Do you ever itch to correct a misspelling in a thread title?

I hope you don't think I was calling anyone stupid, because I wasn't. My comments had nothing to do with anyone in particular - it was simply that I want to correct it every time I see it. The obsession with it bugs me.

yeah - you wrote 'disecting'

(and it ruined that whole post- I had no idea what you really meant)

(just kidding - the only reason I even noticed is because I'm a teacher and people expect me to be able to teach spelling - so I have to pretend that I care).

Actually - I love the creativity that I see in the differences in spelling and grammar. I'm just EXPECTED to be able to notice those - and judge them to be wrong or right.

what a grind we insist on putting each other into sometimes.

Whose insisting on any grind though?

Seriously this is turning into one of those "I censure you for censuring because censuring is bad and I would never do it" threads...

I thought I was just having fun but you turn it into whatever you want to.

but that's what i...

Oh never mind.

yeah - I agree.

As do me.

I like typos in other people - makes me less self conscious of my English.
Imperfection can be quite endearing and yes, farmerman is a great example here!

Love farmerman's voice! That doesn't bother me at all.

For Mame, Francis, and Sozobe, it is merely the aesthetics. They are not judging anybody. I compulsively correct all of my typos. It is also an aesthetic thing for me.

Has anyone mentioned that Occom Bill is stuck with a strange username because of a spelling error? I met him at a gathering and he told me he was trying to use the name of his favorite philosopher (William of Ockham).

(personally, I would be willing to pay Robert Gentel to have that changed)

Oh, it drives me bonkers, more so when it is in the title than the text of the thread.

Personally, I am the queen of the "typos". After I write a thread, I look it over. If I find an error I scramble as fast as my fingers will allow me, to corect the offending word. One of my worst nightmares is when I go through all of this, and then find that someone has already answered my thread, and I am no longer able to edit.

*raises right hand*

I hearby give the mods the ability (and generous thanks) to correct any misspelling I may inadvertantly create in a thread title.

Misspealls drive me bonkers...must correct........

That's nothing. I usually find 3 sentences that I didn't even bother to finish and I usually can't figure out where I was going with it either.

you did that on purpose, right?

My problem is that I create so many typos with my left hand (mostly) that Id spend all day correcting em. It used to be, before I went wireless, my computer would time out whenever I was correcting something . I just never relearned the "time out doesnt pertain anymore" and always write like a mental patient. I type really fast and thats part of my problem.


If everybody olnly knows one way to spell, how sad. I love to rag on Dave's attempts at phonetic spelling but when hes really pushede, he can spell like any english teacher.

Says she sitting in judgment.

Who said anything about judging or thinking people stupid, bythe way?

People have simply said that they find spelling errors maddening (in my case, especially when I do them myself, in typos). NOBODY has said that they are blaming the person for the typo or the spelling.


For me it's like an open cupboard door, or picture askew, sort of thing.

It's an infinite regress hon.



And it's assuming people were judging the poster, as opposed to being irked by the result.

I almost added that caveat as I made the post - that by posting it I was doing the same thing.

I look at this in a broader sense than this thread. There are many instances here - at A2k, not this thread - where typos and grammatical errors have been used to call (or infer) that the poster is lazy, moronic, stupid, and idiot (or idjit), etc. The "stupid people" example I used was from Facebook, as I said. The fact that it happened to be a couple of facebook friends from A2K was consistent with bringing it here as an example.

To separate the peeve from the peever is the basis of the beginning of my statement. Most folks who are expressing their peeves seldom think (or admit) that they are sitting in judgment (which, btw, my fingers insist is spelled "judgement" every time I type it). Those who are the source of those peeves can and do feel judged.

I've posted on grammar (or, in this case, spelling) nazi threads before. My biggest peeve is folks who feel compelled to publicly state their biggest peeve. I only ever make that statement on peeve threads. Just joining in on the fun.

I've overruled spelling it 'judgment', and use 'judgement'. I think a few well regarded magazines or newspapers (I forget which) also add the 'e', thus supporting my rebellion. I was thrown when I used both judgmentalism and judgement recently in the same sentence or at least the same paragraph and left them there on purpose, in happy self-contradiction.

On the issues, I like good spelling and grammar, especially in the books I read. I don't insist on it in a discussion forum from myself or others - I think that would add tension for a lot of posters, including me.

I particularly sympathize with Thomas' post way back there (I first typed their) when he listed his posting flaws - that I've never noticed him making. And I thank him for the phrase 'phonetic typos'. I've complained about my own before. I've known the difference between hear and here for many decades but my fingers don't.