Spelling

[Bob Denman]

His battle with dyslexia often manifested itself in the oddest ways... :shocked:

(And apologies to anyone who suffers from it...)

 

[SpyderDuck]

Incorrect spelling, punctuation, and using incorrect words irk the crap out of me too, but I ignore it on a public forum. I cringe in the privacy of my own home. The only time I would point it out is if I were teasing someone, or if the post was by someone on their high horse, calling someone else ignorant, and being nasty. Then I would most happily point out their own ignorance.

However, one thing that has been happening with a great deal of frequency lately is the number of books that are released with such errors. I think that if you publish, you should have a proofreader. And don't get me started on newspapers!

I also agree that all caps, really large letters, multiple fonts and colors can be a bit jarring, and really makes the post more difficult to read. But I am guilty of using all caps sometimes when I am at work, because my main program uses all caps, and I am too lazy to continually switch all day.

As for me, I am decent with spelling and grammar, but my fingers are incredibly clumsy creatures, and hit the wrong keys all the time.

 

[Bob Denman]

I sort of like it when folks use a little bit larger font...
:shocked: But my eyesight is horrible; bordering on :gaah:

 

[ARtraveler]

See folks, we have had an interesting and amusing discussion. It does not appear that we ticked to many people off or drove anyone off the site over this.

:yes::yes::yes:

 

[Bob Denman]

I don't know what went wrong... :shocked:

 

[ARtraveler]

I don't know what went wrong... :shocked:

:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::yes::yes::yes:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

See folks, we have had an interesting and amusing discussion. It does not appear that we ticked to many people off or drove anyone off the site over this.

:yes::yes::yes:

Except for that awful Whirling Dervish clan. I'm getting death threats!

 

[sddinnh]

Except for that awful Whirling Dervish clan. I'm getting death threats!

See, that's what you get for revealing all their secretes. :yikes:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

See, that's what you get for revealing all their secretes. :yikes:

I know. I know. In the words of Valjean: "I am damned."

 

[SNOOPY]

I guess I'm just old school. Spelling mistakes bother me. Here are several I have seen the past several months that bug me a lot.

Break vs brake - Break is when you bust something. Brake is what you actuate with your foot to come to a stop. Spell check is dumb. It doesn't know the difference.

Tie vs tye - Tie means to join. Tye, well it ain't the right spelling!

Heard and herd - Heard is what happens when sound tickles your ear drum and your brain interprets it. Herd is a bunch of cows!

Ryde and ride - As long as we're talking Spyders, I'll accept ryde. :thumbup: Any other brand, you better use ride. Don't want to insult your Spyder, do you?

Reel and real - Reel is what you have on your fishing pole. Real is what ain't fake!

I may add more as I come across them!

Spelling errors have been ramping up again lately. :banghead:

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[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Hey Thave? :shocked:

 

[frankc]

4

One of my favorites is the number four...We spell the number 4, "four" until we count to forty, then we change it for????

The whole (hole) spelling thing needs revamped...

larryd

I don't know how to spell 4 but I know how to pronounce it ( I get off work at foe, when I gets home I open the doe and walk across the flo ) I could go on but I lost my thought

 

[Dan McNally]

I can live with the occasional spelling error . . . we all make them (or at least I do!) But punctuation and capitalization are totally different stories. :lecturef_smilie: Catastrophic things can occur without correct punctuation and capitalization.


Take the phrase "I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse."

With incorrect punctuation and no capitalization, it becomes a terrible . . . and quite possibly, illegal thing:

"I helped my uncle jack off a horse". :yikes:

 

[SNOOPY]

"I helped my uncle jack off a horse". :yikes:

Shouldn't this be in the "What did you do today" thread? :dontknow:



roflmao


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[wyliec]

"I helped my uncle jack off a horse". :yikes:

You may want to keep that a secret, forever. Is that punctuation okay?

In all seriousness, punctuation on SL's is never going to happen.

 

[Bob Denman]

Or the ever-popular,
"I like cooking my family my dog and my kids."
Proper punctuation; can keep you out of jail! :shocked:

 

[Spacetrucker]

Poss off on spelling? How cares?

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

i too hate misspellings & typos, i get emails with them all the time but i laugh when nigerian scammers do 'cos instead of
because, it's always a dead giveaway

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Not to be poking any fun...

But look at how your name is spelled...
Ask Lamont; he can fix that! :thumbup:

 

[SNOOPY]

Poss off on spelling? How cares?

:hun:


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