Spelling 101

**Bill Howell** · 03-14-2005

I do not want to embarrass anyone so I thought I would start a new thread rather than reply at the one I was just reading.
When we communicate in a medium such as the internet, our spelling ability shows very quickly. Since spelling has never been one of my strong points, I had to find ways to overcome that issue.I never get on the computer without either a dictionary or my wife nearby. She paid attention in spelling class alot better than I did and I rely on her tremendously to get it right. If all else fails, there is a "Spellcheck" I can click on at the bottom of my posting before I submit it to find and correct errors.
It is hard to respect the opinion of the smartest guy here if you can not decode his spelling.
We try to promote proper forum etiquette on this site and I feel that at least trying to spell is part of that. As I said before, I am not the world spelling bee champion either. All I ask is that you please proof read your post before you submit it. :rtfm:
Thanx

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dennis68 · 03-14-2005

Wow, Bill is pulling the old CC.com out of his hat. Before you know it he'll be calling the illiterate fools a %$& &*&^ *^&% $$%$% and a *^%& &^& %$^5!!!

**rocketrod** · 03-14-2005

Me no undrstnd wat u'r trien two say. LOL
Seriously though a lot of posts get ignored when you can't even begin figure out what they are trying to say.

**Steve1968LS2** · 03-14-2005

I spell like crap.. well actually I spell terrible online since I am usually just trying to type fast.

Spell checker is my bestest friend :D

It is one reason why I NEVER pic on someones grammer or spelling... It's just wronge!!

**Steve1968LS2** · 03-14-2005

Originally Posted by rocketrod

Me no undrstnd wat u'r trien two say. LOL
Seriously though a lot of posts get ignored when you can't even begin figure out what they are trying to say.

True.. It is helpfull to be cohearent (sp?).. lol

But nobody should care about the occasional dangling participle..

**Bill Howell** · 03-14-2005

Originally Posted by dennis68

Before you know it he'll be calling the illiterate fools a %$& &*&^ *^&% $$%$% and a *^%& &^& %$^5!!!

You know I can not do that cause I am in that illiterate category myself

Steve, I remember laughing at a post you made about your new job back when you first got it and you talked about spacing after commas and periods. I never will get all that right.

**WS6** · 03-14-2005

oh man. im horrible about it online, period. notice i dont use caps or punctuation really? well i figure so long as you can read it and understand it spelling doesnt count.

**TonyL** · 03-14-2005

Its not so much the spelling for me, heck, I barely eek by myself.

Its the lack of punctuation that drives me mad. you know the guys.
the ones who type like this and never use a period or anything and keep rambling on and on jumping from one subject to another without ever breaking or doublespacing or anything.

maddening.

**pdq67** · 03-14-2005

Years ago I remember a guy from, (I think), S. Carolina or some such place that came in over at Team Camaro.

He could barely read and write and was asking/begging for help.

Anyway, some of the guy's got off on the wrong foot and made some pretty bad fun of him and the guy later came back and said, he was pretty much illiterate, but thought a bunch of car guys would help him anyway and then he commenced to pretty much bowing out by saying that he was sorry he bothered us.

I reminded them that he was asking us for help AND was sincere about it AND that he knew his station in life! And after it was all said and done, several of the guys involved in it felt kinda small and they came back, got started on the right foot so to say, and the post ended up being one of the better, longer threads there was!!

Heck, when I finally found P-T, both T-C's and SGCOG, I could barely use a computer, much less turn it on and off so I knew just how the guy felt.. And I was a hands-on, Field Engineer!

Cap's, yes! Raise cane about them.. But spelling and punctuation, as long as it can be deciphered, go with it, imho.. And in passing mention the "Spell-Check" function.

AND I am guilty of writing stuff in WORD, "spell-checking/grammering" it and then cut and paste posting!! imho...

pdq67

**nancejd** · 03-14-2005

Forgive me if I'm not understanding the point of this post Bill, but I think the emphasis is on effort, not on results. Everyone makes mistakes in their spelling and grammer, and as long as it is within reason, I don't think we should be uptight about it, but it does display a measure of respect to the other members of our little on line community to at least make the effort to spell and use good grammer. In my opinion this ought to be a self policing policy though, you know, re-read your post before you post it kind of thing.

**Bill Howell** · 03-14-2005

Originally Posted by nancejd

Forgive me if I'm not understanding the point of this post Bill, but I think the emphasis is on effort, not on results. Everyone makes mistakes in their spelling and grammer, and as long as it is within reason, I don't think we should be uptight about it, but it does display a measure of respect to the other members of our little on line community to at least make the effort to spell and use good grammer. In my opinion this ought to be a self policing policy though, you know, re-read your post before you post it kind of thing.

I think you understood my point exactly :icon996:

**lt4malibu** · 03-14-2005

this site isn't nearly as bad as some of the other forums i read. pretty much you are judged as person by your grammar when you post, i try to do my best at fooling people into thinking im not a derelict. dictionary.com does wonders too

**DarkBuddha** · 03-14-2005

www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster online dictionary and thesaurus, it's your friend.

**boodlefoof** · 03-14-2005

When reading posts, poor spelling doesn't frustrate me nearly as much as bad grammer and syntax. I can figure out what one is trying to say with poor spelling... but when somebody starts confusing tenses and subject-verb agreement I find it very hard to follow what they are trying to say.

**MrQuick** · 03-14-2005

wait the spell checker is working?? Damn

**Roadrage David** · 03-14-2005

Im Dutch and Dislectic myself its like beeing word blind kinda the same as somebody who stotters and is constandly consetrating only trying to use the words from who he knows he dussend stotter with at the end of the day your energy is totaly upsorbt and you feel very tired . i leurnd to cope with the childis behavier of people who imidiatly atack you on your handicap. it shows me they have a handycap themselfs witch is a lack of maturety........

**Martin71RS** · 03-15-2005

And trust me... David's posts are the same in Dutch (his native language).

All the guys is the Dutch forum are used to it... and we all know exactly what he is on about.......

I think everyone will write to his or her best ability, and I hope no-one will be judged on their writing, as it doesn't say a thing about the enthousiasm (sp?) or technical knowledge.

Also please do not forget there are a lot of members on this board who do not have English as their native language!

As long as we are not all using SMS / MSN sort of language I think we all know what is being said.....

Martin

**Bill Howell** · 03-15-2005

David,
Maybe your deal is in the translation not the spelling.I simply quoted your post, hit spellcheck and it corrected most of the translation. It did not recognize "immediately" or "childish" for some reason but I knew want you meant. I guess this is another use for spellcheck-translating.
To steal what someone else said about you in another thread- I am positive that your English is much better than my Dutch!
BTW in my case , I do not think it is maturity, I am just anal

Originally Posted by Roadrage David

I'm Dutch and Dyslectic myself its like being word blind kinda the same as somebody who stutters and is constantly concentrating only trying to use the words from who he knows he doesn't stutter with at the end of the day your energy is totaly absorbed and you feel very tired . i learned to cope with the childish behavior of people who immediately attack you on your handicap. it shows me they have a handicap themselves which is a lack of maturity........

**Roadrage David** · 03-15-2005

LOLOL BILL for some rezen spellcheck is not working when i klick on it !!!!!

**Bill Howell** · 03-15-2005

Originally Posted by Roadrage David

LOLOL BILL for some rezen spellcheck is not working when i klick on it !!!!!

Sorry, I can not help you there. One of my handicaps in life is that I am computer challenged. I do good to turn it on, please don't anything go wrong or not work or I will simply

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