read "should of".

Comments

[egret17.livejournal.com]

*head explodes*

Oh, sorry about the mess.

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

Since my head had already exploded, yours merely added to the mess ;)

[egret17.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. Although it's going to be hell getting the stain out.

[dogzzz2002.livejournal.com]

It was wrong that I didn't know what the problem was until you pointed out, right? Oops.

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

I don't notice it in speech, the "of" vs "ve" sound. But in writing, this is another pet peeve :(