Lately there's been a HUGH increase in spelling errors on DU

[linazelle]

Whatsupwiththat?

Look at this:

Oh he does need help. As long as you agreed to his plan that he is not incompetent, he is the best President of the US and dead and destruction is the only solution for a better and more peaceful world.

I think he crave for the kind of ovation accord to Bush senoir by the joint Congress when he annouce Victory in the Gulf WAR. Like it or not Bush senoir got his head screw on right.

If you ever watch that on cspan you will understand what I means.

or this:

Duers. have their head up their but on this impeachment issue. The american People do not have the appetite to impeach a president in a time of war. I wIt is a Republican Congress and that lowers the possibilities dramatically. Most Democrats in the House do n ot want to impeach the President. The only one even talking about is COnyers.

You also seem to conveniently forget who would become president is Bush were successfully impeached. If you some how nail both of them.....Ted Stevens becomes President...

There are more but you get the point.

Personally, I think it's a purposed backlash for all the fun we've made at the "morans" but that's just me.

Why do you think more posts like this are showing up lately?

[catzies]

1. Are you series?

I know I'm a looser. :P

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Quit whinning

You sound like a moran.

[catzies]

64. I know your are but what am I?

Get a brain!

[linazelle]

6. I'm SERIES!!! nt

:silly:

[SammyBlue]

80. Yeah, stop rising ishus! This isnt nuttin worth talking about

This isn't Hugh! This is fucken dum.

[porphyrian]

2. Clicking the spell check button is too much effort. - n/t

[DainBramaged]

4. The world is in meltdown. Spelling errors are NOT on my to do list

[mtnsnake]

5. Not everyone is a spelling wiz. Or is that whiz? A little diversity is ok

[Starlight]

10. Spelling diversity?

I never looked at it quite that way before. :silly:

[catzies]

37. "Spelling diversity!" I'm dying ovah heah

:rofl:

[linazelle]

11. I could understand mixing up whiz vs. wiz...but did you READ that

stuff? This goes beyond minor errors...some of it's almost indecipherable.

[mtnsnake]

48. Okay, I'll tell you the truth this time what it is

It's someone who's trying to cover up who they really are by acting like they can't spell. You know, someone using another handle who doesn't want to raise any suspicions. Could be any one of us, maybe even you. Could be an alien doing it because who'd ever suspect someone who couldn't spell being an alien from outer space. Next time you catch someone spelling like that, ask them something about the earth that they wouldn't normally get taught in Outer Space like "Who was Mickey Mantle?" If they don't come up with the answer in 3 seconds you now it was someone from Outer Space invading our forum.

[linazelle]

50. Uhmmm...OK. I'll do that. And you take your meds now ya hear.

:silly:

[Warpy]

22. Ordinarily, I'd agree

However, some misspellings are dead giveaways, like "looser" for "loser" and "moran" for "moron." It's like listening to people talk about their fine joolery and looking for a realitor to sell the house and never forget talking about their cousin the former athalete on the newkewlar sub. There a few things out there that raise a red flag. These are some of the worst.

Misspelling "misspelling" or "definitely" is something else, as is posting in pure Typoese, something I do, myself.

[dusmcj]

42. it must be spelling wiz, whiz is what you take

as in whizzzzz (onomatopoeic (bet I misspelled that)), whereas wiz is short for wizard. Just to put that question to repose. I think we're currently experiencing intellect diversity among the administration and the majority party in Congress. It'd be cute if it weren't so annoying - nice little 'rans, so cuddly and dumb. They're worried whether we're going to despair, BWAHAHAHAHA.

[dusmcj]

46. we're suffering from excessive intellect diversity in the GOP

on second thought, it's not so cute. If the moniker "Doober" were only accurate, at least you could put it down to THC-induced memory loss. This is more like crackheads (only they're wanting to be serviced instead of offering to...)

[KittyWampus]

7. Let's Start A Thread Trashing People Who Are Illiterate Next, Okay?

[linazelle]

26. I'll leave you to start that one. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. It would fit right in with some of the other threads posted here lately

[dusmcj]

52. OK

but only if they post here. Wait, they're illiterate. People post using written language. I'm confused. Nevermind...

Certain minimal standards are required if we are to prevent ourselves from becoming like the defilers we oppose. Cultural vandals have a common MO involving demolition of functional structures and replacing them with useless ones hiding self-serving ones. Let's not be like that.

[linazelle]

56. ROFL. nt

[Jim Sagle]

8. This thread ain't nuthin' but shit.

;)

[DanCa]

9. Hey my hands are screwed up with tremors from parkinsons.

I try really hard to edit posts but my hands dont want to type right.

[linazelle]

13. Fortunately, the examples I gave were not from your posts. nt

[DanCa]

20. I am sorry if I sounded deffensive

Just remember that there are people here who have disabilites. No harm no foul okay? :)

[LunaC]

12. Hit and run posts.

I'm one of those anal-retentive types that's a stickler for spelling too but I admit to two previous spelling infractions with "egregious" and "plagiarism" so I'm not in a position to point fingers. (Many thanks to the posters who showed me the error of my ways.)

[stillcool]

14. Sounds like a case of second-language English...

Spell-check does not always work...I have had many friends with whom English was a second or third language...tolerance is a great thing.

[Cleita]

23. Yeah, and that second language is still English of some sort. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. I believe these bad spellers are most likely trolls.

[stillcool]

43. But...reading the post the OP highlighted...

I do not get that impression...Do you?

[linazelle]

47. I get that impression. nt

[stillcool]

57. Here's what I see...

Bush needs help...as long as the people agree that Bush is not incompetent, that he is the best president, and that death and destruction are the only solution for a better world. Then he goes on to say that Bush craves the admiration afforded to his father.

[stillcool]

62. I just found the original post..

and what you chose to highlight is very mis-leading. What's your beef?

[linazelle]

63. I posted the excerpt here and stated why. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

75. Yes for a couple of them I do

[Wilms]

15. It's the failure of GrovelBot to fund "No Poster Left Behind".

Spell checked for accuracy.

[linazelle]

18. LOL nt

[Oversea Visitor]

16. n/t

:hide: GUILTY AS CHARGED :rofl: OK OK I am pure lazy.

[Cleita]

17. Spelling aside, the grammar is worse.

This is from someone who has her own problems with grammar.

[linazelle]

21. My point exactly Cleita. I mean, anybody can make a mistake

but come ON...

[cry baby]

39. absolutely...I coudn't even understand what was being said.

[liam_laddie]

19. How big is he?

HUGH, I mean. Is he huge? Thawt so...

[enlightenment]

24. I think most of the errors you are pointing out are simple

typos -- people who are engaged in a conversation and not bothering to check spelling. Rapid posting seems to create mistakes through finger fumbles.

There is a fairly significant amount of true misspelling (not the deliberate kind, i.e., 'moran') on the board. Spell check would help with some of it, but many of the errors are the kind that spell check won't catch.

Makes me a little crazy, because I'm a self-admitted spelling Nazi (and a teacher) -- but it's the thought that counts, in the end. I trust that in more formal conversation, those less than perfect spellers improve a great deal!

:-)

[madrchsod]

25. spel check

don`t leave home witout it

[peekaloo]

27. Speelchek is for fancy pants liebruls! Only Demoncrats demand sin-tax.

:D

[Warren DeMontague]

28. You're the reason we LOOSE elections, you know.

Seriesly.

[LSK]

29. people are excited and emotional which tends to lead to spelling errors

Thats my take at least.

[Skittles]

30. wait a sec

are you publicly quoting others and calling them out on spelling mistakes? That is not right, not right at ALL; it is a much worse offense that misspellings. :o

[linazelle]

32. There are no names attached to any of the excerpts. Just the text. nt

[Skittles]

44. yes but

those people could read this thread - I find it distasteful.

[Gemini Cat]

70. Thank-you. So do I. nt

[leeroysphitz]

31. You must have missed all of mine which were particularly

eggregious....

[seabeyond]

34. i wrote passage instead of passenger on a post, oh the

embarrassment. and too late to correct it. ah well. why, cause shit happens

[dusmcj]

35. DU must of been infilterated

Raise the alarum, there's Repubicans in them thar hills!!!!!!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

38. An Occasional Error's Ok Of Course, Since Lord Knows It Happens To The

best of us. But it does irk me as well when a poster just completely ignores the concept of spelling and grammar to such a degree it makes the post appear as a mockery.

A spelling error here or there is ok. But blatant neglect is not only annoying, but in my opinion takes away from the context of the post itself since a message can easily be lost amongst the ruins of bad grammar and spelling.

Hey, we are all in a rush sometimes and of course there are some that just simply aren't spelling bee winners. But that's why Skinner was so kind as to add a spell check button, bless his soul. :)

[linazelle]

40. EXACTLY. You said what I was thinking. nt

[Pirate Smile]

41. I go through these weird times when I will spell "their" as "there"

or the same type of thing with other similar words that mean different things based on which way they are spelled and I don't realize I typed it the wrong way (and spell check obviously wouldn't pick it up)until after I read through it later - after it is posted. Then, of course, I edit it.

I don't know why my brain does that. I obviously know the difference and recognize it but I don't always "see it" the first time.

Weird.

[linazelle]

45. Yeah I do that. I've posted some things that I couldn't edit much

to my shagrine. And I understand there are some who are grammatically challenged--but usually there is some consistency when that happens. You don't see the grammatically challenged using perfectly coherent language, and what appears to be good vocabulary, along with glaring subject/verb agreement errors. Something is amiss there IMHO.

[blue neen]

55. Uh, the proper spelling of "shagrine" is chagrin.

...just thought that you might want to know.

[linazelle]

59. DEManD DEmAND dEMAND...I made a HUGH error.

I'd better stop tryin' to use those high fallutin' words. :silly:

[shanti]

49. oh come on

you know what they're saying

[linazelle]

53. Actually, sometimes I don't know what they are saying...and trying

to figure it out can be eye crossing. Which is why I posted this.

[Walt Starr]

51. Truth be DEMAND, your being VIAL!!!

[linazelle]

54. Calm down Walt. Simmah down now. LOL nt

[DainBramaged]

66. Why ain't cha pizzing and moraning about Bishy's vocabularly?

[linazelle]

68. Bush's vocabulary--or lack thereof--is a given. Not so for DU.nt

[DainBramaged]

69. But life is too short to worry about the spelling errors of friends

[FlaGranny]

58. You know, the first post you cite

is obviously ESL - "English as a second language."

[linazelle]

60. Really? I didn't see it that way, but I looked back at it and maybe

you are right.

[Moochy]

65. Yes I agree with that assesment

The tenses on the really simple verbs are missed alot. Those are fundamentals that even dem freeps get right :)

[FlaGranny]

81. I have lots of experience with

ESL speakers - physicians - and never had a doubt. Smart people those doctors, but similar errors. :-)

[young_at_heart]

61. I don't know if there's a HUGE increase.....maybe a little!

Who's Hugh?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

67. Yu peeple just need to use the spel checkr.

KnowhutImean, Vern? :rofl:

[kestrel91316]

71. I try to avoid communicating with people who can't or won't spell

or use punction/grammar properly. If they want to have a conversation, they can darned well make an effort to communicate adequately.

Ignoring basic rules of the English language is disrespectful to those with whom one is communicating. And it is disrespectful to society in general. Just my humble opinion........

[A-Schwarzenegger]

72. "people who can't or won't spell or use punction/grammar properly"

Isn't it "punktion"?

[kestrel91316]

84. ROFLMAO, you got me there.

But yes, I do actually know how to spell punctuation. I suffer from Speedy-Keyboard syndrome on occasion, but I try not to make a HABIT of it, and generally come back to edit my spelling errors.

Unlike some, I do not wear illiteracy as a badge of honor.

[Rainscents]

76. Hey... you just insulted me!!!

English is my 2nd language and I can't write or spell for shit! Give me a break!

[kestrel91316]

83. LOL, I had no trouble reading your post just now.

I'm referring to the IDIOTS whose posts resemble Greek or pig-latin. They give me a headache. We all know who THEY are.

[progressivebydesign]

79. Then you're missing out on a lot of interesting people..

and you're the lesser person for it.

[kestrel91316]

82. How do I know if they are "interesting" if I can't understand what

the Sam Hill they are saying, what with the spelling, grammar, and punctuation bloopers?

I am not saying I don't try to read their posts, but it's impossible to have an intelligent EXCHANGE of ideas with some of these dolts. It's almost like illiteracy has become HIP.

[Marr]

73. LOL- that's true... hmm...

[tyedyeto]

74. Freepers are everywhere these days...even here!

Even tho DU doesn't want to acknowledge them, they're here.

Beware everyone!!!

[Raydawg1234]

77. Maybe the messages were typed by a one-armed baboon?

who doesn't know what spell check is?

[progressivebydesign]

78. I've been here almost 4 years and didn't know we had a spell check!

And.. I don't really care. If anyone is that hung up on spelling, then I would imagine they haven't a grasp on the seriousness of our real problems in the world. Are we trying to exclude the less educated?

[mmonk]

85. Oh com own

Ewe can't be series.

[Alpharetta]

86. your all fajitists. our spelling is grate. cheeze!

[linazelle]

89. Fajitas? Did somebody say Fajitas? Yum. Lunchtime! :) nt

[Boredtodeath]

87. adding "er" to inappropriate words is MUCH worse

like "stupider" instead of the proper usage of "more stupid" but I'm seeing it everywhere - including in the press.

[Individualist]

88. I've noticed it too

The most disturbing thing is that some behave as if illiteracy is a badge of honor. :eyes: