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I grew up in southern Ohio in during my learning to read years. Every time I have taken College placement tests the councilor has looked over my tests and then informed me I can neither read or spell. When I asked what information they used to draw that conclusion I have been informed it is because of where and when I learned to read. Dayton Ohio was the testing ground for a form of sight reading that proved to be a full blown disaster.
I can read because I have made the system work for me. I like to read and have been an avid reader since 4th grade but spelling is beyond me. I know the square root of negative two, I know the sign of forty-five degrees and have often calculated trig problems in my head but spelling resists me no matter how hard I try. I often get so frustrated in the middle of writing something that I shut down the computer and walk off in a rage at being so stupid I can not find the right spelling. Writing even a simple love note to my wife without a spellchecker is out of the question, it is too embarrassing.
I am envious of you who can look down on those of us handicapped in this horrid way. Please excuse my feeble attempts and I will try to do my best to keep my stupid blunders to a minimum. as 'looking down our noses at those who can't spell' then we are clumsy in our efforts. Until you mentioned it I never imagined a person who is an avid reader was not automatically a good speller. If a person reads a lot and reads the same words over and over I would just assume they would remember how it was spelled. I can't comprehend how dyslexia and other problems affect someone because I've just never experienced those problems. Try to describe a toothache to someone who has never had one. Can't be done. I've always been an avid reader and spelling has come easily for me but I suck at abstract math. Never could come close to mastering algebra. I can do calculations quickly in my head but flunked algebra three times at Auburn.
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You would not believe the great lengths I have gone to try to memorize correct spellings. I have been working at correcting the problem for more than fifty years with almost no success. I went for most of my life ashamed to attempt to put any words on paper. It has only with the help of computers and spellcheckers that I have been able to express myself other than verbally. Even today, whenever I teach I have someone else right on the blackboard for me. Again, I am truly envious of you who can spell.
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I can't spell worth a darn. never could never will.
I bring up a word document and type my posts in. Then do spell check prior to posting. tom
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Hey ScottF,
Like I said, I really don't have any hangup on mispellings just with a few certain words being used incorrectly. I also rarely correct anyone on those mistakes and just let things slide. (unless they ask to be corrected like an office mate who is from Venezuela & wants to improve his English).
To be perfectly honest, I was a horrible speller as a kid in school. Even though I excelled at every other subject, when it came time to do the annual spelling bee I would be about the first to sit down. It was always embarrassing for me as the "smart" kid to fail so miserably.
The really funny thing is that as an adult I rarely mispell when I type at the keyboard, and when I do I usually realize it before the spellcheck shows me. I remain a terrible verbal speller but when my motor skills take over in typing I seem to be capable. Wierd, huh?
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i was a fan of Steven King nad Micheal Crition in the sixth grade. reading has never been a problem for me and neither has math. my first semester in college i got a B in algebra going to class twice a month, the day before a test and the day of the test with no studying at all.
as far as spelling i just cant do a good job. add that to the fact my brain gets ahead of my fingers while typing and my fingers miss keys. i torque my wife to no end. we work for a weekly paper and she is my boss. like any small town buisness all of us do a bit of everything and she trys to get me to proofread on occation which is fine when comparing number in car ads and such but i cant proofread a story cause i read whats supposed to be there and not what actually is there so i miss more errors than i catch.
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Hey rattler,
Wanna' know a trick to proofreading copy for spelling mistakes? Try reading it backwards ... from end to beginning. That way your mind actually thinks about each word rather than what each word is "supposed to be". Of course, that doesn't help in catching grammar.
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Unfortunately my motor skills aren't any better than the rest of me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
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The mis-use of a word that always gets me is to hear or read someone say I have a whelp on my arm or leg or some place. You got a puppy on your body? The correct word is welt. I will never forget when, years ago, my third grader came in very upset about missing two words on his spelling test. The words were pronounced by the teacher and spelled by the students. First word was DOE which he spelled doe. WRONG- word was door. Second was FOE which he spelled foe Again WRONG word was four. As to spelling in general see my tag line <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> BCR
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seem pretty good. Evidently you're making good progress.
Keep it up and I'll be pulling for you. Warmest regards,
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I know the square root of negative two, I know the sign of forty-five degrees and have often calculated trig problems in my head but ... Scott_F, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Perhaps you could let the rest of the world know what the square root of negative two is??? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> FYI, negative numbers can't have square roots. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> ... and to help you with your spelling, it would be sine rather than sign. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> (intended as a friendly jab, NOT to rag on ya!) See Mom! A degree in math DOES have a use!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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I know the square root of negative two, I know the sign of forty-five degrees and have often calculated trig problems in my head but ... Scott_F, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Perhaps you could let the rest of the world know what the square root of negative two is??? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> FYI, negative numbers can't have square roots. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> ... and to help you with your spelling, it would be sine rather than sign. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> (intended as a friendly jab, NOT to rag on ya!) See Mom! A degree in math DOES have a use!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> It would be ether i1.4142 or j1.4142, depending on if the user was into math or electrical circuitry. The i or the j being an imaginary number denoting the square root of a negative number. Not bad for a broken down old machinist who can�t machine any more. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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sines, sines everywhere sines
Blocking the scenery , taking up time
do this, dont do that
cant you read the sines??
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What really aggravates me is when people persist in misspelling apparently straightforward words such as aluminium, flavour, colour etc. I mean, really... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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What really aggravates me is when people persist in misspelling apparently straightforward words such as aluminium, flavour, colour etc. I mean, really... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> after you misspelled all three! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Alack! Even gentlemen of a certain, and redoubtable vintage!
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And some people can't even pronounce them correctly, I mean "al-yu-MIN-ium". Really! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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What really aggravates me is when people persist in misspelling apparently straightforward words such as aluminium, flavour, colour etc. I mean, really... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> That may be so on your side of the pond, but here in Amurika we spleel them the way they sound! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> You mean like Arkansas?!
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Yep, AR-kans-ass <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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Alack! Even gentlemen of a certain, and redoubtable vintage! cut that out! I had to look up the meaning of two of those words to find out if I needed to round up a second....on second thought, I'd much rather have to round up a first. I used to be a lover, not a fighter and things have not changed. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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