Misspelled word pet peeve
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From: Camarillo
Originally posted by magician
Worcester is pronounced "wooster"
Featherstonehaugh is pronounced "fanshaw"
Mapledurham is pronounced "mum"
Worcester is pronounced "wooster"
Featherstonehaugh is pronounced "fanshaw"
Mapledurham is pronounced "mum"
The second one ... I can get there.
The third one ...
(Not that I doubt what you're saying!)
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From: Napa
Strike, you jumped from my "be given some slack" to your "communicate like monkeys" and "excuse for poor education". That's quite a leap, and not what I meant at all.
When emailing with clients grew to an everyday occurance in my CPA practice, I was surprised at the spelling and punctuation errors I was seeing from very well educated business people. It was pointed out to me that in the interest of time, people that would ordinarily have their secretaries type an impecable business letter were answering or sending out communications by email, on their own. As an example, I have a college degree and spell fairly well, but I have never had a typing class in my life. But I agree that if the only word spelled wrong is there/their, it's probably not the typing fingers that are to blame.
When emailing with clients grew to an everyday occurance in my CPA practice, I was surprised at the spelling and punctuation errors I was seeing from very well educated business people. It was pointed out to me that in the interest of time, people that would ordinarily have their secretaries type an impecable business letter were answering or sending out communications by email, on their own. As an example, I have a college degree and spell fairly well, but I have never had a typing class in my life. But I agree that if the only word spelled wrong is there/their, it's probably not the typing fingers that are to blame.
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From: Salisbury
How about turning nouns into verbs...
When it rains here in NC our weatherperson will tell us to be aware of "ponding on the roads". This is the act of rain building up on the roads into little puddles.
When it rains here in NC our weatherperson will tell us to be aware of "ponding on the roads". This is the act of rain building up on the roads into little puddles.
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From: Yorba Linda, CA
Originally posted by magician
As for the complaints about English spelling, note that:
Worcester is pronounced "wooster"
Featherstonehaugh is pronounced "fanshaw"
Mapledurham is pronounced "mum"
As for the complaints about English spelling, note that:
Worcester is pronounced "wooster"
Featherstonehaugh is pronounced "fanshaw"
Mapledurham is pronounced "mum"
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nucular / nuclear (pronounced "nookier" by Jimmy Carter)
masonry / masonary
caulking pronounced "corking"
column pronounced "colume"
chimney pronounced "chimbly"
yellow pronounced "yaller"
pillow / pellow
tobacco pronounced "backee"
(OK, I live in the South)
masonry / masonary
caulking pronounced "corking"
column pronounced "colume"
chimney pronounced "chimbly"
yellow pronounced "yaller"
pillow / pellow
tobacco pronounced "backee"
(OK, I live in the South)
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Interesting thread.
Don't forget the canadian says "about" pronounced "aboot"
. I am one of the world's worst typists, and therefore spellers 
I type to fast, and am thinking beyond what I am saying. Gregstevens can vouch for that!
No so long ago, I overheard a fellow on his cell phone.. His phone rings, he answers "What up"... "who diss".. "how the **** are ya" now image how he types!!! LOL
I think we can blame email and chat boards for our lack of mis-spelling, and carelessnes.
I have no idea if this is related to the topic, but I wanted to share my 2 bits.
Don't forget the canadian says "about" pronounced "aboot"
. I am one of the world's worst typists, and therefore spellers I type to fast, and am thinking beyond what I am saying. Gregstevens can vouch for that! No so long ago, I overheard a fellow on his cell phone.. His phone rings, he answers "What up"... "who diss".. "how the **** are ya" now image how he types!!! LOL
I think we can blame email and chat boards for our lack of mis-spelling, and carelessnes.
I have no idea if this is related to the topic, but I wanted to share my 2 bits.
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From: Richmond
Not in defense of poor spelling or grammer, but don't forget that the English language is an evolving language. It's nothing like it was a few hundred years ago and it will likely continue to evolve over time.