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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:37 AM Original message |
Does bad spelling reveal anything about the writer? (includes classic FR example) |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because an occasional mispelling may be a typo. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. "Because an occasional mispelling may be a typo."... |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's pabst blue ribbon talkin' nt |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm not bothered by spelling mistakes or idiosyncratic grammar or vocabulary. I am bothered |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. My fingers often put that apostrophe in before my brain notices... |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Whoa! That's a doozy! |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. "an FR thread "? that should be " a FR thread" |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. No it shouldn't. |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. you're right n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. In Old English it was always "an", as time passed the "n" came to be dropped before consonants. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Oops, wrong place... |
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Tartiflette (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Not so |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Welcome to DU! |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. Most of the time, it means the writer is indeed ill-informed and/or ill-educated. |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Possible of course but it can also mean a person is dyslexic or has some other |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. Not necessarily. Maybe the writer is from another country |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. Hmm, I hadn't really thought of that.... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. Looks Like The Using Of Big Words. . . |
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Epiphany4z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. I am hooked on foniks it werked fer meee |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. (O/T) I believe "psychopants" was *'s nickname at Harvard. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. I don't usually correct a persons spelling or grammer |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
48. Normally I don't either, especially "grammer" |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. no |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. It shows that the person doesn't read much |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I'm afraid your answer is certainly wrong |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Most people by reading and seeing the words over and over remember how |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Good readers don't see the words |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. You must be unusually non visual then |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Well, there is one really odd thing about it |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I do the same |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. three people in my family cannot spell. brother, his daughter and my mother. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
19. As a very poor speller I looked into the reason years ago. You should do the same. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
44. I don't think that's the only reason, though. |
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RTFirefly (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. Someone got a thesaurus for christmas. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Do you have the same opinion of the US Constitution with it's spelling errors? Why bother with it? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. They had fewer published books, and so less agreement on spelling |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Yes it was settled. The ultimate authority on spelling was the King. |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. A musician who hits nothing but wrong notes |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Just because a musician cannot read music does not mean he cannot create music. |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. That is true, but if your E string is out of tune |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. when/win. i just did a post i typed when instead of win. i KNOW the difference. i also |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
29. Your example is really bad, but usually bad spelling doesn't bother me. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
32. Research shows that spelling ability does not correlate with the degree |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
35. I have a very poor education. Technically, i am a very poor writer. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
36. So posters with brain injuries should not be allowed to post according to your |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Don't forget people (like me) with dyslexia. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Yes that too! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
38. English spelling is so screwed up I'm surprised mistakes aren't more common then they are. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
45. Some little person trying to look important through big words that |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
46. When did combining two words into a Contraction not involve an apostrophe? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The example in the OP is using it's as a posessive form of it. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Possessive form means something belongs to it |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. "The party must take it's rightful place"? Plural? n/t |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. "it's new coat" |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Okay let's try a different form |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. pronouns don't use an apostrophe in the possessive, the way common/proper nouns do |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. There is no apostrophe in: "The dog had on its new coat." It's = "it is." |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
49. So, Sarah Palin is posting on the FR! |
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