The case for correct spelling- Page 2

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 8:41pm

"BWW is supposed to be fun; I'm not about to worry about my spelling/grammar when I have to do that so many hours of the day."

What?

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:05pm

A fundamental basis of theater is the written word. I would argue that for a person who claims to be a theaterlover (or even worse, a theater major) to have no interest in presenting it correctly is inconsistent and distressing.

You can flip out words to your hearts content and just have fun and not be worried about how you present yourself, Q, but it says a lot more about you than you think. And it isn't good.

Updated twice: Once to fix a typo, and once to add a space between theater and lover, with thanks to JAG for keeping me honest.

Updated On: 6/30/06 at 09:05 PM

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:11pm

"A fundamental basis of theater is the written word. I would argue that for a person who claims to be a theaterlover (or even worse, a theater major) to have no interest in presenting it correctlu is inconsistent and distressing."

Find the typo in the above text.

I just went to dictionary.com. There is no such word as theatrelover. (And no, that's not the typo I was pointing out.)

Tsk...Tsk...have you no pride? Didn't you proofread?

Updated On: 6/30/06 at 09:11 PM

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:12pm

"....to have no interest in presenting it correctlu is inconsistent and distressing."

Oh- no! You spelling something wrong! I will never think of you the same again!

You can think of me however you want. If I find a mistake in something I posted, I'll go back and change it but I won't obsess over everything. It's a message board, not an important document!! Go read other message boards, do they have spelling errors? I think so!

Until you are perfect, don't criticize others.

[soapguy17]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:13pm

I think that deserves another nomination.

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:18pm

If nominated, I will accept. If elected, I will serve!

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:19pm

"Tsk...Tsk...have you no pride? Didn't you proofread?"

It slipped past me, but I *did* notice and correct it myself before I read your post pointing it out. Every damn time I get on my high horse about spelling, I invariably screw up a word....lol. But at least I care.

Really, it's not even that it bothers me when someone makes an honest mistake occasionally. It's the "it's too much work to try" attitude that makes me go into meltdown mode.

I'm fairly sure there was a color code for this situation. Probably egg-on-my-face yellow.

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:22pm

Now, what are you going to do about that "theatrelover" situation? It's two words.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:22pm

Until you are perfect, don't criticize others.
What? That doesn't make any sense...

[Kringas]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:27pm

Until you are perfect, don't criticize others.

Unless they greet you in Spanish.

I still don't understand why it's such a big deal to take the extra ten seconds to spell check something, nor do I understand why people post things with "(sp?)" after them. If you realize you might be spelling something wrong, why not take the time to check it out? Why do so many act like proper spelling and sentence structure is some sort of elitism?

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:30pm

"Now, what are you going to do about that "theatrelover" situation? It's two words."

Well, I guess I will thank you for pointing that out and go back and fix it...

I'm not perfect, but at least I care.

[soapguy17]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:33pm

I thought I'd take a break from the negativenessness to say that I love your sn.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:36pm

LOL... My screen name, which is not a real word either....

[soapguy17]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:41pm

I think I did that consciously unconscious. (I ran those two words through the spell check just for you.)

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:49pm

Did you ever find yourself arguing for something and it gets so polarized that you end up on the far side of the argument? This is exactly how I ended up being cast as the great defender of Prymate, when I liked it, but didn't love it.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:50pm

Constantly.

[soapguy17]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:56pm

Same Here.

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 10:02pm

It's not that I don't think spelling, grammar, syntax, etc. are not important. I do. But what I find irksome about threads like this are phrases like...

"There really IS no excuse for chronic misspelling as it is caused by laziness."

"...just have fun and not be worried about how you present yourself, Q, but it says a lot more about you than you think. And it isn't good."

"So you're content with remaining ignorant, then?"

To me, those comments are extremely condescending and judgemental. So the poster shouldn't be shocked when the target of their postings become indignant, angry and defensive. Nor should they be surprised when someone gleefully points out one of their own misspellings or typos.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 10:03pm

wtf did you bastards do to my beautiful thread?

[soapguy17]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 10:06pm

papa,I think it was pretty much doomed from the start (though, I didn't help that any.)

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 10:07pm

To me, those comments are extremely condescending and judgemental.

So in general, just don't be an idiot, and you won't get comments like that!

Simple.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 10:11pm

I deserved to have my errors pointed out gleefully. I would have done the same.

"It's not that I don't think spelling, grammar, syntax, etc. are not important. I do."

And not for nothin', JAG, but you've got a double negative goin' in that sentence.

Oh, and papa, I seem to be shooting for the BWW Bitch award. I probably can't win, but I certainly can make it into the finals without much difficulty. Same as it ever was.

[Kringas]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 10:12pm

I think it's a triple negative.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 10:12pm

i have no idea what you mean. bbw bitch?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 10:12pm

Here, iflit. I just made room for you on the Finalists' Couch.