For all the spelling critic's

[RC Storick]

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny

55 plepoe out of 100 can.



i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd

waht I was rdanieg. The

phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a

rscheearch at Cmabrigde

Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the

ltteres in a wrod are, the olny

iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer

be

in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses

and you can sitll raed it

whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid

deos not raed ervey lteter

by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh?

yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot

slpeling was ipmorantt!
~~~*****~~~

[Scott Hartford]

I'd like to buy a vowell......

[Michael Floerchinger]

Tehre wsa smoetihng worng wtih teh sepllnig?

Mkie

[Bill Little]

Yes, I have seen that before and I didn't realize it would be a problem to read it.  But I understand about 1/2 of the people around cannot read it. 

Bill <><

[Larry Renger]

And then there is the 1/2 of the people who can't read at all....

[Mark Scarborough]

and I thought it looked just like some of Leo's posts after hes been doping on his airplane!

 

[Randy Powell]

On my home system, the spell checker works on everything. Web browser, emails, text boxes, whatever. Makes it easier. Wish I had that on this computer.

Mark,

Leo spells fine.   

[Bill Little]

And then there is the 1/2 of the people who can't read at all....

Yep, but a bunch got High School Diplomas, and a few even get College Diplomas!  For real............

[Leo Mehl]

On my home system, the spell checker works on everything. Web browser, emails, text boxes, whatever. Makes it easier. Wish I had that on this computer.

Mark,

Leo spells fine.   

Thanks Randy, I used to spell better when I worked on the newspaper but am really rusty typing and it seems both of my index fingers have gotten larger over the years. Mark is just picky picky, we can just consider the source of that comment. He has been cooped up too long this winter. I think we should find him a maze.

[Randy Powell]

Leo,

I think we are all getting a bit of cabin fever. The weathe liars say that it will clear up tody and be decent tomorrow. I hope to get some flights in. Guess we'll see. The weather report is changing hourly.

[Wayne Collier]

When I was a junior in high school I took one of the tougher spelling tests that I have ever taken.  It was multiple choice.  Each word was spelled five different ways and we had too pick which one was correct.  On most of the words at least two spellings looked exactly right to me.


a. diferent      b. diffrent       c. diffront       d. different      e. diferrent

Most were a lot worse than the example I gave.  Some were worse than those word problems that go like "If John has a fish, and Sally has three kittens,  what color is Rover's doghouse?"

[Will Hinton]

The clue there is that he has only one fish, therefore the doghouse must be green!

[Charlie Pate]

Haint whaut u seay;Hits thu weay thet yu seay hit!   
Teak thea geetar for eggsamle.Luk at teh weay BB says whut he says.Yu  kneu Whut hee meens!   

[Leo Mehl]

Yes, I have seen that before and I didn't realize it would be a problem to read it.  But I understand about 1/2 of the people around cannot read it. 

Bill <><

Actually I think I can read it better the the strait stuff. When I worked on the newspaper I could read backwards an upside down. This was the way we had to find lines for galley corrections. I would imagine most of you have no clue to what I am talking about, but if you are intersted i can probably tell you the details.

[Mike Lauerman]

<<<<For all the spelling critic's>>>>

  The word "critic" (noun) when pluralized uses NO apostrophe. An apostrophe is used only when:

 1) signifying ownership  (the critic's Datsun, the critic's Nissan, etc.)

 2) a contraction of "is". (the critic's a nerd, or the critic's a rice pilot.)


   But far be it from me to critique anyone's spelling, grammer, choice of automobile identity...

     Heh, heh...

[Just One-eye]

Actually I think I can read it better the the strai(gh)t stuff. When I worked on the newspaper, I could read backwards and upside down. This was the way we had to find lines for galley corrections. I would imagine most of you have no clue to what I am talking about, but if you are intersted i can probably tell you the details.

"etaoin shrdlu" to you and yours, then, oldtimer!  I walked among the gear on the typesetting / composition floor, my ownself, during 1959 - 1963.   What the heck was the name of the trolley that each page was laid out on top of?  I had started reading plain upside down while either blocking or rolling the papers, for home delivery, in 1950 - 1952. 

( Shouldn't we be in "Off-Topic"-?  )

[Steve Helmick]

There's a good reason for spelling correctly, and punctuation, too. I can't claim to be perfect, but I try. Too many don't even try to spell or punctuate reasonably well, making it difficult to read their posts at best, or impossible to understand (and care about) their problem.  It results in a lot of following posts with bad information, or asking questions about whatever their problem is, that should not be needed.

Spell checkers don't work when you choose the wrong word (chose/choose, lose/loose, etc.). Too many can't even select the correct word. Talk about dumbing down America! It starts with each one of us. Correct spelling and punctuation tells readers that we're educated and maybe even reasonably bright.  Then, finally, we have to select the correct or most appropriate smiley face icon...  Steve

[gary tultz]

In total agreement.                                                                                                        Rainman  aka  Gary T.