GOOD GOD!! WHY ARE THERE SO MANY.......????

by Terry 192 Replies latest jw friends

  • ninja
    ninja

    hate to break it to you terrzo......in your original post.....embarrassed should have 2 "r"s as well.....muhahahaha......nitpickity ninja

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    Is there a legitimate way to incorrectly communicate? That would, it seems, be the corollary

    If there is not a legitimate way to correctly cheat on your taxes, does that imply there is a legitimate way to incorrectly cheat on your taxes?

  • BCberean
    BCberean

    John Doe
    I respectfully request the pronounciation of TAUTOLOGOUS

    also...if it's not trying your patience too much.....

    what does TAUTOLOGOUS mean???

  • Open mind
    Open mind

    Most chronically poor spellers know who they are.

    For them, what Stilla said is good advice:

    Compose off line , spell check and then cut and paste

    Even if you're pretty good at stringing words together, I think Terry makes a good analogy with dress and hygiene. If we at least take a minute to do a quick proof-read, it's like running a comb through your hair and slapping on some BO juice.

    I do think JK666 strikes a good balance with this observation:

    I am not writing a doctoral thesis! I am communicating.

    Side point to Terry: What's your opinion of slang and abbreviations? FWIW, IMHO, U R, etc.

    And finally, just to make Terry and Jgnat (another self-admitted spelling Nazi) cringe, I'll attach this. You've probably already seen it, but here goes.

    Spelling Doesn’t Matter

    Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht

    oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist

    and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can

    sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed

    ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

    Amzanig huh?

    Open Mind
    (of the, pretty good speller on good days, class)

  • John Doe
    John Doe
  • JK666
    JK666

    Zappa (my avatar) in poem and song states:

    You are what you is,

    You is what you am,

    You ain't what your not,

    A cow don't make ham!

    JK

    BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Narkissos
    Narkissos

    Isn't picking on people's misspellings to online social conventions what misspellings are to spelling conventions?

    I break the rules, therefore I am?

  • BCberean
    BCberean

    aWWWW jOHN....you gonna make me 'work' for it???

    Could you just kinda phonetically spell it out for me like Terry did with 'specificity'

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    I'm not good with spelling such things, but I'll try. ;-)

    taw-tawl-a-jus.

  • JK666
    JK666

    As Ninja pointed out,

    The error is at least a 5 point deduction from your total score. You had better have good content!

    JK

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