# You spelled a word wrong! Allow me to point that out to all. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 30, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503 "2003-05-30T12:49:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/81 "2003-06-01T20:41:22Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by StupidSmartAgain \* \*\*quote: [quote] Originally posted by Zenster This says everything. If I were a moderator, I’d have my quivering finger less than one millimeter above the “BAN NOW” button. Restrained, of course, only by the enduring notion of free speech. > [@](#): > > **Zenster’s first post in that thread. No snarkiness here** > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally posted by Aslan2 > > Nitpick: > > Only Admins can ban. > > **A nitpick. Fine so far.** > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally posted by Zenster > > What part of “If I were an administrator …” do you not understand? Obviously, most of it. > > **Zenster defends his remark, sopemwhat snarkily, and perhaps deservedly so.** > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally posted by Sublight > > > > quoth Zenster: > > > > (1) “If I were a moderator…” > > > > (2) “What part of “If I were an administrator …” do you not understand?” > > > > Well, that odd mis-spelling of “administrator” in your first quote would be a good start. > > **Another snarky and uncalled-for (IMHO) nitpick. Clearly the intent of Zenster’s original post was clear enough.** > > > [@](#): > > > > ## Originally posted by Zenster > > > > ## Originally posted by Aslan2 … Word has it a man, who could quit [QUITE] possibly be from iraq, sneezed! … > > > > Fucking PROOFREAD your posts, ASSHOLE! > > Gotta love these illiterate and idiotic morons! > > **Zenster returns fire nitpicking someone who nitpicked him first. Fire with fire, eye for an eye kind of stuff** > > > [@](#): > > > > ## Orginially posted by Zenster > > > > Originally posted by Sublight > > quoth Zenster: > > > > (1) “If I were a moderator…” > > > > (2) “What part of “If I were an administrator …” do you not understand?” > > > > ## Well, that odd mis-spelling of “administrator” in your first quote would be a good start. > > > > Get stuffed. Please pay attention to the issues at hand. You are being an asshole, I am doing my best not to be much more of one than yourself. > > **Does the same with the second nitpick sniper. Clearly he is cross because his point is being obliterated and overlooked by snarky, and pointless nitpicks.** > > Both by Zenster > > > [@](#): > > > > Have you bothered to check in at the GD Original Sin debate? I didn’t think so. In fact, I don’t see where you are making any sort of significant contribution to these boards. I welcome your efforts to prove me wrong. Show me a +1,000 reply thread you have started lately and I’ll cheerfully apologize. > > > > * * * > > > > [right below above post] > > Yes, you … Asslan2. > > **Zenster lashes out angrily at the nitpickers, and arguably, rightly so.** > > All from here > > Please write my apology rite now k thnx bye > > **No apology for you, Zenster asked you to privide a cite for him acting in a like maner to the individual mentioned in the OP in this thread. Zenster did not start the argument. He did not chim in to a thread soley to correct a point of spelling or grammar, and he acted only to defend himself.** > > ps. > Reading threads like that is fun, especially when you try and pull that “I’m a saint” shit on people. We have a search buton at the top, and at the bottom of your posts, too. > > **Get bent.** > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/82 "2003-06-01T20:53:11Z")
Thanks, **Q.E.D.**. You’re a Prince. ---
**Author:** ![StupidSmartAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@StupidSmartAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StupidSmartAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/83 "2003-06-01T21:02:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\* > > PS: Have you noticed the complete lack of defenders in your MPSIMS thread, you pathetic moderator-leg-humping whiner? Now be a good little needle dicked fucknugget and go pound hot sand up your ass. \*\* Har har, good one jackass. Go read the thread again. And Q.E.D., you didn’t bother rebutting any of my other points, such as Zenster accusing Aslan of not posting anything worthwhile, or Zenster falsely saying that he created a 1000 post thread in GD, then mocking him for not creating a 1000 post thread. You’re a real winner their, Zenster. ---
**Author:** ![StupidSmartAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@StupidSmartAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StupidSmartAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/84 "2003-06-01T21:08:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*Thanks, **Q.E.D.**. You’re a Prince. \*\* And you’re still a jackass. Also, Zenster, I’d be able to post a lot of your posts where you put corrections such as **,** or other such corrections, into the originial posts, but that would be near impossible to search for. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/85 "2003-06-01T21:11:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StupidSmartAgain \* > **And Q.E.D., you didn’t bother rebutting any of my other points, such as Zenster accusing Aslan of not posting anything worthwhile, or Zenster falsely saying that he created a 1000 post thread in GD, then mocking him for not creating a 1000 post thread.** I didn’t see any need to, as any further remarks had no bearing on whether or not **Zenster** had acted in a similarly egregious manner as the person mentioned in the OP of this thread. And he has not. Were those cpomments you just mentioned uncalled for? IMO, yes, _but_ the were made defensively, after being nitipicked for no good purpose. Now, just let it go, for chrissakes. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/86 "2003-06-01T21:21:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by StupidSmartAgain_ > You’re a real winner their, Zenster. Must… resist… urge… to… nitpick… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/87 "2003-06-01T21:22:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StupidSmartAgain \* > **Har har, good one jackass. Go read the thread again.** I don’t know if he did yet, but I did. And…? ---
**Author:** ![StupidSmartAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@StupidSmartAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StupidSmartAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/88 "2003-06-01T21:25:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*I don’t know if he did yet, but I did. And…? \*\* And he claimed that nobody is defending me. Which I find really funny, because that’s not true. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/89 "2003-06-01T21:29:42Z")
You show me _one_ post where someone is defending you completely. And I don’t mean a post like “You could be a good poster, but…” ---
**Author:** ![StupidSmartAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@StupidSmartAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StupidSmartAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/90 "2003-06-01T21:36:53Z")
“Nice quote there SSA. I think I did used to be like you when I first started here, the point I am making is that people told me to shut up, people (rightly) gave me shit, and eventually I did what they said and became part of this excelent community.” Lobsang. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/91 "2003-06-01T21:44:42Z")
That’s not a compliment, **SSA** , unless you think “I used to have a pair of pants like that. Then my dad got a job.” is a compliment. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/92 "2003-06-01T21:46:53Z")
That is not a defense. At best it’s a mildly positive remark with some (excellent) advice. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/93 "2003-06-02T01:00:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*Bob. His name was Bob. \*\* Well, I was thinking of changing my username to **imthbob** , but I don’t know about that now. Bob’s can’t catch a break. _~sigh~_ ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/94 "2003-06-02T01:49:35Z")
Wow, this one fell off the cart.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/95 "2003-06-02T02:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if you don’t know i won’t tell \* > \*\*Course. I’m not saying one should go around and correct every error one sees. But I \, nicely, and sweetly, correct someone if they repeatedly mispell a word. I consider it a positive thing, not a negative, and haven’t had much problem with people’s responses. If I actually notice someone repeatedly mispelling something, it’s a rather awful mispelling. Most I pay no attention to, as there is no point, and chances are, the person does know the correct way, and just wasn’t paying attention. Like I said, in this instance, it was done rudely and was unnecessary. And on message boards such as this one, a post correcting someone is a bit silly. However. If a person makes a mistake, they don’t know it’s a mistake until someone tells them it is, and how to correct it. Hence spelling and grammar corrections. > > Let me re-iterate: He was rude. \*\* Please tell me that this post was a joke by a very clever satirist. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/96 "2003-06-02T03:13:20Z")
I typed this in Microsoft Works which comes free with most conmputers. (when I typed that word back there (computer) it put a red line under it telling me I misspelled it and I could have gone back and taken that extra letter out. And miller, I typed all this and it CAPITALIZED it for me automatically! Now I copy, then I paste it into the SDMB post reply window and voila! Perfection. Unless I put some commas in the wrong place. Maybe we should all just try to get the meaning of the post and only if a post is COMPLETELY unclear because of spelling and/or grammar errors (or, shudder, LACK OF CAPITALIZATION), should we criticize. Although, these threads do for some reason turn into some damn good reading. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/97 "2003-06-02T04:19:27Z")
Well, that whole spellcheck thing would work except for words that aren’t misspelled, but used incorrectly (such as their, there, to, too). Not that I care. Just thought I’d mention it. Nitpickers have a very special place in hell. If you get the gist of what someone is trying to say, just go with it, fer cryin’ out loud. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/98 "2003-06-02T05:29:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lezlers \* > \*\*Well, that whole spellcheck thing would work except for words that aren’t misspelled, but used incorrectly (such as their, there, to, too). > > Not that I care. Just thought I’d mention it. > > Nitpickers have a very special place in hell. If you get the gist of what someone is trying to say, just go with it, fer cryin’ out loud. \*\* “grow the fuck up and learn how to communicate effectively.” but this is what you told me a week ago when i defended a guy who did not capitalize, even though everyone understood the gist of his post. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/99 "2003-06-02T05:39:24Z")
**Zette** , first off I’d like to apologize for any unnecessary highjacking of your thread. Second, I really appreciate your patience in letting me dealing with this as I saw fit without you kicking up any ruckus. Third: Thanks **Q.E.D.** and everyone else who took the time to wise up that little tripe volcano. If you ever catch me pulling a **Buck** style drive-by like in the OP, you have my permission to flame me to the oort cloud and back. I’ll not make a single peep. ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503/100 "2003-06-02T05:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qazzz \* > \*\*…arrogant things like “Rant on, my dear,” in an effort to _establish some sort of superiority._ \*\* Happens…so…much…here… ::Brain Explodes:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spelled-a-word-wrong-allow-me-to-point-that-out-to-all/178503.md?page=6)