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I am being driven mad by people who can't spell
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I am being driven mad by people who can't spell

even journalists! all over the internet! the reader comments are pitiful and pathetic enough, but professionals? alleged wordsmiths? i just read a column in a major newspaper Compcoff about paris hilton's "VILE" of blow. er...that would be VIAL.
(yes i know, i often don't capitalize. that is intentional, a little quirk Smiley_emoticons_biggrin).
did these people go to college to be deemed 'journalists' ? did they go to third grade?
i've heard all the sorry-ass lame excuses. but the people who loudly proclaim they don't care will be judged on job applications, resumes and/or professional work/reports.
i have stirred up defensive hornets nests with spelling threads before, may as well do it again. there is no excuse in the age of spellcheckers.
and don't get me started on their, there, and they're. or your and you're. or to and too. or loose and lose. no apostrophe needed when making a word plural...it's (it is) books, not book's. ad infinitum. 106
oh, and.. one adult human female is a womAn, not a womEn. geeze.

(my rant is not about typos.)


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it's seen in advertising everywhere also...print, TV, billboards etc. it has been said America graduates people from high school with no basic skills. i believe that is the truth.
i'm not buying your fucking product if you can't even spell it correctly.
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08-31-2010 04:29 AM
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I don't like poor spellers either & I will comment when I know I can get away with it. Having said that, there have been times when I haven't been sure about a word & will post anyway because I was just too lazy to check...A good example would be when I misspelled helmet the other day. 50






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everyone makes mistakes...i'm referring to the chronic imbecile who can't spell C-A-T even when you spot them the C and the T.
but paid journalists and advertisers? give me a damn break, i have no compunction about calling them out on spelling 101.


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Watch "Idiocracy" when you get the chance. A wonderful lampooning of the American 'dumbing down'. Made in jest, I'm afraid a lot of it will be coming true.






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I thunk that peeple hu cunt speel shud bee stranngeled It berth.






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Weather or not we care or whether you really care are two differnt matters. Smiley_emoticons_biggrin





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(09-01-2010 05:02 PM)Jurassic Wrote:  Weather or not we care or whether you really care are two differnt matters. Smiley_emoticons_biggrin

and how is your WEATHER? hah


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(09-01-2010 10:00 AM)Oscar Wrote:  I thunk that peeple hu cunt speel shud bee stranngeled It berth.

YESSSSSSS!! hah


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(09-01-2010 05:07 PM)Lady Cop Wrote:  
(09-01-2010 05:02 PM)Jurassic Wrote:  Weather or not we care or whether you really care are two differnt matters. Smiley_emoticons_biggrin

and how is your WEATHER? hah

nice thanks LC a balmy 21c Smiley_emoticons_biggrin





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Spelling doesn't bother me, I don't think it's always on purpose or out of laziness. Some people just can't type or spell, whether English is their second language, they didn't go to school, or they're just retarded. It's no sweat off my balls if someone spells your instead of you're. What bothers me is when both white and black people can't seem to speak properly no matter how many times the 4th grade teacher told them that it's 4 and not foe.





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Shut the fuck up and go cook a casserole, Sally. You're one of the last people on EARTH to attempt a valid contribution toward a serious discussion on spelling.






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(09-02-2010 10:52 PM)Middle Finger Wrote:  Shut the fuck up and go cook a casserole, Sally. You're one of the last people on EARTH to attempt a valid contribution toward a serious discussion on spelling.

Well that was a slap in the face. Your correctly spelled words have cut me to the quick.





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(09-02-2010 09:13 PM)sally Wrote:  Spelling doesn't bother me, I don't think it's always on purpose or out of laziness. Some people just can't type or spell, whether English is their second language, they didn't go to school, or they're just retarded. It's no sweat off my balls if someone spells your instead of you're. What bothers me is when both white and black people can't seem to speak properly no matter how many times the 4th grade teacher told them that it's 4 and not foe.

Smiley_emoticons_shocked and i thought you was a bird





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