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Thread: spell checkers on the board
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11th May 2004, 06:30 PM #16
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Originally Posted by Bob Willson
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11th May 2004, 06:36 PM #17
No, Fini, Stop, no more.
I will get flamed again now.Bob Willson
The term 'grammar nazi' was invented to make people, who don't know their grammar, feel OK about being uneducated.
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11th May 2004, 07:25 PM #18
Hi all
I'm going to get shot for being honest but what the heck?
I only pick on people who misspell words for two reasons.
1. I think it is funny.
2. They have said something that sh#$s (sorry, Irritates) me and I lack the confidence to argue with them on the particular point of irritation.
3. I can't count but I'm a bloody good speller.
cheers
Jim (ex spelling Nazi)Cheers
Jim
"I see dumb peope!"
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11th May 2004, 07:32 PM #19
Originally Posted by kenmil
Ken
I agree with you.
I've been told lots of unpleasant things for suggesting that it's ( it is ) not Swahili, it is our chosen, or native tongue. Sturdee is one of the best spellers on this post and English is his second language! So paying out on anyone who expects good spelling is an excuse for being too bloody lazy to learn your own language. Well done guys. Tell us to go and write on a spelling forum. Well ghoti to you. Thats fish for all you dumbarses.
cheers Jim ex (maybe not)spelling Nazi.Cheers
Jim
"I see dumb peope!"
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11th May 2004, 09:01 PM #20
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Sitting on the horns of dilemma.
I am in a quandary about these posts.
I do not want to discourage people, who don't have the same grasp of the language, from posting and contributing from this board. I would rather read and learn from a post with spelling mistakes and typo's then not to learn at all because the member is embarrassed by his spelling. As Brudda says it is a woodworking forum.
This said, I fully agree with the sentiment expressed by the honorable Spell checkers on this board. It is much easier to read a post with correct English rather then one written in pidging English. The use of basic rules of grammar and spelling is really not too hard. What worries me is that before too long Australian English will disappear and be replaced by pidging English.
Peter.
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11th May 2004, 11:29 PM #21
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12th May 2004, 07:24 PM #22
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I would suggest that the difference between those who complain about spelling and those who don't is the difference between those who do a lot of reading, and probably read quickly, and those who do little reading.
People who read quickly, do not 'hear' the words in their head, they merely absorb the meaning. Good readers do not see the individual letters, they see the words. Bad spelling creates meaningless text.
Slow readers will hear the words, some even move their lips, some even vocalise. The spelling for them does not matter as long as it makes the right sound.
Cheers
I should have mentioned - spell checkers only find typos, they will never note the use of an incorrect word. A good grammar checker might find incorrect word useage.Last edited by GeoffS; 12th May 2004 at 10:39 PM.
GeoffS
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12th May 2004, 07:58 PM #23
I have often wondered about the relationship between the way in which a language changes and the degree of ability to read and write and therefore have a visual interpretation of the language.
I know an engineer who says 'pacific' when he really means 'specific.' Now he is not what most people would call uneducated and he has a degree for proof of that.
The question is , how many people listening to him would hear what he is saying and then maybe, (because he is an engineer and therefore educated and should therefore know these things,) emulate his usage believing that they are doing the right thing. They would then pass this onto their children ad infinitum until it becomes the new accepted norm. The ability to have and use a written language does, in my opinion, forestall this tendency.Bob Willson
The term 'grammar nazi' was invented to make people, who don't know their grammar, feel OK about being uneducated.
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12th May 2004, 10:51 PM #24
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12th May 2004, 10:57 PM #25
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Originally Posted by AlexS
Al
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12th May 2004, 11:16 PM #26
Originally Posted by AlexS
(This is all getting a bit deep, isn't it?)
ColLast edited by Driver; 13th May 2004 at 06:46 PM.
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13th May 2004, 05:53 PM #27
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Yes it is, but none of that excuses slack spelling. :mad:
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13th May 2004, 06:42 PM #28
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"I would have thought with the new version with all the bells and whistles in it, it might have had a spell checker included."
Would be useful but might spoil the fun!
Bob H.
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13th May 2004, 06:47 PM #29
Originally Posted by kenmil
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13th May 2004, 06:52 PM #30
Originally Posted by SteveI