12-08-2015, 07:55 PM
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Spelling Errors Arghhhh
I guess in today's culture spelling, even handwriting have become passé. I was an English major so it kind of bothers me. I can understand some people are otherwise bright and just lousy at spelling. I'm helpless at even simple math.But when you see signs that have been professionally made, yet misspelled it says something about today's culture. At work it gets even sillier. The person who draws shelf and sale signs has English as maybe a third language.
Big sign in the garden department right now
"Wiskey Baril Speciel, $5.99"
12-08-2015, 08:11 PM
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Re: Spelling Errors Arghhhh
I know what you mean. But it's one thing to spell incorrectly because you don't know any better, quite another to deliberately do so. I hate the trend to write things like 'tonite' instead of 'tonight', or 'lite' instead of 'light'. Why do people think it is trendy?
12-08-2015, 08:13 PM
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Hi Opheila, yep, like you was fine with spelling when younger and absolutely rubbish with maths. What career did I end up in but Finance. ha ha ! thank god for calculators !I do remember when my brother started an off-licence and tobacconist shop. He hired a sign writer to display the sign above the premise door to show he held a court licence to sell alcohol and tobacco. It wasn't until it had been erected by the sign writer that my brother noticed the wording..... he had spelled the word tobacco as tabacco !! and this from a supposedly experienced sign writer !!.
Mind you, nowadays it doesn't seem as important to be able to spell correctly as it was in my younger days. I get confused sometimes with how the spelling of words has changed , for example as I have done above - I have put the word as I always see it nowadays.... past tense ...spelled.....but I seem to recall it was always spelled out as the word spelt ???? crikey, I'm confusing myself now. ha ha !
12-08-2015, 09:22 PM
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It's apostrophes that drive me up the proverbial.Went to Odstock hospital and went into the very nice cafe there.
Notice offering Cream Tea's, and Tea's was repeated further down the notice with the prices.
Someone had crossed out the apostrophes with a pen, that did make me laugh!!
12-08-2015, 10:36 PM
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Re: Spelling Errors Arghhhh
Originally Posted by ruthio
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It's apostrophes that drive me up the proverbial.Went to Odstock hospital and went into the very nice cafe there.
Notice offering Cream Tea's, and Tea's was repeated further down the notice with the prices.
Someone had crossed out the apostrophes with a pen, that did make me laugh!!
might do so from now on.
12-08-2015, 10:47 PM
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Re: Spelling Errors Arghhhh
Originally Posted by ruthio
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It's apostrophes that drive me up the proverbial.Went to Odstock hospital and went into the very nice cafe there.
Notice offering Cream Tea's, and Tea's was repeated further down the notice with the prices.
Someone had crossed out the apostrophes with a pen, that did make me laugh!!
Come on, own up ruthio - it was you.
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