Spelling

21 Jul 2012

Is it me... or is spelling on here deteriorating and are folk unaware of the spell-checking facility confused

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Just a sign of the times perhaps :?: :sad:

21 Jul 2012

your abslutly right!

21 Jul 2012

It's probably more to do with people accessing the site using phones and small touchscreen keypads.

21 Jul 2012

Mind you, it would help if the spell check facility wasn't set to American English!

21 Jul 2012

Quote by Greenline
Is it me... or is spelling on here deteriorating and are folk unaware of the spell-checking facility :
Just a sign of the times perhaps :?: :sad:

In my case I type too fast, rarely proof read my efforts and use a Mac with the latter having a mind of it's own where spell checks are concerned with the end result of all three combined being both poor spelling and grammar.
That is my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

21 Jul 2012

Quote by Trevaunance
Mind you, it would help if the spell check facility wasn't set to American English!

I concur, try the test.... Thankfully I don't require a spell checker

21 Jul 2012

My spelling is dreafull, spell check doesn't work for me and ..... i don't actually care lol.

21 Jul 2012

I read opinions not spellings.

21 Jul 2012

Quote by nellie-mwgc
My spelling is dreafull, spell check doesn't work for me and ..... i don't actually care lol.

Snap :lol2:

Quote by tweeky
I read opinions not spellings.

:thumbup:

21 Jul 2012

Quote by Dawnie
My spelling is dreafull, spell check doesn't work for me and ..... i don't actually care lol.

Snap :lol2:

Quote by tweeky
I read opinions not spellings.

:thumbup:
I only look at the pretty pictures lol

21 Jul 2012

I can't help it, really poor spelling irritates me *twitch*
It happens that we make typos, do not proof-read, ignore spellcheck or our minds are just racing ahead of our fingers. That is all acceptable but bad spelling just niggles at me.
It's my thing, nothing to do with the person that can't spell.

21 Jul 2012

Quote by Greenline
Is it me... or is spelling on here deteriorating and are folk unaware of the spell-checking facility :
Just a sign of the times perhaps :?: :sad:

I would much prefer a valid, relevant and possibly informative response to a forum post containing a typo or two than see somebody publically beating a poster for a lapse in the quality of their grammer.
I know of a couple of members who were brought to task over simple spelling mistakes. - They no longer post in these forums. :sad: Need I say any more?

21 Jul 2012

Are quite a lot of users still using Internet Explorer? I'm on Chrome, and it spell checks as I type, so I can see straight away that I've made a mistake, and as far as I was aware, I thought that was true for Safari, Opera, and Firefox as well.
People should be switching to Chrome anyway. It's so much quicker than IE that it borders on ridiculous!

22 Jul 2012

I don't think spelling's deteriorating, but I do believe people care less about it, which is good. In the past those who worried about their spelling, and so on, would often be shy of trying to communicate. I like to hear from anyone who has something to say, whether they can spell or otherwise. Incorrect grammar and punctuation are even more common than poor spelling, but why care, just so long as we understand each other.

22 Jul 2012

Quote by Greenline
Is it me... or is spelling on here deteriorating and are folk unaware of the spell-checking facility :
Just a sign of the times perhaps :?: :sad:

I never check my spelling on here. Usually I whizz a reply to a post and then, should I notice an error once posted, will edit the post to correct my spelling.
I'm not overly bothered by other people's spelling though. I guess I take a bit of a descriptivist view. I understand and appreciate the need for people to spell correctly, but I view this forum as quite a conversational medium, and therefore non-standard language usage is, as in actual conversations, quite common.
dunno

But that's just me.

22 Jul 2012

Hello all, I'm new here (joined yesterday) so maybe I shouldn't comment but poor spelling is everywhere these days, not just here, and few seem to care. Very sad. But I think it is important as the correct spelling, or poor spelling, can alter the entire meaning of a post.

22 Jul 2012

In an informal setting like this, why should spelling and grammar be important? The overwhelming majority of us are bright enough to use the context of a post to determine what is meant by the poster, whether the spelling is correct or not.

22 Jul 2012

Quote by GregSH
Hello all, I'm new here (joined yesterday) so maybe I shouldn't comment but poor spelling is everywhere these days, not just here, and few seem to care. Very sad. But I think it is important as the correct spelling, or poor spelling, can alter the entire meaning of a post.

According to both your avatar and profile you joined in June 2010. I see elsewhere that you say you are heavily involved in politics so it shouldn't come as any surprise that you're being economical with the truth wink

22 Jul 2012

Quote by Max777
Hello all, I'm new here (joined yesterday) so maybe I shouldn't comment but poor spelling is everywhere these days, not just here, and few seem to care. Very sad. But I think it is important as the correct spelling, or poor spelling, can alter the entire meaning of a post.

According to both your avatar and profile you joined in June 2010. I see elsewhere that you say you are heavily involved in politics so it shouldn't come as any surprise that you're being economical with the truth wink

I might be off in my assumption here but he may mean he became a full member yesterday, so :welcome: Greg!
Anyway, back to the topic:
I have a classical grammar school education (not that I ever got my head round anything but the basics of grammar! ;)) but good spelling was drilled into me from the outset. As such, I strive to spell the best I can, but I also understand that others may - for one reason or another - feel less need for such anal perfection.
Let's face facts: If everyone was the same then we wouldn't be here in the first place. Aren't we all just looking for something different? Isn't tolerance one of the most attractive character traits that someone can aspire to? dunno

NB. The auto correct options that seem to prevail nowadays drive me crazy! Who are they to assume to know what I meant to write? mad

22 Jul 2012

Quote by Cubes
Hello all, I'm new here (joined yesterday) so maybe I shouldn't comment but poor spelling is everywhere these days, not just here, and few seem to care. Very sad. But I think it is important as the correct spelling, or poor spelling, can alter the entire meaning of a post.

According to both your avatar and profile you joined in June 2010. I see elsewhere that you say you are heavily involved in politics so it shouldn't come as any surprise that you're being economical with the truth wink

I might be off in my assumption here but he may mean he became a full member yesterday
That's not what he said. I'm sure you being a Mod you don't have to guess.

22 Jul 2012

Quote by Max777
Hello all, I'm new here (joined yesterday) so maybe I shouldn't comment but poor spelling is everywhere these days, not just here, and few seem to care. Very sad. But I think it is important as the correct spelling, or poor spelling, can alter the entire meaning of a post.

According to both your avatar and profile you joined in June 2010. I see elsewhere that you say you are heavily involved in politics so it shouldn't come as any surprise that you're being economical with the truth wink

Actually, I joined about a year ago (that is true) but never moved on from that basic membership until now and have (on 21/7/12) upgraded to full membership which is what I meant. Also, if you see my number of posts you will discover the full truth, in that this one is my 4th. Hardly a sign that I joined as a full and active member a year ago.
Finally (for now) thanks for the welcome - maybe I should forget trying to become involved if that's how you greet people here.

22 Jul 2012

another one done to death on the spelling and grammar thingy rolleyes

in a brucie sort of way
is it me of is there a serious lack of of attractive people who can spell and are also good at grammar flipa

:flipa::flipa::flipa:
bolt

22 Jul 2012

Quote by Max777
I might be off in my assumption here but he may mean he became a full member yesterday

That's not what he said. I'm sure you being a Mod you don't have to guess.
I'm afraid being a mod isn't as all-seeing as you'd think. Apart from knowing if someone is a premium member or not, we have no inside information about their account or payments details. Nor should we.

Quote by GregSH
Finally (for now) thanks for the welcome - maybe I should forget trying to become involved if that's how you greet people here.

It's an unfortunate fact of life that here, as with many Internet forums, new posters can be treated with some suspicion. Don't let that put you off getting involved. We were all new here once and if we'd all been frightened off at the start there'd be nobody left now. Just tip your chair back, roll up your sleeves and get stuck in. Carpe diem etc. ;)

22 Jul 2012

Thanks Cubes, your comments made me feel a bit better. Not that I "bruise" so easily but as a "new boy" finally taking the plunge into a largely unknown (to me) scene I was left feeling a bit unwelcome by some.

22 Jul 2012

:welcome: and don't forget that something that is intended to be teasing or tongue in cheek can sound rude or thoughtless to the reader. But, it is true that people will point up incongruities between profiles and forums posts/chat room statements.
As to the original comment - spelling and gramnmar matter to me. I was brought up with it. I have let spelling slide in the chat room in favour of prompt replies and conversational flow, but it still irritates me when I put teh instead of the. That's me.
Spelling and garmmar are both important where they affect the meaning of the text. It really is worth a quick proof-read before hitting 'send'. (Sometimes it's worth reading it 10 times, going to bed, sobering up and then deleting half of it before hitting the send button. LOL)
I will state my strongly-held opinion that writing a profile text or email to a stranger in text speak is lazy, thoughtless(surely no-one would think it were clever and do it deliberately?) and often pointless I and others would simply delete it.
It's all about making an effort - if a person won't make an effort with the first email, what effort can I expect in the bedroom? This is separate from dyslexia, where people try very hard to deal with and not type gibberish.

22 Jul 2012

Quote by GregSH
Hello all, I'm new here (joined yesterday) so maybe I shouldn't comment but poor spelling is everywhere these days, not just here, and few seem to care. Very sad. But I think it is important as the correct spelling, or poor spelling, can alter the entire meaning of a post.

According to both your avatar and profile you joined in June 2010. I see elsewhere that you say you are heavily involved in politics so it shouldn't come as any surprise that you're being economical with the truth wink

Actually, I joined about a year ago (that is true) but never moved on from that basic membership until now and have (on 21/7/12) upgraded to full membership which is what I meant. Also, if you see my number of posts you will discover the full truth, in that this one is my 4th. Hardly a sign that I joined as a full and active member a year ago.
Finally (for now) thanks for the welcome - maybe I should forget trying to become involved if that's how you greet people here.
You joined two years ago, yet claimed in your original post that you joined the day before. Are you not suprised that someone made a comment on it? The fact that you have barely made any comments in the forum is neither here nor there tbh, there are many fully paid up members that never post in the forum, and I'd be prepared to bet that many never even click into the forum.
For my part I liked your original post and it echoes my feelings that people simply don't care. I too, find it sad that the basic communication of writing is lost on so many people.
If you have any knowledge of internet forums related to other interests in your life you will be aware that no forum ever works if everyone agrees. Forums thrive on differences of opinion and the more people that freely give their opinion the better the forum. With that in mind if you are already doubting whether you can be involved with the forum then maybe you shouldn't.
Or you could just zip up your man suit and get stuck in. duel

22 Jul 2012

just got this in chat...
XXXXXX: Sorry ot whisper honey. Would you check my Profile. Not sure if you are in to the older guy (I goddaask - lol) but told I have the body of a 28 yerar old. I used to live near Tooting Bec and my best friend lives up the road in Mitcham. Email me her if you like. I'm anintelelgent, articulate, GSOH guy - a corporate lawyer.
XXXXXX: And I can spell too! (Sorry about that) goto to go now so typed in haste. I hate typos - it's sloppy. x
hmmm sloppy- he said it!

22 Jul 2012

Quote by GregSH
Hello all, I'm new here (joined yesterday) so maybe I shouldn't comment but poor spelling is everywhere these days, not just here, and few seem to care. Very sad. But I think it is important as the correct spelling, or poor spelling, can alter the entire meaning of a post.

According to both your avatar and profile you joined in June 2010. I see elsewhere that you say you are heavily involved in politics so it shouldn't come as any surprise that you're being economical with the truth wink

Actually, I joined about a year ago (that is true) but never moved on from that basic membership until now and have (on 21/7/12) upgraded to full membership which is what I meant. Also, if you see my number of posts you will discover the full truth, in that this one is my 4th. Hardly a sign that I joined as a full and active member a year ago.
Finally (for now) thanks for the welcome - maybe I should forget trying to become involved if that's how you greet people here.
For God's sake my post was very much tongue in cheek. I thought politicians had to have thick skins?
The number of forum posts has no bearing on the length of membership to the site. Most members never post in the forum, no matter how long they have been members.
BTW, June 2010 is over two years ago. Just thought I'd point that out.

22 Jul 2012

Quote by Cubes
I might be off in my assumption here but he may mean he became a full member yesterday

That's not what he said. I'm sure you being a Mod you don't have to guess.
I'm afraid being a mod isn't as all-seeing as you'd think. Apart from knowing if someone is a premium member or not, we have no inside information about their account or payments details. Nor should we.

Quote by GregSH
Finally (for now) thanks for the welcome - maybe I should forget trying to become involved if that's how you greet people here.

It's an unfortunate fact of life that here, as with many Internet forums, new posters can be treated with some suspicion. Don't let that put you off getting involved. We were all new here once and if we'd all been frightened off at the start there'd be nobody left now. Just tip your chair back, roll up your sleeves and get stuck in. Carpe diem etc. ;)
Cubes, my post was very much tongue in cheek, in the same vein of your post re American girls being black men in the Gloryhole thread. We both put winks at the end of our posts, did we not? dunno

23 Jul 2012

Quote by Max777
Cubes, my post was very much tongue in cheek, in the same vein of your post re American girls being black men in the Gloryhole thread. We both put winks at the end of our posts, did we not?

Max,
If you cross-quote me please do so in context:

Quote by Cubes
And from experience I think you'll find that the majority of nice wild American girls on sites like these tend to be naughty African males out to get their hands on your credit card details. ;)

Now, in deference to the original poster, if you have any further comments on the matter please feel free to PM me so that this thread can return to the original subject. Thank you.