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Last night I received a pm from some one who would not sign it or let me know who they were, telling me I needed to buy a dictionary because of bad spelling and poor grammar. I am not a good speller and it is something I try hard to work on but some times get in a hurry and fail to proof read my post and forget to use the spell check.
I am very sorry if this has offended y'all.

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You know bubbadan, most of us take each post in the spirit in which it was made. Not everyone excels at spelling. I can understand you just fine.

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Don't sweat it! I am a good speller. However on occasion I have a brain freeze or just type too fast. We don't care how people spell, just that they stop by.

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hey iam a kat guy your good with me   john

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Hey, Don't worry about it, some people are just too perfect for their own good.

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If we all could be as perfect as the anonymous dictionary salesman, i never notice anyones spelling, as long as i get the point, G

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Like everyone else says, don't worry about it. This web site is about helping RVers to fulfill their dreams of full-timing and is not about spelling or grammar.

This is one of the reasons that this forum is one of the friendliest on the Internet. We don't care if you can spell or not as long as you can get you point across. 

Jim 

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Y'all are too good. You make an old man feel good again. I know now why I have hung out with y'all for so long. Y'all are a great group of people. Please go easy on the complements I am an old man an I cry easy.

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bubbadan wrote:

Y'all are too good. You make an old man feel good again. I know now why I have hung out with y'all for so long. Y'all are a great group of people. Please go easy on the complements I am an old man an I cry easy.

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Oh, MAN!!!!  If I'd have known you were so sensitive, I'd of picked on you more.

(Just kidding, Dan.)

But, regarding the "Spelling Nazis", don't worry about them.  They are just little fish swimming around in their own little puddle.

My biggest problem occurs when writers don't punctuate well in their posts.  I guess they get used to texting or whatever and just run their words and sentences together.  That does make it difficult for me to fully understand what they are writing.  Sadly, I did mention it to one person yesterday, so I guess I am a "Punctuation Nazi".  But, I did notice that the one I posted to has at least added more spaces between sentences.  Made it much easier.

So, let me take this opportunity to apologize to anyone that a comment of mine may have offended.  Usually, it is just to try to better understand the writer, and not a concerted effort on my part to be "tacky".

Terry

Edit Reason:  Bad grammar on my part.    SOCK IT TO ME!!!!!



-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Tuesday 17th of August 2010 07:41:42 AM

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Ditto what everyone else says.

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It's funny, I will read through my message before I post it.

Once posted, I read through it again and see spelling mistakes.

Usually, the mistakes ar mising leters....I gues my eye jst bypasse the mispelld wods when I lok at the prevew.

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This is not a classroom.  This is a forum where we ask our questions and give our suggestions, opinions or just comment.  Don't worry about the spelling Nazi.  This person needs to get a life if that's all they have to do - criticize others.

I am a good speller and good at punctuation but a lot of the time I am in a hurry when I am posting something so anything goes.  Please forgive me if I'm not perfect.

Besides, even if you do use the spell check it doesn't always pick up all the errors.

Just keep on posting.  We enjoy hearing from you whether you spell correctly or not.

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There wasa thinggy going around where every other letter was left out of the words in a sentence. This was a research study? showing that people don't neccessarily need every letter to understand what is written. We all obveusly spelt gude enuf to git out uv skool. Thanks for just being here. At our ages, wisdom is much more important than grammer.

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'Spelling Nazi' - reminds me of the 'soup nazi' on Seinfeld a few years ago! Goodness gracious - my dh is a terrible speller in spite of a very strict catholic school in his youth. We all manage to receive his communication efforts in spite of a few mispellings. Actually, he's managed to negotiate his entire adult life quite well with his spelling handicap! On his behalf as well as yours, bubbadan, I think we can negotiate your postings just fine!

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I used to be a teacher, and know from spending a lot of time with kids, that some people are naturally good spellers and others are not. Don't sweat it - the more important thing, like many others have said, is that this forum is for sharing ideas, knowledge and enthusiasm! :) And I have to say, my first reaction when I read your post is that there are many things more important than spelling - like courtesy and being kind to others!

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I really can't talk about anyone's grammer because I am not great in that department myself. Mispellings and forgetting puncuation will happen from time to time. What I don't like is sentences that are written like, "I am headed 2 the store 4 food an will head str8 home." That drives me nuts. 

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That stinks I should of got a PM as well....

Oh well I'll need to spend even less time checking my posts.

Mallo

PS Happy to be in Bubba's company.


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Bubbadan, don't sweat the small stuff. Just keep this in mind whomever PM'd you probably can't dance worth a dang. We all have our strengths as well as our weakness. I for one have never had any trouble understanding your point. Spelling and grammar are one of my weakness's as well. If I would have had spell check in school I would probably be a brain surgeon right now.

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Yep, English is not an easy language...as shown in this document...spelling is the least of our worries :)

You think English is easy???


1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse .
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present , he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?



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don't worry about the spelling, this forum is pretty informal. i do agree with Terry and Jo however, that a comma and period here and there goes a long way in understanding what one is trying to say.
if there is one little pet peeve i have is when the font that some people use is so small it makes it impossible to read. i know this is from inexperience of not posting before but it would be great to re-read your post to make sure that it looks readable smile

-- Edited by rjenkins on Tuesday 17th of August 2010 12:32:56 PM

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I'm with Rick and Terry on punctuation.Nothingharderthanreadingsomethingwithout properspacing.As for the spelling I am very particular about my own spelling but understand some just can't.My wife is a smart lady who can't spell very well. Bubba, I enjoy your posts just as they are, don't let it bother you one bit.My baby sister is a school teacher and I kid her all the time about her improper spelling and punctuation.

Edited for bad spellingbiggrin

-- Edited by Racerguy on Tuesday 17th of August 2010 01:12:39 PM

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You mean "edited to ensure bad speling?"

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Thanks y'all this had gotten very funny. I laugh until I had tears in my eyes at some of your post.

This has got to be one of the greats groups of people anywhere.

Terry I will try a little harder to makesureIusemyspacebarmore thisseemstomakeRaserGuyhappyalso.

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Dan,

Referring back to my comment about "the fish in a little puddle", go to this link to see what little that fish is capable of doing. 

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.leftyrodriguez.com/images/20091115172632_spitting%2520fish200911131.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.leftyrodriguez.com/index.php%3Fshowimage%3D846&usg=__pgUPnnm4Ay-JVNxriW9bD_pkWJ4=&h=533&w=800&sz=459&hl=en&start=1&itbs=1&tbnid=mu2I_ivMjCm09M:&tbnh=95&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspitting%2Bfish%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1


If I had a clue as to how to post photos into a thread, I would.  So, you'll just have to settle for the link.

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That was funny.

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-- Edited by GENECOP on Tuesday 17th of August 2010 04:34:03 PM

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Bubbadan,

You're a much nicer guy than me. I'd have just told the offender to bite me.

But I'm funny that way. ;)

Nor Cal Dan,

I've got another paradox for your list. I can't figure out why you're supposed to drive your RV on the parkway, but park your RV on the driveway?

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It's all good Bubbadan. I have to side with Chip on this one...

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LOL ... only spelling I correct is my kids .... force of habit !  They think I'm spelling police ... even I mispell ... things from time to time (!) and they haven't figured that out yet.  Shhh don't tell them!

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Haven't been on in a few days... just seeing this thread... 

Your post reminded me of a tee-shirt I saw once -
     "Bad spelrs of th wurld, untie!"   I laughed out loud!  

As the others have said, Dan --  to heck with someone who can't even muster the courage to sign their note...  I love your posts and have learned so much from you and everyone else on here! 


-- Edited by Kerri on Thursday 19th of August 2010 03:42:58 PM

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