Spelling Errors on DGN

[Blackmail]

Am I the only one who notices the attrocious spelling on DGN? Maybe I'm not the only who notices but perhaps no one cares? Am I reacting too harshly? I mean, someone spelled "your" while trying to say you are for the 10000000th time and I jumped off my roof and landed on my head in the cement. Is that a normal reaction?

Now, I probably make the occasional grammatical or spelling error, but it's usually because I type too fast and accidentally hit the wrong key. And know this: When I've caught my own errors I take a bath and drop electrical appliances in the tub with me as punishment. That could kill you. So don't do it.

[LuluVox]

Am I the only one who notices the attrocious spelling on DGN?  Maybe I'm not the only who notices but perhaps no one cares?  Am I reacting too harshly?  I mean, someone spelled "your" while trying to say you are for the 10000000th time and I jumped off my roof and landed on my head in the cement.  Is that a normal reaction?

Now, I probably make the occasional grammatical or spelling error, but it's usually because I type too fast and accidentally hit the wrong key.  And know this: When I've caught my own errors I take a bath and drop electrical appliances in the tub with me as punishment.  That could kill you.  So don't do it.

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Hop in the tub.

[Blackmail]

Hop in the tub.

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you're not a fan of sarcasm are you?

[LuluVox]

I am!

And also of irony.

[Blackmail]

I am!

And also of irony.

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I was trying to determine what word to spell wrong for the sake of humor (Irony would have been unintentionally spelling something incorrect).

However, in all seriousness, finding a spelling error in one of my posts is like the the most difficult Where's Waldo picture ever made. My mistakes are as rare as a funny moment on the NBC sitcom "Joey". I'm freakin' awesome.

[SanctumNocturna]

WHOOOOOAAAAAA

[LuluVox]

Right.

[Blackmail]

Right.

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Left.

[SanctumNocturna]

And it's "Joseph Lawrence" now...don't you forget it.

[Slept with ghost]

my vote for funniest thread of the year goes to.....................................................

[SanctumNocturna]

I hope that Three Times One Minus One (TTOMO) wins....because they should.

Even though sad songs are nature's onions....

[Slept with ghost]

i suck at math

[Blackmail]

i suck at math

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I heard you were attrocious, er, attrotious, atrocious, whatever, at math. I read it at Davesucksatmath.net

[SanctumNocturna]

at·ri·chous (tr-ks)

adj.

1. Having no hair.

[Slept with ghost]

niiiice

[Blackmail]

at·ri·chous (tr-ks)

adj.

1.  Having no hair.

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ar·ti·choke ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ärt-chk)

n.

A Mediterranean thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) in the composite family, having pinnately divided leaves and large discoid heads of bluish flowers.

[SanctumNocturna]

Altoids are a popular brand of breath mints that have existed since the turn of the 19th century. Altoids are produced in Britain by Callard & Bowser-Suchard at Bridgend, Wales, although Wrigley announced in mid 2005 they planned to move Altoids production to an existing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee in order to manufacture its products closer to where they are sold. The move is expected to be complete by mid-2006. The history of Altoids actually dates back to the reign of King George III. The brand was created by a London-based Smith & Company in the 1780s but eventually became part of the Callard & Bowser company in the 1800s. They are still advertised as "The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Peppermints".

Altoids come in small tins that many find handy for a variety of uses, including storage of small paraphernalia. Some report that an Altoids tin can be fashioned to be used as an emergency camping stove. They have also been used to create pinhole cameras, house small amateur radios, geocaches, MP3 players, cases for the Zen Micro, tobacco or marijuana smoking devices, and even iPod battery packs. Also a great use for Altoids tins is containers for small (and quite complete) mini survival kits.

The story of Altoids can be found on thin pieces of paper that come inside of certain tins.

[Blackmail]

Altoids are a popular brand of breath mints that have existed since the turn of the 19th century. Altoids are produced in Britain by Callard & Bowser-Suchard at Bridgend, Wales, although Wrigley announced in mid 2005 they planned to move Altoids production to an existing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee in order to manufacture its products closer to where they are sold. The move is expected to be complete by mid-2006. The history of Altoids actually dates back to the reign of King George III. The brand was created by a London-based Smith & Company in the 1780s but eventually became part of the Callard & Bowser company in the 1800s. They are still advertised as "The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Peppermints".

Altoids come in small tins that many find handy for a variety of uses, including storage of small paraphernalia. Some report that an Altoids tin can be fashioned to be used as an emergency camping stove. They have also been used to create pinhole cameras, house small amateur radios, geocaches, MP3 players, cases for the Zen Micro, tobacco or marijuana smoking devices, and even iPod battery packs. Also a great use for Altoids tins is containers for small (and quite complete) mini survival kits.

The story of Altoids can be found on thin pieces of paper that come inside of certain tins.

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Altoids suck.

www.certs.com is where the real shit is at, playa.

[Fierce Critter]

I am the queen of anal retentive spell checkers. If I know I've spelled something incorrectly and leave it, I will spontaneously bleed out my eyes.

I am so tightassed about it, I don't even rely on the IPB spellchecker. I look up questionable words myself at AOL keyword: Dictionary.

But, to be honest, since finding a life outside of depression, I am learning to loosen up about all things message-board-spelling-and-grammar. A few typos aren't going to keep me up at night, flogging myself for my ineptitude.

Alright. I confess. I looked up ineptitude, 'cause the first word I thought of was "inequities", but I knew that wasn't quite right.

But you gotta give me credit for using informals like " 'cause " and "gotta".

O.k. I am hopeless.

Seriously, though, folks, I'm not as uptight about others making the same mistakes. Yeah, I tweak ever so slightly when I see improper useage of apostrophes and the like. But I don't hold it against people who can otherwise hold down a decent conversation via the typewritten word.

Truth is, face-to-face, I can get very tongue-tied. I can sound like a babbling idiot or just plain go silent & blank trying to thumb through the thesaurus in my mind to find the right word, and very frequently the word just doesn't come. I greatly benefit from being able to take my time & carefully choose what I type - and then make full useage of the delete key.

My father is a horrendous speller, in part due to an education that only took him through the 9th grade back in the 1930's-1940's. He can't write cursive. But I love him beyond words, and the last thing I'd do is possibly belittle the man by constantly correcting his very, very frequently mispelled and misused words. So I try to carry my respect of him to others as well.

I will say this for my father, however. He knows of his shortcomings, and is not too proud to ask me to proofread his compositions & correspondence. He also understood my gift of the then brand-new Franklin Spelling Ace to in no way be an insult - and when they came out with the pocket version, he ran out and bought it himself. He keeps word books around him almost all the time as well.

So while I don't necessarily look down my nose at people who don't spell as well as I do, I do have a lot of admiration for people who do something to improve that particular area of their lives.

Oh, and I'm well aware that I am the queen of run-on sentences. Always have been. I don't care anymore. Priorities, priorities...

[SanctumNocturna]

www.peppermints.com

Do they sell these out here yet?

[Fierce Critter]

What a bunch of sissy-pants lightweights.

MY version of a Tic-Tac dispenser:

[SanctumNocturna]

http://www.ldfashions.com/sissy_pants.htm

[Fierce Critter]

Great. I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Dudes - infantilism is just... wrong. Don't do it.

[BrassFusion]

Am I the only one who notices the attrocious spelling on DGN?  Maybe I'm not the only who notices but perhaps no one cares?  Am I reacting too harshly?  I mean, someone spelled "your" while trying to say you are for the 10000000th time and I jumped off my roof and landed on my head in the cement.  Is that a normal reaction?

Now, I probably make the occasional grammatical or spelling error, but it's usually because I type too fast and accidentally hit the wrong key.  And know this: When I've caught my own errors I take a bath and drop electrical appliances in the tub with me as punishment.  That could kill you.  So don't do it.

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Do you need me to start proofreading for ya there, buddy-o?

[SanctumNocturna]

Which takes us full circle back to the Joseph Lawrence quote:

WHOOOOAAAA!