TOTALLY GEEKED!

Ohfour · Hooker

RE: If you are smart - spelling doesn't matter.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Ohfour wrote:
I will make sure from this point on that im not referencing you in every post. Would that make you feel less attacked?

I don't think that will do it.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Hahahahahaha chef, I am going to kick your a$$!
You'd have to catch it first!

NJN,

Don't make me STOP this CAR!

biggrin

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lexxy wrote:
Spelling is important in a business situation. I prefer to read posts with correct spelling but don't point out people's spelling errors on message boards. Well except last week on Czech's daily. I only did that because I finally realized myself the word was spelled wrong when something about it had been tickling my brain all day & I hope she knew it was in good fun.

I'm sure she did.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I will make sure from this point on that im not referencing you in every post. Would that make you feel less attacked?
I don't think that will do it.

You two are so precious with this game you're playing. Too bad I don't feel attacked. Truth is I posted on this thread because bad spelling and punctuation drives me nuts. Last time I checked the rules I was allowed to post on any thread I wished unless a moderator told me otherwise. So unless you're telling me I can't post here I can still post my opinion. The way I post is less about what other people think about me and more about what I think of myself. And, while I'm sure you find it laughable, I try to put my best foot forward so to speak in my posting.

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Hahahahahaha chef, I am going to kick your a$$!
You'd have to catch it first!
That's true. And you chase a toddler.

Chase? Nah. I just hook him with my cane and pull him back biggrin

I can't believe how fast those little legs can run!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Hahahahahaha chef, I am going to kick your a$$!
You'd have to catch it first!
NJN,
Don't make me STOP this CAR!
flan

SHE'S TOUCHING ME! SHE STARTED IT FIRST!

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Hahahahahaha chef, I am going to kick your a$$!
You'd have to catch it first!
NJN,
Don't make me STOP this CAR!
flan
SHE'S TOUCHING ME! SHE STARTED IT FIRST!

I'm putting the middle arm rest down so you can't cross into my space!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lexxy wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Hahahahahaha chef, I am going to kick your a$$!
You'd have to catch it first!
NJN,
Don't make me STOP this CAR!
flan
SHE'S TOUCHING ME! SHE STARTED IT FIRST!
I'm putting the middle arm rest down so you can't cross into my space!

I'm going to stare you down!

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Hahahahahaha chef, I am going to kick your a$$!
You'd have to catch it first!
NJN,
Don't make me STOP this CAR!
flan
SHE'S TOUCHING ME! SHE STARTED IT FIRST!
I'm putting the middle arm rest down so you can't cross into my space!
I'm going to stare you down!

SHE'S LOOKING AT MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! MAKE HER STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I didn't touch her!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

True story. One day I took the kids with me grocery shopping so DH could have some peace and quiet. We're checking out and they arguing. I'm trying to use my coupons and pay. One of them says, "He's breathing on me!" I just turned and said, "Can both of you just stop breathing for a few minutes until we get out of here?" Okay, not my shining parenting moment.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
True story. One day I took the kids with me grocery shopping so DH could have some peace and quiet. We're checking out and they arguing. I'm trying to use my coupons and pay. One of them says, "He's breathing on me!" I just turned and said, "Can both of you just stop breathing for a few minutes until we get out of here?" Okay, not my shining parenting moment.

Hopefully the shock shut them up!

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I didn't touch her!

You touched her with your eyes!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lexxy wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
True story. One day I took the kids with me grocery shopping so DH could have some peace and quiet. We're checking out and they arguing. I'm trying to use my coupons and pay. One of them says, "He's breathing on me!" I just turned and said, "Can both of you just stop breathing for a few minutes until we get out of here?" Okay, not my shining parenting moment.
Hopefully the shock shut them up!

LOL I don't even remember. I just paid and got them in the car and took them home and told DH they were HIS kids. biggrin

chef · Guru

Lexxy wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
True story. One day I took the kids with me grocery shopping so DH could have some peace and quiet. We're checking out and they arguing. I'm trying to use my coupons and pay. One of them says, "He's breathing on me!" I just turned and said, "Can both of you just stop breathing for a few minutes until we get out of here?" Okay, not my shining parenting moment.
Hopefully the shock shut them up!

What Lexxy said!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I didn't touch her!
You touched her with your eyes!

Don't breathe on me!

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I didn't touch her!
You touched her with your eyes!
Don't breathe on me!

*breathes on NJN*

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

agggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm going to die!

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
agggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm going to die!

Onion breath! RUN!

biggrin

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

COOTIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

The best thing my mom ever did was tell me to "look it up".

I'd ask how to spell something and she'd say look it up.

She also did that with other things.

We always had encyclopedias, newspapers, and we watched the news.

If we wanted to know know something, we always got "look it up" from her.

I've done the same thing with my kids.

As for the OP, that's part of aptitude tests. Seeing if the person has the cognitive ability to figure out what is being said.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Oh. And I remember getting torched for asking why a certain poster from an ancient board posted the way she did.

How was I supposed to know she had some kind of disability?

But then it was pointed out that the same poster COULD spell correctly and just didn't.

When that came out, there was a melt down.

Of course those same posters who gave her a pass are the ones who can't let anything go now.

Tinydancer · Guru

Oh isn't that the same reason flan has to end EVERY post with flan? I know I'm not supposed to point out flans clearly useful reason to still end every post with her own name (an affectation, correctly spelled I might say) but I like to end all my posts with ...lol so we're even. Mostly that's because I like to laugh when people take themselves so seriously.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I'm lost on the flan thing. It's a big deal that she ends her posts with flan? Not being snarky. I'm trying to see what the issue is.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I'm lost on the flan thing. It's a big deal that she ends her posts with flan? Not being snarky. I'm trying to see what the issue is.

Consider the source.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Tinydancer wrote:
Oh isn't that the same reason flan has to end EVERY post with flan? I know I'm not supposed to point out flans clearly useful reason to still end every post with her own name (an affectation, correctly spelled I might say) but I like to end all my posts with ...lol so we're even. Mostly that's because I like to laugh when people take themselves so seriously.

Nope, not the same poster at all.

Stalking fail...

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

Sure.

Tinydancer · Guru

Ahhh. Did your friend give me bad information? Better take that up with her.

burns07 · Guru

if you are a fluent speller yourself, misspelled words are like wrong notes in a melody--they interrupt the flow of words ( or thoughts, as in prose ) and disrupt the sound or intended effect of the melody

spelling is important but effective and precise writing skills are essential to being understood in any printed medium--words are precision instruments

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

burns07 wrote:

if you are a fluent speller yourself, misspelled words are like wrong notes in a melody--they interrupt the flow of words ( or thoughts, as in prose ) and disrupt the sound or intended effect of the melody

spelling is important but effective and precise writing skills are essential to being understood in any printed medium--words are precision instruments

I'm feeling faint...I AGREE WITH burns.

flan

chef · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Oh. And I remember getting torched for asking why a certain poster from an ancient board posted the way she did.

How was I supposed to know she had some kind of disability?

But then it was pointed out that the same poster COULD spell correctly and just didn't.

When that came out, there was a melt down.

Of course those same posters who gave her a pass are the ones who can't let anything go now.

Are you talking about SFM?

I found her to be rather articulate when I could understand her posts. She usually had an angle I didn't consider.

chef · Guru

Tinydancer wrote:
Oh isn't that the same reason flan has to end EVERY post with flan? I know I'm not supposed to point out flans clearly useful reason to still end every post with her own name (an affectation, correctly spelled I might say) but I like to end all my posts with ...lol so we're even. Mostly that's because I like to laugh when people take themselves so seriously.

If I remember correctly, Flan ends her posts with 'flan' because of CBR. CBR was blind and used a reader. Having the poster's name at the end of posts helped her to know who was speaking.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Yes.

It isn't her.

It was the outrage that came from others when someone questioned her.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

chef wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Oh. And I remember getting torched for asking why a certain poster from an ancient board posted the way she did.

How was I supposed to know she had some kind of disability?

But then it was pointed out that the same poster COULD spell correctly and just didn't.

When that came out, there was a melt down.

Of course those same posters who gave her a pass are the ones who can't let anything go now.
Are you talking about SFM?
I found her to be rather articulate when I could understand her posts. She usually had an angle I didn't consider.

I'm sorry, but I could never understand a single post SFM made. I tried. But I just couldn't do it. I would strain and try to figure it out but nope, it just gave me headaches. Eventually I just started skipping over her posts. I was told never ever ever ever ever in the whole wide world to question the authenticity of her posts because she was a lawyer and had a disability and to say anything would be downright rude. So I just didn't read them.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

If I C&P her posts I could do the spell check and make out the gist of it.

But what I'm saying is those that defended her so staunchly, even after she admitted she just didn't care to hit spell check, will try to rip someone apart here because of a misspelled word.

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
chef wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Oh. And I remember getting torched for asking why a certain poster from an ancient board posted the way she did.

How was I supposed to know she had some kind of disability?

But then it was pointed out that the same poster COULD spell correctly and just didn't.

When that came out, there was a melt down.

Of course those same posters who gave her a pass are the ones who can't let anything go now.
Are you talking about SFM?
I found her to be rather articulate when I could understand her posts. She usually had an angle I didn't consider.
I'm sorry, but I could never understand a single post SFM made. I tried. But I just couldn't do it. I would strain and try to figure it out but nope, it just gave me headaches. Eventually I just started skipping over her posts. I was told never ever ever ever ever in the whole wide world to question the authenticity of her posts because she was a lawyer and had a disability and to say anything would be downright rude. So I just didn't read them.

I couldn't understand every post but I got good at reading her as time went on.

I guess deciphering my dad's writing gave me an extra skill. His writing was so bad that my school just told me to tell the office when I needed to be off and they'd mark me down.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

lilyofcourse wrote:
If I C&P her posts I could do the spell check and make out the gist of it.

But what I'm saying is those that defended her so staunchly, even after she admitted she just didn't care to hit spell check, will try to rip someone apart here because of a misspelled word.

I don't generally pick on spelling. Sometimes I will because it's a funny misspelling. Like not long ago when someone was saying they knew someone that got hit with an IUD in the war. That kind of stuff. Just do to do it? Nah, I generally don't.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I could read some of her posts. If they got too difficult, I skipped them.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Honestly, even when I could decipher her posts, I didn't find them particularly enlightening.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

chef wrote:
Tinydancer wrote:
Oh isn't that the same reason flan has to end EVERY post with flan? I know I'm not supposed to point out flans clearly useful reason to still end every post with her own name (an affectation, correctly spelled I might say) but I like to end all my posts with ...lol so we're even. Mostly that's because I like to laugh when people take themselves so seriously.
If I remember correctly, Flan ends her posts with 'flan' because of CBR. CBR was blind and used a reader. Having the poster's name at the end of posts helped her to know who was speaking.

Yes, that's exactly right. It's just a habit. I type it without thinking about it.

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

You type it every time? I thought is was your signature.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
You type it every time? I thought is was your signature.

Ummmm...yeah? It's only 4 letters.

flan

WYSIWYG · Guru

Spelling always matters, especially with English as there are many words that are easily confused.

Reed, read, read, and red - for example.
Blue, blew, and bleu - another example.
Two, to, and too - yet one more example.

I believe the image in the OP was more concerned over dyslexic looking typos rather than spelling errors.

I believe that the occasional typo (like "teh") can be forgiven. I believe consistent spelling errors (some favorites that I loathe: "should of" and "could of") should not be.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

WYSIWYG wrote:
Spelling always matters, especially with English as there are many words that are easily confused.

Reed, read, read, and red - for example.
Blue, blew, and bleu - another example.
Two, to, and too - yet one more example.

I believe the image in the OP was more concerned over dyslexic looking typos rather than spelling errors.

I believe that the occasional typo (like "teh") can be forgiven. I believe consistent spelling errors (some favorites that I loathe: "should of" and "could of") should not be.

"Teh" is like nails on a chalkboard to me...mainly because it's thought to be "cool" to use it deliberately.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Totes adorbs flan.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Totes adorbs flan.

Zip it, young fart!

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:
Spelling always matters, especially with English as there are many words that are easily confused.

Reed, read, read, and red - for example.
Blue, blew, and bleu - another example.
Two, to, and too - yet one more example.

I believe the image in the OP was more concerned over dyslexic looking typos rather than spelling errors.

I believe that the occasional typo (like "teh") can be forgiven. I believe consistent spelling errors (some favorites that I loathe: "should of" and "could of") should not be.
"Teh" is like nails on a chalkboard to me...mainly because it's thought to be "cool" to use it deliberately.
flan

I'm not sure you should have shared this little tidbit. Teh ability to annoy you just got that much easier.

ed11563 · Guru

Let's see if anyone comments on this...

The first time I saw something in print about the importance of correct spelling was in a joke.

Two middle-aged male real estate brokers were hiring a new secretary / receptionist, and had narrowed the field to two:

One woman was average looking, had excellent typing and other secretarial skills, and never misspelled anything.

The second was a less than stellar typist, had decent people skills, couldn't spell to save her life.

Her main assets were size 38 DD.

Who did they choose?

Miss 38DD. "We have spell-check."

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

You all are so good!

Bwahahaha!

I'm going to annoy the hell out of you all!

(one porpuse of curse)