[Misc] How’s your spelling?

[Jesus Gul]

How many dyslexics does it take to change a lighli blub?

 

[Hampden Park]

My handwriting suffered in the the forces, they all write in block capitals, more neater.

agree with this, had years of sending/receiving morse code signals and writing it down in block capitals was indeed much neater. all messages (99%) were written in block capitals too, to avoid any mistakes.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

My spelling is OK but I seem to be part of a dying breed that tries to get it right. If I am not sure then I look it up. And I do often type phonetically and occasionally miss that I have got a word wrong. I then have to fix it. Maybe more OCD than anything.

Not sure why it would be OCD to want to get it right. If we still had an effective education system, we'd all want to get it right.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Not sure why it would be OCD to want to get it right. If we still had an effective education system, we'd all want to get it right.

I take the point to a degree but a throwaway comment on a forum shouldn't really matter. I still have to fix it though.

 

[GOM]

I take the point to a degree but a throwaway comment on a forum shouldn't really matter. I still have to fix it though.

It would always matter to someone with any semblance of pride.

 

[SweatyMexican]

Your wrong

 

[Dick Head]

Breach - an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

Breeches - short trousers fastened just below the knee, now chiefly worn for riding or as part of ceremonial dress.

Staff - a group of people who work for an organization

Staffs - short for Staffordshire

 

[daveinplzen]

agree with this, had years of sending/receiving morse code signals and writing it down in block capitals was indeed much neater. all messages (99%) were written in block capitals too, to avoid any mistakes.

This

My dear old mum, who is 100 or 200, she says 97 but we dont believe her, has beautiful handwriting. Think the old term for it was copperplate. If i try joined up writing, it has the appearance of a drunk spider dipped in ink.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

To be fair, I would not be so bothered about people not spelling well or making grammar mistakes on here. The main thing is to be able to get your message across and communicate. To see could of when it should be could have rankles, but at the end of the day I know what the writer means.

If I see mistakes like that in letters or emails from companies, institutions, established organisations or similar formal things, then It really puts me off. If I were CEO or similar of an organisation which communicated in some way regularly with customers, I would do my utmost to make sure things were right. ……. even if it were just to make sure everyone used every available spellchecker.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

It would always matter to someone with any semblance of pride.

This. I take great pride in my grammar and if I'm unsure, I look it up.

Any email, mailshot or advert I read with spelling mistakes gets immediately terminated in my mind.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I take the point to a degree but a throwaway comment on a forum shouldn't really matter. I still have to fix it though.

It would always matter to someone with any semblance of pride.

This!

I have to spell correctly at all times. It doesn't matter if it is an e-mail, a forum post, even a whatsapp message or a text. Always write correctly.

Cannot be doing with any of this 'c u at 6 m8' NONSENSE.

 

[Albion my Albion]

I don't no weather

It's a good thing your profession has nothing to do with meteorology.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

This!

I have to spell correctly at all times. It doesn't matter if it is an e-mail, a forum post, even a whatsapp message or a text. Always write correctly.

Cannot be doing with any of this 'c u at 6 m8' NONSENSE.

LOL. Legit, blud.

 

[symyjym]

I always get my mucking fords wuddled.

 

[symyjym]

Staff - a group of people who work for an organization

Staffs - short for Staffordshire

So you preference the z in spelling organisation?

 

[Frankie]

How do we think the season will go ?

" Were Loose "

 

[kjgood]

To be honest its Sh1t

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Spelling mistakes shouldn't be aloud on here

I write and edit words for a living, but I still reach for the dictionary on several occasions every day to check spellings. But I HAVE to check them. I've seen so many poorly written sentences that I often cannot understand how some of them haven't been re-read, let alone proof-read.

As an aside – opening myself up to potential egg on face, here – I find it hilarious when a pedant comes along and corrects something, but ends up makes a mistake in their correction. Simple pleasures and all that...

 

[WATFORD zero]

Spelling and grammar mistakes really annoy me.

I blame Willy Pope.

 

[Dick Head]

So you preference the z in spelling organisation?

Not az a rule. I copied and pazted ze definition from Googol. My bad!