After reading so many questions and answers with spelling problems and misused words, I am reminded of a story that my father told me many years ago. It is one reason I try very hard to make sure I have the correct word.

My father was studying to become a minister at the time.

One day they had a guest speaker who asked the students to write down any questions they had on pieces of paper and he would answer them at the end of the lecture.

He gets through his speech and has answered several questions, when he opens a folded piece of paper and gets very quiet for a minute. They watch his face go through several interesting expressions including raising one eyebrow and biting his lip.

Finally, he looks up and with a straight face and says, "Yes, I think Joseph is important with or without the R."

Until recently spell check was available on AMHD, it was also a good way to re read your post and make any adjustments needed..

Computer skills are not my forte and the stress trying to find spell check or download it ,would cause me a possible stroke.

My education was wasted,the nuns would weep.

However I do try,but sometimes my brain works faster then my fingers and I make stupid spelling mistakes.

Text speak is the ruin of the english language...

Please god,I've made no spelling mistakes on this post!

Huh?

I don't get the joke... :(

Uhmmm...


I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Ahhh now I get it... cool... Brain needed a restart...

Uhmmm..................


i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

I do NOT want to be able to read this.

But you CAN , right cats ;)

Its not a hard read, so I guess its true... spelling isn't all that important... maybe that's why people have a problem with text speech too... since it shortens words we would usually be able to recognize...

I started

It hurt

I stopped.

Maybe I can. I don't want to.

I'm tellin' Synnen

LOL... tattle tale :eek:

Huh?

I don't get the joke... :(

Maybe my brain needs a restart too, but could you please explain it to me?

Maybe my brain needs a restart too, but could you please explain it to me?

Spell important without the "R"

Spell important without the "R"

NOW I get it :o

:D

NOW I get it :o

:D

And you've been back to blonde for how long?

Hey hey... nothing wrong with blondes... ;)


Oh so yummy...

Important --> Impotent. Actually 2 letters are the difference. Remember, correct spelling is essential.

Cat, I got it. I believe that spelling is important, even though I find it challenging when I write to get it right. Yet am quietly pleased with myself when I spell a word, that I haven't used in a while, or seen in writing recently, correctly. It's a nice little accomplishment in my day.

When I was surveying full time, I would do all the writing on the stakes that we used. We did layout work on major construction sites. These stakes needed to be correctly placed, horizontally and vertically, in order for the planned project to be built. I had a guy that wrote " servee cuntol pount " (s/b survey control point), after that, it was all in my writing.


I know some people who are extremely intelligent that simply cannot spell. But sometimes...

You can tell when someone skipped too many English classes can't you?

Oh yea, is it true what they say about preacher's daughters?

That they know how to spell?

Important --> Impotent. Actually 2 letters are the difference. Remember, correct spelling is esential.


You are right - correct spelling is essential.