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DeniseMarie
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
 it doesnt really bother me though. I do wish they had a spellcheck on here though because sometimes I type so fast then realize my mistake as I am hitting post reply
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nov04libride
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by DeniseMarie
it doesnt really bother me though. I do wish they had a spellcheck on here though because sometimes I type so fast then realize my mistake as I am hitting post reply
They do! It's under the features list under the emoticons!
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| Posted 1/30/08 2:48 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Misspellings really bother me.
I teach MBA classes, and I have a student this semester who is such an awful speller than I have to translate each sentence. I normally grade on content and not on spelling since it's a grad class, and I hope they have already covered all that, but it's to the point where I cannot give her what the content deserves because of the time and effort it takes to translate her messages and papers.
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| Posted 1/30/08 2:49 PM |
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
"then" and "than" are two totally different words. no, they are not interchangeable. they mean two different things. they are used for different purposes. they don't even sound alike.
"their" vs "they're" vs "there" - don't even get me started....
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| Posted 1/30/08 2:58 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
It bothers me a lot. I will be the first to say that my standards are abnormally high. My own family members are afraid to run things past me.
Every once in a while, I am asked asked to edit papers for friends who are in graduate programs as well as entrance essays to these programs. I am floored that their undergraduate work ever made it past a college professor. I know that sounds obnoxious, but I may be one of the few people I know that actually cares about this stuff. To some people it doesn't matter. To me it does.
When I do not know something, I look it up. If I have questions, I ask.
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| Posted 1/30/08 3:00 PM |
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CCMommy
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
That cracked me up..
Everyone has their little spelling errors.. especially when typing.. BUT.. I have a friend who does this BADDDLY.. when she e-mails me and says she was running "errands".. she writes "erins" UGHHHH!!!..
And when she writes something about her "laptop".. she writes "labtop"... I realized recently she actually says it like that on the phone also.. LoL
It sits.. on top of your lap.. it is a LAPTOP
 
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Palebride
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
I find it rEdiculous  sometimes that people can't spell simple words correctly.
It's one thing if you type quickly and make a simple mistake that way - but there are people who ALWAYS make the same mistakes and that annoys me.
But I'm an English teacher, so I'm paid to look for mistakes.
I hate when people make things possessive when they're not supposed to be.
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Elizabeth
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Misspellings bother me but most of the time the only reason is because something about looking at the word spelled incorrectly just bugs me. It's a feng shui thing. Not everyone is a good speller and some are purely bad typists. Out and out butchering of a word is another thing.
ETA: I've learned that people don't like to be corrected so I generally don't bother. I did recently with my brother but only bc it's my brother and I know he'd want to know. Someone called me Miss Funk & Wagnalls once years ago so I generally bite my tongue. I never meant to sound like a know it all, I just happen to be a very good speller and thought people would want to know like I would if they were spelling a word or using it incorrectly. I probably do stuff that would make others cringe as well.
Message edited 1/30/2008 3:17:34 PM.
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Faithx2
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
One of my favorites is..........Congradulations  It makes me twitch
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| Posted 1/30/08 3:15 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by Palebride
I find it rEdiculous sometimes that people can't spell simple words correctly.
This is the one that makes me nuts everytime 
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| Posted 1/30/08 3:17 PM |
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igottabeme
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by nrthshgrl
Yes. Although I'm guilty of mistyping words.
I'm the person that corrects my take-out menu at work, even though I'm the only one who see it. 
OMG i do the same thing! and it drives me nuts when people misspell things on print advertisements! didnt you have a proofreader?
there's a little fast food chinese place on OCR in westbury that has on its sign the word "Kichen". didnt the sign people tell them "ummmm thats wrong". obviously not!
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| Posted 1/30/08 3:19 PM |
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DandN
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
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bird382
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by Elizabeth
Misspellings bother me but most of the time the only reason is because something about looking at the word spelled incorrectly just bugs me. It's a feng shui thing.
I completely agree with this.
If I see a misspelled word on a page, it's ALL I can see. It disrupts my focus because I am hyper-aware of it and can't move on.
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| Posted 1/30/08 3:24 PM |
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LaurenExp
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by bird382
Posted by Elizabeth
Misspellings bother me but most of the time the only reason is because something about looking at the word spelled incorrectly just bugs me. It's a feng shui thing.
I completely agree with this.
If I see a misspelled word on a page, it's ALL I can see. It disrupts my focus because I am hyper-aware of it and can't move on.
Wow, this is me too! And I thought I was the only crazy one 
Even if I'm reading a novel and there's a work misspelled or with an "s" added on for no reason or something, drives me NUTS!
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| Posted 1/30/08 3:32 PM |
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by leighla
I hate it. LOTS.
My BIL is just awful. An honest-to-God sample of his work. He sent us my nephew's Christmas lists:
New velcrow sneakers
Used scates his size
Giants outfet
Royal coribian shairs
Disney shairs
Maybe your nephew wrote it himself
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Kara
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
While we're at it... It's "all intents and purposes" NOT "all intensive purposes"
And irregardless is not only NOT a proper word, if it were a word, it would mean the exact OPPOSITE of what you use it to mean.
(exhale) There, I feel better.
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bird382
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by Kara
And irregardless is not only NOT a proper word, if it were a word, it would mean the exact OPPOSITE of what you use it to mean.
Along those lines, I have a beef with the word "beheaded."
When you bedazzle something (I know some of you owned a Bedazzler back in the day!  ) you're putting dazzle ON. So if you behead someone, wouldn't you be putting the head ON?
Maybe it's just me. I get confused at the grocery store because I can never remember if pitted olives are the ones with or without pits...
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xiomyflor23
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
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I like when people add the "r" at the end of a word that shouldn't be there because it is pronounced that way, as in "I was in awr" instead of awe...
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headoverheels
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by Kara
While we're at it... It's "all intents and purposes" NOT "all intensive purposes"
And irregardless is not only NOT a proper word, if it were a word, it would mean the exact OPPOSITE of what you use it to mean.
(exhale) There, I feel better.
oops.
thanks for posting this kara - i am pretty good with spelling and grammar but i have to say, i honestly didn't know this - either one!!
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Preguntas
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by headoverheels
Posted by Kara
While we're at it... It's "all intents and purposes" NOT "all intensive purposes"
And irregardless is not only NOT a proper word, if it were a word, it would mean the exact OPPOSITE of what you use it to mean.
(exhale) There, I feel better.
oops.
thanks for posting this kara - i am pretty good with spelling and grammar but i have to say, i honestly didn't know this - either one!!
and anothe rthing- your head is ALWAYS over your heels. Duh!
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| Posted 1/30/08 5:28 PM |
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dandr10199
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by maybebaby
"Had the ALLDASSIDY..."
It took me a minute before I realized she meant AUDACITY.
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ALLDASSIDY. PIMP! I found that to be hilarious...sorry.
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| Posted 1/30/08 5:32 PM |
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bomb-blast
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by Preguntas
and anothe rthing- your head is ALWAYS over your heels. Duh!
not always..just ask the girl in your av 
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HeathKernandez
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
all I want to know is...
..what did her doctor have the alldassidy to say?
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joenick
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Re: Does anyone else cringe when a word is HORRIBLY misspelled?
Posted by sticklee
i once got a thank you note thanking me for the "cute alfit"
i cringed
OMG...we must know the same person. I got the "Thank you for the cute alfits" card too!! 
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