# Where has all the spelling gone? Long time passing.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 19, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614 "2005-05-19T18:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/1 "2005-05-19T18:46:05Z")
I know it’s “only” a message board, but for the love of Og can you fucknuts _at least_ learn basic spelling and punctuation? I’m not specifically singling out anyone in particular, there just seems to be a rash of misspellings and punctuation _faux pas_ lately. It seems to be in the air, or some such. Shit, I need a life. But seriously, do you know how fucking distracting it is to be reading a great reply and all of a sudden be hit over the head with a glaring error? It just seems that people intelligent enough to have a computer and interact with the internet would at least have basic spelling skills. And yes, I fully acknowledge that I’m being anal about this, but holy fuck it pisses me off. Does the fact that there is no specific “previous post” mean that Gaudere’s Law doesn’t apply? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/2 "2005-05-19T18:47:48Z")
Be glad you’re not on a gamers’ board. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/3 "2005-05-19T18:49:57Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > It just seems that people intelligent enough to have a computer and interact with the internet would at least have basic spelling skills. :dubious: Have you ever…been…to the Internet? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/4 "2005-05-19T18:50:43Z")
I would have used a semicolon after ‘particular’, and moved ‘lately’ from its dangling position to just before ‘there’, perhaps even transposing the the two phrases to decrease the awkwardness. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/5 "2005-05-19T18:54:57Z")
I, for one, am greatful for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/6 "2005-05-19T18:57:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I would have used a semicolon after ‘particular’, and moved ‘lately’ from its dangling position to just before ‘there’, perhaps even transposing the the two phrases to decrease the awkwardness. Yes, the semicolon would have been more appropriate. Switching the two phrases probably would have worked. Except for the semi, I like it the way it is. Not that I asked. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/7 "2005-05-19T19:01:08Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > Does the fact that there is no specific “previous post” mean that Gaudere’s Law doesn’t apply? Let’s just not go dere. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/8 "2005-05-19T19:15:43Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > :dubious: > > Have you ever…been…to the Internet? I laughed reading this. The…pause…was absolute comic timing. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/9 "2005-05-19T19:49:58Z")
**Feydeau** – spend a little time reading threads on the Internet Movie Database ([www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com)). Give it half an hour, and you’ll have a whole new appreciation for this message board (or you may give up entirely on the human race). (I do agree we could all do a better job of proofreading our own posts.) ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/10 "2005-05-19T19:57:01Z")
Well, rather than pony up a whole new thread on the subject… I need to pit my Mother and my 5th grade English teacher. Seriously. They did this to me. I have a VERY hard time reading misspelled words. It grates on me like crazy. Apparently, I’m an anomaly, because people who can’t spell don’t understand what my problem is. I have a friend who has a MASTER’S degree. He spells so bad, I imagine he must have a hard time spelling his own name. You know what he says to me? He says,“Well, so what if it’s not spelled right? You knew what the word was anyway, didn’t you?” Well, I guess so, but just because I know that it’s possible to spell “fish” “ghoti” does not make it right. It is painful. STOP IT! I also have a major problem with “D00D” speak. Substituting “u” for “you” is not fucking acceptable. Neither is using “2”. All of it. I want it destroyed. Disclaimer: Punctuation. I know. There are some screwups. Please be kind. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/11 "2005-05-19T19:59:21Z")
I know my spelling and grammar sucks… that’s the main reason I joined this message board, I’m trying to improve it. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Feel free to correct my grammer and spelling anyplace anywhere. I blame the education systems in our schools and our current testing systems. I shouldn’t have gotten the grades I did in school nor the scores on the ACT and SAT with such horrible english. Part of my problem is the way my brain functions, but I know I’m not hopeless and the best help is just people saying “That isn’t proper english!” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/12 "2005-05-19T20:13:19Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > He spells so bad Badly. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/13 "2005-05-19T20:18:34Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Badly. Fragment. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 19, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/14 "2005-05-19T20:20:29Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > It just seems that people intelligent enough to have a computer and interact with the internet would at least have basic spelling skills. Be grateful that this is not the case. You’re less apt to spill your personal info to fake company websites which are rife with spelling and punctuation errors. 'Scuse me, that should be “website’s”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/15 "2005-05-19T20:24:10Z")
The only grammer in our lives has the first name of Kelsey. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/16 "2005-05-19T21:37:40Z")
Jeez **Feydeau** , loose the bad attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/17 "2005-05-19T21:38:53Z")
Cheez Looeez, y git ur pantys in sich a twist? So long’s we all now whut we’re sayin, whoo carez if its spelt teh way sum ded wh1te guy sayz its sposed to be spelt? [sub]Disclaimer: I hold a BA in English. You have no idea how painful it was to type that mess.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/18 "2005-05-19T21:41:37Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Be grateful that this is not the case. You’re less apt to spill your personal info to fake company websites which are rife with spelling and punctuation errors. > > 'Scuse me, that should be “website’s”. 😃 Nope. Should be websight’s. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/19 "2005-05-19T21:44:02Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > the internet [George W. Bush notwithstanding](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316833), you’re referring here to the Internet; as a proper noun, it should be capitalized. (I love this game!) Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614/20 "2005-05-19T21:47:18Z")
**Where has all the spelling gone? Long time passing…** You used one too many periods in your ellipses. Supposedly they also should have a space between each period, so I’ve been screwing that one up. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-all-the-spelling-gone-long-time-passing/304614.md?page=2)