Arlen Specter is spelled with an "e."

[Occam Bandage]

It is not "Spector." Thank you for your time.

[Bluzmann57]

1. Oh

Er I mean e.

[ShortnFiery]

2. You WASTED an entire thread in order to elucidate this fact.

Bravo. :eyes:

[Occam Bandage]

3. And now we'll never get it back. What if we run out of threads?

That would be awful.

[ShortnFiery]

4. Thank GOD for self-appointed spelling police who are storm trooping through DU.

What on earth would we do without ya? :P

[Bucky]

7. Dood! You nailed 'im with that one. No one will ever read an Occam thread ever again!

Booyah!

[ShortnFiery]

16. Oh you're too kind. Thanks.

"Alex, I'll take dumb-ass DU nanny threads for $200."

[Occam Bandage]

9. I hope I shoot better than the Star Wars stormtroopers.

Those guys are terrible.

[ShortnFiery]

17. Too cool!

I detect a sense of humor. ;) :hi:

[MercutioATC]

20. Oh! The humanity!

:eyes:

Isn't a little "nannyish" to be lecturing people on what threads aren't worthy of bandwidth?

[ShortnFiery]

21. It's called "playful banter."

:P

[MercutioATC]

22. Yeah, but you completely missed the important issue.

Why are we welcoming Specter into the party after he terrorized his wife, Ronnie?

[Bucky]

5. Also, not Spectre

not yet

[tomreedtoon]

12. No, the organization is all caps. SPECTRE.

Special Executive for Counterespionage, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion. Go re-read your Ian Fleming.

[Occam Bandage]

14. I always wondered if they had a monopoly going on.

Like, if you wanted to get revenge on someone for something, you had to fill out some application forms and wait for the Special Executive to grant authorization.

[barbtries]

6. actually 3 "e"s

counting first and last name. :)

up to and including the day he turned i had to look it up. i do the same thing with protester.

[Ken Burch]

8. You mean he's not Phil Spector's crazier brother?

n/t.

[Mr. Ected]

10. It's Actually Specter with a dash D at the end

Arlen Specter - D

At least for now.

[Enrique]

11. no, it used to be e

he just switched to o.

[Occam Bandage]

13. But he still pronounces it as if it were an "e."

He's very clear that he does not intend it to be a loyal "o."

[CakeGrrl]

15. Maybe it's because Phil Spector was in the news recently...

...but I hear ya. Chronic misspellings are pretty common, especially when homonyms are used instead of the intended word (there/their, etc.)

My pet peeves? Misuse of commas -- plural vs. possessive, and misspelled Latin and other non-English terms..."per say" instead of per se, for example.

Oh well, there are bigger problems in the world. :D

[Canuckistanian]

27. I'm always amused by people who type "Walla"

As in "Obama becomes president and Walla, the world starts changing"

The word is voilà.

[rufus dog]

18. Dulee noted

[Fire1]

19. I've always spelled it correctly. Thank you.

[TheCowsCameHome]

23. Yes. "E" as in "ex"

[liberalmuse]

24. Well, yeah, but...

some of us work long hours and while we attempt to be mindful of our spelling and grammar where it fucking matters in life, it just isn't that much of a priority on a message board. FUCK. I'm so sick of high-minded dipshits cutting others down for honest mistakes. I really am. There's a very nice article right here on DU about how people tend to think they're more perfect and more liked than they actually are because of skewed perception. Hint, hint.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. Actually, it's spelled "Sphincter"

in keeping with his most important attribute.

[leftofthedial]

26. Is he still shooting his girlfriends?

I'm glad he finally cut his hair and quit making those records. But now he's a republican acting like a democrat? Or is he a democrat acting like a republican?

it's a mess.

but I'm glad about the hair.