Embarrassed by your spelling?

[WhiteD3]

Sick of being ridiculed for poor spelling?
Ruing those wasted 12 years in school, ogling your primary school teacher's assets instead of learning the 3 R's?
Feeling the need to boost your flagging ego by posting a near-literate posts?
Maybe you need to find a justification to use on the Mrs for the time you waste here.... "See ya daft Sheila, I haven't wasted all my time and our money on this LR, I've learned to spell!"

Download ieSpell.

ieSpell - Spell Checker add-on for Internet Explorer (http://www.iespell.com/)

It's freeware and it works.

Yes, been posted before but with all the cheek some people cop here re spelling (can and can't) I thought I'd put up a reminder.:)

[dmdigital]

Or just use a Mac it has it built in to Safari :p


Yes, I am disatisfied Vista user:o

[vnx205]

Or just use a Mac it has it built in to Safari :p


Yes, I am dissatisfied Vista user:o
Or just use Firefox. :p

I have hardly used IE enough to become dissatisfied with it. I started with Opera and have been very happy recently with FF.

Edit.... I don't really know if it's better. It's just that I am used to FF. Like most people, I tend to think the one I am used to is the good one and others are difficult to use.

[Bushie]

Know matter witch won ewe ewes it wont bee able too help yew if you use the wrong word.

Sew eye hope you are awl shore yew no watt you're doing.


Martyn

[vnx205]

Know matter witch won ewe ewes it wont bee able too help yew if you use the wrong word.

Sew eye hope you are awl shore yew no watt you're doing.


Martyn

Yaw sew write.

[WhiteD3]

Know matter witch won ewe ewes it wont bee able too help yew if you use the wrong word.

Sew eye hope you are awl shore yew no watt you're doing.


Martyn

See, this is the problem. A bloke puts up a helpful post and then some weirdo with a sheep fetish comes along and trashes it!

Not a kiwi are you Martyn?





:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[p38arover]

Should I mention that the topic subject has a spelling error? :angel:


:D:D:D

[George130]

Spelling doesn't worry me. You need to be able to spell to even notice:cool:.

[Tank]

Should I mention that the topic subject has a spelling error? :angel:


:D:D:D
Ron, Yes, I think you should, Regards Frank.

[spudboy]

Should I mention that the topic subject has a spelling error? :angel:


:D:D:D

I was waiting for you to see this and pick it up!

[WhiteD3]

Should I mention that the topic subject has a spelling error? :angel:


:D:D:D

It depends whether (-A-) you think I did it as some sort of cunning plan to sort the wheat from the chaff:D, or (-B-) I'm a dill!:eek:

Anyway, what spelling error?:angel:

[p38arover]

It depends whether (-A-) you think I did it as some sort of cunning plan to sort the wheat from the chaff:D, or (-B-) I'm a dill!:eek:

Option B sounds good!

:wasntme:


:D:D:D

It's called Muphry's Law Threepenny Planet: Muphry's Law (http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Ebangsund/muphry.htm)

I see you fixed it.

[vnx205]

It's called Muphry's Law Threepenny Planet: Muphry's Law (http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Ebangsund/muphry.htm)


Muphry's Law. I love it. It's so true.

[Bushie]

See, this is the problem. A bloke puts up a helpful post and then some weirdo with a sheep fetish comes along and trashes it!

Not a kiwi are you Martyn?





:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Not a kiwi, and don't have any sheep fetishes. Just pointing out that a spell checker doesn't assist, if you use the 'wrong word' for what you are trying to say.

I used to work with a guy who made a point of using the spell checker, because in his words he "couldn't spell for s**t"

He still used to put out memos along the lines of

Make shore that you check........


Martyn

[George130]

Not a kiwi, and don't have any sheep fetishes. Just pointing out that a spell checker doesn't assist, if you use the 'wrong word' for what you are trying to say.

I used to work with a guy who made a point of using the spell checker, because in his words he "couldn't spell for s**t"

He still used to put out memos along the lines of

Make shore that you check........


Martyn
Those of us who know we can't spell just live with it. I used to get asked why I didn't use a dictionary. Simple answere is if you can't spell then you can't use a dictionary. I also know my writting skills will always be sub par.

[Panda]

I couldn't care a less if people can spell or not.

Tony's not a good speller, but he makes up for it in a lot of other ways. He's very clever with a great deal of things, things I could only dream about being clever at.

Not everyone are natural spellers & it annoys me that people seem to think it's such a big deal. I know of people who have tried & tried & tried & tried to be able to spell, but it's just doesn't come naturally to them. It's something you can either do, or can't.

Same with people who are really good with figures, measurements, being able to "see" exactly how something fits together by just looking at it.

Or the same as the way men are much better drivers & parkers than women. Of course, I'm talking in general terms here. However, it's poetry in motion watching a bloke park a dirty great big truck with a couple of inches to spare, in one go, I might add.

So if you can't spell, don't let it worry you. It doesn't make you any less a person than anyone else. :)

Panda

[rovercare]

I couldn't care a less if people can spell or not.

Tony's not a good speller, but he makes up for it in a lot of other ways. He's very clever with a great deal of things, things I could only dream about being clever at.

Not everyone are natural spellers & it annoys me that people seem to think it's such a big deal.

Panda

:D:D:D

[WhiteD3]

Well I can't spell either, hence the use of technology. Obviously it's not fool proof though! I'm now going to bed to sulk:(.

[Panda]

Don't you dare go to bed & sulk! I'll bet you can list 20 things that you're really good at that other people can't do!:) There's far more important things in life than being able to spell!;)


Well I can't spell either, hence the use of technology. Obviously it's not fool proof though! I'm now going to bed to sulk:(.

[abaddonxi]

I'm only embarrassed by my spelling when it is incorrect.:D

Cheers
Siomn

[Slunnie]

Yeah, I'm nor embarrised enough to hit the spell check button or poof read...... I don't think anybody has notised yet. :D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

There's far more important things in life than being able to spell!;)


Look out Ron!!!!
ANARCHY!!! :eek:

[Redback]

Or just use Firefox. :p

I have hardly used IE enough to become dissatisfied with it. I started with Opera and have been very happy recently with FF.

Edit.... I don't really know if it's better. It's just that I am used to FF. Like most people, I tend to think the one I am used to is the good one and others are difficult to use.

Trouble with Firefox is, it spell checks in US spelling, apart from that it's OK.


Should I mention that the topic subject has a spelling error? :angel:


:D:D:D

Yeah it should be INbarrassed buy hey Ron:D

Baz.

[longreach]

just try you best,with your spelling,no one should criticise you if you do:cool:I left school at year 10,and I get by:angel:

[Panda]

Exactly! No one seems to have any problems being understood round here, so don't worry about it ... "be happy" :D


just try you best,with your spelling,no one should criticise you if you do:cool:I left school at year 10,and I get by:angel:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Trouble with Firefox is, it spell checks in US spelling, apart from that it's OK.

Baz.

go here Baz,,,
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3099

[Redback]

go here Baz,,,
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3099

Thanks Pete i'll download that when i get home:BigThumb:

[rovercare]

Exactly! No one seems to have any problems being understood round here, so don't worry about it ... "be happy" :D

Didn't that bloke commit suicide:eek:

[Panda]

Come to think of it ... :o


Didn't that bloke commit suicide:eek:

[WhiteD3]

Well I hope he had someone check his bye bye note for errors first.

[29dinosaur]

Why do we think spelling is 'set in concrete' as it were? As long as we don't start spelling like the septic tanks we're right.....

Try this:

Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
5 Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
10 That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
(So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
15 And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.

[stevo68]

I think there are spelling mistakes....and then there are spelling mistakes. The odd word here or there is one thing versus a whole dialogue of spelling and grammatical errors that makes it pointless to read. How important is it? I would think it is pretty bloody important. When I was hiring people, if I came across a resume littered with spelling mistakes it got binned straight away. My 11 yr old can spell, so if someone in their mid 20's can't there is a problem. Reading, writing and arithmetic are the very basic's of education, it shouldn't be that hard...should it?

Is it the be all and end all.......of course not.....my old man sends me emails every now and then that do my head in because of the errors in spelling and grammar and trying to decipher what he is saying. Being a multi millionaire, maybe he can get away with it :angel:,

Regards

Stevo

[vnx205]

Those of us who know we can't spell just live with it. I used to get asked why I didn't use a dictionary. Simple answere is if you can't spell then you can't use a dictionary. I also know my writting skills will always be sub par.

I don't want to re-open the whole debate about the importance of spelling.
It was debated fairly comprehensively in October last year, complete with a poll on the subject.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-chat/44837-spell-not-spell.html#post620364

I just want to make the point that the claim so often heard that you can't look a word up in the dictionary if you can't spell it is usually a cop out.

It may be true in some cases such as "xylophone", "dauphin" or "yacht", but most of the time a fairly quick search would locate the word easily enough.

The word in the title which apparently caused some difficulty is commonly written incorrectly and is a fairly typical example.
Surely there are only a few possibilities: embaras, embarras, embarras, or possible even embaris.
Look up any one of those possibilities in the dictionary and you will be so close on the page to the correct spelling that you could hardly miss it.

Even if there are a lot of words that are hard to look up if you can't spell them, there are an enormous number that could be found quite easily. I will concede that there are some words you can't find if you can't spell them, but it is certainly not universally true.

BTW George130, your post is easy to read.

That has little to do with how good your spelling is. It is because unlike some other people, You know when to put in a full stop and start a new sentence.

Being able to write in short clear sentences and also in short paragraphs has little to do with your level of education. How hard can it be to bung in a full stop after each statement and start a new sentence or a new paragraph?

If someone who claims to have sub par writting skills can do it surely everyone can.:p

[WhiteD3]

The POINT of this thread was just to let people know about a freeware spell checker. The point WAS NOT to start the whole spelling debate again. Bloody thread hijackers:D

[vnx205]

The POINT of this thread was just to let people know about a freeware spell checker. The point WAS NOT to start the whole spelling debate again. Bloody thread hijackers:D

I thought it had already served its purpose admirably.:D

The poor unfortunates who are stuck with IE had found out about a freeware spell checker.

A few enlightened (but apparently not fully informed) users of FF found out about the Australian Dictionary add-on.

So I thought as the thread had served its original purpose and one extra purpose it was fair game for those who had a mind to hijack it.:p

[Jedimastermat]

Spelling is over rated.

Went to a public school and cant spell for... well not much. only need to remember alkanes have single bonds, alkenes have double bonds and alkynes have triple bonds or is that alkenes have single bonds....bugger:angel:

now if i put this ether near this flame :cool:

[George130]

I don't want to re-open the whole debate about the importance of spelling.
It was debated fairly comprehensively in October last year, complete with a poll on the subject.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-chat/44837-spell-not-spell.html#post620364

I just want to make the point that the claim so often heard that you can't look a word up in the dictionary if you can't spell it is usually a cop out.

It may be true in some cases such as "xylophone", "dauphin" or "yacht", but most of the time a fairly quick search would locate the word easily enough.

The word in the title which apparently caused some difficulty is commonly written incorrectly and is a fairly typical example.
Surely there are only a few possibilities: embaras, embarras, embarras, or possible even embaris.
Look up any one of those possibilities in the dictionary and you will be so close on the page to the correct spelling that you could hardly miss it.

Even if there are a lot of words that are hard to look up if you can't spell them, there are an enormous number that could be found quite easily. I will concede that there are some words you can't find if you can't spell them, but it is certainly not universally true.

BTW George130, your post is easy to read.

That has little to do with how good your spelling is. It is because unlike some other people, You know when to put in a full stop and start a new sentence.

Being able to write in short clear sentences and also in short paragraphs has little to do with your level of education. How hard can it be to bung in a full stop after each statement and start a new sentence or a new paragraph?

If someone who claims to have sub par writting skills can do it surely everyone can.:p

I'm surprised my grammar is even remotly correct. I only begon to understand grammar at the end of year 12.
As for spelling. I am dislexic. My records and tests are what was used in the ACT to creat the standards for recognising someone with a learning disability as by year 12 I could no longer hide it.
After a lot of extra coaching I was told I will never spell correctly unles I can loose the ability to read and write and start from scratch.
I still try to get it right in the first place but I cannot see my own mistakes and only see obviouse mistakes in others.
On the plus side I am very good at interpreting what is supposed to be there. A lot of the more dificult words I know is because I spent weeks learning the word and sayings to get the letters correct.
I can't even read my own hand writting after 6-12 months so have to type or memorise things I need to know.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I never have a problem understanding anything you write Edd.:cool:

[mox]

The following indicates limitations of using spelling checkers. Try it through yours.
Since they came into apparently common use I have noticed that most of the spelling mistakes in newspapers are the sort spelling checkers do not pick up.

GET IT WRITE!

I have a spelling chequer
It came with my Pea See
It plane lee marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye can knot sea.

When aye strike the quays and right a whirred
Eye weight fore it too say
Weather eye am write or wrong
It tells me rite aweigh.

Whenever a mist ache is maid
It nose bee four two late
It tells me watt eye rote is floored
Its rear lee, rear lee grate!

I've run this pome write threw it
I'm shore yore pleased two no
Its let a perfect in its weigh
My chequer tolled me sew

- Sauce unknown

[vnx205]

I'm surprised my grammar is even remotly correct. I only begon to understand grammar at the end of year 12.
As for spelling. I am dislexic. My records and tests are what was used in the ACT to creat the standards for recognising someone with a learning disability as by year 12 I could no longer hide it.
After a lot of extra coaching I was told I will never spell correctly unles I can loose the ability to read and write and start from scratch.
I still try to get it right in the first place but I cannot see my own mistakes and only see obviouse mistakes in others.
On the plus side I am very good at interpreting what is supposed to be there. A lot of the more dificult words I know is because I spent weeks learning the word and sayings to get the letters correct.
I can't even read my own hand writting after 6-12 months so have to type or memorise things I need to know.

I am both fascinated and impressed by your story.
You should be proud of the effort you have made and what you have achieved.

It does make you wonder though about some of those other people who just throw up their hands and say, "I'm not a good speller and I never will be, so I'm not even going to try."

[disco2hse]

Didn't that bloke commit suicide:eek:

I saw an interview with him recently, on one of those BBC rock history doco's. He said the reports of his suicide had been greatly exaggerated. ;)

[rovercare]

I saw an interview with him recently, on one of those BBC rock history doco's. He said the reports of his suicide had been greatly exaggerated. ;)


:D:D:DI';ll take that as a no then:D

[rovercare]

I am both fascinated and impressed by your story.
You should be proud of the effort you have made and what you have achieved.

It does make you wonder though about some of those other people who just throw up their hands and say, "I'm not a good speller and I never will be, so I'm not even going to try."

Can you set up a diff, rebuild a gearbox, do 100 pushups, run 10km??

All these things above take miniscul amounts of time to learn/train for in comparison to good spelling;)

[vnx205]

Can you set up a diff, rebuild a gearbox, do 100 pushups, run 10km??

All these things above take miniscul amounts of time to learn/train for in comparison to good spelling;)
I agree.
That's why I'm impressed.

[dandlandyman]

Spelling mistakes don't bother me much. I can spell well enough to do a personal edit on other people's meaning. I do have to laugh at grammar, though.

eg. there/they're/their, to/two/too, piece/peace, we're/where/wear, hear/here/hair/heir, and many more. They may be spelled correctly, but using the wrong one changes the meaning of the whole conversation.

An excellent example is the NT News - a few weeks ago, their front page headline read: "Pet Owners to be Weary of Cane Toads." No kidding. Spelled right, wrong word... That goes to prove, I guess, that you don't need to know your grammar to get a good job.

Another funny thing that I see is the inclusion or exclusion of letters in words. Like "laughter." Adding an "s" turns it into a bloodbath. And "defecting" with a gratuitous "a" can put you in the sh...

Take heart, though. I was once told that, of all the languages in the world today, English is the hardest to learn. I can never hope to get anything I say completely right, but hopefully I'm coherent enough in my efforts for you all to follow my meaning...

Dan.

[vnx205]

Can you set up a diff, rebuild a gearbox, do 100 pushups, run 10km??

All these things above take miniscul amounts of time to learn/train for in comparison to good spelling;)


I agree.
That's why I'm impressed.

I would like to expand a little on my previous reply.

I remain impressed by George130's determination.

I would, however like to qualify my response to rovercare's comment about the relative levels of difficulty of spelling and mechanical maintenance.

As I see it, the situation is that for some people, spelling is harder than rebuilding a gearbox.
For someone with a certain level of experience and expertise, rebuilding a gearbox is a doddle because they know from experience which way the lip on an oil seal faces and what is an acceptable amount of play in a bearing or bush.
Others find it a struggle because they have to look everything up in the manual and double check that they have got it right. They probably also don't have that magic tool on hand that makes fitting the parts easy.

The same thing applies to spelling.
Some people automatically know that "dissatisfied" has a double "s" and "disapprove" has only one. The reason they know this is not that they are clever enough to remember it, but because they know that the prefix "dis" has been used on the front of both words.
In the first case it is added to "satisfied", hence the double s and in the second case it is added to "approve", so only one "s".

Learning to spell does not involve (as some people like to pretend) learning to spell every word you need to use.
It is more about understanding connections between words and things like that.
If you can spell "difference", you can do a pretty good job of spelling "differential".

One reason some people find it hard to learn spelling is that they are trying to learn it the wrong way.

I know your original questions were rhetorical, but I will answer them anyway.:p
I have never set up a diff,
I have partially rebuilt a Series III gearbox,
The most pushups I have ever been able to do without a break is 50.
I have always struggled to run 10km, but on more than one occasion I have paddled 160km in about 24hours and four times I have paddled 111km overnight with just two brief stops.:D

[George130]

My post last night might have been a bit hard but it was a red flag to a bull. I had a few highschool teachers decide the best way to make me spell correctly was to take 1 mark of for each spelling error. Suffice to say from that day on I usually would get an F in history and georgraphy. By the end of year 10 I had already decided to just write those classes and teachers off as I could get the same marks without handing anything in and even told them so.
Correct spelling and the use of grammar is worthwhile and it does hurt your prospects if you can't. I have just learn't to side step it in my working life.
Different people have different skills.
I also was told english is the hardest language to learn.

[stevo68]

Can you set up a diff, rebuild a gearbox, do 100 pushups, run 10km??

All these things above take miniscul amounts of time to learn/train for in comparison to good spelling;) My 11 yr old daughter can't do any of the above, yet she can write a 2 page assignment without an error. In other words it is something learnt as a child not an adult. The examples above are a case of expertise and knowledge or a pretty good fitness regime. Things I would love to know how to do but alas cannot, though in my 20's could easily do the latter 2 things. I take my hat off to those that can do the first 2,

Regards

Stevo

[rovercare]

I have never set up a diff,
I have partially rebuilt a Series III gearbox,
The most pushups I have ever been able to do without a break is 50.
I have always struggled to run 10km, but on more than one occasion I have paddled 160km in about 24hours and four times I have paddled 111km overnight with just two brief stops.:D

Wow, that's alot of rowing:eek:

I personally find that alot of the spelling issues, are kinda like, haha, "I can spell, you can't, dummy" type things, It'd be like me laughing picking on you because you can;t set up a diff

Your dead right, experiance in a particular field makes things easy, I failed year 10 then left, all my learning was done in trade school, I've been called pragmatic, omnipident and all sorts of crazy words by linqual people and then they laugh because I don;t know what they mean until I look them up, (yes I see the irony), but how often do I use the weathers, there they're theyeyriel, or big words in general, it is not often

Everybody has talents, just some aren;t spelling, I just don;t think badgering someone about spelling, or expecting them to occupy more time useing a spell checker is really warranted

And some people are just stupid:(, i work with them every day, some of these people stand at machines for years and still have no idea how they operate:mad:, seriously, you drive a car, everyday, one day it doesn;t want to move, you get a mechanic to check it out, only to find you've left the handbrake on..........seriously, that's what its like:eek:, some can't write, let alone spell

By the way, I'm NOT a mechanic:mad: Iza Lektrishan:D

[rovercare]

My 11 yr old daughter can't do any of the above, yet she can write a 2 page assignment without an error. In other words it is something learnt as a child not an adult.

Regards

Stevo

Yep, but some people never learnt as a child, some learnt other things as a child, joy's of misspent youths, I just see it as no matter which way its justified, so long as its legible, it shouldn't be an issue

[vnx205]

I personally find that alot of the spelling issues, are kinda like, haha, "I can spell, you can't, dummy" type things, It'd be like me laughing picking on you because you can;t set up a diff... ....
.... ...... ....
I just don;t think badgering someone about spelling, or expecting them to occupy more time useing a spell checker is really warranted


By the way, I'm NOT a mechanic:mad: Iza Lektrishan:D

OK, let me start by admitting that at first I wondered about your country of origin or at least the country of origin of your name. I did eventually figure out that you were a sparky.:)

In spite of the fact that we might disagree about the importance of spelling, I agree with you that belittling someone because of their spelling is unacceptable. None of my posts has been written with that intention.

However I do think it is acceptable to disagree with someone or even criticize them if they claim there is nothing they can do about their spelling and that it doesn't matter anyway.

I don't intend my comments about spelling to sound like badgering, and in fact I think most of them (I hope all of them) have been general in nature rather than a criticism of an individual.

While it is not always the case, there are occasions when it would be worthwhile for a poster to spend a few seconds using a spellchecker. Sometimes it makes it much easier for the reader and in some cases it even eliminates the possibilty of misinterpretation.

Actually if you are using Firefox, you don't actually spend time using the spellchecker. All you have to do is notice the words that are underlined in red as you type.

[stevo68]

I personally find that alot of the spelling issues, are kinda like, haha, "I can spell, you can't, dummy" type things, It'd be like me laughing picking on you because you can;t set up a diff I think the two are different as making fun or pointing out that somebody can't spell is having a go at either their intellect or education. I'm forever getting laughed at for my lack of knowledge when it comes to things mechanical...read mates......or handy man......I only really became a "man" in the missus's eyes when she saw me put up a fence from scratch :D.


Your dead right, experiance in a particular field makes things easy, I failed year 10 then left, all my learning was done in trade school, I've been called pragmatic, omnipident and all sorts of crazy words by linqual people and then they laugh because I don;t know what they mean until I look them up, (yes I see the irony), but how often do I use the weathers, there they're theyeyriel, or big words in general, it is not often

Everybody has talents, just some aren;t spelling, I just don;t think badgering someone about spelling, or expecting them to occupy more time useing a spell checker is really warranted

And some people are just stupid:(, i work with them every day, some of these people stand at machines for years and still have no idea how they operate:angry:, seriously, you drive a car, everyday, one day it doesn;t want to move, you get a mechanic to check it out, only to find you've left the handbrake on..........seriously, that's what its like:eek:, some can't write, let alone spell

By the way, I'm NOT a mechanic:angry: Iza Lektrishan:D Bolded part, yeah on occasion whether here or elsewhere if the content is that poorly worded or littered with spelling mistakes, then yes, I will move on to something I can read. However, would never intentionally raise that issue with an individual as that would be pretty rude. Aside from SWMBO who I occasionally correct on how and when she uses the word "seen" :), it would be like correcting someone in a conversation of their usage of a particular word...or how they have used it. I would think the average person would find that a) pretty rude and b) highly insulting...especially if others were around........aside from c) mates who regularly take the 'mickey',

Regards

Stevo

[landy63]

Well

[rovercare]

Actually if you are using Firefox, you don't actually spend time using the spellchecker. All you have to do is notice the words that are underlined in red as you type.

I don't even know what firefox is:confused:, flying fox yea:p

[stevo68]

I don't even know what firefox is:confused:, flying fox yea:p Only found out myself a couple of months ago, simplest way for me to explain ( as technical is too hard:angel:) is that it is like a different type of Internet Explorer..but called Firefox. Umm, ok, a different browser for using the internet. I'm sure someone will come along and explain it better than I can. Also where is the spell checker anyway, it never corrects my errors??

Regards

Stevo

[rovercare]

Only found out myself a couple of months ago, simplest way for me to explain ( as technical is too hard:angel:) is that it is like a different type of Internet Explorer..but called Firefox. Umm, ok, a different browser for using the internet. I'm sure someone will come along and explain it better than I can. Also where is the spell checker anyway, it never corrects my errors??

Regards

Stevo

I knew it was an operating system:D but know nothing more, If it costs money or takes time, I ain't interested

I'll stick with my scabbed up laptop and windows something till it dies;)

[WhiteD3]

My threde has bean highgacked by speelling trolles!

:blink::blink::blink::blink::blink::blink::wacko:: wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::w acko::wacko:<_<

Go back to the nude photo thread and annoy Tim, or abuse Rovercare, or give some stick to Hiline, but just go!:cool:

[stevo68]

I knew it was an operating system:D but know nothing more, If it costs money or takes time, I ain't interested

I'll stick with my scabbed up laptop and windows something till it dies;) Nah mate its free and is actually better, I find it quicker.


My threde has bean highgacked by speelling trolles!

:blink::blink::blink::blink::blink::blink::wacko:: wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::w acko::wacko:<_<

Go back to the nude photo thread and annoy Tim, or abuse Rovercare, or give some stick to Hiline, but just go!:cool: Mate, if this thread hadnt been hijacked it wouldnt have lasted one page :p:p:p, I mean c'mon, it wasn't that interesting ;) now you have a thread that has gone for 6pages :D

Regards

Stevo

[dullbird]

seven pages








did i spell that right?

[Panda]

I just press "F7" & it automatically comes up with the spell checker. Don't know if it's already set up, think it's a Microsoft Word thing. :D


Only found out myself a couple of months ago, simplest way for me to explain ( as technical is too hard:angel:) is that it is like a different type of Internet Explorer..but called Firefox. Umm, ok, a different browser for using the internet. I'm sure someone will come along and explain it better than I can. Also where is the spell checker anyway, it never corrects my errors??

Regards

Stevo

[Bushwanderer]

Nah, neither Internet Explorer nor Firefox are operating systems. They are both web browsers, operating under Windows (& similar) operating system.

[Bucko's Ma]

Have found some spelling errors to amuse a certain person on this forum;)
Spelling Fails (http://spellingfails.com/)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Know matter witch won ewe ewes it wont bee able too help yew if you use the wrong word.

Sew eye hope you are awl shore yew no watt you're doing.

MartynMartin

You never mentioned that you were from Wales! :D

To whom it may concern

Rather than being embarrassed about spelling (which I suspect those who have appalling spelling either don't care or don't have any insight of the matter) one could take the time to have a dictionary at hand and use it. Then next time you want to write a card or greeting the recipient won't be put off by the garbled text.

It is never too late to improve one's self! :)

Diana

[The ho har's]

Talk about digging up old threads:o

Ron will be impressed;)

Mrs hh:angel:

[ramblingboy42]

yeah three years have passed and it doesnt seem to have helped some terrible spelling here.

[vnx205]

yeah three years have passed and it doesnt seem to have helped some terrible spelling here.

Yeah, three years have passed and it doesn't seem to have helped some terrible spelling here.

Some of the punctuation hasn't improved much either. :p:p:p

[Blknight.aus]

I don't know what all the fuss is about.

Just get a skill in life that people need more than spelling and then they leave your spelling alone. (usually)

[vnx205]

I don't know what all the fuss is about.

Just get a skill in life that people need more than spelling and then they leave your spelling alone. (usually)

Quite right. We should all stick to what we do best. You work on the mechanicing and I'll work on the spelling, punctuation and grammar. :D:D:D

[85 county]

I am both fascinated and impressed by your story.
You should be proud of the effort you have made and what you have achieved.

It does make you wonder though about some of those other people who just throw up their hands and say, "I'm not a good speller and I never will be, so I'm not even going to try."

I too can relate to George130's story. but rather than critizise thouse you you regard as just thoughing up there hands who unbeknowen to you may have exspended a lot of effort just to get there post to a point of semmi legable. Thouse who seem to have retained the misteriouse and unfatherable ablity to spell correctly. ussally have no idea of this and in a few menbers cases will go on the offencive. i personly know of 2 members who do not post, both of who have a welth of landie information as well as imaculate and well sorted vehicals who just do not post becouse some other member has decided to have a bit of a dig at there spelling. there rear and infrequent posts are actaly done by there partners.

as for spellcheckers, thay are good but thay will not tell you if you are using the wrong word or if the sentance writen is not exspersing the message in the head.

but then this post is realy a wast of time. thouse who can write and spell well will always look down there noses at thouse who cant. didnt attend school! or didnt learn any thing at school or just lazy, and therefore fair game and open to ridicule. some thing we see on this site from time to time

NB post was started at 6 55pm SA time

[vnx205]

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thouse who can write and spell well will always look down there noses at thouse who cant. didnt attend school! or didnt learn any thing at school or just lazy, and therefore fair game and open to ridicule. some thing we see on this site from time to time

NB post was started at 6 55pm SA time

It suppose it is possible that some people look down their noses at people who have difficulties with some tasks. It just is not true that all "those who can write and spell well will always look down their noses at those who can't". I certainly don't.

I have worked often enough with children and adults who struggle with the English language to know just how difficult some people find it. Anyone who believes I am ridiculing someone because of their spelling, punctuation or grammar is seriously misinterpreting my intentions.

I know that there are some people who try hard and still have problems. I know that there are some people who don't even try. I also know that it is not always possible to tell which is which.

I try hard not to be offended by people who unjustly accuse me of ridiculing others. I trust that most people will not take offence whenever spelling is mentioned. Fortunately most people do seem prepared to take the comments in the light hearted manner in which they were intended.

[WhiteD3]

too an a haaf years on an all i got is won thanku for my firts post :dbcry::dbcry::dbcry::dbcry:

[V8Ian]

I used to struggle a bit with spelling, until I developed an interest in grammar and derivation. When I went to school spelling was learnt by memorizing lists of words. This is so boring that it turns many kids off. I have found most base words are short and easy to spell, variations of the base word are not hard to work out. It worked for me and hopefully some one else can get something from it.

[vnx205]

You're right, that does work for most people. Which is just as well, because that is one of the strategies that school children are taught.

Spelling is largely taught now by teaching strategies (not rules) rather than rote learning.