Spelling Nazis

[bon3yard]

Shouldnt that be Natcees?

[RosieH]

Brendan Wrote:

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> RosieH Wrote:

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> > Just in case I wasn't making myself clear, I

> was

> > deliberately misspelling pedant in an attempt

> at

> > bathos

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> While I realised that this was probably the case

> it didn't for a moment make me feel that I

> shouldn't correct you.

Really belatedly, what with all the shenanigans, but I got that Brendan, and you're quite right, which is why I didn't namecheck you in my reply. S'just that Mikecg told me I'd failed, and my poor little ego couldn't take it, I don't accept spelling failure (I was in the Pacific spelling group in primary school, so named because we didn't want the guys in the 5th group to feel stoopid by calling them Last or 5th or Bottom so we called them Indian instead, which maybe is a whole other can of worms... Anyway I'm reluctant to let go the accolade).

For myself, I tend to agree with Sean's summary, but maybe more harsh in my suggested punishment:

Typos? Fine.

Can't spell? Fine (but, you know, get a dictionary)

Can spell, won't spell? Kill them with sticks

[Mikecg]

RosieH wrote

Can spell, won't spell? Kill them with sticks

It just goes to show the level at which petty annoyances can develop into a major psychological problem, stab proof vest anybody?.

[Jeremy]

TLS has possibly taken some comments rather too seriously, and allowed himself to get dragged into something of a flamewar. But it's not all his fault, too many people have waded in to have a pop at him. Let's not get too personal with our bickering...

[Mikecg]

So in conclusion then, I will be more meticulous about my spelling, that way the aficionados of grammatical excellence can post safe in the knowledge that, the mumbo jumbo I post will almost be as articulat as the mumbo jumbo they post. However only if I can be bothered.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Mikecg Wrote:

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> So in conclusion then, I will be more meticulous

> about my spelling, that way the aficionados of

> grammatical excellence can post safe in the

> knowledge that, the mumbo jumbo I post will almost

> be as articulat as the mumbo jumbo they post.

> However only if I can be bothered.

articulat has an "e" on the end...B)

Jus' kiddin' Mike!

[Mikecg]

Hehehe!(tu)

[red devil]

Enough already of the lost consonant jokes...

[Jah Lush]

feckin heal! Iz dis fred steel bludi go wing?

[Keef]

What Jeremy said!!!

[Brendan]

I would counsel against taking offence to having your spelling corrected. I?m dyslexic and went to school before dyslexia was fashionable. I just got called stupid and sent to the back of the class, diddums. So I realised I would have to teach myself to read and write and beat them at their spelling game.

And just to spit in the eye of my teachers and fellow students I made the decision to become better informed than them too.* This didn?t prove very popular and I got called stupid and sent to the back of the class again but at least I had a smug sense of self satisfaction about it.

Point being if nobody had pointed out that I was getting it wrong I would have carried on getting it wrong. So don?t get whiny get better or perhaps sarcastic or maybe lunch as it is almost noon.

P.s. This post is not directed at anyone in particular and I don?t want to get into any fights. It?s Friday and I?m Switzerland.

*I also made a point of doing things like writing properly constructed sentences that begin with ?and?. Just to piss them off.

[Mikecg]

That's a nice story Brendan, I wish I was in Switzerland:)-D. I was always a mediocre student at school mainly because I was thinking about music or what I'd be doing in the evening, I like the idea of always starting a sentence with and just to piss them off. HA!.

That's the thing, you never know where people come from or what's really going on in their lives.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

All these Swiss references.

Is it Brendan or Berne or even, BASEL!

[Jah Lush]

Swiss Tony.

Writing a well constructed sentence is a bit like making love to a beautiful woman.

[Brendan]

By that do you mean, the outcome of properly and eloquently arranged phrases or expensive and not necessarily legal?

[Jeremy]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Swiss Tony.

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> Writing a well constructed sentence is a bit like

> making love to a beautiful woman.

First of all, you lay it down and see what's what. Then you experiment and tweak, until you get the right result.

[Jah Lush]

Definitely the former Brendan.

[Jeremy]

Brendan Wrote:

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> By that do you mean, the outcome of properly and

> eloquently arranged phrases or expensive and not

> necessarily legal?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Toni

"To Toni almost any situation in life is best understood as being "like making love to a beautiful woman", in some rather implausible ways".

[Brendan]

ahh.

Is it less likely to get you teased by your mates than the other option?

[Keef]

Making love is like playing Golf. You Drive towards the hole, and try to avoid the rough!

Genius!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Jah - you made me laugh with the Swiss Tony thing, bless you

[SteveT]

Jah wrote:-Writing a well constructed sentence is a bit like making love to a beautiful woman.

'Wot' you mean, difficult, unlikely, and seldom.