why criticise people for poor spelling/grammar

[vivalostwages]

@This Year's Model

If people would correct me whenever I misspell irrellev… irreliven… ireliv… that word that means “beside the point”, I might someday learn to spell it.

Well, at least you tried to get it right, and you got the first part right too–unlike Dan Quayle, whom I believe said “illrelevant” at least once.

[Bob_Loblaw_1]

There are three kinds of posters:

1. Those that have perfect spelling and grammar, which are divided into two categories: those who don’t point out the errors of others and those who do.*

2. Those that have less than perfect spelling and grammar themselves. They two divide into to categories: those who don’t point out the errors of others, and those who do.

In both varieties, those who do, do so so that they can self identify as sarcastic self-mocking asses and the kind of asses who need to feel superior to others.

• Nobody has perfect spelling and grammar on this message board.

[Monty]

@vivalostwages

Well, at least you tried to get it right, and you got the first part right too–unlike Dan Quayle, whom I believe said “illrelevant” at least once.

[…]who, I believe, said […]

d&r

[Cat_Whisperer]

@Bob Loblaw

There are three kinds of posters:

1. Those that have perfect spelling and grammar, which are divided into two categories: those who don’t point out the errors of others and those who do.*

2. Those that have less than perfect spelling and grammar themselves. They two divide into to categories: those who don’t point out the errors of others, and those who do.

In both varieties, those who do, do so so that they can self identify as sarcastic self-mocking asses and the kind of asses who need to feel superior to others.

• Nobody has perfect spelling and grammar on this message board.

Wouldn’t that make either two of four kinds of posters (with or without the first category which doesn’t exist)?

(Did you mean to get your “to/too/two’s” wrong for comedic effect?)

[Bob_Loblaw_1]

@featherlou

Wouldn’t that make either two of four kinds of posters (with or without the first category which doesn’t exist)?

(Did you mean to get your “to/too/two’s” wrong for comedic effect?)

I think the whole subject is preposterous. Yes, the three, two and then four divisons are on purpose, but the mixing up to and two (I missed the too) was serendity, for which I will give my subconcious credit, but punish my conscious.

[Bob_Loblaw_1]

@Bob Loblaw

I think the whole subject is preposterous. Yes, the three, two and then four divisons are on purpose, but the mixing up to and two (I missed the too) was serendity, for which I will give my subconcious credit, but punish my conscious.

ummm serendipity.

[Cat_Whisperer]

@featherlou

Wouldn’t that make either two of four kinds of posters (with or without the first category which doesn’t exist)?<snip>

HAH! Gaudere is indeed a harsh mistress.

[lissener]

I’m thinking about starting a parallel thread in MPSIMS, to track the instances of Gaudere’s law in this one.

[fishbicycle]

@Bob Loblaw

ummm serendipity.

and also subconscious.

[Feydeau]

Yes, I should know better.

But this thread is really giving me a headache.

I’d unsubscribe (from the thread) but then I couldn’t bear to miss everything.

Yeah, I got issues. :rolleyes: