@ceagee I can spell because I was taught it was rude to mis-spell things that are being put in front of others to read. It was considered a sign of laziness and lack of concern for others.
Also I read all of E.E. “Doc” Smith’s Lensman, Skylark, and Family D’Alembert series as a kid, and he loved to use big and less common words and phraseology.
Automatic spell-checkers have, however, raised my level of “effective” typos… I almost let wobble go out for woobie in a previous post.
@duodec yes every time I spend 10 minutes trying to figure out how to spell some thing well enough to get the spell checker two understand what I meant and then mistakenly choose the wrong word I due so just because I am lazy and don’t re-spec Uwe.
@ceagee I got in trouble in elementary school for correcting my teachers’ spelling (and facts). Couldn’t comprehend being polite vs not wanting teachers to teach incorrect things.
In fact, I was in the national spelling bee as a kid and did pretty damn well. The mayor dedicated a day in my name as tribute to my orthographic excellence.
Then, spell check came along, and did quite a number on the market value of my hard-earned skill.
Until now, I found that no one gave a damn about my spelling past, and my honorary annual day seems to have been long since forgotten.
Until today, with the Meh poll. I can feel it in my very bones that this must be the rekindling of spelling as the new national passion. Finally, my day is about to come! Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the masses will swoon at my deft, unflinching grasp of the english language!!
And then spell-check will recognize that I didn’t capitalize “english”, and in the end I’m no better than the rest of you.
AGGGH!, How do I vot on thsi??? I can’t spell. no really I can’t you guys know this! but are spuposed to be voting by the worset spelled but lest correct? or i I click the correctly spelled but stile falls short of the truth. Their is a reason I use little words, I know the big ones but I spell them so bad Auto correct can’t handle it.
Spell? Why? When I have one of the most powerful spell computers on the planet! I carry it in my pocket like a light saber. Ready to whip it out and reign proper spelling at will!
@DRBLAW I have one of these I used it all the time for several years. Now I use my phone or a word processor and copy it over. (like I did with this message)
@lisaviolet yes! My wife! My number one spell checker (my number one everything). I asked her 4 times how to spell something just while making comments here today.
@f00l Yeah, I’ve tried that, but my head gets annoyed. (Damn, I can’t think of a thing in my life that doesn’t annoy me at one point or another…I love my life! When I was a little girl I wanted to grow up to be a crabby old woman. Success is mine!)
@PocketBrain@ceagee 1993 County champ here! Made it to middle of the pack in the Chicagoland finals. 5th grade. Youngest one there. Do you remember what word you lost on? I will…
@theredia I can’t remember the exact word, but the other guy was getting easy ones like “if” and i was getting stuff like “sesquipedalian”. Regionals, I got “medieval” wrong after the caller stuttered it out.
I learned to spell (or didn’t) in 60’s when phonetic spelling was first used as a teaching method they have improved it over the years. (I never understood why that word is not spelled funeticalle). I learned to use spell checkers before most people. It is very embarrassing how badly I spell without a spell checker. I do think correct spelling is important for communication but it is not a definitive measure of one’s intelligence.
Often shitty speller, esp on mobile.
More linguistically coherent than auto-correct, tho. Usually.
Your poll hurt my brain.
I had to vote atrocious. It was the only real choice.
@mamawoot I was just thinking this!
@mamawoot only then you’re still proving yourself wrong
@Pantheist yes, but at least we’re spelling correctly when we do so.
I have to go find a dictionary to see how the word is actually spelled. Hold on a minute.
Fuck you guys. That’s evil.
/giphy fuck you
This poll is a lie!!!
/youtube fuck you
One of the words in the poll is spelt incorrectly.
@caffeine_dude I think you mean one is spelled correctly.
@caffeine_dude
You pointed it out! You Spelling Nazi!
I can spell, but I was taught it was rude to be a grammar nazi and correct others.
@ceagee I can spell because I was taught it was rude to mis-spell things that are being put in front of others to read. It was considered a sign of laziness and lack of concern for others.
Also I read all of E.E. “Doc” Smith’s Lensman, Skylark, and Family D’Alembert series as a kid, and he loved to use big and less common words and phraseology.
Automatic spell-checkers have, however, raised my level of “effective” typos… I almost let wobble go out for woobie in a previous post.
@duodec yes every time I spend 10 minutes trying to figure out how to spell some thing well enough to get the spell checker two understand what I meant and then mistakenly choose the wrong word I due so just because I am lazy and don’t re-spec Uwe.
@ceagee I got in trouble in elementary school for correcting my teachers’ spelling (and facts). Couldn’t comprehend being polite vs not wanting teachers to teach incorrect things.
@ceagee
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/correcting-your-grammar-remix
Is bad speeling realy all that bad tho if you understan what is beeing said?
@thismyusername Sumthymes eet iz
@thismyusername
Yes. Yes it is. Plus ultra! Carpe Diem! Aspire not to mediocrity, strive to excel!
It has just occurred to me that such encouragement is pointless considering the venue… a guy can hope though, right?
@jbartus
Hope all u want. We needz the entertainment.
@thismyusername I thingk it + 2 the FUN 2
the message.
I thought the third choice was
@awk
Want.
In fact, I was in the national spelling bee as a kid and did pretty damn well. The mayor dedicated a day in my name as tribute to my orthographic excellence.
Then, spell check came along, and did quite a number on the market value of my hard-earned skill.
Until now, I found that no one gave a damn about my spelling past, and my honorary annual day seems to have been long since forgotten.
Until today, with the Meh poll. I can feel it in my very bones that this must be the rekindling of spelling as the new national passion. Finally, my day is about to come! Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the masses will swoon at my deft, unflinching grasp of the english language!!
And then spell-check will recognize that I didn’t capitalize “english”, and in the end I’m no better than the rest of you.
Mediocrity will prevail, alas.
Meh.
@shahnm
AGGGH!, How do I vot on thsi??? I can’t spell. no really I can’t you guys know this! but are spuposed to be voting by the worset spelled but lest correct? or i I click the correctly spelled but stile falls short of the truth. Their is a reason I use little words, I know the big ones but I spell them so bad Auto correct can’t handle it.
ಠ_ಠ
/giphy eye twitch
@jqubed
Spell? Why? When I have one of the most powerful spell computers on the planet! I carry it in my pocket like a light saber. Ready to whip it out and reign proper spelling at will!
@DRBLAW I have one of these I used it all the time for several years. Now I use my phone or a word processor and copy it over. (like I did with this message)
@DRBLAW Yeah, so does my husband. Complete silence in the office, only the sounds of our keys on the keyboards as we work.
Then he speaks. “How do you spell ______?”
Yeah. Me. I’m the spellchecker. Yay, me.
@lisaviolet yes! My wife! My number one spell checker (my number one everything). I asked her 4 times how to spell something just while making comments here today.
@lisaviolet
Headphones.
@f00l Yeah, I’ve tried that, but my head gets annoyed. (Damn, I can’t think of a thing in my life that doesn’t annoy me at one point or another…I love my life! When I was a little girl I wanted to grow up to be a crabby old woman. Success is mine!)
@lisaviolet
Awesome. Living the dream!
If headphones don’t work, stun gun?
@DRBLAW I mostly used that to play hangman when I was in school.
Ow. Just ow.
I see what you did there you little bastards!
Hai,
I can writes good.
Spellz 2.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Dang I thought you meant magic spell
/giphy poof
Wow, this is a conundrum.
I see what you did their
(grinding my teeth) School champ. Second in county. Fifth grade.
@PocketBrain I was my school champ too. Choked at the county level though.
/giphy competition pressure
@PocketBrain @ceagee 1993 County champ here! Made it to middle of the pack in the Chicagoland finals. 5th grade. Youngest one there. Do you remember what word you lost on? I will…
/giphy never forget it
@theredia I can’t remember the exact word, but the other guy was getting easy ones like “if” and i was getting stuff like “sesquipedalian”. Regionals, I got “medieval” wrong after the caller stuttered it out.
I learned to spell (or didn’t) in 60’s when phonetic spelling was first used as a teaching method they have improved it over the years. (I never understood why that word is not spelled funeticalle). I learned to use spell checkers before most people. It is very embarrassing how badly I spell without a spell checker. I do think correct spelling is important for communication but it is not a definitive measure of one’s intelligence.
Bad spelling can lead to bad results:
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/spelling-bee