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[*] posted on 4-10-2009 at 05:26 PM


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What red line are you talking about for spell check.

I really do not need it as I am a very profishent speller, it just my damn fingers make the misteaks.


funny, i see the red lines under your mistakes...and actually it's no big deal. sometimes with friends, i misspell on purpose. it's kind of endearing. like i like to say u instead of you and ur instead of your...and i hate to capitalize...yes, lazy...




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[*] posted on 4-10-2009 at 05:43 PM


Lazy works for some things but not for communication. Take it to the limit and you won't post at all -- we'll know why, of course.
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[*] posted on 4-10-2009 at 05:44 PM


You only see the red lines on a post by someone else if you are quoting from their post.



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[*] posted on 4-10-2009 at 06:03 PM


Ever notice that "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? What's up with that?....dt



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[*] posted on 4-10-2009 at 06:10 PM


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[*] posted on 4-10-2009 at 10:43 PM


I find that my spelling is deteriorating with age. My vocabulary, on the other hand, seems to be improving.

About the spelling, - it's strange. It's not that I can't spell the word correctly. I somehow inadvertently write the wrong one, that is to say, the one that sounds the same (e.g. there instead of their). I only catch it during the preview post - if at all. That sort of error was very rare just 10-15 years ago. I'm a bit puzzled by this change.
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[*] posted on 4-10-2009 at 11:28 PM


Welcome to the club. I've always refused to write lists. Just thought I would remember what I needed to buy at the store. So, in keeping with my deeply held beliefs, I often return home from the store lacking key items I was shopping for.
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[*] posted on 4-10-2009 at 11:34 PM


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Welcome to the club. I've always refused to write lists. Just thought I would remember what I needed to buy at the store. So, in keeping with my deeply held beliefs, I often return home from the store lacking key items I was shopping for.


You live without lists? How can that be? My lists have lists of their own. But then I forget to write a list that I can find to tell me where the other lists are hiding. :lol:

We also laugh anymore when one of us tells the other one to remind one of us of something-- might as well be talking to the proverbial wall, but the walls have better memories these days.

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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 12:06 AM


Perhaps, some day I will starve for the lack of a list. Just stubborn, I guess.:biggrin:
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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 12:24 AM


For those of you seeing red underlines on your misspelled words as you type, you're likely using Firefox as your browser.

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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 05:31 AM


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Quote:
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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 08:31 AM


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I find that my spelling is deteriorating with age. My vocabulary, on the other hand, seems to be improving.

About the spelling, - it's strange. It's not that I can't spell the word correctly. I somehow inadvertently write the wrong one, that is to say, the one that sounds the same (e.g. there instead of their). I only catch it during the preview post - if at all. That sort of error was very rare just 10-15 years ago. I'm a bit puzzled by this change.


I guess that as one ages the mind deteriorates at a speed unnoticable short time, but if you take a 10 year span and think back to how it used to be, it's truly remarkable.
I used to read a novel in about a day to a day and a half.
The same feat takes me close to a week now and no idea why.:?: And that's just one sample, never mind the lists.
And it's always a delight standing in the middle of a room trying to figure out why you're there, and suddenly spot the object of your search.:lol::lol:
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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 08:44 AM


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And it's always a delight standing in the middle of a room trying to figure out why you're there, and suddenly spot the object of your search.:lol::lol:


You are doing great! Too often I leave the room and never remember why I was there, or wake up in the middle of the night and remember. :lol:




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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 08:58 AM


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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 09:00 AM


I try to spell correctly in all my writing whether on a forum or preparing a business document. I make more mistakes from bumbling fingers instead of wrong spelling and spend more time backspacing to correct my own mistakes and rarely use spell check.

I find it frustrating to read emails from others that are full of mistakes. It may be profiling, but if I read something that is full of mistakes, I tend to think that person has a lower intelligence or education level. I know it's not true because hubby is a college graduate, I'm a high school graduate, and I'm a much better speller and writer than he is. Impressions are important, especially in business, and poor grammer can influence whether someone wants to do business with us or not.

Those who type with the hunt-n-peck method are at a disadvantage than those who have had some typing instruction. Who knew back in high school that typing classes would be usefull 20 years later?

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eureka.gif posted on 4-11-2009 at 09:14 AM
actually dt, they don't.


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Ever notice that "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? What's up with that?....dt


the adjectival modification of the noun "chance" by using fat or slim tells one that there is a great "chance" of occurance to an outcome, or a lesser "chance".

if used conversely to the above it is a dictional error.:lol::lol:




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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 10:41 AM
Educationally-Challenged ?


It is rather pitiful to see those who are cognitively deficient attempt to paint it as something different.

"I can't spell, but that doesn't mean I'm dumb" ?

Whatever.
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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 11:08 AM


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It is rather pitiful to see those who are cognitively deficient attempt to paint it as something different.

"I can't spell, but that doesn't mean I'm dumb" ?

Whatever.



Leave it to Bill to throw a monkeywrench into the proceedings.:biggrin:




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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 01:04 PM
De NADA


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[*] posted on 4-11-2009 at 02:13 PM


Assisted living? Might help.:bounce:
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