If you can't spell it right, don't use it!

Just a WAG, but since I and O are next to each other on the keyboard, couldn’t “viola” be a simple typo?

[anal retentive]NO! People aren’t allowed to make mistakes. They should meticulously go over and over their posts thousands of time to make sure there are no typos![/anal retentive] Nah just kidding but you bring up a pretty good point.

xtal

Okay, that’s the payment…what’s the work?

:: grudgingly:: Yes, I suppose that could happen. But I prefer to think that these people are ignorant slobs who can’t be bothered to learn to spell.

Eh, whatever. I think there are more important things to get annoyed about, like confusing “They’re”, “Their”, and “There”. Imean, these are entire WORDS. They do NOT look alike! The same goes for “too”, “to”, and “two”.

P.S. Figure out the difference between “you’re” and “your” while you’re at it, m’kay?

The preceding post had absolutily nothing to do with the fact that I can’t spell to save my life.

Idiotic for the reasons already mentioned, but also because, even assuming that you were strong enough to hold the mattress high enough to spread the suit out properly, or had a second person to elevate it for you, you’d just forget it was under there, until too late.

Plus which, according to urban legend, you don’t want to probe too deeply into hotel mattresses anyway. :eek:

Add to that list the difference between “accept” and “except”, as in:
There are no acceptions to the rules, and
You have to except the fact that I don’t like you.

Yeah, it’s easier just to call someone an idiot rather than assume they just made a simple error.
[sub]and no, I don’t care if I misspelled anything.[/sub]

Another comment that doesn’t relate to spelling, but it bugs the hell out of me when people use the word “insure” instead of “ensure.” This error was made on MY COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE LETTER. (or is it an exceptance letter?) :slight_smile:

That’s a mere bag-of-shells.

Dolly (if I may be permitted this familiarity):

  • the musical instrument you’re thinking of is a viole in French, although you are quite correct in stating that it is a musical instrument in English (in addition to being a temperate perennial herbaceous plant, but that’s a different matter)

  • actually, viola in French is the third person singular, past tense, of either ‘to rape’ or ‘to violate/infringe’ (depending on the context)

  • strictly speaking, it should be written with a grave accent on the ‘a’: voilà!

sealemon:

point well taken:D.

If you can’t spell it correctly, don’t use it!

Didn’t you meant to say, " If you can’t spell it korrektly, don’t use it" ??? :smiley:

Cartooniverse

I think you spelled “to save my life”, perfectly.:smiley:

[sub]imthjckaz runs and hides behind a dictionary[/sub]

Two more; one champs at the bit, not chomp and one does not flounder (that’s a fish), one founders or is foundered.

I’ve just about haddock my fillet of this kind of senseless baiting. Carping on and on about it wont’ salvage a thing. The scales of justice won’t be tipped a bit, chum- no matter what kind of bad spelling halibuts you may decry.

Have you not heard of the famous once a year Flounder’s Day Sales ??? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Cartooniverse

"Musec Festival Vender Aplication (sic)

Show schedual*(sic)*
Friday 6:30-10:00…

Description of you’re Products*(sic)*______________"

Applications such as this fill me with foreboding, based on my past experiences. If the organizers can’t be bothered with spelling, they often can’t promote an event effectively, either. It’s a red flag.

::tosses application back into the wastebasket::

Please tell me this is a joke.

“Accept” is a verb: One accepts an award.
“Except” is a conjunction: All of the children ate dinner, except for Jimmy.

I attended a team meeting a few weeks ago and was told that “the otis is on you”. Repeatedly.

[sub]I suppose he meant that I’ll have to try a little tenderness.[/sub]