Just crashed into a Lamborghini!

I'm sure you already know it's phonology interfering with orthography - the weak form of 'have' being pronounced schwa+v, which is also the weak form of 'of'.

A mixture of laziness and ignorance perpetuates the error, and you even end up with people using the strong form of 'of' when they're speaking in the present perfect - that shit's fucked up.

I <3 schwa, the most 'successful' of English vowels, and yet virtually unknown - a bit like the phonemic equivalent of Beryl Burton.

ə is what it looks like, for those of you with the appropriate fonts installed.

Thanks BMMF - that response was both elucidating and entertaining - a wonderful combination! I'm afraid that Platini's ire was pertinent but sadly all too rare these days. I think the simple fact is that many, many people now really don't appreciate the grammatical difference between these pronounced abbreviations. I have to read a lot of essays, and many students tend to write as they speak and seem to assume that spelling and grammar can be adapted to what the consensus deems understandable. Which, when you think about it, is as nonsensical as that online dictionary that is meant to carry the definitions the majority choose to accept, rather than those that are in fact correct. (steps off high horse somewhat shakily)