Horrible Spelling

We all have our special talents, and shortcomings. My 2 shortcomings are spelling, & remembering names. No brag, but I was on the honors chart. I have very exceptional reading comprehension. My last exposure to diagramming a sentence was 22 years ago, & I could still do it with a passing grade, cold test. I filled a library card at my church, read all the time.

My point is that I CANNOT spell. Vowels in the middle of a word just trip me up something aweful. Try as I might, I can make no sense of spelling. ie, ei, ia, ae, those letter combination types ALWAYS throw me, try as I will. For me, it is so simple to remember 'there' & 'their'; but how the heck do you spell the longer version of bow???? I will never get that right....

Big deal. You are good at it, so it seems simple to you. But let's pick on the talents that you have difficulty with, and then see how 'simple' these simple skills are. :)

The internet presents it's own problems. People without keyboard skills, language skills, are around, willing to participate. Let's gain from them, not put them (us) down.

The other problem with the internet is dial-up connections time out in 5 minutes on most connections, so we don't have time for proof reading, spell checking, etc. Gotta go, gotta go, gotta beat the time limit...

--->Paul

I hope you did this on purpose.

Anyway....

Understand what you are saying, but, don't you think that atleast trying to spell the words of our language is something we all should do?

Remember communication is a developed skill not necassarily a given a talent. We in the education system are trying to help you folks develope these skills with an eye toward your future. It is up to you to decide whether or not you want to gain and use them.

I misspell words all the time. I have no trouble with misspelling, but, have you ever tried to read a one-sentence paragraph with about 20-40- words in it? Makes you wonder what thought processes (if any) are going on "upstairs".

I am through ranting now. Let the attacks begin.

Besides the fact that incorrect spelling on this site is just as much to do with incorrect typing! Hunting & pecking with knarled fingers may not be the way to go. Maybe we should hire secretaries?

Anyway, this post sure got some backs up!

I set high standards in my Tech Ed Class. If a student does not measure up and makes a bad grade, here comes "Mommy and Daddy" to see what MY problem is.

"My little Sally/Johnny/Te'yon or whoever, made good grades unitl they got to YOUR class and then they make a bad grade."
"Your kid didn't have to do anything by himself UNTIL he got to my class, and now he found out the real world isn't going to hand them anything for nothing."

They leave mad, but they leave.

The rest of the world educates their brightest.
America tries to educate the masses. We spend too much time dealing with them asses.

Everybody has to start their knowledge from some point. Some questions are pretty elementary, but that person wants to know the answer, or they would not have wasted their time asking it.

I believe spelling is a talent that some people have and some people do not. Some of the posters I have found most interesting are not that great at spelling. But looking beyond that, what they write is really good stuff.

The spell check programs I have used are not foolproof. They would not pick up the misuse of to, too and maybe two. And they would never catch the error mentioned in the church bulletin below. Only careful proofreading and the natural ability to spell catch such errors. I see the same kinds of errors in the newspaper almost every day and wonder how much they are paying their editors and copywriters. Maybe they need "copyrighters"!!! HA HA

I don't think anyone except maybe Kim is getting paid to write in the YT site. Just people having fun trying to learn something and maybe help someone else out with their problems, mostly with old tractors, but also sometimes with other things related to farming and rural life. I would not expect someone writing a comment on this site (for free) to spend a whole lot of time looking up words in the dictionary. I just appreciate their help and expertise.

I suggest that you lighten up! If you don't like YT, no one is making you read it. Enjoy the things you like and be tolerant of the things you don't like. Perfect spelling would be nice, but it just is not going to happen.

Ben E.

Ben E.

Sometimes I misspell on purpose as a form of writing style. Sometimes I misspell outta sloppy-ness. But ay seldome misspell big polly-silabile words. ...er... I seldom misspell big polysyllabic words because I have a 45,000 word spelling dictionary. I don't need a word defining dictionary, I know what the word means, I juss kant allwees spellitt..... ..... Dell

No wheels under your house? Man, with all this commotion, you'd best get 'em back on. Sometimes mobile is GOOD. I still have a little place around Nutrioso if you need to hide out for awhile. And speaking of offending, I'm told I have a West Virginia state flower up behind the house. You know, with the wires going to the TV.

Pete

Pete