Spelling Errors on DGN

[creatureofthenyte]

whutt eees dah meeenninng off dis poest ? Eye dew naht uhhhdurstaandduh. knowbudee s parefikt yuh gnow.

[DarkVampire]

OU812?

[Brenda Starrr]

Am I the only one who notices the attrocious spelling on DGN? No!!

Maybe I'm not the only who notices but perhaps no one cares? Oh no. I care.

Am I reacting too harshly?Not harsh enough....

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? It make me want to take the joint out of said person's hand and beat them.

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. My keys stick. THAT'S normal.

It confuses me that educated people can't spell everyday words like "because" and "maybe". How is this?

[JaneDead]

i notice.

i'm also aware i do it too sometimes but i don't care on message boards.

i don't capitalize, have a habit of not making new paragraphs, etc. people have actually complained to me about the things i do like this; but i don't care. not on message boards. i just type too fast to double check anything and hit reply usually before i look anything over. i would never do this anywhere else but on message boards and im's i don't really think it matters.

for other things i care and make sure to do everything the "proper" way.

now when people do it ALL the time it drives me INSANE. in the end it makes you look like you are not very smart. not that i care if someone is smart or not - but i don't think people realize how much their grammar plays a part in how people view their intelligence. though i know the two do not go hand in hand.

things like typing *your* when you mean *you are*/*you're* annoys me.

when people say "a" when they should say "an" - annoys me.

when people use the wrong their, there and they're - annoys me.

i don't ever get on people about this or correct them. i figure they don't know and/or they don't care. as a child i used to correct people a lot. and they hated it. as i got older i learned how to just keep this to myself.

[The Rod]

things like typing *your* when you mean *you are*/*you're* annoys me.

when people say "a" when they should say "an" - annoys me.

when people use the wrong their, there and they're - annoys me.

i don't ever get on people about this or correct them. i figure they don't know and/or they don't care. as a child i used to correct people a lot. and they hated it. as i got older i learned how to just keep this to myself.

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you're and they're are my biggest pet peeves pertaining to spelling. drive me nuts.

*cries a little inside*

[Guest Megalicious]

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.

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Not to mention that they are yummy!!!!

[Head Wreck]

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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hey screw you budy.

as long as my posts are largely understood who gives a toss. you americans spell like a dyslexic englishman anyhow.

[JaneDead]

:laughing

hey screw you budy.

as long as my posts are largely understood who gives a toss. you americans spell like a dyslexic englishman anyhow.

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[Blackmail]

hey screw you budy.

as long as my posts are largely understood who gives a toss. you americans spell like a dyslexic englishman anyhow.

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Q: you know what I always say about the English?

A: at least they're not Welsh!

[Brenda Starrr]

hey screw you budy.

as long as my posts are largely understood who gives a toss. you americans spell like a dyslexic englishman anyhow.

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:laughing :laughing

Q:  you know what I always say about the English?

A:  at least they're not Welsh!

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:fear

[Msterbeau]

I have clumsy fingers when it comes to typing. Other things? Not so much.

[Head Wreck]

*Ninja's Blackmail*

[Der Nister]

This thread is indeed interesting.........need I say more?

Maybe. :fear

[Brenda Starrr]

This thread is indeed interesting.........need I say more?

Maybe.  :fear

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....waiting......

[Dubh Aingeal]

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at

Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod

are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the

rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit

a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by

istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot

slpeling was ipmorantt!

*hides in deep dark cave*

[Fierce Critter]

Heh. I've seen that before.

[phee]

I like pants

[torn asunder]

underpants!! :woot:

:erm

:fear

[Steven]

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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I am quite possibly the worst of the lot when it comes to appropriate keyboard diction.

cause I dont care

cause I know you all get what i'm saying

cause my keyboard sticks terribly

cause i spilled cherry coke in it

cause I'm always in much too much of a hurry to spell check

cause i dont care

cause i dont care

cause i dont care

and I wonder at those who do..................you miss so much by worrying about that misspelled idea. But boy I bet your stuff looks great.

[Amerist]

*hides in deep dark cave*

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I wrote a story that illustrates this rather well, I think.

Story is at the bottom.

I came to the thread because I've had long to discuss the general manipulation of languages, comfortable usage, the "extinction of grammar" at the hands of the lazy, and other such facets of usage. Against every occasion there will be sticklers who decry the misuse of spelling and grammar by the conversational, but in reality a concession needs to be made for the vast difference between conversation and a thesis paper.

Sure there's enough misspelling, misuse of apostrophes, and improper words in this forum, but it's hardly the worst. In fact, for the most part, the users here are actually rather high up on the scale when it comes to their grasp of usage. It would seem to me that the most of the errors here are the comfortable ones--those little flaws that enter our speech because here were are at a keyboard typing as if we were speaking out loud.

When it comes to people to talk to, most of those who post here come out loud-and-clear and understandable. And those who mess up, they have their little issues, and I'm sure eventually will cheerfully self-improve in order to be more understandable.

We are just common Internet netizens here. We're not erudite and stuffy scholars out for a kill; we do not have to pave over every minor flaw or be Champions for English in order to hold perfectly good conversations.

Hell, that's what I came here for in the first place: conversation.

If I wanted to snipe at people for grammar and English I'd be critiquing stories right now.

--

Everything Became Clear

by Kyt Dotson

Lydia wkoe up beofre her sestir, who slpet on blfluslisy in the bed nxet to hres, and seippld on her gsasles. The suhgnlit lit the cranitus, brids snag otiusde, and meothr cooked braaefkst in the kthcein. Auohtglh at frist it was dicfuiflt to tlel, she kenw qiulcky taht smnioehtg was wnorg.

She wnet to the borathom and lekood at herelsf in the mrroir. A bulr staerd bcak. Bhunirsg her teeth lkie her methor aywals tlod her to and tnakig a soehwr did not birng her the cfomort tehy nolrlmay did.

Dpiniprg and fllied wtih dmsiay, she wnet itno the kechtin to get her bkraesaft. She sat in her cahir and waietd for motehr to dsih up smoe sguaase and paankecs.

“Mommy, everything is blurry.”

“You’re wearing your sister’s glasses, pumpkin.”

Lydia renuterd to her room, ecnahxged the gsasels she wroe wtih the oens laynig on the desrser—

—and everything became clear.

[DarkVampire]

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at

Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod

are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the

rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit

a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by

istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot

slpeling was ipmorantt!

*hides in deep dark cave*

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Easy to read without giving it a second thought. Seen something like this before.

[Fierce Critter]

my keyboard sticks terribly

cause i spilled cherry coke in it

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My numeric pad is a casualty of plum sauce.

[Brenda Starrr]

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at

Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod

are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the

rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit

a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by

istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot

slpeling was ipmorantt!

*hides in deep dark cave*

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Dubh, that hurts my little brown eyes.

[Dubh Aingeal]

Dubh, that hurts my little brown eyes.

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*Rubs Brenda's temples to sooth her sore eyes*

[Brenda Starrr]

If only......