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Now you know why kids can't spell or make sensible information sentences.

Wats wrung with that? :cunfuzed:

I'll never forget when my oldest daughter was in first grade. They wrote poems to submit to a contest the local paper was having. I proofread her poem before she turned it in so we could be sure everything was spelled correctly and correctly punctuated. My daughter turned it in, and the teacher changed "sledding" (correct) to "sleding" (incorrect)! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> I was absolutely furious! And to top it off, my daughter's poem won second place... so it was published in the paper... spelling mistake for the whole world to see! Geez... 20 years later I'm still angry about it. (Think I ought to let go of it? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />)

B'sW

Might be about time to move on from that one M'Am. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

First the leaves, now this. Does somebody need some "Campfire Therapy"?

Ya think? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Thank you, Sir. Somebody had to say it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

B'sW

Hmmmm. This is sounding interesting... Tell me more. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

B'sW

Well first we try the Walkabout Creek method. Remember in Crocodile Dundee when Mick explained why no one there needed therapy? "First you tell Wally, then he tells everyone else, pretty soon, NO PROBLEM.

We have other methods too.

Rates are negotiable.

'least you didn't go POSTAL on the teacher!

I'm thinking that if Penny still holds a grudge after 20 years over one word I am going to make every effort to not tick her off. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
tom

Heh.

A buddy and I were once at a restaurant with Penny listening to her describe an incident in which someone had dealt with her improperly. I can't remember the incident, but it had her kind of worked into a foam.

At one point after she had her full head of steam up, she said something like, "And do you know what I did to him then? Do you know what I did to him?"

My buddy poked me under the table, gave me a wink, and said, "I'll bet you just let that one sliiiiide, dintcha?" ("Sliiiiide" was accompanied by a hard-to-convey hand motion describing an absolutely level surface at approximately eye level.)

All three of us dissolved into laughter, and that phrase has become an inside joke.

Penny will correct me where I'm wrong...

to being on Penny's side on this. One thing that drives me insane is the deplorable application of improper words in use today. I'm, like, you know, in a, like, tizzy, you know the way some people use, like, some words, like, too much.

Another pet peeve (one among many for those of us that retain our anals excessively) is using the word 'their' for 'there' and similar examples. Also, has anyone noticed how many people use the word 'preventative'? There is no such word.....it is 'preventive'.

Y'all had enough or should I continue? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Let that be, like, a lesson to you......y'know. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Not to mention "off-ten" and "AWESOME!!".. Man did I get sick of THAT one, ya know? LOL.

spelenn iz a gud thang.

Hey MColeman,

I couldn't agree more. I can let the occasional spelling error slide past, but the misuse of language or incorrect words is what bugs me.

I enjoy the story about Grace Hopper (rear Admiral who had been instrumental in computer development) and her disdain for misusing the English language. As I recall she would actually fine her associates & subordinates for misusing the word "like" in communications. "It was like, the newest way to ..."

For me I guess it's the words such as "irregardless" and "orientated" that bug me the most, although I'm sure there are more. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

When I get rid of this glass house I will complain, till then it's like I can dig it man.

Have you ever heard someone describe a "mute" point? Pretty common misuse of "moot" where I work.

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.

always puzzled me is when someone says "I know the spelling is not correct.....". My question is, if they can't spell how do they know it is incorrect? If they know the word is spelled wrong why not learn how to spell it correctly? If we never make an attempt to correct errors we never learn anything.

im with Scott on this. my spelling is horrible. and as to how we know we spell bad and still have a hard time. its probably cause we like to read. reading and spelling are two completly different things after we type somethin and go back and read it to ourselves we find mistakes cause something just doesnt look right and we cant figure out how in the hell to fix it. does that sum it up well Scott?