speling

paulaGetshealthy
paulaGetshealthy Posts: 464
edited October 2 in Chit-Chat
I took Honors English courses in high school (totally showing off right now) and perhaps that is why I'm anal (ehem) about spelling things right - and when I'm not sure, I look it up.

But my gawd, so meny pepol mispel wurdz on these formus! They cant all honistly think taht their speling the wurdz rite, rite? Soem pepol wuld agrue that it dosent madder as long as pepol undrestand, but I dont no how pepol get jobz with that level of speling. Pepol shuld get in teh habbit of profreading what tehy right, becaus, weather they want to admid it or not, speling maiks a huje diferens in how we educadid fokes see u.

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  • HollyTsiaussis
    HollyTsiaussis Posts: 415 Member
    You made a typo on the topic title, LOL. But I know what you mean; it really pisses me off too.
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    I took Honors English courses in high school (totally showing off right now) and perhaps that is why I'm anal (ehem) about spelling things right - and when I'm not sure, I look it up.

    But my gawd, so meny pepol mispel wurdz on these formus! They cant all honistly think taht their speling the wurdz rite, rite? Soem pepol wuld agrue that it dosent madder as long as pepol undrestand, but I dont no how pepol get jobz with that level of speling. Pepol shuld get in teh habbit of profreading what tehy right, becaus, weather they want to admid it or not, speling maiks a huje diferens in how we educadid fokes see u.

    End rant.


    But but but..... isn't it *ahem? :wink:
  • paulaGetshealthy
    paulaGetshealthy Posts: 464
    Lol I love you Holly. It was intentional :)
    You made a typo on the topic title, LOL. But I know what you mean; it really pisses me off too.
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    You made a typo on the topic title, LOL. But I know what you mean; it really pisses me off too.


    I think that one was on purpose. :flowerforyou:
  • avaloneternal
    avaloneternal Posts: 216
    Thank you!! I cringe trying to read these grammatically incorrect, misspelled postings.
  • whatwentwrong
    whatwentwrong Posts: 228
    i... i can't even read that second paragraph, my eyes are about to die ;_;

    i'm pretty accommodating to bad spellers since i type so awfully and often end up saying things online that take people minutes to figure out, but sometimes i just can't take it. i have this one friend who Capitalizes random Words and uses multiple exclamation points!!!!! and it gets on my nerves like ANYTHING.
  • Artemis_Acorn
    Artemis_Acorn Posts: 836 Member
    Thank you!! I cringe trying to read these grammatically incorrect, misspelled postings.

    Oh! Were we supposed to read them?
  • Misdy
    Misdy Posts: 81 Member
    r u shore?

    som peopls gramar is terible to :laugh:
  • RoanneRed
    RoanneRed Posts: 429 Member
    Thank you!! I cringe trying to read these grammatically incorrect, misspelled postings.
    I agree - those who think spelling doesn't matter as long as people can understand clearly have no comprehension of how uncomfortable it can be to read terrible spelling.
  • paulaGetshealthy
    paulaGetshealthy Posts: 464
    One time I misspelled "soccer" as "socker." It's up there with one of my most embarrassing moments.
  • russelljclarke
    russelljclarke Posts: 836 Member
    I'm with you on this topic - something that really gets to me, every time, is when people say 'wouldn't of' instead of 'wouldn't have' Grrrrr! Another is when people say 'one pence.' The singular of pence is penny for Pete's sake!

    BTW, one of my favourite Homer Simpson quotes is 'What do I want to learn English for, I'm never going to England!
  • sknopps
    sknopps Posts: 166
    r u shore?

    som peopls gramar is terible to :laugh:

    lulz :laugh:
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    ...spelling things right

    Shame you didn't take grammar too....:tongue::laugh:

    Seriously though, I hear what you're saying; I'm a copy editor and proofreader, and sometimes I cringe at what passes for spelling and grammar (not just here - everywhere). However, I do understand that not everyone has benefited from a good education, some people may genuinely have special needs, English may not be their native language, and an awful lot simply may not have an aptitude for grammar and spelling. I bet though, that there are areas where they *are* pretty fab...areas I couldn't even contemplate being successful in!

    Takes all sorts, and if everyone suddenly learned how to write correctly, I'd be out of a job! :wink:
  • paulaGetshealthy
    paulaGetshealthy Posts: 464
    By the way, I understand that saying "I took Honors English..." is not correct. I had a professor who hated the word "took." I'm not THAT obsessed with the English language ;)
  • paulaGetshealthy
    paulaGetshealthy Posts: 464
    ...spelling things right

    Shame you didn't take grammar too....:tongue::laugh:

    Seriously though, I hear what you're saying; I'm a copy editor and proofreader, and sometimes I cringe at what passes for spelling and grammar (not just here - everywhere). However, I do understand that not everyone has benefited from a good education, some people may genuinely have special needs, English may not be their native language, and an awful lot simply may not have an aptitude for grammar and spelling. I bet though, that there are areas where they *are* pretty fab...areas I couldn't even contemplate being successful in!

    Takes all sorts, and if everyone suddenly learned how to write correctly, I'd be out of a job! :wink:

    Ehem, I mean, "Spelling words correctly". Is that correct? LOL :)
  • paulaGetshealthy
    paulaGetshealthy Posts: 464
    [/quote]

    Ehem, I mean, "Spelling words correctly". Is that correct? LOL :)
    [/quote]

    AHH. THE PERIOD GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARK. Now I'm just going to keep messing up. Screw it, misspell words all you want, guys! haha :)
  • bonjour24
    bonjour24 Posts: 1,119 Member
    although i appreciate that this is an international forum with a variety of people from different countries and educational backgrounds, the crappy spelling makes me want to cry. but spelling mistakes don't irritate me as much as the text talk- that i just don't understand. i sit here like an old person (i'm 32) and have to read it out loud slowly to try and get the slightest hint of what is being talked about.
    however, poor spelling and grammar are annoying too.
  • trud72
    trud72 Posts: 1,912 Member
    my spelling yuk at the best of times(my own fault i skived skool)!

    but the kids these days don't learn it as they just use spell check on the comps to check thier homework!:explode:

    also they don't read much either (after primary school)which is another bad one!
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    Ehem, I mean, "Spelling words correctly". Is that correct? LOL :)
    AHH. THE PERIOD GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARK. Now I'm just going to keep messing up. Screw it, misspell words all you want, guys! haha :)

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    And you have a great sense of humour too! Yay!
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    although i appreciate that this is an international forum with a variety of people from different countries and educational backgrounds, the crappy spelling makes me want to cry. but spelling mistakes don't irritate me as much as the text talk- that i just don't understand. i sit here like an old person (i'm 32) and have to read it out loud slowly to try and get the slightest hint of what is being talked about.
    however, poor spelling and grammar are annoying too.

    #irony

    :wink: :tongue:
  • HollyTsiaussis
    HollyTsiaussis Posts: 415 Member
    Lol I love you Holly. It was intentional :)
    You made a typo on the topic title, LOL. But I know what you mean; it really pisses me off too.

    Haha, whoops! <3
  • roseymacdoo
    roseymacdoo Posts: 113 Member
    I took Honors English courses in high school (totally showing off right now) and perhaps that is why I'm anal (ehem) about spelling things right - and when I'm not sure, I look it up.

    But my gawd, so meny pepol mispel wurdz on these formus! They cant all honistly think taht their speling the wurdz rite, rite? Soem pepol wuld agrue that it dosent madder as long as pepol undrestand, but I dont no how pepol get jobz with that level of speling. Pepol shuld get in teh habbit of profreading what tehy right, becaus, weather they want to admid it or not, speling maiks a huje diferens in how we educadid fokes see u.

    End rant.

    YES!

    They're = they are. Their = belonging to them. There = not here.

    Next week: Rocket Science

    :tongue:
  • JeninBelgium
    JeninBelgium Posts: 804 Member
    I agree wholeheartedly that re-reading is very important.

    Spell check is great! However, even spell check and grammar check cannot prevent errors from being published. I recently made a photo album on my computer. Just after I pressed the order button to have a copy of it printed, I noticed at least 4 errors (including igauna spelt 3 different ways!).

    For the record: I too had honours English, in addition to earning perfect scores on my SATs and TSWEs. Apparently, these things may help give an indication of one's language ability but do not completely overcome one's laziness.
  • goron59
    goron59 Posts: 890 Member
    One time I misspelled "soccer" as "socker." It's up there with one of my most embarrassing moments.

    The correct spelling is "football." ;-)
  • mommajdawg
    mommajdawg Posts: 57 Member
    Oh my! I feel sorry for you ! I wish you knew what is important in life ! People have a hard enough time just getting through the day,Open your eyes to the world around you! Compassion for mankind NOW GRADE MY PAPER passing judgement PLEASE GIRL dO YOU EVen know what s happen in our country and spelling is what you your contribution is?
  • goron59
    goron59 Posts: 890 Member
    I think by "Honors English" you meant "Honours American English?"

    Sorry, can't resist :)
  • goron59
    goron59 Posts: 890 Member
    Oh my! I feel sorry for you ! I wish you knew what is important in life ! People have a hard enough time just getting through the day,Open your eyes to the world around you! Compassion for mankind NOW GRADE MY PAPER passing judgement PLEASE GIRL dO YOU EVen know what s happen in our country and spelling is what you your contribution is?

    You worry about your country, but do you even know what's happening in the rest of the world? I wish you knew what is important in life.

    Yes, that was meant in a light hearted way, as, I suspect, was the OP's comment.

    :)
  • maria1113
    maria1113 Posts: 508 Member
    One time I misspelled "soccer" as "socker." It's up there with one of my most embarrassing moments.

    The correct spelling is "football." ;-)
    Yep, you're right ;)

    Oh and socker is sugar on Swedish :laugh: Maybe it was your subconscious trying to tell you something :tongue:
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    If you want to avoid people who weren't educationally as fortunate as you, and therefore might not have been taught proper spelling, maybe another forum would suit you better ^.^
  • Sheeshy
    Sheeshy Posts: 133
    One time I misspelled "soccer" as "socker." It's up there with one of my most embarrassing moments.

    I still remember the time in 6th grade (17 YEARS ago!!) that I misspelled "dollar" as "doller" on a cover sheet for a project. I didn't notice it until they were displayed. Mortifying!!

    I'm a grammar geek as well - English Honors classes and UIL Spelling and Vocabulary throughout High School.
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