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  • MelC2564
    MelC2564 Posts: 182 Member
    Definitely! But also, I'm from Australia and we spell things differently to the US and so I think people are being stupid with half the things they write but then remember that it's correct for them, just not for us.
  • MelC2564
    MelC2564 Posts: 182 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?

    I don't think she stated anywhere that spelling was the most important national problem in the country....
  • Paddy31
    Paddy31 Posts: 115 Member
    Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

    So teh snese of teh senetence is mroe iprmoetnt than the spleilng.

    Weird eh?
  • MelC2564
    MelC2564 Posts: 182 Member
    Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

    So teh snese of teh senetence is mroe iprmoetnt than the spleilng.

    Weird eh?

    ^^love this
  • PowerEqualsStrengthOverTime
    PowerEqualsStrengthOverTime Posts: 55 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?

    I don't think she stated anywhere that spelling was the most important national problem in the country....


    No kidding! She mentioned forums on this website, not solving the issues with the national economy or getting Congress to play nicely.

    As a country we look unbelievably stupid when we can't even master *our own* language!
  • JeninBelgium
    JeninBelgium Posts: 804 Member
    One time I misspelled "soccer" as "socker." It's up there with one of my most embarrassing moments.

    The correct spelling is "football." ;-)

    aah, even the BBC occasionally refers to the game as soccer- so you will just need to get over that- besides the correct spelling is voetbal
  • JeninBelgium
    JeninBelgium Posts: 804 Member
    I think by "Honors English" you meant "Honours American English?"

    Sorry, can't resist :)

    actually, no- in my case I would probably mean Honours English language literature as we had American Lit but Also Literature from Great Britain, Canada, South Africa and, if I recall corectly, one book from New Zealand
  • iwillsoonbeslim
    iwillsoonbeslim Posts: 283
    One time I misspelled "soccer" as "socker." It's up there with one of my most embarrassing moments.

    The correct spelling is "football." ;-)

    Love it!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    Ehem, I mean, "Spelling words correctly". Is that correct? LOL :)
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    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 :)
    [/quote]

    "Ahem."
  • 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." ;-)

    aah, even the BBC occasionally refers to the game as soccer- so you will just need to get over that- besides the correct spelling is voetbal
    If we really go there, the correct spelling would be "jalkapallo" :wink: :laugh:
  • skittybang
    skittybang Posts: 1,525 Member
    You should be very proud of yourself. I know I am.
  • starwhisperer
    starwhisperer Posts: 367
    meh, I took Honors American English in high school, three semesters of English in college,I have had some of my writing published, and I read 2 or 3 books a week... but my spelling is horrific. The joy of owning an apple computer is... no one online would ever know that if I didn't tell them. I have much pity for others who can't spell. I think (don't hold me to it) that it was Mark Twain who said, "it is a man with little imagination who can spell a word only one way."
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    meh, I took Honors American English in high school, three semesters of English in college,I have had some of my writing published, and I read 2 or 3 books a week... but my spelling is horrific. The joy of owning an apple computer is... no one online would ever know that if I didn't tell them. I have much pity for others who can't spell. I think (don't hold me to it) that it was Mark Twain who said, "it is a man with little imagination who can spell a word only one way."

    "The primal earth, the all-pervading skies,
    The moon that at the sun her wan lip warms,
    The stars and all we guess of them, the swarms
    Of meteors, mists that melt in rainbow dyes,
    The ocean and its world of far-off sighs,
    The forest and its voices, the vague forms
    Of mountains in green twilight, wingéd storms
    That like red eagles from the sunset rise,
    The living things that through their love and hate
    Interpret these by vision to their thought,
    And man that speaks his thought in words, I see;
    And these with life, and death, and love, and fate,
    And all conceptions of my soul, in-wrought,
    Make up the complex whole, my dream of thee"

    Obviously John Barlas wrote that sonnet. However, it's a token of my appreciation for your wonderful post ;)
  • starwhisperer
    starwhisperer Posts: 367
    Well thank you! My post was certainly not nearly as impressive as that poem though.
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
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  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member

    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 :)
    [/quote]

    "Ahem."
    [/quote]


    I thought so!
  • ericalynn104
    ericalynn104 Posts: 382 Member
    Wow. That hurt my brain!! I couldn't agree more!!
  • dragonbait0126
    dragonbait0126 Posts: 568 Member
    I've come to expect spelling errors on forums and things such as facebook. Where it really bothers me though is in a professional setting. I finished my degree a couple of months ago and attended school online. I can't tell you how many classmates I had whose spelling and grammer were so horrible I couldn't read their posts. It drove me crazy! I was constantly complaining to my husband especially in my last year of school. These are people who were in their senior year of college, most already had jobs/careers in a professional setting, and their posts were absolutely horrendous. The grammer was just as bad. I remember one person who would have sounded more intelligent if he had just said "my girlfriend's brother's baby's momma" instead of what he actually typed which was something such as "my girl has a brther who got a baby with this othr girl."

    Although the complete ridiculousness of some people's comments ranked right up there with the spelling and grammer. One guy tried to argue biblically that the world was only 2011 years old. Needless to say, I smacked him down on that one.
  • _beachgirl_
    _beachgirl_ Posts: 3,865 Member
    It's I COULDN"T care less! Couldn't people! That is all.
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    It's I COULDN"T care less! Couldn't people! That is all.

    Obviously, what do people say instead??? :huh:
  • dragonbait0126
    dragonbait0126 Posts: 568 Member
    It's I COULDN"T care less! Couldn't people! That is all.

    Obviously, what do people say instead??? :huh:

    Many people say I COULD care less. Which of course is incorrect for the obvious reasons.
  • Giddeaon
    Giddeaon Posts: 43
    meh, I took Honors American English in high school, three semesters of English in college,I have had some of my writing published, and I read 2 or 3 books a week... but my spelling is horrific. The joy of owning an apple computer is... no one online would ever know that if I didn't tell them. I have much pity for others who can't spell. I think (don't hold me to it) that it was Mark Twain who said, "it is a man with little imagination who can spell a word only one way."

    "A man must be a damned fool, who can't spell a word more than one way."

    The quote is actually from an unknown author and was first noted in 1855 in the Jamestown Journal. Twain was fond of repeating it and it was later attributed to him.

    I always liked Bronson Alcott's stance. "Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression."
  • achampionsheart
    achampionsheart Posts: 1,020 Member
    i was a spelling bee champ in elementary school and still get mad when i see misspelled words....youre not alone:heart:
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    It's I COULDN"T care less! Couldn't people! That is all.

    Obviously, what do people say instead??? :huh:

    Many people say I COULD care less. Which of course is incorrect for the obvious reasons.

    lol...............
  • starwhisperer
    starwhisperer Posts: 367
    meh, I took Honors American English in high school, three semesters of English in college,I have had some of my writing published, and I read 2 or 3 books a week... but my spelling is horrific. The joy of owning an apple computer is... no one online would ever know that if I didn't tell them. I have much pity for others who can't spell. I think (don't hold me to it) that it was Mark Twain who said, "it is a man with little imagination who can spell a word only one way."

    "A man must be a damned fool, who can't spell a word more than one way."

    The quote is actually from an unknown author and was first noted in 1855 in the Jamestown Journal. Twain was fond of repeating it and it was later attributed to him.

    I always liked Bronson Alcott's stance. "Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression."


    OH you are indeed my newest hero! I knew I heard it attributed to him, and arguments against it, so thank you! I hadn't heard the Bronson Alcott one, but it may be my favorite quote now thank you.
  • jendra11339
    jendra11339 Posts: 32
    I don't mind the occasional spelling error. I have a horrible time spelling, which is why I switched to Firefox which has a built-in spell checker. What bothers me more is lack of punctuation and the wrong use of capital letters. When a person does not use punctuation and correct capitalization their posts are much harder to read and understand.
  • PowerEqualsStrengthOverTime
    PowerEqualsStrengthOverTime Posts: 55 Member
    I've come to expect spelling errors on forums and things such as facebook. Where it really bothers me though is in a professional setting. I finished my degree a couple of months ago and attended school online. I can't tell you how many classmates I had whose spelling and grammer were so horrible I couldn't read their posts. It drove me crazy! I was constantly complaining to my husband especially in my last year of school. These are people who were in their senior year of college, most already had jobs/careers in a professional setting, and their posts were absolutely horrendous. The grammer was just as bad. I remember one person who would have sounded more intelligent if he had just said "my girlfriend's brother's baby's momma" instead of what he actually typed which was something such as "my girl has a brther who got a baby with this othr girl."

    Although the complete ridiculousness of some people's comments ranked right up there with the spelling and grammer. One guy tried to argue biblically that the world was only 2011 years old. Needless to say, I smacked him down on that one.

    I took ONE online class and decided to never do that again because I couldn't believe the horrible spelling and grammar. We all make mistakes here and there, but my gawd! It was so over the top it was almost impossible to read! And then they'd comment on each other's posts using texting language. I was only 29 and felt like a total outcast around a bunch of young, uneducated kids. We SHOULD NOT continue to graduate people to the next grade when they can't spell. If you can't master BASIC spelling like they're, their and there by the 10th grade, you better get it in check because you're not going to graduate from high school. But we don't do that, and end up looking stupid to the rest of the world. It's one thing if there's a physical reason like dyslexia or a learning disability – that’s where I would expect the kind of mistakes we’re talking about, and it’s understandable there -- but it's entirely, entirely different to be perfectly capable but just flat out lazy and indifferent.
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