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| i_can_spell is poisonous! Induce vomitting if ingested. | N
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From Go-Quiz.com
It's one "t", is it not?
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[03 May 2004|06:32pm] |
This teeters on the line a bit, but... I saw a fire lane today. The words printed therein?
"FIRE LAИE"
Sure, it's more a case of "Dude, you have the stencil backwards" than an actual spelling error, but still, if you're working with these things on a fairly regular basis, not to mention the language...
Maybe he's Russian. (For those who didn't know, "И" is a Cyrillic letter.)
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[23 Apr 2004|07:59pm] |
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I just spent an hour looking though wedding cards for my aunt who is getting married tomorrow... I thought I had settled on one that wasn't too cheesy or flowery, when I noticed THERE WAS A GRAMMATICAL ERROR ON THR FRONT! I can't remember the exact quote; I just remember it had a verb with an -s ending with a plural subject. ick. no wonder I took an hour in that stupid store.
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| First post. Hello there! |
[23 Apr 2004|12:38am] |
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It's nice to have a place to rant to people who feel my pain.
I'm taking an online college course, and a girl spelled guru as "goo-ru."
This annoyed me even more than improper spelling usually does. Ignorance and stupidity come to mind, even though I'm probably being too hard on her. Is it that difficult to learn how to spell such things?
This ranks right up there with one of my friends spelling "lab top" and "intamint."
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[17 Apr 2004|07:55pm] |
Finally got a scanner. I'll be posting often.
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[12 Apr 2004|05:18pm] |
Hello. I'm new to this community. Let me introduce myself: Sheila, 23, Tennessee, former diabetes research analyst currently looking for a job (you're right mom, there *isn't* much you can do with a BS in Psych/Phil) and applying to grad schools. My biggest pet peeve is probably misspelled words, though number errors come in a close second (a pound of apples for .79 cents? Wow!!). People tell me I have a lot of idiosyncrasies (such as the spelling/numbers thing), but I just see it as not wanting to contribute to the idiocy of the world. Sorry if this post is coming across as "biting" ... I've had a bad day.
Cheerio!
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| No, no, oh my god, no. |
[12 Apr 2004|11:14am] |
freespeling
Link yoinked from ![[info]](http://library.vu.edu.pk/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/000100A/http/web.archive.org/web/20040627042242im_/http:/=2fstat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) madamluna.
It makes me want to die.
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[05 Apr 2004|09:18pm] |
This is the AIM info of a guy with whom my friend was trying to hook me up. No further explanation is needed as to why I did not pursue the relationship. Here it goes:
hey every body im jake (if you havent alredy guest)
to all the things that realy matter in life firends, guns, fast cars and motocycles and pork n baens hoo-yaa pj's hooah to rob and was up to stephie, KATIE leah hooah to charile and brent for thous fo you who dont know me im to cheap to get my owne screan name so you might be talking to my mom but im workin on that. every one stay away form any sicotic skinny people and people who constly flik yer hat off yer head (EMILY) rember tis better to rent then to own (wink wink) dont fear the night fear what hunts at night.ryen the buggie man is not going to get you ...i think i leaed my spoun down
to conclude if you have seen a few typeos i cant type and i cant spell so sooue me.
out
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Greetings and salutations, fellow word nerds!
I like the idea of this community, seeing as I am often referred to as a 'grammar nazi.' But really, I'm not about to go demanding that anyone who doesn't know the difference between 'there,' 'their,' and 'they're' should be shot... maybe just re-programmed :) hehehe.
Anyway, an introduction! My name is Cairo (yes, after the capital of Egypt), and I live in Australia. I'm currently 15 and in year 10 in highschool. This was probably a bad time to join, seeing as I am leaving the country on Thursday, but that can't be helped.
Do you think I've rambled enough? Sorry, I'm supposed to be doing my homework. Obviously, I'm not! So I shall leave you all in peace now!
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[26 Feb 2004|06:10am] |
Though I will freely admit I can't type and am somewhat prone to typos, I am a spelling and grammar nazi. I always have been, really. I started reading at a very young age, and I have what my mother calls a "mimeographic memory"--I remember everything I read. (In other words, I can recite nearly word-for-word passages from books I read fifteen years ago, but I can't find my keys.)
Well, yeah. That's my spelling stuff. Aside from that, I'm a general geek in pretty much every aspect except maybe computers, and also a Harry Potter fangirl.
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[21 Feb 2004|06:21pm] |
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I'd like to apologize for my awful response time to those of you kept waiting. There really isn't a good excuse, but my reason is that I'm terribly busy trying to get into college, which takes precedence over the other email. Welcome, new members.
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[20 Feb 2004|10:33pm] |
From someone's profile on facethejury.com ...
Turn Offs:
I don't like snobby girls, girls who think they're god's gift, girls with no sense of humor, bad teathe, no style, etc.
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[08 Feb 2004|08:07pm] |
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Somebody add me.
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[02 Feb 2004|12:26am] |
On a sign outside an elementary school:
LITIERARY NIGHT
Fill in your own comments...
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[29 Jan 2004|09:29am] |
i'm told i need to make an introductory post.
instead, i'm going to make some breakfast.
but hi everyone. glad to be here.
(i hope my reluctance to use capitals isn't going to bother anyone.)
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[28 Jan 2004|02:16pm] |
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Last night my cable company's digital menu (Mediacom, Jefferson City, MO) offered "Licence to Kill." License is a common spelling error and so, to my mind, more unforgivable than others.
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| Striving for a world without spelling errors! |
[28 Jan 2004|11:09am] |
Hello everyone!
First and foremost, I'd like to send a *huge* thank you to the creators and moderators of this community! It's incredibly nice to know that in regards to spelling and grammar there are other individuals that are also anal-retentive. *laughs* With that said, whenever I see errors (especially spelling) in essays, newspapers, signs, etc. I automatically take out my trusty red pen and correct them.
Currently, I am enrolled in the Public Relations program at Laurentian University and in addition, work at a P.R. firm. My boss is admittedly spelling and grammar illiterate so I often find myself correcting her work (not that I mind!).
I confess that it does sometimes happen that I make mistakes (I blame it on typos! *laughs*). Therefore, I would like to make this an open invitation for fellow elitists to hack away at my posts. Really, it would be greatly appreciated!
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[26 Jan 2004|10:03pm] |
So, I'm a big fan of the communities here at Livejournal. Recently switched here from Diaryland for a variety of reasons and only realized the complexity and coolness of the communities upon investigating Livejournal a bit more. This is one that I'm personally very proud of being able to join, as five years ago I'd be shunned as one of the more hopeless cases.
It always annoys me how people will actually become worse at spelling upon really getting 'into' the internet. They learn brb, rotfl, and u and suddenly I'm correcting their essays with tears in my eyes. Yes, it's true, I've allowed friends to become corrupted, so disappointed in myself.
I actually became a much better speller once I began posting online. Once I realized people took you a lot more seriously if you actually bothered to capitalize your I's and put a period at the end of your sentences I started doing it regularly. I'm quite good at it by now, actually. *smile*
Hope to see you posting.
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[24 Jan 2004|12:48am] |
i like how careful all the members of this community must be whenever they're posting something, to make sure they're not making a silly spelling mistake either.
:)
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