Why can't people learn how to spell - at least in the subject line?

[NaMeaHou]

I find it hard to read a thread where the poster can't even spell the most simple words. I respond, and may spell something wrong, but damn...............

Don't you have enough pride to at least spell the subject line correctly?

[edzontar]

1. So, the sky is falling, the Tweety-bird is singing....

And YOU are concerned about spelling and typos in the sig lines!!!?????

Maybe you don't realize that it is late in east, that everyone is pissed and upset , and the board is performing rather slowly--which can lead to various glitches, etc.

Or maybe you just need to get a life.

JEEZ!!!!

[NaMeaHou]

2. I have a good life - not in the East

though I don't have anything personally against it.

I just think that when others look at the threads here, and 25% of them have misspelled words in the subject lines, it shows ignorance.

BTW - the sky is not falling.

[edzontar]

3. Maybe not where YOU live--

But the GOP just took over the governorship of the second largest state in the union, a state with a supposed Dem majority, by running an idiot muscleman in a circus-like recall coup.

Look out--this show may be coming to your town soon!!!

And by the way, I'd rather have people who can't spell than people who can't think--like, for example, the majority of voters in the once-great state of California.

[Maddy McCall]

4. What I like about Democrats is that we aren't judgemental elitists.

Everyone is welcomed in out party, even pour spellars.

[NaMeaHou]

7. I learned not only English, but how to spell

I am slightly disgusted by people who have English as their first language, and can't spell better than a third grader.

I see it as ignorance.

[NaMeaHou]

5. If you can't spell then don't write

simple.

Just a personal bit of expression.

If you don't agree, that's fine.

Life is funny, ain't it?

[Maddy McCall]

6. ???

:wtf:

You make absolutely NO sense.

[Book Lover]

8. I am with you - poor spellers look ignorant

Get a life? How about get a dictionary?! Covering up your shame over your poor spelling and grammar with abuse at NaMeaHou is really low.

[Guaranteed]

11. LOL I've yet to see

...any Ernest Hemingway's on this here board.

[Book Lover]

19. Hemingway's what?

His wit? His insight into the human condition? His hat?

[SiobhanClancy]

9. There's something I dislike far more than poor spelling.....

and that is rudeness. It's ungracious to be so critical of spelling,and seems slightly antagonistic. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way,but that's how it seems to me.

Peace:)

[Wolfman 11]

10. bad grammer defanately worse than bad spelling

[woofless]

12. I was gonna make some smart ass comment about using spellcheck

then couldn't figure out how to do it while writing a post. I'll shut up now.

Woofx(

[jus_the_facts]

13. can you read this.......IGNORE.....good now that's where you'll be.....

.....from now on....don't care to listen to one thing more you have to say regardless of how well you spell it....BUH-BYE NOW. :nopity:

[Duncan Grant]

14. Go organize your sock drawer.

You've been antagonizing in at least 2 forums tonight. Treat these people as guests in your home, with manners and respect. Invite them back a few times and you just might find that their spelling errors aren't really that annoying after all.

Just my 2 cents.

[electricmonk]

15. Two great spell check programs.

Word Web

And just for IE users go this page and scroll down to ieSpell PC911 Internet Utilities

I easily overlook other peoples spelling mistakes but my own drive me up a wall.

[Exultant Democracy]

16. Tehy hvae fuond taht how you

spell msot wrods deos not matter as mcuh as hvaeing the lsat and fsrit letters in the rghit place. Of course there are a few wrods taht are ecexptoins.

[Nevernose]

17. It's not "most simple"

It's "simplest."

:evilgrin:

[Piperay]

18. Some people aren't as well

educated as others, does that make what they have to say any less important??? Also sometimes it isn't bad spelling it's just plain simple typos.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

20. Beets me!

.

[Nlighten1]

21. www.iespell.com

http://www.iespell.com

Nifty speel cheeker for Internet Exploder.

[Nihil]

22. It's the international anti-intellectual culture ...

It's not just a DU thing or even an American thing (I'm in Britain).

It is sometimes down to speed of typing, exhaustion, dyslexia or the
difficulty with proof-reading your own work (you know what you expect
to see and so don't always register a missing word or typo).
Much of the time though it is simply down to sloppy habits.

My kid (aged 10) can spell far better than three of the four
directors of my employer (not to mention the majority of my peers).

NaMeaHou might have found a friendlier way to say it but he/she
is making a valid point that should be acknowledged rather than
flamed out of sight.

Think of all of the times you've laughed at GWB's inane comments and
his inability to string three words together. How would you like to
be working for a turkey like that? OK, get your breath back ...

Now consider a newcomer to this board - someone who you'd really like
to keep interested in your views - whose first impression is a bunch
of subject lines that have to be read phonetically to be understood.
Also consider the number of people who do not have English as their
first language ... you want them too don't you? Make everyone's life
easier and take a bit more care.

One of the biggest reasons why Tony Blair is popular abroad is that
he is perceived as being an eloquent, intelligent gentleman.
In practice, he is a hypocritical c*** but people will at least give
him the benefit of the doubt for a while (until they see through him).
How many people do you think give George the benefit of the doubt?

No, the spelling isn't the most important part of a post but if it
is so bad that people don't bother reading, how are they ever going
to understand your message?

Nihil