Unfortunat(e)ly
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Svenskaflicka
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But we would still love you.
deliciously_naughty
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and yet some school districts have completely eliminated spelling programs.
pop_54
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Oh sh**
Oh sh** is there an *e* in it
Chickie hun we all do it from time to time, spell check is our lifeline, you aint thick hun, you're human.
Yes Delicious they did that over here a while back in places, damn shame if you ask me, there's nothing like a proper education.
I took a post graduate refresher course a while back, before I did that I couldn't even spell intelligent, now I are it
pops........
Oh sh** is there an *e* in it
Chickie hun we all do it from time to time, spell check is our lifeline, you aint thick hun, you're human.
Yes Delicious they did that over here a while back in places, damn shame if you ask me, there's nothing like a proper education.
I took a post graduate refresher course a while back, before I did that I couldn't even spell intelligent, now I are it
pops........
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Chicklet said:
Well, at least you're consequent then... There are worse sins. I think.
MathGirl
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Huh?
Dear Chickie,
Use a spell checker? How? The only way I could see to do that is to write offline and cut and paste it onto here.
I always just put the cursor in this little box and wing it. I thought everyone did.
Be interesting to know how many use Chickie's method and how many use mine.
MG
Dear Chickie,
Use a spell checker? How? The only way I could see to do that is to write offline and cut and paste it onto here.
I always just put the cursor in this little box and wing it. I thought everyone did.
Be interesting to know how many use Chickie's method and how many use mine.
MG
ffreak
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The solution is just a click away. Someone, I don't remember who, posted this in another thread and I've used it frequently since then. Go to this site and download ieSpell. It becomes a part of the right-click menu. Then when you make an entry, type ctrl-a (hold the control key and type an a) to select all of the message, right click, choose check Spelling, and voilà a built-in spell checker in your browser (works in Internet Explorer, not in Opera, haven't tried it in Netscape).
Here tis:
ieSpell
Here tis:
ieSpell
deliciously_naughty
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Maybe this is Educator Snobbery, but...
There is no excuse for not learning to spell. I'm not saying a few misspelled words here and there (I'm just as guilty as anyone). However, I got a note from a parent today where almost every other word was misspelled. That's absurd.
Every single child should know how to spell. Spell check is all well and good...if you own a computer and that computer has a spell check program on it. Let me assure you that the children below the poverty line aren't working on snazzy computers at home. My middle class kids all had internet access, but I can assure you that of my 19 kids, maybe 5 of them have them. You shouldn't be reliant upon a computer program that doesn't pick up though when you meant thought.
Think of all the times you don't use a computer
-You write a note to child's teacher (we can't help it, we notice spelling mistakes)
-You write a note to your boss (you don't always use email, do you? Not every job does)
-You make grocery lists
-Maybe you write your stories long hand
I'm not saying that kids should know every esoteric word in the world (I couldn't spell tomorrow for my life and I still can't spell gauruntee--see?) but they should be able to spell 90% of the words they use on a regular basis, bare minimum.
Along with that, I think it's pathetic when people can't make change in their heads.
There is no excuse for not learning to spell. I'm not saying a few misspelled words here and there (I'm just as guilty as anyone). However, I got a note from a parent today where almost every other word was misspelled. That's absurd.
Every single child should know how to spell. Spell check is all well and good...if you own a computer and that computer has a spell check program on it. Let me assure you that the children below the poverty line aren't working on snazzy computers at home. My middle class kids all had internet access, but I can assure you that of my 19 kids, maybe 5 of them have them. You shouldn't be reliant upon a computer program that doesn't pick up though when you meant thought.
Think of all the times you don't use a computer
-You write a note to child's teacher (we can't help it, we notice spelling mistakes)
-You write a note to your boss (you don't always use email, do you? Not every job does)
-You make grocery lists
-Maybe you write your stories long hand
I'm not saying that kids should know every esoteric word in the world (I couldn't spell tomorrow for my life and I still can't spell gauruntee--see?) but they should be able to spell 90% of the words they use on a regular basis, bare minimum.
Along with that, I think it's pathetic when people can't make change in their heads.
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Two for one
Dear f,
Thank you for the information. Sounds like a great program.
MG
Dear DN,
I'm with you on the spelling. I've done some teaching (upper division university level) and I've had students say with a laugh, "I'm a terrible speller. Always have been." Like that's all they need to say to set everything right.
If you get something written in which words are misspelled, it makes the writer look like an idiot. No matter how wonderful the content might be, it isn't taken seriously if words are misspelled. It's usually the fault of the educational system, not the student. Chickie is a very intelligent person. If she has trouble spelling, it's probably her teachers' fault. Spell checkers are for people like that, and more power to them. I'm lucky, I had nuns.
I suppose not using a spell checker is intellectual snobbery on my part. I will say, though, that if something I write has a spelling error, it's a typo, not that I don't know how to spell.
MG
Ps. I once had a student spell the word "go" with an e.
Dear f,
Thank you for the information. Sounds like a great program.
MG
Dear DN,
I'm with you on the spelling. I've done some teaching (upper division university level) and I've had students say with a laugh, "I'm a terrible speller. Always have been." Like that's all they need to say to set everything right.
If you get something written in which words are misspelled, it makes the writer look like an idiot. No matter how wonderful the content might be, it isn't taken seriously if words are misspelled. It's usually the fault of the educational system, not the student. Chickie is a very intelligent person. If she has trouble spelling, it's probably her teachers' fault. Spell checkers are for people like that, and more power to them. I'm lucky, I had nuns.
I suppose not using a spell checker is intellectual snobbery on my part. I will say, though, that if something I write has a spelling error, it's a typo, not that I don't know how to spell.
MG
Ps. I once had a student spell the word "go" with an e.
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ffreak
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goe - the singular of goes - right? (bet that was their response)
I'm a math snob myself. We never let the kids use calculators at school or for homework (even if the teacher said it was OK - challenged one teacher to out calculate me and won, then offered him a slide rule - he looked at me like I was contagious). The result for my boys was well worth the effort. They own a construction company and can walk up to a job, look at the available wood, look at the plans, and tell the foreman how much more wood he needs before he can write the problem on a piece of paper. Its all in their heads where the best and fasted calculator resides as a muscle. It only needs exercise. Kind of like that spelling muscle.
Actuarial tables are depressing - computers are fun. Actuarial tables only have numbers in them. Computers have figures in them - until they run out of space then you simply compress all the figures, except the nude figures.
I'm a math snob myself. We never let the kids use calculators at school or for homework (even if the teacher said it was OK - challenged one teacher to out calculate me and won, then offered him a slide rule - he looked at me like I was contagious). The result for my boys was well worth the effort. They own a construction company and can walk up to a job, look at the available wood, look at the plans, and tell the foreman how much more wood he needs before he can write the problem on a piece of paper. Its all in their heads where the best and fasted calculator resides as a muscle. It only needs exercise. Kind of like that spelling muscle.
Actuarial tables are depressing - computers are fun. Actuarial tables only have numbers in them. Computers have figures in them - until they run out of space then you simply compress all the figures, except the nude figures.
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if you don't use it, you lose it
As a youngster I was a speller extraordinaire. Relying on spell checkers have all but extinguished my spelling skills.
I rationalize the loss by lumping spelling in with other things that I don't know on purpose. I've never been a fan of cluttering my head with trivia or other things that are easily looked up.
As a youngster I was a speller extraordinaire. Relying on spell checkers have all but extinguished my spelling skills.
I rationalize the loss by lumping spelling in with other things that I don't know on purpose. I've never been a fan of cluttering my head with trivia or other things that are easily looked up.
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Me, I'm the opposite. At least I have been ever since my father died from Alzheimers. The doctor said that the more you exercize your mind, the less likely that the holes appear. That's a part of why I'm joining in on forums like this. It keeps my mind active reading and responding to the threads.
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Spellcheckers
Spellcheckers can help catch errors like Unfortunately but they are no help at all when you confule there and their, or when, because of a typo you mean to say too, meaning also, and say to, because a spellchecker will only catch non-words.
Spellcheckers can help catch errors like Unfortunately but they are no help at all when you confule there and their, or when, because of a typo you mean to say too, meaning also, and say to, because a spellchecker will only catch non-words.
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Unfortunately I cannot find a link to give proper credit but this poem seems so apropos for this thread. Someone else contributed it to the site. It really will pass a spell checker. (Read it out loud with mechanical timing - and a pinched nose)
Spell checker poem
Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.
- Sauce unknown
Spell checker poem
Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.
- Sauce unknown
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Was it good for you too?ffreak said:
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I find myself using the edit button after I have posted because I am failing to see the typos.
I think I need new glasses.
I have always been able to spell but my typing is erratic even with two fingers.
I find spelling errors in a story irritating as they detract from the flow of the action. Consistent US or UK spelling doesn't bother me nor do a few typos but more than one or two spelling errors deter me from finishing the story.
Most Literotica stories are correctly spelt but stories in Yahoo Groups can be appalling. If the plot/action seems interesting enough I have gone as far as downloading the text, spell checking and correcting before reading.
All three of my daughters spell accurately, even the one with mild dyslexia. At primary school they came home at least once a week with lists of words to learn by heart. By age 11 they rarely made mistakes.
The journalist daughter gets furious when sub-editors "correct" her spelling because they introduce errors that weren't there.
Now to post this, read it on screen, then hit the edit button.
Og
I think I need new glasses.
I have always been able to spell but my typing is erratic even with two fingers.
I find spelling errors in a story irritating as they detract from the flow of the action. Consistent US or UK spelling doesn't bother me nor do a few typos but more than one or two spelling errors deter me from finishing the story.
Most Literotica stories are correctly spelt but stories in Yahoo Groups can be appalling. If the plot/action seems interesting enough I have gone as far as downloading the text, spell checking and correcting before reading.
All three of my daughters spell accurately, even the one with mild dyslexia. At primary school they came home at least once a week with lists of words to learn by heart. By age 11 they rarely made mistakes.
The journalist daughter gets furious when sub-editors "correct" her spelling because they introduce errors that weren't there.
Now to post this, read it on screen, then hit the edit button.
Og
ffreak
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Don't tell all our secrets, Ogg!
I keep getting told that writing is just the first (daft, raft, what the hell, I know the word is in here somewhere) draft and that we have to rewrite and rewrite and rewrite. So don't worry about how many edits you have to make, that's why the button is there. (I like the fact that if I can edit fast enough, it doesn't tell on me.)
What jerks my chain are the people who email a copy of my story back to me, tell me about their Mensa membership, and their multiple graduate degrees then proceed to make my story unreadable with their 'corrections'. Funny, though, they all seem to be unemployed. Wonder why.
I keep getting told that writing is just the first (daft, raft, what the hell, I know the word is in here somewhere) draft and that we have to rewrite and rewrite and rewrite. So don't worry about how many edits you have to make, that's why the button is there. (I like the fact that if I can edit fast enough, it doesn't tell on me.)
What jerks my chain are the people who email a copy of my story back to me, tell me about their Mensa membership, and their multiple graduate degrees then proceed to make my story unreadable with their 'corrections'. Funny, though, they all seem to be unemployed. Wonder why.
Chicklet
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Re: if you don't use it, you lose it
Worked the opposite for me...when I was younger I was the worst speller *ever* - since spell check has started highlighting words that I make mistakes on right as I make my mistakes, I've actually learned as an adult (a young adult, given) to spell much, much better.
OT said:
Worked the opposite for me...when I was younger I was the worst speller *ever* - since spell check has started highlighting words that I make mistakes on right as I make my mistakes, I've actually learned as an adult (a young adult, given) to spell much, much better.
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Re: Spellcheckers
Worse than the irritation over a spelling error, is the time wasted. Do you have any idea how much time I spent trying to find "confule" in the dictionary?
confule - n - a single Confucian Analect.
Boxlicker101 said:
Worse than the irritation over a spelling error, is the time wasted. Do you have any idea how much time I spent trying to find "confule" in the dictionary?
confule - n - a single Confucian Analect.
Boxlicker101
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Spell Checker
I have the world's greeatest spell checker. It's called a dictionary and if I am unsure of the spelling of a word, I look it up. Most words that I am going to use, I can spell without looking up but there are always a few that I can't get into my head. I hate to try to read a story with a lot of typos and other errors. I always wonder how the writer can let all that stuff through, don't they edit and proofread? When I submit a story, it is rejected if I have any typos or misspellings at all, until I correct them.
I have the world's greeatest spell checker. It's called a dictionary and if I am unsure of the spelling of a word, I look it up. Most words that I am going to use, I can spell without looking up but there are always a few that I can't get into my head. I hate to try to read a story with a lot of typos and other errors. I always wonder how the writer can let all that stuff through, don't they edit and proofread? When I submit a story, it is rejected if I have any typos or misspellings at all, until I correct them.
