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dianaji
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
dianaji:
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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Osprey
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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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bajalou
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You only see the red lines on a post by someone else if you are quoting from their post.
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dtbushpilot
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Ever notice that "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? What's up with that?....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Ever notice that "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? What's up with that?....dt |
Does a house burn up or does it burn down????
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Skipjack Joe
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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.
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Bajahowodd
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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.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
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. 
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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Bajahowodd
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Perhaps, some day I will starve for the lack of a list. Just stubborn, I guess.
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BajaNomad
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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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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Ever notice that "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? What's up with that?....dt |
Does a house burn up or does it burn down???? |
if the house burns up long enough it falls down.....
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
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.
Age comes with its own perks.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
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.
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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.
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k-rico
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Sillenpg wrdos coterclry and unisg ccrreot gammrer isn’t rlealy nsecersay to cmoicnmtuoian as lnog as the rdeaer utarbddsnes waht the magsese is.
Gntteig the frsit and lsat lteerts cerocrt rellay hlpes tuhogh. But I awlays try to use peropr slenilpg and gmermar.
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BajaNuts
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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?
[Edited on 4-11-2009 by BajaNuts]
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capt. mike
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actually dt, they don't.
| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
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.
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MrBillM
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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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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
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.
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MrBillM
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De NADA
Is Monkey-wrench still an acceptable word in our New World of CHANGE ?
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Cypress
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Assisted living? Might help.
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