# Critical1: the bizarre MELONFARMER who intentionally misspells the name of every GoT character **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 3, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675 "2017-08-03T05:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/41 "2017-08-03T16:42:47Z")
On one hand, yes he’s doing it on purpose and is an ass for doing so. On the other hand, the misspellings are like Jon for John and Jamie for Jaime. I don’t even notice until someone makes a post correcting it. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/42 "2017-08-03T17:03:48Z")
> [@Pasta](#): > > Regarding the distraction/annoyance factor. Imagine you were reading a thread about WWII, and someone was discussing the Battle of the Bulge. This isn’t a good example though, you need to flip it to be accurate - imagine you were reading a thread about a show set in WWII, and in the show the place names were all spelled like your example. Then a poster comes along referring to all of the places with their normal spelling, and someone started a pit thread about it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/43 "2017-08-03T17:07:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I remember it was a common thing on Television Without Pity to give the characters on a show nicknames. It’s an often used way of separating the newbies from the regulars. Newbie. I was there when it was Mighty Big TV. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/44 "2017-08-03T17:16:26Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > This isn’t a good example though, you need to flip it to be accurate - imagine you were reading a thread about a show set in WWII, and in the show the place names were all spelled like your example. Then a poster comes along referring to all of the places with their normal spelling, and someone started a pit thread about it. That point only holds for a small number of names (John/Jon and the like), and the reading hiccups remain for those familiar with the in-universe spellings in either scenario. In any case, honest misspellings are one thing. The pit thread was started for alleged _intentional_ misspellings. So take the flipped WWII example and assume the poster is doing it just to annoy others. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/45 "2017-08-03T17:24:16Z")
So, does this mean that Samuel L. Jackson has to call them melonfarming snakes from now on? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/46 "2017-08-03T18:07:15Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Why, are the shows credits somehow supposed to be ‘in universe’? > > I think it’s pretty obvious they are not. Because they speak of beings such as “Director” and “Camera Men” who clearly do not exist in the reality of Planetos. They’re obviously some additions made by whoever is curating theses historical recordings for our benefit. Which is nice of them, but doesn’t make them the Font of Truth or anything. > > So unless and until we’ve seen a clearly written out (or orally spelled out) instance of a character’s name during the actual recording, I’d say there’s no definitive “correct” spelling. > > (Now let me get back to my Teeriawn/Brawn slash fic…) That would be true for Yara, but nobody else. ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/47 "2017-08-03T18:08:23Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > So, does this mean that Samuel L. Jackson has to call them melonfarming snakes from now on? [monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4t6zNZ-b0A) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/48 "2017-08-03T18:12:33Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s a show about incest, dragons and tits. The books are about incest, dragons and underage tits. Get the fuck on with your life. I don’t think there is any mention of tits in the books. Dugs, yes, but no tits. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/49 "2017-08-03T18:29:24Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > As a pedant Which we all know is just a cutesy-wootsy nickname for “asshole that’s also a control freak”. Take your pendants and shove em up your ass. > [@](#): > > Why do you think you are special enough to warrant your own unique spelling of every character’s name, even though you know you’re wrong? Really, what is your fucking deal? Why do you think you are special enough to dictate what others must do? What is your fucking deal? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/50 "2017-08-03T18:30:15Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > You only have to spend half a second looking it up once, then you know the correct spelling forever forward. Are you a robot? Because this is not how most humans work. I mean I’m pretty good at both writing and reading, and there are still words I consistently misspell after looking them up numerous times. And as a teacher I can say with confidence it is not how people who’re _not_ good at writing and reading work. I’m not going to tell you to get over it, cause obsessing about other people’s spelling is probably as ingrained in you as whatever’s going on with Critical1. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/51 "2017-08-03T18:42:21Z")
Well, in olden times, there quite often weren’t settled spelling conventions. You’ll find Sir Walter Raleigh written as Raliegh, Rayly, Rawley or Raulighe. People apparently didn’t get too outraged. And that’s, you know, in the actual real-world; getting outraged about fake olden-times spellings seems to me yet a step more removed from reasonableness. I just pretend I read a period-appropriate document! ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/52 "2017-08-03T18:48:06Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Are you a robot? Because this is not how most humans work. I mean I’m pretty good at both writing and reading, and there are still words I consistently misspell after looking them up numerous times. And as a teacher I can say with confidence it is not how people who’re _not_ good at writing and reading work. > > I’m not going to tell you to get over it, cause obsessing about other people’s spelling is probably as ingrained in you as whatever’s going on with Critical1. I thought this misspelling was taking place in a thread where other people who actually do spell correctly are posting. Knowing the correct spelling is about as easy as not deliberately ignoring the very posts you’re replying to. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/53 "2017-08-03T19:22:15Z")
My Gramma was a knot sea … I built houses for the poor with my bare hands, I saved 9 children from a burning school, I placed 1st three years in a row in the local pub’s snooker tourney. But farm ONE melon…! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/54 "2017-08-03T19:32:53Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I thought this misspelling was taking place in a thread where other people who actually do spell correctly are posting. Knowing the correct spelling is about as easy as not deliberately ignoring the very posts you’re replying to. Correct. It’s not even his spelling that bothers me anymore, it’s his continued willful ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/55 "2017-08-03T19:39:36Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > You only have to spend half a second looking it up once, then you know the correct spelling forever forward. People spend hours posting theories in those threads, week after week, for all of GoT season, mentioning the characters many times. It’s OK to get it right. > > . If that were true, I’d know how to spell all the names by now. It’s also OK to fucking let shit go. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/56 "2017-08-03T19:48:00Z")
I think U shud all agree to txtspk on the str8 dope. It’s ez 4 U to grok wat im saying, so shud be gud. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/57 "2017-08-03T19:52:17Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Correct. It’s not even his spelling that bothers me anymore, it’s his continued willful ignorance. Personally I’d let it go. Life’s too short. That having been said, if it’s really bugging you, AND he spells them the same way consistently then let your computer work for you. You can write a small script, it’s really easy, in [a plugin for your own browser that will substitute GRRMs spellings for the ones **Critical1** uses](https://www.google.com/search?q=browser+text+substitution&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8). Then voila, you see the spellings which don’t jar you, and it requires no change on his part. Win-win. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/58 "2017-08-03T20:05:49Z")
Damn your eyes! ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/59 "2017-08-03T20:28:29Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > They already did that in the last season finale: Peter Capaldi will always be Basil Disco to me. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675/60 "2017-08-03T21:43:11Z")
> [@](#): > > But I do want to give a shout out to the motherfarmer who gave us melonfucker. That’s gold right there. +1 (despite coming in here hoping to discuss GoT with an actual farmer of melons) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675.md?page=4)