Do you make a lot of spelling mistakes?

Murrmurr said:
That's happening to me a lot, too. It does seem to be a loss of dexterity. I can say with certainty that it isn't because I type too fast.
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I do type quickly (I was second fastest in my class with the old manual Remington bashers back in 1963-64) so my problem is probably a combination of speed and diminishing dexterity. But my problem with proof-reading must be dyslexia?

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dseag2 said:
Only on my damn iPhone because I can't hit the right keys, and then it spells a completely different word and inserts it. :oops:
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I hate when that happens!!!! But I have three different language-alphabets on my iPhone and sometimes I forget to switch to the right before I begin to text.
 
not really concerned, that is stuff they fussed about in school😜.
had a prof that took off a grade point for errors on papers, never understood that:mad:

If i understand it, other probably do too🙃
 
I worked most of my time in IT developing software, where typing skills were quite a lot different to those used in day to day writing. Documentation often contained technical terms and 'jargon' and you had to be careful with spell checking / auto correction.

I try to use correct spelling and grammar, but sometimes I get caught out when I miss-spell a word and end up with another word.
I remember recently on another forum describing a difficult bit of work on my campervan which I miss-typed as having taken two gays to complete. :oops:
 
Verisure said:
May I assume they are all from the US? If so, we mustn't be too critical. After all, they speak English as a second language their first one being Slang.
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I hope those signs are digitally altered photos. But you know, English isn't a first language for a whole lot of Americans. Sometimes I feel like I passed out and woke up in Tijuana. "Dos Margarita, por favor, senior!"
 
Murrmurr said:
....... you know, English isn't a first language for a whole lot of Americans. Sometimes I feel like I passed out and woke up in Tijuana. "Dos Margarita, por favor, senior!"
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They do have a first language anyway. A large percentage of Americans (as far as I can tell) have no language at all. "Dos cervezas por favor." :)
 
Murrmurr said:
But you know, English isn't a first language for a whole lot of Americans. Sometimes I feel like I passed out and woke up in Tijuana. "Dos Margarita, por favor, senior!"
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When the Roman Empire ended in 476 AD the Latin spoken throughout that empire fragmented into what we know today as: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.

One thousand years later in 1476, William Caxton came up with the printing press. It proved a timely invention for The English and later The British. When the British Empire was no more, the English language did not fragment, due mostly to William Caxton's invention and the written word. Today, English is recognised as an official language in a total of 67 different countries, as well as 27 non-sovereign entities.

In 1906, U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt tried to get the government to simplify the spelling of 300 common English words. However, this didn't go over well with Congress or the public. The simplified spelling was actually Andrew Carnegie's idea: https://www.thoughtco.com/teddy-roosevelt-simplifies-spelling-1779197 This why you see words like honour spelt as honor in American English. The idea met with limited success, far from making written English easy it put America out of kilter with the rest of the English speaking world. But I would argue that slang is no more prevalent in the US than it is anywhere else in the English speaking world.
 
horseless carriage said:
When the Roman Empire ended in 476 AD the Latin spoken throughout that empire fragmented into what we know today as: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.

One thousand years later in 1476, William Caxton came up with the printing press. It proved a timely invention for The English and later The British. When the British Empire was no more, the English language did not fragment, due mostly to William Caxton's invention and the written word. Today, English is recognised as an official language in a total of 67 different countries, as well as 27 non-sovereign entities.

In 1906, U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt tried to get the government to simplify the spelling of 300 common English words. However, this didn't go over well with Congress or the public. The simplified spelling was actually Andrew Carnegie's idea: https://www.thoughtco.com/teddy-roosevelt-simplifies-spelling-1779197 This why you see words like honour spelt as honor in American English. The idea met with limited success, far from making written English easy it put America out of kilter with the rest of the English speaking world. But I would argue that slang is no more prevalent in the US than it is anywhere else in the English speaking world.
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Actually, the official language of the US might have been German. It was on the discussion table.
 
Verisure said:
Actually, the official language of the US might have been German. It was on the discussion table.
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That is one of those urban myths that took root. On April 1, 1789, Frederick Muhlenberg was chosen as the first speaker of the House of Representatives. Muhlenberg’s father, Henry, was born in Germany, and he played an important role in the establishment of the Lutheran Church in the Colonies.

The late German academic Willi Paul Adams published a study in 1990 that included an explanation of why so many people believed Muhlenberg acted to block a congressional resolution that would have made German the national language.

“Fascinating for Germans, this imagined decision has been popularised by German authors of travel literature since the 1840s and propagated by some American teachers of German and German teachers of English who are not entirely secure in their American history,” Adams wrote.

“In reality, this presumed proposition was never brought to the congressional floor and a vote was never taken,” he added.
 
horseless carriage said:
That is one of those urban myths that took root. On April 1, 1789, Frederick Muhlenberg was chosen as the first speaker of the House of Representatives. Muhlenberg’s father, Henry, was born in Germany, and he played an important role in the establishment of the Lutheran Church in the Colonies.

The late German academic Willi Paul Adams published a study in 1990 that included an explanation of why so many people believed Muhlenberg acted to block a congressional resolution that would have made German the national language.

“Fascinating for Germans, this imagined decision has been popularised by German authors of travel literature since the 1840s and propagated by some American teachers of German and German teachers of English who are not entirely secure in their American history,” Adams wrote.

“In reality, this presumed proposition was never brought to the congressional floor and a vote was never taken,” he added.
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Was that really necessary? I enjoy saying that German was under consideration as the official language of the US. :mad:
 
Can we please get back to the original topic (our personal struggles with spelling) and leave off the bashing of Americans? Not everyone in the US is an ignorant ignoramus
 
i tend to make typos more than actually spelling mistakes. Depending on how tired or emotional i am the frequency within a posts increases. i also make more of them when using an onscreen keyboard (Phone, kindle) then when using a physical keyboard. Having learned to type in my Sophomore year of high school, using a regular keyboard is so habitual and at this point 'hard-wired' in brain that unless really tired/upset i don't make many typos. If it's a serious subject i usually proofread carefully, and if i miss one at first but spot it after i've posted and it's still possible to edit i will correct it.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Can we please get back to the original topic (our personal struggles with spelling) ....
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Why are you now contributing to the non-"original topic"?
CinnamonSugar said:
...... and leave off the bashing of Americans? Not everyone in the US is an ignorant ignoramus
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Do you see anyone "bashing Americans" or claiming that "everyone in the US is an ignorant ignoramus"?
My suggestion: If you dislike a topic (original or otherwise) don't contribute to it. Doesn't that make more sense? :)
 
feywon said:
i tend to make typos more than actually spelling mistakes. Depending on how tired or emotional i am the frequency within a posts increases. i also make more of them when using an onscreen keyboard (Phone, kindle) then when using a physical keyboard. Having learned to type in my Sophomore year of high school, using a regular keyboard is so habitual and at this point 'hard-wired' in brain that unless really tired/upset i don't make many typos. If it's a serious subject i usually proofread carefully, and if i miss one at first but spot it after i've posted and it's still possible to edit i will correct it.
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Are you a "touch typer" like me, without looking at the keys?
 
Verisure said:
Why are you now contributing to the non-"original topic"?

Do you see anyone "bashing Americans" or claiming that "everyone in the US is an ignorant ignoramus"?
My suggestion: If you dislike a topic (original or otherwise) don't contribute to it. Doesn't that make more sense? :)
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That’s my usual MO, @Verisure, to just avoid. But I decided to speak up for once, when I felt the trend was headed in an unpleasant and unnecessary direction. So much for the efficacy of that 😞
 
CinnamonSugar said:
That’s my usual MO, @Verisure, to just avoid. But I decided to speak up for once, when I felt the trend was headed in an unpleasant and unnecessary direction. So much for the efficacy of that 😞
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It looks to me that the "non-original topic" had already died out and it certainly wasn't "bashing" anyone. 😇
 

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