Dean, you just puked six paragraphs of emotion and I didn't see a single speeling flaw.
If in doubt, open up a Word document and spell check your stuff there first.
In through the nose, out the mouth; in through the nose ....
Dan
Dean, you just puked six paragraphs of emotion and I didn't see a single speeling flaw.
If in doubt, open up a Word document and spell check your stuff there first.
In through the nose, out the mouth; in through the nose ....
Dan
Appleseed wrote: CC? Car Craft?
CC = Corner Carvers
In reply to 914Driver:
I was pissed off, and tired. Anger is a powerful motivator. 
There ya go! Quit ranting over spelling and answer nothing but political and abortion threads; you're a Spelling Bee champ!
EvanB wrote: I think it is only with Firefox, because it sure works for me.
Yep. I get the auto-correct underline option at home with Firefox, but not here at work with IE. I just went through the options menu and that function doesn't seem to be there. It would be nice.
I usually try to keep my spelling accurate, but occasionally typing dyslexia lets one through. Usually when I'm looking at the keyboard. If I type correctly (not looking at the keyboard), I'm usually more accurate as I'm paying more attention to each word. If I'm typing and I'm not sure of the spelling, I'll often paste it into Word and see how it looks. Other times I'll choose a different word that I know I can spell. I'll also go back and edit spelling mistakes if they bother me.
Posting from my Droid adds a second level of quirks. Some words are simply tedious to type. Like "it's" for example, since it won't give me the auto-correct option when typing "its". Whether I fix the mistake or not depends on how much of a rush I'm in when posting.
My journalism training makes me pay special attention to paragraphs. You can often tell someone is a noob on this forum since the paragraphs only work if you return twice, whereas single return breaks turn into one long paragraph.
Dean, I too am guilty of correcting your grammar in the past, and I apologize for that. Take heart that even with your dyslexia; you post well-written and thoughtful passages. When it comes to quality of writing, this forum is wonderful compared to most epithet and insult-laced mindless boards.
All I can say is I don't like pilkunviilaajas either...
Jerry, that semicolon is misused there.
Margie
I'm with Max Archer. I can take a few spellers, because I can't type and let a few through accidentally myself. But the run-on sentences with no periods or capital letters just wear me out. I usually skip those posts.
novaderrik wrote:carguy123 wrote: Regardless of your feelings or issues the fact is that the only avenue we have to our brains on the internet is the written word. Misteaks can and do change meanings. As with anything, the more you do it the better you get at it. So at least attempting to say what you mean (and spell it correctly) will make you get better as time goes on. I for one, have no trouble with the people who are trying. It's those that refuse to even attempt to TRY that get my goat. They might as well not even post if they aren't going to do it in a manner that people can understand the points they are trying to make. I believe we need a sarcasm font to save a lot of people's feelings.Irregardless..
AAhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that one drives me insane! Irregardless/ain't/etc.
When did sounding like a hillbilly after a 12-pack of Natty Light become acceptable?
There is a good chance someone sounds like a hillbilly before they start drinking Natty Light as well.
erohslc wrote: I have some pet peeves: ('Camero', 'peddle', 'dampner', 'breaks', 'nucular', etc.) but I'm learning to let it be, nobody appointed me to be Mister FKIA.
What is wrong with Dampner? It is one of the correct ways to refer to what most people call "shocks"
z31maniac wrote: AAhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that one drives me insane! Irregardless/ain't/etc. When did sounding like a hillbilly after a 12-pack of Natty Light become acceptable?
Hey, I like ain't. We've got aren't, isn't, weren't, can't, etc. Ain't is our amn't, because amn't is unpronounceable (esp. when you've had 12 Natty Lights).
mad_machine wrote:erohslc wrote: I have some pet peeves: ('Camero', 'peddle', 'dampner', 'breaks', 'nucular', etc.) but I'm learning to let it be, nobody appointed me to be Mister FKIA.What is wrong with Dampner? It is one of the correct ways to refer to what most people call "shocks"
It would be dampener.
Whenever I use "ain't" as well as other slang terms, it is always to make a point within context.
However, having grown up in rural northern Georgia for a spell, I will occasionally let my inner redneck come out to play/post.
Marjorie Suddard wrote: Jerry, that semicolon is misused there.
Yes, I saw that. Would you believe I originally had a comma there and Word auto-corrected it to a semicolon?
Problem with a spell checker is it doesn't check for the right word in the wrong place, like there, their, and they're. And of course, if you have autocorrect (like on a phone) it can completely change the word and meaning, while being spelled correctly. Personally, if I'm on a car site, I don't care, even if I'm reading it. I know a lot of car guys and it's about cars, not being the worlds best secretary/typist. Those are simply not skills that competent mechanics ever had to learn to fix cars. I type fast, but E36 M3 happens. I never took typing classes. and my left hand is basically worthless when it comes to typing, so it'll often lag behind what my brain is telling the fingers and I get letters backwards. I'll check it, but it's not as important as if I were doing a job interview or resume, and stuff can get missed. So if you see a teh or theri instead of the or their, it's just not important.
Ian F wrote: ...
I'd prefer if you stated this as:
I, having grown up in rural northern Georgia for a spell, will occasionally let my inner redneck come out to play/post.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:Ian F wrote: ...I'd prefer if you stated this as: I, having grown up in rural northern Georgia for a spell, will occasionally let my inner redneck come out to play/post.
I, having grown up in rural Georgia, will occasionally ....
How long is a spell? Or is that a double edged sword of wit due to the nature of the thread?
Dan
EvanB wrote:mad_machine wrote:It would be dampener.erohslc wrote: I have some pet peeves: ('Camero', 'peddle', 'dampner', 'breaks', 'nucular', etc.) but I'm learning to let it be, nobody appointed me to be Mister FKIA.What is wrong with Dampner? It is one of the correct ways to refer to what most people call "shocks"
Actually if you wanted to nit pick it would be damper
To damp is to restrain, discourage or retard energy
To dampen is to make things moist or to dull or deaden as in sound.
A damper is what we call a shock, a dampener would be a moist sponge or an acoustic dampener like dynamat.
Yea, I was just pointing out that even if you wanted to write dampener it wouldn't be spelled dampner.
914Driver wrote: Dean, you just puked six paragraphs of emotion and I didn't see a single speeling flaw. If in doubt, open up a Word document and spell check your stuff there first. In through the nose, out the mouth; in through the nose .... Dan
You missed "Hay". (10)
That happens to be my pet peeve! My spelling has been know to suck, so I am forgiving of the wrong vowel, or a missed double letter, but I am irritated when people don't know that, are and our are different words!
914Driver wrote: How long is a spell?
It's a spell... you either know or you don't. It's like saying, "it's a ways down the road..." or "over yonder..."
Regional colloquialisms ... you gotta love 'em...
Irregardless..
there is some question as to whether "irregardless" is actually a word but in any case you are thinking thnking is a gud thing those that don't think and don't even try are da bane of the readers existence on the locost forum there are a couple of members that misspell everything run them together and never or seldom punctuate the bad thing is that they usually have good ideas it's just that no one noes brakes and breaks are one of my pet peeves too who cares whether they spell camero right or not the car is irrelevant
Chris_V wrote: Problem with a spell checker is it doesn't check for the right word in the wrong place, like there, their, and they're. And of course, if you have autocorrect (like on a phone) it can completely change the word and meaning, while being spelled correctly. Personally, if I'm on a car site, I don't care, even if I'm reading it. I know a lot of car guys and it's about cars, not being the worlds best secretary/typist. Those are simply not skills that competent mechanics ever had to learn to fix cars. I type fast, but E36 M3 happens. I never took typing classes. and my left hand is basically worthless when it comes to typing, so it'll often lag behind what my brain is telling the fingers and I get letters backwards. I'll check it, but it's not as important as if I were doing a job interview or resume, and stuff can get missed. So if you see a teh or theri instead of the or their, it's just not important.
Actually it is important. If you are going to the trouble to type then you need to go to enough trouble to make sure your communication is getting through or else why bother?
See what a few line returns do to the clarity of your original message?
In reply to jstein77:
Yeah, autocorrect is the new bane of my existence. It is very fond of substituting "it's" where "its" is appropriate. Worse, that's one of my worst fingernails-on-chalkboard pet peeves. And it makes me do it myself!
Margie
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