# I'm out to bust spelling and grammar polices!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946 "2003-01-06T15:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/21 "2003-01-06T15:59:25Z")
> [@](#): > > True enough, but I have an additional policy on a personal level. If the content of a post is generally thoughtful, insightful, and informative, I tend to be very forgiving of spelling errors. > > However, if a post tends to be bigoted, hateful, or moronic, then anything–spelling included–is fair game for ridicule. So you’re saying that you’re a normal Doper? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/22 "2003-01-06T17:05:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Themis00 \* > Bitching about one’s spelling and grammar, is the ultimate thread hijack. The content of one’s post is what matters (damn I’m sounding like Martin Luther King here). Sure, there’s exceptions. Abused commas make the baby MLK Jr. Cry. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/23 "2003-01-06T17:22:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Themis00 \* > \*\*Whoa it’s not that deep, lol. > > I guess I made a sucky analogy. > > You know, MLK saying not to judge a person by the color of their skin but the content of their character. > > I said not to judge a post by spelling and grammar, but for content. > > I’d rather read posts with a few mistakes with good content, than to read posts with perfect spelling and grammar with sucky content. And, believe me, I’ve witnessed both!!! > > Exceptions? Yeah, if someone makes a mistake in spelling and/or grammar on every other word, the post should lose credibility. \*\* i do’nt thank gramer in spilling our impotent by cause you showed no what i meme when i right. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/24 "2003-01-06T17:41:20Z")
**Themis** , if you had written your OP using proper English, there would have been no replies to your thread. “Bad” attention is still better than no attention, right? So smile! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/25 "2003-01-06T18:01:41Z")
The current status of this forum provides evidence supporting the following hypothesis: an unacceptably high proportion of posters whose usernames incorporate letters followed by numbers are nimrods. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/26 "2003-01-06T18:05:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jackmannii \* > \*\*The current status of this forum provides evidence supporting the following hypothesis: an unacceptably high proportion of posters whose usernames incorporate letters followed by numbers are nimrods. \*\* I like this observation. I’m prepared to bybass any testing of the theory and call it Jackmannii’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/27 "2003-01-06T18:06:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jackmannii \* > \*\*The current status of this forum provides evidence supporting the following hypothesis: an unacceptably high proportion of posters whose usernames incorporate letters followed by numbers are nimrods. \*\* Sir, what is your explanation for this? Spread the wealth. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/28 "2003-01-06T18:08:09Z")
It’s Monday… school starts today, right? Right?! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/29 "2003-01-06T18:10:15Z")
Well shit. Maybe I ought to sever the numbers. Unless, of course, I’m a nimrod. Jesus. Did I really just fling that door wide open? Kudos to the first poster who comes in and clarifies, that yes, I AM a nimrod. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/30 "2003-01-06T18:13:39Z")
Well, **scout1222** , someone had to do it. Ya nimrod. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/31 "2003-01-06T18:17:50Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/32 "2003-01-06T18:39:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Themis00 \* > \*\*Sir, what is your explanation for this? Spread the wealth. \*\* The phrase is “Share the wealth” you unjustifiable error in a well-ordered society. Why are you in college? Instead of, say, staying home with your little brother? You know, the one with the two heads? 😛 :wally ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/33 "2003-01-06T19:12:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scout1222 \* > \*\*Well shit. Maybe I ought to sever the numbers. > > Unless, of course, I’m a nimrod.\*\* You’re the exception that proves the rule, ya nimrod! ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/34 "2003-01-06T19:13:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*The phrase is “Share the wealth” you unjustifiable error in a well-ordered society. > > Why are you in college? Instead of, say, staying home with your little brother? You know, the one with the two heads? > > 😛 :wally \*\* Come on, **Bosda** - he’s not _that_ bad. He’s not as much of an idiot as some of the other new posters we’ve had lately. I’d like to believe **Themis00’s** idiocy is attritubable to his being new rather than some moral or genetic failure on his part. But then, I’d like to believe in fairies, too. I think the main problems he’s having are these: 1. Frequent lapses in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. All this leads to an inability to understand what the hell he’s trying to say. But this brings us to- 2. Not much. He’s started 2 Pit threads already, neither of which actually belong in the Pit per se. He seems fond of pointlessness, apparently failing to realize that content wins over lame attempts at humor every time. He further confuses actual content with tite, cliched crap. 3. And he seems to think the SDMB is some sort of teen chat room, much like our dear friends **SmileyDeath** and **fauxpas**. He likes “LOL!” apparently, and is addicted to the overuse of smilies. All this has been pointed out to him before, and maybe he’ll surprise us all by taking the hint, doing some more lurking, and cleaning himself up. If not, we can only pray that come next week his studies will leave him no time to annoy us. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/35 "2003-01-06T20:35:59Z")
Sh! Don’t mess her, guys. She’s being a **NON-CONFORMIST** [sup]TM[/sup] and you just don’t _get_ her, maaaaannnnn. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/36 "2003-01-06T20:36:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scout1222 \* > \*\*Well shit. Maybe I ought to sever the numbers. > Unless, of course, I’m a nimrod. > Jesus. Did I really just fling that door wide open? Kudos to the first poster who comes in and clarifies, that yes, I AM a nimrod. > 😃 \*\* I dunno, do you [hunt](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nimrod) much? [ObPitRant] **Themis00** - hie thee back to BFE Junior College already, wouldja? Jesus Fucking Christ, wotta maroon… [/ObPitRant] ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/37 "2003-01-06T20:48:04Z")
Is there some sort of secret idiot equilibruim? It seems right after we ban or run off a bunch of shmoes, a new crop pops up again. There must be a mathmatical equation to derive the equilibruim point of forehead slap inducing posters to “normal posters”. Hmm: :smack: + :mad: + 😕 = 4 (😃 + 🆒 + :rolleyes: ) - :wally ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/38 "2003-01-06T21:29:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jackmannii \* > \*\*The current status of this forum provides evidence supporting the following hypothesis: an unacceptably high proportion of posters whose usernames incorporate letters followed by numbers are nimrods. \*\* Hey! :mad: I resemble that remark! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/39 "2003-01-06T22:14:08Z")
Dear **Scarlett** , we are sisters in nimrodedness. Or we’re women hunters. I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/40 "2003-01-06T22:21:39Z")
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