Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

#1

Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:52pm

Come on people. Once again, please use a dictionary or thesaurus and stop typing with your toes. Us Broadway aficionados are supposed to be well educated. Let's elevate the level of dialogue on here!

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#2

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:00pm

Dito!

#3

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:03pm

I know I make mistakes, but at least I try.
That said, thank you midtown.

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#4

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:06pm

Forget well educated, even a first grader should know that "you" isn't spelled "u."

It's not that much of a problem at this board, but there are definitely a few text talkers that really get on my nerves.

#5

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:10pm

With stuff like "you" and "u," it's not ignorance, it's laziness, or a sady misinformed sense of what's cool.

#6

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:10pm

Part of the problem, I think, is many times the boards are used almost as a chat room - like now, for instance. People get very caught up in their conversations and typing fast - it leads to 'less than exemplary' communication.

#7

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:11pm

There's the occassional careless typo, and then there's repeated manglings of syntax and IM-speak. The latter is extremely annoying and not easily excusable.

C'mon, folks. English is my second language- if I can do it, so can everyone else.

#8

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:12pm

Okay, then "u", "4", "OmG yOu wIlL nOt BeLiEVe iT!", and "omg you will not believe just happened it was so absolutely freakin awesome" are officially not cool.

But I'm not too sure.

#9

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:13pm

I do try to avoid the misspellings by trying to have a dictionary handy. When I do find them I try to edit my message.(Does that make me AR?)

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#10

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:14pm

Their
They're
There.

Simple typos are forgivable, because everyone makes a mistake occasionally, but please know what the word means that you're trying to use. Or pick another one.

:)

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#11

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:15pm

U and 4 instead of you and for I can just about cope with, as Prince was doing it for years before we even had cell phones. But sentences that start with things like "does ne1 no" make me want to cry.

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#12

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:16pm

mominator - I do exactly the same thing - and I AM AR, but I don't know what that says about you

#13

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:21pm

How hard is it to go to Dictionary.com if you're not sure?

#14

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:23pm

Plum - not hard at all - but I'm very fond of tactile sensation - and flipping through the pages is very fun for me. I use the computer for what it does that I enjoy, but I still like to do many things manually.

#15

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:27pm

Look, I try my best to spell everything right and I use spellcheck most of the time, the thing is with spellcheck is it doesn't always give you the right word. Since I can't spell I then don't know the word it gives me is wrong.

I'll give you things like "4" and "r u" or "r ya" they don't bother me but I can see how they might bother others, but spelling is a whole different issue.

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#16

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:28pm

I'm not criticizing people who use an actual dictionary. :) And I always prefer real books to reading books on screens. I'm just saying that if people find it too horribly inconvenient to flip through a dictionary for a word, or have poor recall of the alphabet or something, they can always get their spellings right without ever getting their butts off their chairs.

#17

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:41pm

I always hold a special place in my heart for people who bring this topic up. Thank you, midtown!

And add to the list:

to, too, and two
your and you're

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#18

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:44pm

Its and it's. (not as annoying, but used incorrectly in many situations)

#19

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:45pm

your and you're are the two that drive me nuts.

However, can we please, please, PLEASE, ban the use of "ruv" for "love"? It is really nothing more than annoying.

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#20

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:46pm

One of the more interesting that I've only noted of late is 'should've' becoming 'should of' - I've never really seen that before.

#21

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:46pm

Should of. I hate "should of." It's "should have," dammit.

#22

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:50pm

It's damn it, dammit!

#23

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:50pm

I understand how the mistake is made, but what bothers me is I don't even think they know how it would be wrong. As is often the case, I guess.

#24

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:51pm

Oh yeah the whole "should of" thing makes me CRAZY.

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#25

re: Misspellings, Typos & grade school discourse

Posted: 8/3/04 at 2:54pm

Sorry about the "dammit." It's one of the few times I give in to "spell it like you pronounce it" syndrome.