Come on people

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  • WhoTheHellIsBen
    WhoTheHellIsBen Posts: 1,238 Member
    I think, when you belittle people, it shows a type of ignorance that is less tolerable then misspelling . If it is your employee or even child, then by all means, correct them . Most people will have far more respect for someone who smiles and moves past mispelled words, then someone who stops,points and makes them feel bad. There are a lot of people on this site. I assure you that they were not attracted here because they could learn to spell lose the the right way. As they " loose" weight, people will comment on their weight loss, not spelling ability. That should be our main focus on this site as well.

    Oh an because I am fine with being a huge **** I figured I would point out the only word you misspelled was in fact 'misspelled'. Jus' sayin'.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    I see deja vu.
  • cfmay
    cfmay Posts: 19
    There are sum really stupid people on hear aren't their????

    AWESOME!
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    Their, their...we are hear two loose wait, knot worrie about spelling.
  • iRebel
    iRebel Posts: 378 Member
    k, make it a stickkky so ppl can ceee it.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    How about we focus on the real problems in life instead of spelling errors on a forum topic. Sigh.

    You're right! Proper education and communication are very trivial issues.
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  • WhoTheHellIsBen
    WhoTheHellIsBen Posts: 1,238 Member
    Their, their...we are hear two loose wait, knot worrie about spelling.

    Love this! :drinker:
  • theactionfigure
    theactionfigure Posts: 103
    Their, their...we are hear two loose wait, knot worrie about spelling.


    Hilarious!

    What's worse is the wannabe gangsta talk . . . . you know the ones.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,334 Member
    Their, their...we are hear two loose wait, knot worrie about spelling.

    And thats why English is the most difficult language to learn. :laugh:
  • barkin43
    barkin43 Posts: 508 Member
    We need a "beating dead horse" smiley.

    I think we need a beating! But not too hard, cuz that wud hert! Oooo, that could be considered kinky!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    It does bother me just because I don't understand why they continue to spell it wrong (in titles). I understand if it happens here and there in a comment. But, I still ignore it and just listen to what they are asking.
  • barkin43
    barkin43 Posts: 508 Member
    I see deja vu.

    Yeah, and besides that, it seems like we've been here before!
  • barkin43
    barkin43 Posts: 508 Member
    I cain't beleeve I haven't killed this thred yet! Thats my speshulty!
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    Their, their...we are hear two loose wait, knot worrie about spelling.


    Hilarious!

    What's worse is the wannabe gangsta talk . . . . you know the ones.

    I no wat ya mean b...word
  • splashangel
    splashangel Posts: 494 Member
    @ barkin and texan
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    I'm glad I came back.
  • Fit_Vixen
    Fit_Vixen Posts: 201
    There are sum really stupid people on hear aren't their????


    HAHAHA!
  • Irish_eyes75
    Irish_eyes75 Posts: 475
    OMG I am so happy to see the FIRST post ever about this epidemic!

    I know, right! ;-)
  • mem50
    mem50 Posts: 1,384 Member
    We need a "beating dead horse" smiley.

    And so it begins.....again. LMAO
  • Irish_eyes75
    Irish_eyes75 Posts: 475
    I come on people. Some people don't appreciate being came on though.

    :laugh:
  • Deedles2012
    Deedles2012 Posts: 122 Member
    I think, when you belittle people, it shows a type of ignorance that is less tolerable then misspelling . If it is your employee or even child, then by all means, correct them . Most people will have far more respect for someone who smiles and moves past mispelled words, then someone who stops,points and makes them feel bad. There are a lot of people on this site. I assure you that they were not attracted here because they could learn to spell lose the the right way. As they " loose" weight, people will comment on their weight loss, not spelling ability. That should be our main focus on this site as well.

    ^^THIS^^ :flowerforyou:
  • opuntia
    opuntia Posts: 860 Member
    i think one of the reasons this happens is because people who were in grade school from the mid 80s were taught to read and write phonetically.

    True - 'lose' is an in irregular spelling, and if someone has the kind of dyslexia that makes them read everything phonetically, they would read 'lose' as if it rhymed with 'close,' 'rose' and 'pose'.

    Having said that, I was taught to read and write phonetically, and I never make spelling mistakes, because my mind simply stores the visual shape of the word. To such an extent that spelling errors actually confuse me - I don't always know what word they are supposed to be!
  • anberlingasm
    anberlingasm Posts: 177
    People who think spelling matters, can spell. People who think spelling doesn't matter, usually can't.

    Does it matter? It sure as hell does. If we all went around spelling 'dog' as 'freezer' or 'car' as 'supermarket', nobody would know what the hell anybody was talking about. 'Lose' and 'loose' are two completely different words with two completely different meanings. It changes the context of the conversation and the entire meaning of it. Ok, so we can put two and two together to garner what someone meant but it makes life a lot easier if people ARE corrected because then they'll learn. You don't have to be a teacher or an employer to teach something; likewise, you don't have to be a child or an employee to learn.
  • CassiusKnox
    CassiusKnox Posts: 305 Member
    There are sum really stupid people on hear aren't their????

    It's *THEY'RE* are sum really stupid people on hear aren't their????


    idiot :huh:
  • opuntia
    opuntia Posts: 860 Member
    Does it matter? It sure as hell does. If we all went around spelling 'dog' as 'freezer' or 'car' as 'supermarket', nobody would know what the hell anybody was talking about.

    Haha - realistically, though, people don't make spelling mistakes like that. There is some logic to their errors, so it's possible to work out what they mean. Most people's brains are flexible enough to work it out without much difficulty. I find it harder to work out because I'm on the autism spectrum, and my brain doesn't automatically use context. But then that also means I am more understanding of people who have difficulty with spelling, even though I don't have that difficulty myself, because I know what it's like to have a brain that doesn't work in a 'normal' fashion!

    And actually the idea that there has to be one correct spelling for every word is just a cultural thing, rather than an absolute truth. Until the mid eighteenth century, when Samuel Johnson decided to create a dictionary, English spelling had always been fluid, and it was the norm to spell the same word different ways, like Shakespeare did, for instance.
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    why let it annoy you? lucky you if that's all you have to worry about!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    TOPIC: Come on people

    I'll try to say this as tactfully as I can.

    A well placed comma could have saved Monica Lewinsky's dress. It's just not polite to do that to people.
  • jkcrawford
    jkcrawford Posts: 435 Member
    There are sum really stupid people on hear aren't their????

    I'm sure this is a joke, but in case it's not, here goes....

    aren't should be *isn't
    aren't - means *are not
    sum should read some
    So your sentence reads: There are sum really stupid people on here are not their????

    and for the person that quoted *They're* which is short for they are, they're wrong. *There are* is correct.

    LMFAO
  • Feisty_Red
    Feisty_Red Posts: 982 Member
    It's annoying, yes. However, it's almost as annoying that you omitted a very important comma in the thread title.

    Well played...
  • pudadough
    pudadough Posts: 1,271 Member
    Grammar: YOU CAN USE IT.

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