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Posted By: Dr. Ahmad Glover
Monday, August 18th 2008 at 3:23PM
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I'm am a big time word nerd, so I don't know how I really feel about this. One one hand, if you know what a person means even when they misspell it, it seems alright for it to be overlooked or not discounted.

My biggest issue is with the misuse of a word or making up words for the words you're really trying to use. LOL. Was that confusing?

On the other hand, I think at least some of the errors are laziness and lack of study. It's a toss up for me.

Blessings...
Monday, August 18th 2008 at 3:39PM
Dee Gray

I am quick to tell folks that MS Word spell check was invent for me. Someone felt sorry and invented a tool to make me appear a wee bit smarter. I am a horrible speller!
Monday, August 18th 2008 at 3:55PM
Dr. Ahmad Glover

...or saying "depart wisdom" instead of "impart..." anything.

Or the following.....(Mister Johnson, you got me started):

conversate instead of converse (conversate is NOT a word)

irregardless instead of "regardless"

Orientate instead or "orientation" or "oriented"

old-timers disease instead of "Alheizmer's disease"

interpretate for "interpret"

verbious for "verbose"

And then other misuses altogether:

affect / effect

wonder / wander

there / their / they're

to / too / two

than / then

further / farther

principle / principal

jealousy / envy (not the same thing)

Ok...I'll stop now. The list goes on and on...

Blessings...
Monday, August 18th 2008 at 3:57PM
Dee Gray

When I lived in England...I caught hell as an American.

Our American words are not English words in the land that invented our language. Example Tire/ Tyre, Organization/ Organisation...go figure.
Monday, August 18th 2008 at 4:01PM
Dr. Ahmad Glover

Dr. Grover, a colleague of mine sent me this:

Why English Is Hard To Learn

You've gotta admit, its a pretty stupid language. Id hate to be a foreigner trying to learn it. Here's 21 reasons why English is a pain in the ass.

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.

2. The farm was used to produce produce.

3. The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.

4. We must polish the Polish furniture.

5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7. Since there was no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10. I did not object to the object.

11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12. There was a row among the oarsmen on how to row.

13. They were too close to the door to close it.

14. The buck does funny things when does are present.

15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18. After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Monday, August 18th 2008 at 4:04PM
Kenneth X

Kenneth, as word junkie, I really dig this. Thanks for posting.

Another one that gets me is DISORIENTATED instead of disORIENTED.
Monday, August 18th 2008 at 5:25PM
Dee Gray

Dr. Glover, I am also a terrible speller and I might add writer. Hopefully one day I can get over this mental road block, because I have a couple of ideas to share in form of a book. I was always surrounded with friends who had the gift to write well. So when I was younger I didn't feel comfortable, I guess it stumped my growth.
Monday, August 18th 2008 at 6:13PM
Kenneth X

I wanna throw another element into this discussion. How has text messaging affected all of this? Words are truncated so as to cut down on type time and number of letters. If a person can make a few letters symbolize the word they are trying to spell, its all good. I consider myself a decent speller but sometimes I get in a hurry when I am writing or typing and either misspell words or put a word in the sounds like the one I really meant. Guess I should do more proofreading. LOL!
Monday, August 18th 2008 at 8:02PM
Tony Boyd

My mother was a librarian, so correct spelling was a must in our home. She would say that misspelled correspondence makes the writer look ignorant, no matter how good the ideas were. Akin to Dee's pet peeve of 'disorientated,' my pet peeve are words like 'conversate.' Come on, conversate? Would you 'invitate' someone somewhere? People converse!
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 7:44AM
Dr. S. Maxwell Hines

(hahaha) it aint bothen me none, teehee!

I'z so glad ta bi ub gullah-geechee deesent cuz I'z kno de buckruh debble cain cum an tale me wat wey ta spel or talk. Uhman!
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 11:43AM
agnes levine

Spelling is definately compelling, and getting the word spelled right when I'm writing bothers me. Which is why I have to constantly keep looking words up in a dictionary.-- I really do.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 2:11PM
MIISRAEL Bride

Did you notice a mispelled word in my above statement? What was it?
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 2:13PM
MIISRAEL Bride

Oops! I did it again.... in that statement too....See that's why I look them up.

The word is definitely
The word is misspell.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 2:18PM
MIISRAEL Bride

Tracye, that's funny!!!! **** I **** won the FIFTH grade Spelling Bee!!!!!! LOL. My mama still has the trohpy. I was hooked before then, but the fifth grade just confirmed my justification for my passion!!!

Blessings...
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 4:31PM
Dee Gray

I can understand the desire to change some of the variants that people use, but are we not just reducing things to make up for some educational shortcomings? Now this is not at all to state that people who make spelling errors are unintelligent. But its seems like we are lowering the bar. Especially when the rest of the world is only raising it for their own. Common mistakes should be forgiven depending on the circumstance. But I think that it is a step backwards, especially with all the text messaging that is becoming more rampant every day, people are starting to use so many abbreviations that they sound as if they speak in code. Relaxing expectations in grammar will only help to further the regression. While we are at it lets drop fractions from math, I never liked those pesky things anyway, if pi is 3.14 or "around 3.1" its still pi right?? Fractions are used so that you can state a number "exactly", words are used so that you may convey something "exactly" or as close to exact as possible.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 4:54PM
melvin mcentee

Irma.......................................WHAT??????????????????????????????????????
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 6:19PM
Dee Gray

Kids and people in general are getting so used to BRB, LOL!, U R CRZY, etc. that it doesn't give them much practice writing long form. I would think that eventually it will start to eat away at our overall literary ability.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 10:31PM
Tony Boyd

All this time later....TROPHY. LOL.
Sunday, September 28th 2008 at 2:38AM
Dee Gray

SMH...Nuff said already
Sunday, September 28th 2008 at 7:47AM
Emmanuel Brown

Kenneth X, that was a lot. Laugh out loud moment for me! Thanks
Saturday, July 25th 2009 at 2:29PM
Raquel D. B.

...does Ebonic ring a bell?...or: "I", our,my ego being satisfied is all that matters .period?!?
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ROBINSON IRMA

mute can be used the way people call others who can not speak/will not , "stupid"...
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ROBINSON IRMA

A 'one track mind' is not called a one track mind for no reason.
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