epricedright Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 Does the spelling always get worse on Saturday nights? :lol: Unreal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFBonnett Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 It's actually better here than some places on the net. I use a program called IESpell. It installs and sits on the toolbar in IE. Best of all, it's free. http://www.iespell.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry94 Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 It's actually better here than some places on the net. I use a program called IESpell. It installs and sits on the toolbar in IE. Best of all, it's free. http://www.iespell.com/ A while back someone here mentioned iespell. I installed it and it works great. Barry 2008 STS V82016 Colorado Z711970 Corvette LT-1 Coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epricedright Posted October 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 I just thought it was kind of funny is all! I figured peeps were just getting loaded being it was Saturday night and typing away on the internet. I was just curious if that was the trend. It doesn't bother me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenJ Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 I just thought it was kind of funny is all! It doesn't bother me though. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Regards, Warren There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vantasticdude Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Regards, Warren And the sad thing is it seems to be true beings I just read this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenJ Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Regards, Warren And the sad thing is it seems to be true beings I just read this . Incorrect spelling doesn't bother me a whole lot; I can still speed thru a misspelled document without much difficulty. HOWSOMEVER, them whats can't use an ocassional period, comma, capitalized letter or start of new paragraph drive me nuts. These flaws reduce my reading speed my 70+% or more. Frankly, I resent it. Rant over, Warren There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 HOWSOMEVER, them whats can't use an ocassional period, comma, capitalized letter or start of new paragraph drive me nuts. I just figure they're either immigrants or a victim of that grading system where no student can fail. In any case, as my diversity training assures me, each person will have something to add to the discussion. Some when they join the conversation, and some when they leave. Actually, my assistant assures me of that last part. Never underestimate the amount of a persons greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adallak Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 Incorrect spelling doesn't bother me a whole lot; I can still speed thru a misspelled document without much difficulty. HOWSOMEVER, them whats can't use an ocassional period, comma, capitalized letter or start of new paragraph drive me nuts I believe both laziness and the lack of quality education contribute to misspelled, mis-expressed posts. Despite JohnyG obviously does not reckon himself neither among immigrants nor the victims of "that grading systems" his post (IMHO) has not gained much from his status in terms of lucidity of mind. Honestly, I do not understand how one can add something to a discussion by... leaving the latter. an immigrant speaking three languages fluently (unfortunately, excluding English) The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenJ Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 an immigrant speaking three languages fluently (unfortunately, excluding English) How sad for you . . . . at least I can be confused in only ONE language. Regards, Warren There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adallak Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 QUOTE (adallak @ Oct 31 2004, 10:53 PM) an immigrant speaking three languages fluently (unfortunately, excluding English) How sad for you . . . . at least I can only be confused in ONE language. Warren, It is not about the quantity... I am afraid it has something to do rather with the brain. I never had difficulty spelling. The real sad thing is that people who can barely find say, Washington, DC on the map are sure that immigrants are stupid just because they do not speak English as "well" as they do. Actually, arrogance is a satellite of stupidity. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenJ Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 It is not about the quantity... I am afraid it has something to do rather with the brain. I never had difficulty spelling. The real sad thing is that people who can barely find say, Washington, DC on the map are sure that immigrants are stupid just because they do not speak English as "well" as they do. Actually, arrogance is a satellite of stupidity. Glad to see the "smiles." After I posted, I thought perhaps I'd been a "satellite." Of course, I do know that Washington is somewhere near Alaska. Regards. Warren There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an01sts Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 I cannot belive that people aren't bright enough to know there is a syndrome called discalcla. Its sibling is dislexia. The discalcula sufferer, however, can read well, usually haveing a much higher reading comphrension than those who represent the a group of peole of whom I call spell checks. Discalcula sufferes cannot tell whether or not a word is spelled correctly. These people read whole words, not letters, and they do poorly in phonetic reading instruction. They learn to read by simply doing it. (I learned to read at age 22 months and read on a junior-high school level in kindergarden. Yet, in kindergarden, I struggled with learning the alphabet.) In addition to problems with sequential order, mathmatics are another problem area. In extreme cases, such as mine, there is some letter inversion. Words like "from" and "form" cannot be sperated unless studied closely. Also, "ie" and "ei" cannot be deciphered without sudying the word. The reason that most discalcula sufferes can read well is that the context slings us past the small stuff. After all, "form" and "from" are so far removed that it's impossible--unlike dislexic people--to stumble while reading. Because I can outwrite 99.9% of the spell checks, I taught 3 semesters of college English 101. I have enough insight, whereby I realise that some people--even some of the best spell checks--cannot write at what would be considered a college level. Despite the fact that they still didn't write well, I would give a satisfactory grade because they made good improvment. Also, why should I hinder the progress of someone who may make a great engineer--as a group, the poorest writers ever--based on poor writing skills? If I happened to get wind of a student who liked to joke about poor spellers, hoping to be the ringleaders of laughs, I'd cut them a new asshole. You see, my instructional method was to have the students write a paper. I would read the paper and mark the A's and B's. (You had to know your stuff: like class in its posessive form is class's. Single sylible words ending with double s's takes an apostrophy "s." If you didn't understand the nuances of our language, you would probally not get a grade on the first draft because my goal was to impove writing skills. Upon enrollment, if you couldn't test out of 101, you needed some improvment.) If a student's paper didn't have a grade, they were to meet with me for editing comments. At the meeting, I would cover various issues, usually covering syntax, semantics and style. If the student chose not to meet for comments, it meant that s/he would be happy with whatever grade I put in the book, unknown until the grades were issued. As the English professor, the students had no clue as to my extremly poor spelling. In college, my professors, likewise, were amazed at my horrendious spelling on in-class wrtings because I didn't have spell check to mask the problem. As I said, I take it quite personally when people poke fun of my inability, so the spell check students could only earn a "c" in my class. That grading method is more than fair. They had already established a more superior level than some; as a reslut, their papers were graded accordingly. On that level of superiority, there is no one who can write perfectly. I'm not even implying that I can write perfectly? Even if I did, I cannot spell. But I can comma pick, and I can apply grammer laws of wich are virtually unknown: For spell checks, proper use of corelative conjunctions were one of my favorite whips. The subjuncitve mode was another, whereby I could hang spell checks. Simply, they could not escape my wrath because I have a strong enough knowledge base in written discourse so that I can trash most professional writing. (Because we worked with high-level writing, a good portion of my education involved trashing professional writing.) Of course, when spell checks only write fragments, legitimate writing, it's hard to trash a few-word blurb. A handfull of sentences, however, may prove a different case. I would take note so that I could offer editing comments in the future. But I can accomplish a lot more by pointing out that only incredible stupid people ctirisize spelling. The result of these supid people is that they undermine the information-exchange process. Lots of mechanics can barely write, let alone spell. They do, however, possess lots of mechanical knowledge, and they can bring a wealth of knowledge to these boards. When these stupid people, who consider themsevles suprior than others, make comments about other's spelling and writing abilities, it creats a hostile enviroment, and intellegent people may choose not to post because some stupid @$$hole gets his or her jollies by knocking poor spellers/writers. I choose to keep my English lessons in the proper arena, and it's not here. Why don't you do the information exchange some good and save your spell check for a more apporiate area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adallak Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 It is not about the quantity... I am afraid it has something to do rather with the brain. I never had difficulty spelling. The real sad thing is that people who can barely find say, Washington, DC on the map are sure that immigrants are stupid just because they do not speak English as "well" as they do. Actually, arrogance is a satellite of stupidity. Glad to see the "smiles." After I posted, I thought perhaps I'd been a "satellite." Of course, I do know that Washington is somewhere near Alaska. Common Warren... I did not find any traces of arrogance in your posts. BTW, the best way to learn where is Washington, DC is getting a job there The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adallak Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 When these stupid people, who consider themsevles suprior than others, make comments about other's spelling and writing abilities, it creats a hostile enviroment, and intellegent people may choose not to post because some stupid @$$hole gets his or her jollies by knocking poor spellers/writers. I choose to keep my English lessons in the proper arena, and it's not here. Why don't you do the information exchange some good and save your spell check for a more apporiate area? I agree with you, an01sts. Nevertheless, there is nothing inappropriate in encouraging people to pay more attention to the way they write and spell. Offending people by mentoring and emphasizing a superiority (often imaginary and questionable) that is what completely inappropriate and creates the hostility. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 I cannot belive that people aren't bright enough to know there is a syndrome called discalcla. Its sibling is dislexia. The discalcula sufferer, however, can read well, usually haveing a much higher reading comphrension than those who represent the a group of peole of whom I call spell checks. Discalcula sufferes cannot tell whether or not a word is spelled correctly. These people read whole words, not letters, and they do poorly in phonetic reading instruction. They learn to read by simply doing it. (I learned to read at age 22 months and read on a junior-high school level in kindergarden. Yet, in kindergarden, I struggled with learning the alphabet.) In addition to problems with sequential order, mathmatics are another problem area. In extreme cases, such as mine, there is some letter inversion. Words like "from" and "form" cannot be sperated unless studied closely. Also, "ie" and "ei" cannot be deciphered without sudying the word. The reason that most discalcula sufferes can read well is that the context slings us past the small stuff. After all, "form" and "from" are so far removed that it's impossible--unlike dislexic people--to stumble while reading. Because I can outwrite 99.9% of the spell checks, I taught 3 semesters of college English 101. I have enough insight, whereby I realise that some people--even some of the best spell checks--cannot write at what would be considered a college level. Despite the fact that they still didn't write well, I would give a satisfactory grade because they made good improvment. Also, why should I hinder the progress of someone who may make a great engineer--as a group, the poorest writers ever--based on poor writing skills? If I happened to get wind of a student who liked to joke about poor spellers, hoping to be the ringleaders of laughs, I'd cut them a new asshole. You see, my instructional method was to have the students write a paper. I would read the paper and mark the A's and B's. (You had to know your stuff: like class in its posessive form is class's. Single sylible words ending with double s's takes an apostrophy "s." If you didn't understand the nuances of our language, you would probally not get a grade on the first draft because my goal was to impove writing skills. Upon enrollment, if you couldn't test out of 101, you needed some improvment.) If a student's paper didn't have a grade, they were to meet with me for editing comments. At the meeting, I would cover various issues, usually covering syntax, semantics and style. If the student chose not to meet for comments, it meant that s/he would be happy with whatever grade I put in the book, unknown until the grades were issued. As the English professor, the students had no clue as to my extremly poor spelling. In college, my professors, likewise, were amazed at my horrendious spelling on in-class wrtings because I didn't have spell check to mask the problem. As I said, I take it quite personally when people poke fun of my inability, so the spell check students could only earn a "c" in my class. That grading method is more than fair. They had already established a more superior level than some; as a reslut, their papers were graded accordingly. On that level of superiority, there is no one who can write perfectly. I'm not even implying that I can write perfectly? Even if I did, I cannot spell. But I can comma pick, and I can apply grammer laws of wich are virtually unknown: For spell checks, proper use of corelative conjunctions were one of my favorite whips. The subjuncitve mode was another, whereby I could hang spell checks. Simply, they could not escape my wrath because I have a strong enough knowledge base in written discourse so that I can trash most professional writing. (Because we worked with high-level writing, a good portion of my education involved trashing professional writing.) Of course, when spell checks only write fragments, legitimate writing, it's hard to trash a few-word blurb. A handfull of sentences, however, may prove a different case. I would take note so that I could offer editing comments in the future. But I can accomplish a lot more by pointing out that only incredible stupid people ctirisize spelling. The result of these supid people is that they undermine the information-exchange process. Lots of mechanics can barely write, let alone spell. They do, however, possess lots of mechanical knowledge, and they can bring a wealth of knowledge to these boards. When these stupid people, who consider themsevles suprior than others, make comments about other's spelling and writing abilities, it creats a hostile enviroment, and intellegent people may choose not to post because some stupid @$$hole gets his or her jollies by knocking poor spellers/writers. I choose to keep my English lessons in the proper arena, and it's not here. Why don't you do the information exchange some good and save your spell check for a more apporiate area? Wow, that response is way over the top and much more hostile than it needed to be. Spelling appears to be one of your hot buttons but not one of your strengths, not that good spelling matters according to your diatribe. What I get out of your rant is that the message or content is more important than how it is delivered. I beg to differ vehemently, lighten up. I don't think that anyone will disagree that a message, report or composition filled with misspellings will be taken LESS seriously than one that has been run through a spell checker, it's a matter of presentation, sir! It shows the person cares and took the extra time to convey his thoughts properly. Computers have made this easy, but on the other side of the coin computers are ruining the english language with the abreviated writing taking place as our children CHAT endlessly, wit dare pEEps but u pRoLLy dOnT nO wAt im tAlKin bout yo........pIEce out dAWg. I am sure you believe that they are just EXPRESSING themselves! Lets just teach the basics, we have bigger problems that have not yet come home to roost due to technology. That is why proper basics and foundation is SO important to teach in my humble opinion. I am not a mechanic, but if I was, I would be offended by your statement about "many mechanics barely being able to write, let alone spell". The original poster posted his message tongue in cheek and was making an observation not a criticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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