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RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

does pretty well in Yiddish and American English
too. I had a little dreidel....

DaveMM wrote:

b Owed to a Spelling Chequer /b br br Eye have ... (show quote)

BatManPete Loc: Way Up North!

Navy days... 1955
OIC = Officer In Charge...

Just like BT = Boiler Tender; YN = Yeoman; EM= Electrician Mate and on and on. . . .

ahhhhhh..... BM = U figure it out.

Ain't tellin'.

j

rickerb Loc: utah

I believe in good spelling, and I try.
A few months ago, I was making a comment on this forum and I made the mistake of using "there" instead of "they're" and somebody on this forum climbed all over my shit for my spelling and use misuse of the word.
I was totally taken aback and just really surprised by his rebuke. Finally surmised that the man had nothing better to do in life and let it go at that.

Bkh42 Loc: N.I. UK

oldmalky wrote:

That is something that gets right up my nose people who are to idle to type out the word, it is one thing to be in a hurry with a phone message (text)but just bad manners when answering a query on a forum.

Sorry Malky but.......people who are TOO idle to type out the word

I do not mean to cause any offence to you Malky we can all make small mistakes.

I read every word and despair at bad spelling or bad grammar also.

Brenda

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

Whenever I compose a post on UHH, I will click on "preview" numerous times to check for spelling errors, grammar errors, etc. before I finally click on "send", or delete what I have written. I have mentioned spelling errors to some people but don't do it anymore. I have found that a lot of people on UHH are offended easily and correcting spelling is about the most offensive critique you can make. A lot of people, even those who have not been corrected, will call you the "spelling police" or tell you to "get a life" or say "get over it". Actually, I will seldom make any comments anymore about anything because many UHHers get so offended so easily.
I don't even know why I am posting this, sometimes I just can't help myself.

eddiew0924 Loc: MA

Re-check your spelling. The word is GRAMMAR with an a and not with an e.

Jack47 Loc: Ontario

alawry wrote:

You know, having recently aquired a tablet, I agree with you, it is just so fiddly trying to put the curser in the right place to edit out a typo, and so easy to make a typo. Just since my last comment on this thread I saw a post titled "By with Cow" and the subject was obviously "Boy with Cow". So prevalent. Are so many folk really using mobile and tablet?

I know what you mean. Like curser and cursor. :D

Jack47 Loc: Ontario

viscountdriver wrote:

Believe me this is not a criticism in any form against anybody. On this forum I see many cases of incorrect spelling. I just wondered how important it is.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.

Not important to me!!

eddiew0924 Loc: MA

Re-check your spelling. GRAMMAR is spelled with an a and not an e.

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

WE all have differant gifts and for some of us spelling is not one of them. Check my disclaimer below. I think if too big of a thing is made of spelling that soe folks will just not post and they may have great info to share. - Dave

yhtomit Loc: Port Land. Oregon

I misspelled once on this site and got a big chunk of my back side bitten off.The wound is finally starting to grow back.

Mercer Loc: Houston, TX, USA

English is a combination of many languages, and contains many ways to describe, illustrate and explain. For this reason, it can have a clarity and precision of meaning seldom matched among Earth's many languages. To degrade our language because of sloth, inattention or stupidity, is a shame. As we watch our educational system falling apart (check notices from your schools or teachers, both oral and written), I can see no reason for this other than deliberate, programmed stupidity. :thumbdown:

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Mercer wrote:

English is a combination of many languages, and co... (show quote)

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crissx09 Loc: FL-USA

viscountdriver wrote:

Believe me this is not a criticism in any form against anybody. On this forum I see many cases of incorrect spelling. I just wondered how important it is.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.

I agree that spelling is important not only to show you are kind of literate and respect others and yourself but ...very important.!! to preserve the language for the next generations......

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

viscountdriver wrote:

Believe me this is not a criticism in any form against anybody. On this forum I see many cases of incorrect spelling. I just wondered how important it is.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.

I was probably one those most guilty of fueling your angst, for this I apologize. But as with many of us, as we get up in years, our spelling appears somewhat childish. At times I would blame it on the circle of ones life drawing to a close but decided that was to depressing and would just say W-T-H, they can figure it out after all they were smart enough to ask the question. Lest I digress excessively, got to watch that train of thought, I have found the ideal answer to this problem. It is a very small program known as (iespell), here is the link for it
http://www.iespell.com/)
Needless to say it works only with a Windows PC but I think they have listed something for the Apple group as well. Being inside of IE it works with anything one might be writing. It's a winner. Check it out it might make a bunch of us happier.