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theBeamisHome
07-30-2008, 11:23 AM
:lol:
I saw a poster that said this in a Joe's Crab Shack yesterday and it made me laugh out loud. Now it gave me an idea for a new thread.

What are some words that you commonly misspell? other grammatical type errors? Are there errors that particularly annoy you?

And see now I can't think of a word that I have a hard time spelling, but I know there are some.
But it gets on my nerves when people use the wrong there/they're/their... just irks me a lil.

Matt
07-30-2008, 11:24 AM
I'm the worst speller in the world, but I love Joe's :rock:

Daghain
07-30-2008, 11:26 AM
I'm one of those people who was born just naturally knowing how to spell.

Typos, however....:lol:

fernandito
07-30-2008, 11:34 AM
Two words that I always have trouble spelling are-

misspell

and

RIDICOLOUS :arg:

Darkthoughts
07-30-2008, 11:36 AM
Uh oh! No disappearing boggarts for you then!

Daghain
07-30-2008, 11:38 AM
Two words that I always have trouble spelling are-

misspell

and

RIDICOLOUS :arg:

We'll you're batting 500: it's spelled ridiculous. :)

fernandito
07-30-2008, 11:38 AM
See what I mean?

Daghain
07-30-2008, 11:40 AM
:D

Matt
07-30-2008, 11:44 AM
Is the title part of the fun? :lol:

Does it say...untie?

theBeamisHome
07-30-2008, 11:45 AM
lol.. it's supposed to be "unite" of course. that's why it made me laugh.

Daghain
07-30-2008, 11:49 AM
I've seen the sign "dyslexics untie!" before too. :lol:

Jean
07-30-2008, 11:50 AM
But it gets on my nerves when people use the wrong there/they're/their... just irks me a lil.
oh yes. The same with it's/its, you're/your, or missing apostrophes in possessive case.

I'm one of those people who was born just naturally knowing how to spell.
Same here; I know how to spell everything in Russian, but time to time I come across some minor problems with languages using latin letters, because of the differences (like, the verb "to dance" is spelled with an "s" in French - "danser"; there's also some -se/-ce controversy between American and British versions of some words)


Is the title part of the fun? :lol:

Does it say...untie?
Lady Lion, if you want it to be "unite", just say.

theBeamisHome
07-30-2008, 11:52 AM
:lol: it is part of the fun... because it's about misspellings it says "untie" instead of "unite"

Jean
07-30-2008, 11:54 AM
yes, I thought as much! that's why I didn't just automatically correct it

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by the way, I have for long been toying with a similar idea for a thread... a little different, though; maybe I'll be able to make it a companion thread... later

theBeamisHome
07-30-2008, 12:08 PM
http://www.teddy-bear-greetings.com/images/baby-bear-lion.jpg

For Jean :D

Jean
07-30-2008, 12:09 PM
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William50
07-30-2008, 12:11 PM
I am very good at spelling, but I have typos in like every sentance.

theBeamisHome
07-30-2008, 12:14 PM
also the use of 'to' and 'too'.... not too many people confuse 'two' with those two, but yeah... and i guess that could just be mostly typo problems

theBeamisHome
07-30-2008, 12:15 PM
I am very good at spelling, but I have typos in like every sentance.

:lol:

i actually read this and got it

Jean
07-30-2008, 12:16 PM
here are two words that almost everybody misspells, to my great surprise:

separate (NOT "seperate". If you speak any French, conjugating it in Le Present might help- je separe, tu separes etc. The "a" will be very conspicuous.)

definite (NOT "definate". Remember "finite", which nobody usually misspells)

there are more, but these two came to mind first

If nobody objects, we could make up a list, and add it to the first post. I believe at least some of "bad spellers" might want to "untie" with the purpose to spell better; while those who take pride in their spelling won't just have to pay attention.

theBeamisHome
07-30-2008, 12:21 PM
that sounds cool. and separate is definitely a word i have to think about before i try to spell... i'm usually good on the definite ^ tho :D

Ves'Ka Gan
07-30-2008, 12:23 PM
:lol:
I saw a poster that said this in a Joe's Crab Shack yesterday and it made me laugh out loud. Now it gave me an idea for a new thread.

What are some words that you commonly misspell? other grammatical type errors? Are there errors that particularly annoy you?

And see now I can't think of a word that I have a hard time spelling, but I know there are some.
But it gets on my nerves when people use the wrong there/they're/their... just irks me a lil.
I'm a relatively good speller, but I am a horrible typist.

One misspelling that really grates on me is when people spell "congratulations" "congraDultations". Like Hallmark HS graduation greeting cards suddnely take precedence over the accepted English spelling of a word.

Erin
07-30-2008, 12:45 PM
I'm not the world's best speller either. I have trouble with "hilarious" and "definite" the most often.

Mr. Rabbit Trick
07-30-2008, 02:54 PM
I'm from the UK, so a lot of the US spelling drives me nuts, but not as much as the grammer.

Stephen King's grammer is cringeworthy to me at times.

Girlystevedave
07-30-2008, 04:33 PM
It seems every time I want to type 'remember', I get out of control and keep going until I end up with 'remememeber'
I swear, it's annoying.
:arg:

Jean
07-30-2008, 08:51 PM
Updated List of Most Frequently Misspelled Words:

separate (NOT "seperate". If you speak any French, conjugating it in Le Present might help- je separe, tu separes etc. The "a" will be very conspicuous.)

definite (NOT "definate". Remember "finite", which nobody usually misspells)

grammar (NOT grammer)

thank you all who contributed!

William50
07-30-2008, 08:56 PM
Holy crud. I was willing to bet a thousand bucks that grammar was spelled grammer.

Jean
07-30-2008, 08:58 PM
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear4bis.gif
didn't I say it was a useful thread!

Daghain
07-30-2008, 09:06 PM
And people...using irregardless is just overkill. Stop it. :lol:

Jean
07-30-2008, 09:09 PM
And people...using irregardless is just overkill. Stop it. :lol:
hee hee, that is not spelling! I've just started a thread for those (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?t=3850).

Hannah
07-30-2008, 09:11 PM
I had a state rep tell me she was calling me to "reverify" some information the other day. It made me laugh. And then I was hung up on.

but i used to have problems with "thoroughly", but i've overcome that one.

I've seen a lot of DEFIANTLY used when it's supposed to be definitely.

I sometimes struggle with Wednesday, my mind always wants the n to come before the d. I usually catch myself though. Anytime I notice I have trouble with a word I beat it out of myself by coming up with a cool way to remember how to spell it.

Also, spell check pretty much rocks.

Daghain
07-30-2008, 09:14 PM
And people...using irregardless is just overkill. Stop it. :lol:
hee hee, that is not spelling! I've just started a thread for those (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?t=3850).

I added it there, with a little extra info.

But you can never emphasize it enough, IMHO. :lol:

Jean
07-30-2008, 09:14 PM
Anytime I notice I have trouble with a word I beat it out of myself by coming up with a cool way to remember how to spell it.
share them, it might be useful for many of us! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif

Erin
07-30-2008, 09:21 PM
I sometimes struggle with Wednesday, my mind always wants the n to come before the d.

In elementary school, when they taught us how to spell "Wednesday", they told us to always spell it "wed - nes- day" like it was 3 seperate words. To this day I always say it like 3 seperate words in my head when I spell it.

I also do this exact same thing with "together" - "to-get-her" and peninsula "pen-in-Sula". :lol:

William50
07-30-2008, 09:23 PM
For me Beautiful was always be-e-a-utiful.

theBeamisHome
07-31-2008, 10:14 AM
I sometimes struggle with Wednesday, my mind always wants the n to come before the d.

In elementary school, when they taught us how to spell "Wednesday", they told us to always spell it "wed - nes- day" like it was 3 seperate words. To this day I always say it like 3 seperate words in my head when I spell it.
<snip>

I do that too.. sometimes i even say Wed-nes-day joking around... why is it spelled like that???

Ves'Ka Gan
07-31-2008, 10:17 AM
I also do the Wed-nes-day thing. I am trying to think of other words I do that with. I have to pronounce the R in FebRuary in my head when I spell it, otherwise I want it to be Febuary.

Brice
07-31-2008, 10:20 AM
It seems every time I want to type 'remember', I get out of control and keep going until I end up with 'remememeber'
I swear, it's annoying.
:arg:

rememememememememememememememememememememememember ? :lol:

Jean
07-31-2008, 10:23 AM
talking about typos - I always type "expecially". That's the real curse. And - worse! - "Bunslinger". (and every time hurry to correct it before Letti notices...)

Jean
07-31-2008, 10:23 AM
talking about typos - I always type "expecially". That's the real curse. And - worse! - "Bunslinger". (and every time hurry to correct it before Letti notices...)

theBeamisHome
07-31-2008, 10:28 AM
I often have to stop and remind myself of the "i before e, except after c" rule when trying to spell a word for which the rule applies. like piercing.. cuz... there's a c in that word!! lol... i know how to spell it but i do have to stop for a millisecond and make sure i know

jayson
07-31-2008, 10:40 AM
One word that I often see misspelled is the word jewelry. People will often write it as jewlery as if it were crafted by jews instead of crafted from jewels.

theBeamisHome
07-31-2008, 10:43 AM
oooo yeah... jewelry is tricky... i think about that one too... i don't often spell things wrong, there are just a few words that i hesitate with.

Daghain
07-31-2008, 05:21 PM
One word that I often see misspelled is the word jewelry. People will often write it as jewlery as if it were crafted by jews instead of crafted from jewels.

That made me LOL, but it is also a good way to remember how to spell it. :)

Ves'Ka Gan
07-31-2008, 05:25 PM
Bunslinger! That brings forth a couple great mental images...I'm seeing a chubby chef tossing hamburger buns...or a rabbit-catapult.

Jean
07-31-2008, 09:52 PM
Bunslinger! That brings forth a couple great mental images...I'm seeing a chubby chef tossing hamburger buns...or a rabbit-catapult.
that's the problem. Every time I spell it this way, it distracts me from the thought I was trying to develop in my post... sometimes for ever.

Letti
07-31-2008, 10:33 PM
I'm one of those people who was born just naturally knowing how to spell.

If only I could be one of those... really. I fight with spelling so often (both in Hungarian and English) because I think it's really important.
Google is my big friend. :rolleyes:

Letti
07-31-2008, 10:49 PM
talking about typos - I always type "expecially". That's the real curse. And - worse! - "Bunslinger". (and every time hurry to correct it before Letti notices...)

Me, darling, me? That's very kind of you. I am not good at noticing so you can forget this fear. *hug*

Anyway I have difficulties with spelling those words that exist in Hungarian as well but their spellings are different. Because we Hungarians write down your beautiful English words the way we pronounce them.. /many times the pronunciation is damn different as well/
Let me give you an example.
The word "special" exists in Hungarian as well but it's written this way: "speciel"
See?
For example the word "loser" is bloody popular here and people love to use it whenever they can and it got a horrible unbearable Hungarian spelling: "lúzer" ehhh.... incredible. Most of the people have no idea it's an English word at all.

Jean
07-31-2008, 11:54 PM
and we have lots of English words, too - especially among those who actively use the Internet - and not only that, most IT terms are English, too! - and we spell them, of course, in cyrillic! It surely doesn't create any spelling confusion (the letters being all different), but looks so funny sometimes! Loser, for example, would be лузер; pronounced with a very firm, prominent Russian "r", and soft [z]!

Letti
07-31-2008, 11:56 PM
At least it's not confusing. We use the same letters so it can be really confusing. Spelling is a never-ending war for me.
Anyway do you use the word "loser" in Russian?

Jean
07-31-2008, 11:59 PM
yes, but not very widely

Jean
08-01-2008, 03:13 AM
friends, this conversation getting increasingly interesting, I have moved the last two posts to where they belong (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?t=2746)

Jon
08-01-2008, 03:52 AM
Taken in Northwestern Tenn.







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Jean
08-01-2008, 04:00 AM
thank you so much for posting it, Jon, you can't even imagine!!!

my friend Helen Finkelstein, with her friend Stephen, are making a site dedicated to how people vandalize English, and they collect all kinds of illustrative material! I hope you won't mind if they use this one? did you take it yourself?

I will post my own photos soon, in both Bad Spellers and Eat, Shoot and Leaves. PLEASE MY FRIENDS:

if you see a mistake in a sign, whenever possible take a picture and post it! (if you don't mind my friends' using it, of course. I'll give you the link when the site is ready) Let's at least try to make the world a better-spelling-and-grammar place!

P.S. I have copied this post to ESaL, too

Jon
08-01-2008, 04:16 AM
Yes I took that picture, between fits of laughter, and any friend of yours may use it.

Daghain
08-01-2008, 06:46 AM
I'm one of those people who was born just naturally knowing how to spell.

If only I could be one of those... really. I fight with spelling so often (both in Hungarian and English) because I think it's really important.
Google is my big friend. :rolleyes:

www.dictionary.com is good for spelling too. If you get close enough to the word you want, it will ask you if you meant the correct one.

A life-saver!

Odetta
08-01-2008, 07:12 AM
I found these online...
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/8220/formularfo4.jpg


http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2232/sqealingys7.jpg

Daghain
08-01-2008, 07:22 AM
Hahahaah!

Jean
08-01-2008, 07:34 AM
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LadyHitchhiker
08-01-2008, 08:06 AM
At our workplace there is a sign that says "Childrens Books"

It could be children's books but children is already plural...

Oh but as for a tough word why the hell is colonel spelled that way? Nobody who doesn't have that word in their language is going to know how to spell it because it doesn't sound like it's spelled at all!

Jean
08-01-2008, 08:11 AM
because it is French

jayson
08-01-2008, 08:13 AM
Oh but as for a tough word why the hell is colonel spelled that way? Nobody who doesn't have that word in their language is going to know how to spell it because it doesn't sound like it's spelled at all!

Well, according to its wikipedia article...

In modern English, the word colonel is pronounced similarly to kernel (of grain) as a result of entering the language from Middle French in two competing forms, dissimilated coronel and colonel. The more conservative spelling colonel was favored in written use and eventually became the standard spelling even as it lost out in pronunciation to coronel.

LadyHitchhiker
08-01-2008, 08:14 AM
do they pronounce it "kernel" though?

Jean
08-01-2008, 08:17 AM
do they pronounce it "kernel" though?
who, the French? they pronounce it ko-lo-nel, the last syllable stressed, "l" always soft, "o" unknown to Americans.

Daghain
08-01-2008, 08:25 AM
Americans pronounce it kernel. :)

Erin
08-01-2008, 09:40 AM
So, how sad is it that I just realized i've been spelling "separate" as "seperate" for years now. :doh:

I bet i've been driving you guys nuts this whole time. :lol:

jayson
08-01-2008, 09:42 AM
So, how sad is it that I just realized i've been spelling "separate" as "seperate" for years now. :doh:

I bet i've been driving you guys nuts this whole time. :lol:

Yes, but I'd only correct you if you did it in this thread. :)

Erin
08-01-2008, 09:43 AM
:lol: thanks.

Well, at least now I know how it's properly spelled.

jayson
08-01-2008, 09:45 AM
So now you have something to post in the "learn something new everyday" thread :)

theBeamisHome
08-01-2008, 11:39 AM
how often do you transpose the t and e in quiet? ending up with quite instead... i think i just observed this somewhere....

William50
08-01-2008, 12:52 PM
how often do you transpose the t and e in quiet? ending up with quite instead... i think i just observed this somewhere....

I have never even seen that before. If somebody ever tells you that you spelled something wrong, just say it was a typo so you don't look stupid. :)

Jean
08-01-2008, 01:31 PM
and, William... while we are at it... it's Edgar Allan Poe... I would be so grateful if you correct it in your signature, it has been bothering me for weeks!
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(and your profile too, ok? http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif)

William50
08-01-2008, 01:40 PM
I knew it!!!!!!! I was spelling it that way but my stupid dad told me it was Allen instead of Allan. Thank you!

Jean
08-01-2008, 01:41 PM
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_original.gif

Hannah
08-01-2008, 05:27 PM
I knew it!!!!!!! I was spelling it that way but my stupid dad told me it was Allen instead of Allan. Thank you!

:lol: You should have just said it was a typo. :thumbsup:

William50
08-01-2008, 05:34 PM
Yeah you're righ! http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/sign/sign0142.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net)

Jean
08-01-2008, 09:54 PM
you'll have to do something about the picture in your signature now, too...

Hannah
08-01-2008, 10:33 PM
:lol: But Jean, it's just a typo!

Jon
08-03-2008, 09:37 PM
"typo."

Where the hell did that word come from? Sounds like a bastardization that is acceptable now. Like "legit" is accepted to replace "legitimate."

Jean
08-03-2008, 10:04 PM
yes, it's short for "typographical error"; but I think it's one of those we have to put up with, like "cinema".

Letti
08-03-2008, 10:32 PM
Cinema? Shame on me but I have no idea how cinema comes here.

Jean
08-03-2008, 10:34 PM
well, it's actually cinématographe (cinematography)

Letti
08-03-2008, 10:35 PM
Oh, I see. Thank you.

Jon
08-03-2008, 10:40 PM
yes, it's short for "typographical error"; but I think it's one of those we have to put up with, like "cinema".


I just don't see where the "O" comes from...and on the subject, where does the phrase "T-totaler" come form?

Jean
08-03-2008, 10:47 PM
there's an anecdote that it was because of someone's stutter, but I don't remember the details

Daghain
08-04-2008, 06:29 AM
yes, it's short for "typographical error"; but I think it's one of those we have to put up with, like "cinema".


I just don't see where the "O" comes from...and on the subject, where does the phrase "T-totaler" come form?

Are you referring to "tea-totaler"? Because that is a term for someone who doesn't drink alcohol. :)

William50
08-04-2008, 06:32 AM
well, it's actually cinématographe (cinematography)

:unsure: I didn't know that. Now I feel even more stupid.

Ves'Ka Gan
08-04-2008, 01:38 PM
yes, it's short for "typographical error"; but I think it's one of those we have to put up with, like "cinema".

I'm sorry, but I would MUCH rather have to say/type "edited for typos" or "please ignore the typos" than have to spit out "typographical error" all the time. Because when you stink at typing as much as I do--it comes up a lot!

Jon
08-04-2008, 07:56 PM
yes, it's short for "typographical error"; but I think it's one of those we have to put up with, like "cinema".


I just don't see where the "O" comes from...and on the subject, where does the phrase "T-totaler" come form?

Are you referring to "tea-totaler"? Because that is a term for someone who doesn't drink alcohol. :)


Yes that's the one...something I know nothing about. Now it makes more sense. They drink tea instead of whiskey.

stone, rose, unfound door
08-04-2008, 09:54 PM
talking about typos - I always type "expecially". That's the real curse. And - worse! - "Bunslinger". (and every time hurry to correct it before Letti notices...)

Me, darling, me? That's very kind of you. I am not good at noticing so you can forget this fear. *hug*

Anyway I have difficulties with spelling those words that exist in Hungarian as well but their spellings are different. Because we Hungarians write down your beautiful English words the way we pronounce them.. /many times the pronunciation is damn different as well/
Let me give you an example.
The word "special" exists in Hungarian as well but it's written this way: "speciel"
See?
For example the word "loser" is bloody popular here and people love to use it whenever they can and it got a horrible unbearable Hungarian spelling: "lúzer" ehhh.... incredible. Most of the people have no idea it's an English word at all.


and we have lots of English words, too - especially among those who actively use the Internet - and not only that, most IT terms are English, too! - and we spell them, of course, in cyrillic! It surely doesn't create any spelling confusion (the letters being all different), but looks so funny sometimes! Loser, for example, would be лузер; pronounced with a very firm, prominent Russian "r", and soft [z]!

I guess we've all got the same problem with those words then! Just here, it's all about the pronunciation of the IT words, and it sometimes is quite horrible: easiest example being "internet" pronounced in a very French way that I'll try to rewrite so it makes sense: it is pronounced "in" (the nasal sound that seems so hard for foreigners to get) "ter" with a French guttural "r" "net" like in English. A very weird word indeed. There are some even worse ones, but I can't find them right now.

Jean
08-24-2008, 05:15 AM
William, really, do something about your signature! The text part is perfect now, but the picture still needs to be corrected... you have already inspired other people to spell "Edgar Allen Poe"! You made it yourself, right? so you can do it, I believe in you! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_wink-1.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif



I'm sorry, but I would MUCH rather have to say/type "edited for typos" or "please ignore the typos" than have to spit out "typographical error" all the time. Because when you stink at typing as much as I do--it comes up a lot! don't be sorry, it's a perfectly legit[imate] word now! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif

NeedfulKings
08-26-2008, 01:29 PM
I don't usually cry over typos if they're just in general chat on a web board (unless you're promoting language skills or something). :lol: I know mistakes happen and I know I make a ton of them--mostly due to haste.

One word I hate is "putting." And I'm not talking about the golf term.

Example: We strive in customer service by putting the public needs first.

I always like the look of the word "puting" instead. :P

I mispell career a lot.

Words I learned from TV.

Encyclopedia (from Jiminy Cricket)

Bologna (from the Oscar Mayer jingle)

:D

NeedfulKings
08-26-2008, 01:38 PM
Another interesting bit of information. This may be harder to read for those who read a foreign language.


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 in 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?


:evil:

stone, rose, unfound door
08-26-2008, 02:36 PM
Another interesting bit of information. This may be harder to read for those who read a foreign language.


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 in 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?


:evil:

It really IS amazing: even I could read this text as though it was written in the correct order, but what I'd like to know is: does it work the same way for other languages as well? I've seen typos in French too, but never that many and I'd really like to try and read something this messy in French too :)

educatedlady
08-26-2008, 04:07 PM
Another interesting bit of information. This may be harder to read for those who read a foreign language.


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 in 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?


:evil:

One of my professors wrote a paper, like 4 or 5 pages, just like this and had his students read it and then write a paper in response to it. I was impressed that he could actually write a whole paper like that.

Jean
08-26-2008, 10:05 PM
Another interesting bit of information. This may be harder to read for those who read a foreign language.
Actually, I believe it's easier, not harder. I found out that, for example, I had no problems with dialect-rendering (like in Gone with the Wind or Mark Twain novels and the like), and a few times I actually had to explain (at .net) to native speakers what Detta Walker meant by this or that. That's because we are accustomed to deciphering from the very start, and when we go deeper into a language and feel like we've already appropriated it, the old habit of decrypting is still there, so we are never caught by surprize by any such tricks.

Little Gem: I first saw it in Russian a few years ago, and it worked wonderfully well. It's somehow hard for me to imagine it in French, because of those diacritic signs - the structure of the word will be fucked up beyond repair if, say, an accent aigu is where it can't be, and the words won't look words. I may be mistaken, of course.

Jon
08-27-2008, 12:19 AM
Another interesting bit of information. This may be harder to read for those who read a foreign language.


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 in 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?


:evil:


That drove me absolutely spe ahit!:wtf:

TLC
08-27-2008, 09:22 AM
i can't believe I haven't visited this thread before!! It's so funny!

I have a problem all the time with the word Vacuum. Two "c"s , two "u"s or two both??
I dunno.
And also with the words Affect and Effect. I never know which one means what.:orely:

BlainetheMono
08-27-2008, 09:29 AM
personally I can't ever spell reciever right...

Jean
08-27-2008, 09:36 AM
i can't believe I haven't visited this thread before!! It's so funny!

I have a problem all the time with the word Vacuum. Two "c"s , two "u"s or two both??
I dunno.
And also with the words Affect and Effect. I never know which one means what.:orely:
Let me see.

Vacuum is something you shouldn't do on vacation, for the obvious reason that vacation is for fun, not for vacuuming!

If you know how many "c"s there are in "vacation", "vacuum" must be easy now, too. Remembering the two "u"s is a piece of cake now - you do remember there was two of something, don't you? Well, if it is not "c" (vacation!!!), it must be "u".

Let nothing that has happened to you recently (although it was really a very unpleasant experience) affect the affection you feel towards people around you! Or the effect might be disastrous... this fucking (=effing, if we use a euphemism) effect isn't what we need!

Jean
08-27-2008, 09:38 AM
personally I can't ever spell reciever right...
truer words have never been spoken! it's receiver...

Wait, I'll think of something.

EDITED:

here.

If you want to receive something good from life, don't wait it to fall onto your lap from the ceiling!

(I think words spelled with "ei" must be rare in English, so that might work)

TLC
08-27-2008, 09:40 AM
Wow, you are one smart dude! I will totally remember that!!! You must be an English teacher or something. thank ya!!!:huglove:

Rjeso
08-27-2008, 09:41 AM
I am an excellent speller, but I suffer from many typos that plague me. My favorite being "history", which often comes out as "shitory". :lol: I also end up capitalizing the second letter of my sentences more often than the first one, and ever since I met Can, it's hard not to capitalize the noun if I'm using it in the middle of a sentence. "Oaky" is also one of my favored typos, so much that I have started deliberately using it instead of "okay."

Jean
08-27-2008, 09:44 AM
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear4bis.gif

TLC: I am an English teacher (among other things), but I am as far from being a lady as it is humanely or ursinely possible...

EDITED: thank you for editing that! Yes, I definitely am one smart dude, gentleman and grizzly bear!

Jean
08-27-2008, 09:46 AM
I am an excellent speller, but I suffer from many typos that plague me. My favorite being "history", which often comes out as "shitory". :lol:
I love it! I think in addition to the List of Words That Get Misspelled Most Often, I will be compiling a List of Funniest typos!

So far we have:

1. Bunslinger (=Gunslinger - me)
2. Shitory (=History - Rieso)

alinda
08-27-2008, 10:23 AM
I have recently downloaded spellcheck...so my posts now have
a lot less mistakes inthem :lol: Now, if only I remember to use the tool.!

TLC
08-27-2008, 10:51 AM
I wish my English teachers in school were as inventive as you Jean!!!!
By the way I saw a grizzly bear last weekend while camping! it was far away thank goodness but very cool indeed!

The Lady of Shadows
08-27-2008, 03:55 PM
catechism #1

i before e except after c or when sounding like a as in neighbour or weigh
(or whenever the fuck else it feels like fucking with your brain!).


catechism #2
(which has fuckall to do with spelling but which i simply adore)

30 days hath september, april, june, and november; all the rest have 31. save february which is all fucked up!


here endth the lesson :D

Jon
08-27-2008, 08:47 PM
The months can be listed on and between each nuckle of both hands placed in a fist and put together. When you switch fists (July and August) you have two consecutive months with 31 days.

Letti
08-27-2008, 09:56 PM
For my part I always type strated instead of started. I have no idea way.

Jean
08-27-2008, 09:57 PM
we count months exactly the same way here

Would someone start a Mnemonics thread, not to lead this one astray?

since we are in a Spelling thread... it is easy to memorize that knuckles is spelled with a "k", because they are kind of knees on your fingers (maybe it's an old one, but it just occured to me)

Letti
08-27-2008, 10:00 PM
Another interesting bit of information. This may be harder to read for those who read a foreign language.


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 in 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?


:evil:

Nope, it was as easy as in Hungarian but it was good to try it out.
Thank you. :)

stone, rose, unfound door
08-28-2008, 01:33 PM
Another interesting bit of information. This may be harder to read for those who read a foreign language.
Actually, I believe it's easier, not harder. I found out that, for example, I had no problems with dialect-rendering (like in Gone with the Wind or Mark Twain novels and the like), and a few times I actually had to explain (at .net) to native speakers what Detta Walker meant by this or that. That's because we are accustomed to deciphering from the very start, and when we go deeper into a language and feel like we've already appropriated it, the old habit of decrypting is still there, so we are never caught by surprize by any such tricks.

Little Gem: I first saw it in Russian a few years ago, and it worked wonderfully well. It's somehow hard for me to imagine it in French, because of those diacritic signs - the structure of the word will be fucked up beyond repair if, say, an accent aigu is where it can't be, and the words won't look words. I may be mistaken, of course.

I guess you're totally right about all foreigners deciphering so it might have been easier for us than for native speakers :)
I'd really like to see something like this in French because I actually think it'd be a lot harder to read and I don't think it'd be possible to put the accents aigus anywhere they can't be because it wouldn't even be a sound that exists, so that also helps making it more difficult than it is in English. I guess the guy who'd do it in French would keep the accents at the right place, but he would still be able to change the order of the letters (hopefully he wouldn't mess up with the accents or we'd end up with some words that could be two or three different words when reading properly!)

theBeamisHome
08-29-2008, 05:32 AM
doesn't the e usually come before the i when they're after a w?? cuz i was thinking "weird" and.... oh wait... wiener.... hmmm... i spelled it wrong in my head... well, at least "weird". like t/s said... whenever it wants to fuck with ur head.

cozener
08-29-2008, 05:43 AM
I often mix up homonyms when I'm typing. I know the differences but for some reason I often mix and match these words when I'm pecking along...like their, there, and they're. Or I will type "heel" when I mean "heal" or "week" when I mean "weak".

Oh and speaking of this...

Has anyone ever been in a debate with someone in a forum, misspelled a word, then your opponents attack your spelling in an attempt to damage your credibility by making you look illiterate and stupid instead of actually debating you? Don't you wish you could reach through the internet and out of their screen to pluck out their eyeball?

ManOfWesternesse
08-29-2008, 06:05 AM
Personally my consistently bad typo is 'fro' instead of 'for' - practically every damn time!
And another is dropping the 'e' off the end of words (especially 'the') and attaching it to th enext word <-- yeah - like that!

theBeamisHome
08-29-2008, 06:07 AM
my crazy typo is something like that, but my problem is that i'm constantly adding an 'e' to any word that ends in 'th' i do it even when i write, which is weird.

Jon
08-30-2008, 12:39 AM
Wow, you are one smart dude! I will totally remember that!!! You must be an English teacher or something. thank ya!!!:huglove:


Jean taught me basic Algebra!!!! :couple:

The Vatican has sent a diocesan tribunal to investigate this possible miracle.

Jean
08-30-2008, 01:09 AM
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear4bis.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear4bis.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear4bis.gif

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/BEAR-HUG.jpg

Jean
10-16-2008, 11:01 PM
I am thinking of devising a [darktower] spelling medal, for those who suddenly decided to be careful with it, or abandoned translit for conventional spelling. The first will definitely go to SentWest whose latest posts have been a real treat fot the sore eye, and show consideration for others and respect for himself.

Jon
10-17-2008, 12:31 AM
You make a good point (as usual) he has done much better.