loose vs lose

[Nessa 23]

I think I am a bit dyslexic when it comes to typing.... I constantly spell that like this "taht"...

i do that too. And lvoe

[*julez* 124]

Well, I think all of us who are a bit bothered by this stuff acknowledge that we can read what the person has typed, but that is not the point! The point is that we know these things to be grammatically incorrect, and therefore it bothers us. We all have our pet peeves and those of us who have a love of the written word find this kind of stuff annoying.

[Welshcookie 17]

I think I am a bit dyslexic when it comes to typing.... I constantly spell that like this "taht"...

That is a fairly common typo...like "teh"

[Marilyn. 340]

I think I am a bit dyslexic when it comes to typing.... I constantly spell that like this "taht"...

i do that too. And lvoe

and it is not like the H and the A are that close on the keyboard....

phew, at least I am not the only one..

[eric&gen 0]

I loose my foot long the other night lol.

[Sister Fracas 5]

Nah, on a message board, it's not that much of a biggie to me, regardless whether the writer of the infraction is a native speaker or not... It's not worth getting my panties in a bunch. People are typing quickly and misteaks happen! I have more things to get bent out of shape about. Since I'm not perfect.... shocking I know....I don't expect anyone else to be.

Now in a formal letter at work, for instance....then it gets on my last nerve.

Edited October 23, 2007 by Frances

[Nessa 23]

it's normal when you type fast. I also do that with apostrophres. Like ''would'nt'' when I'm typing too fast

[JODO 2]

I have had this for a long time and it just goes to show how adaptable our brains are.......

Subject: Can you read this?

I'm one of the 55. Are You? Only 55% of people can read this...

Don't even think about using spell check!!!!!!!!

Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs?

Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at

Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a

wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be

in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a

pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by

istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot

slpeling was ipmorantt!

Kez

That is neat! I understood it too!

I have had this for a long time and it just goes to show how adaptable our brains are.......

Subject: Can you read this?

I'm one of the 55. Are You? Only 55% of people can read this...

Don't even think about using spell check!!!!!!!!

Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs?

Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at

Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a

wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be

in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a

pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by

istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot

slpeling was ipmorantt!

Kez

That is neat! I understood it too! I agree though, in the big scheme of things, that is the least thing that irks me on VJ.

[Jenn! 918]

I think there was actually a thread about this before

For me, the apostrophes used to denote plurals grates the hell outta me.

An apostrophe should be used when making a plural of an abbreviation and that is hardly ever done. But it don't bother me.

Only when the abbreviation has internal punctuation.

[eric&gen 0]

Loose vs lose was this topic brought up by some one else before?

[*julez* 124]

Loose vs lose was this topic brought up by some one else before?

Yes. Twice before.

[pedroh 21]

I think since there are many people on VJ for whom English is not there first language or have difficulties.... I think people do well... if it bothers you that much then maybe this is not the place for you... There are lots of things that bother lots of people but we don't all start a thread about it... I hate photo's in peoples signatures but they are there so I have to deal.. If the worst that people do to you is spell thing incorrectly then you have nothing to worry about...

Kez

lol.. actually the people from whom I've seen the most mistakes, are from english speaking countries.. so, no, the furriners are not the biggest offenderzzzz

OMGZ I LIKES TO WRITEZ LIKE THESE, PLEAZE SEPERATE YOU'RE APOSTROPHE'S!!!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You can't turn off just the photo.... you have to turn off the entire signature.... now some people have good links and usful info in their signature that I want to be able to see... so its not quite as easy as just turn them off..

As for the native speakers making mistakes, please remember that some people do have major issues with the written word... If you are dislexic then to you it may look right when in fact it is mis-spelt.. or the wrong instance.

Kez

I go into my preferences for Firefox and uncheck, load images while I'm at work. It lessons the amount of bandwidth.

[Scott & Lai 12]

I think I am a bit dyslexic when it comes to typing.... I constantly spell that like this "taht"...

i do that too. And lvoe

and it is not like the H and the A are that close on the keyboard....

phew, at least I am not the only one..

It's not how close the letters on the keyboard are that causes it. It's your fingers getting ahead of each other when you type too fast.

[Fandango 1,440]

I think since there are many people on VJ for whom English is not there first language or have difficulties.... I think people do well... if it bothers you that much then maybe this is not the place for you... There are lots of things that bother lots of people but we don't all start a thread about it... I hate photo's in peoples signatures but they are there so I have to deal.. If the worst that people do to you is spell thing incorrectly then you have nothing to worry about...

Kez

To say 'maybe VJ isn't for you' is a little OTT in this instance, no?

And to LouLou...I lolled

I think there was actually a thread about this before

For me, the apostrophes used to denote plurals grates the hell outta me.

An apostrophe should be used when making a plural of an abbreviation and that is hardly ever done. But it don't bother me.

I hate photo's in peoples signatures but they are there so I have to deal

You trying to wind Lisa up, Kez?

(I hate photos too but turn them off)