Misspellings in thread titles: carelessness

The BBQ Pit
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(Mild ranting).

This recent thread title:

“i wnat to buy a new laptop”

So this guy wants to spend a few hundred bucks for a new laptop and he can’t even take a second to read over that short title. It’s just carelessness. I think he doesn’t deserve any help from other dopers.

I’m tolerant with typos and misspellings in text. Not everybody is expected to master the language perfectly, but I don’t feel like opening threads containing such heedless misspellings in titles.

…unless I expect some witty answers as in this other current thread:

“Yahoo declared Obama the winer!” (go to “Elections” thread jump)
(I tried to link the thread but failed)

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Writing an OP in the Pit without being able to post a URL: Fail.

Also: How did I know this would be about either etv78 or ralphc124?

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Not on the Straight Dope, but I recently saw someone misspell “dog” on her blog.

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Did she spell it Doug? :smiley:

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It’s unfortunate that you are forced to open threads with misspelled words in the title.

What a lame pitting. The only way this stays in the pit is if the outrage turns against the OP.

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Misspellings in titles don’t generally bother me, except when they’re in the keywords that identify the subject. Because if the thread is interesting and useful, I might never be able to find it again by searching.

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Also, the title is not editable unless you ask a Mod to change it for you. I doubt I would go to the trouble if all I did was make a blatant typo.

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Was it this?

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I laughed out loud. Part of me wants to assume it was purposeful. Or perhaps it’s a well-done photoshop.

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Just for this, I’ll jump in and say, “I agree with the OP 100% and may the thread lead a long and fruitful life.”

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That would be ralph124c, and you damned sure better remember it if you put his name in a thread title.

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Admit it. How many times did you reread the thread title for spelling errors before you clicked “Submit”?

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Some people got no self-respect.

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I would respond, but I know doing so would doom me to misspelling the title of my next thread.

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I reread the title a couple of times… hoping against hope… but no, it was spelled correctly. Broke my heart.

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This!

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Well… shit happens.

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My spellchecker will not check certain fields on the web, including the thread title box.

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And you need a spellchecker to clue you in that ‘wnat’ is spelled wrong?