Learning how to spell or at least proof read your post.
Things to consider before you post.
Monday, January 28, 2008 by mschleisner | Discussion: Community
Don't post till you check your spelling. I know it might be difficult but why look like someone with a second grade education when you know you can do better. I think most just post and never look back to read what they have written first. Maybe you look after you post and think "oh no" did I really do that? Most miss-spelled words are just that, the person couldn't spell it, some are just silly as in the word wallpapers or problem, those look like someone who is frustrated but I think just re-reading your work is a must before you post. No one here might say anything but we do think it. There is no spell check for the posts here and I have been at other sites that have them and people seem to think they are too smart to use them. 
I would say to that, so sorry but your post didn't make the cut because you didn't spell check. Here there isn't that option so you must proof read your post first and if you are not sure of the spelling please look up the word first to make sure you look like someone took a little time to read before you post. I do this for my own sanity. I try very hard to make sure I at least try to spell it right before I post. I might not be the brightest bulb in the box but I don't want to look like the broken bulb either. Please just check before you post and save the people here from looking at these mistakes and try to use "Caps" where needed. Couldn't hurt. Thanks from someone who goes crazy when she views posts like this.
I would say to that, so sorry but your post didn't make the cut because you didn't spell check. Here there isn't that option so you must proof read your post first and if you are not sure of the spelling please look up the word first to make sure you look like someone took a little time to read before you post. I do this for my own sanity. I try very hard to make sure I at least try to spell it right before I post. I might not be the brightest bulb in the box but I don't want to look like the broken bulb either. Please just check before you post and save the people here from looking at these mistakes and try to use "Caps" where needed. Couldn't hurt. Thanks from someone who goes crazy when she views posts like this.
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aufisch
Reply #162 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:59 AM
I don't think this thread was intended to be about the occasional spelling error or Zubism, nor about the slightly off grammar I and quite a few others use.
This was more about the "cool" people that write the "plz hlp me, got trble"-posts. I doubt that mrs starkers is one of them (not that I have ever noticed?).
It seems to be an universal law, that anyone who behaves in a lazy and inconsiderate way is considered "cool" and "tolerant", while everyone who points that bad behaviour out is "a nazi".
Now, have we decided yet whether Zubaz has to walk the plank or is getting dragged behind the ship?
Reply #162 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:59 AM
I thought that I may have to stop coming into these forums
I don't think this thread was intended to be about the occasional spelling error or Zubism, nor about the slightly off grammar I and quite a few others use.
This was more about the "cool" people that write the "plz hlp me, got trble"-posts. I doubt that mrs starkers is one of them (not that I have ever noticed?).
grammar nazis
It seems to be an universal law, that anyone who behaves in a lazy and inconsiderate way is considered "cool" and "tolerant", while everyone who points that bad behaviour out is "a nazi".
Now, have we decided yet whether Zubaz has to walk the plank or is getting dragged behind the ship?
starkers
Reply #163 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:33 AM
'Ere, I'll 'ave ye know that I be frum a long lineage o' pirates frum England's West Country (th' 'ome of piracy an' yer Francis Drake 'eself... thar be no pretendin' 'ere me bucko.
Yep, that be right, Francis Drake wur a scoundrel pirate 'til Lizzy I knighted tha blaggard n' got 'im rescuin' booty fer 'er frum tha Spanish... tha Froggies too, anybody wot sailed inta e's spyglass view.
Oh, n' does ye 'ave tha proper pirate talk when ye jaws, like? Aarrggghh, that's wot be tha diff'rence b'tween tha pirate pretenders n' tha genuine article.
Yer 'riginal cap'n starkers...arrrr!!!
Reply #163 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:33 AM
I be willing to bet that I be the only one here with proper piratical mutton chops. The rest o' ye be but pretend play pirate-types, arrrr.
'Ere, I'll 'ave ye know that I be frum a long lineage o' pirates frum England's West Country (th' 'ome of piracy an' yer Francis Drake 'eself... thar be no pretendin' 'ere me bucko.
Yep, that be right, Francis Drake wur a scoundrel pirate 'til Lizzy I knighted tha blaggard n' got 'im rescuin' booty fer 'er frum tha Spanish... tha Froggies too, anybody wot sailed inta e's spyglass view.
Oh, n' does ye 'ave tha proper pirate talk when ye jaws, like? Aarrggghh, that's wot be tha diff'rence b'tween tha pirate pretenders n' tha genuine article.
Yer 'riginal cap'n starkers...arrrr!!!
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #164 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:43 AM
Reply #164 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:43 AM
arrr what be 'e Natzi arrr, be that like a rev'nue man from't East India Co? arrr To Davy Jones wit em...
getting dragged behind the ship?
Behind? arrr, don't ye mean under from't front t'back? What kind a pirate wench be e? Cap'n, me thinks we have a stowaway on board. Arrr, a real pirate wench be 'avin a huge bust - oi volunteers to check the stowaway's pirate wench credentials arrr....
If not, we be slappin 'er in irons an' castin her in't dungeon next 't bones of miss Jennifer....
Jafo
Reply #165 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:31 AM
Reply #165 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:31 AM
It seems to be an universal law, that anyone who behaves in a lazy and inconsiderate way is considered "cool" and "tolerant", while everyone who points that bad behaviour out is "a nazi".
Yes, that's what it's really about....though somehow it got belayed [no...that's not a typo]...
aufisch
Reply #166 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:39 AM
OK, I admit; talking piratish in a foreign language it too much for me.
"keel-haulin" - what do ye mean with that gibberish?
Reply #166 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:39 AM
Behind? arrr, don't ye mean under from't front t'back? What kind a pirate wench be e?
OK, I admit; talking piratish in a foreign language it too much for me.
"keel-haulin" - what do ye mean with that gibberish?
aufisch
Reply #167 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:43 AM
another word learned... had to look it up. Thanks
Reply #167 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:43 AM
though somehow it got belayed
another word learned... had to look it up. Thanks
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #168 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:48 AM
Reply #168 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:48 AM
arrr, a bit of stuff for ye landlubbers WWW LINK - Keelhauling
DonDodds
Reply #169 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:36 AM
It seems to be an universal law, that anyone who behaves in a lazy and inconsiderate way is considered "cool" and "tolerant", while everyone who points that bad behaviour out is "a nazi".
I'm a writer and editor; therefore, I *am* a grammar Nazi. But there's a huge difference between writing for professional publication and casual communications.
...and tell me about it, Aufisch. There's a reason I don't play online games anymore.
Reply #169 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:36 AM
It seems to be an universal law, that anyone who behaves in a lazy and inconsiderate way is considered "cool" and "tolerant", while everyone who points that bad behaviour out is "a nazi".
I'm a writer and editor; therefore, I *am* a grammar Nazi.
But there's a huge difference between writing for professional publication and casual communications....and tell me about it, Aufisch. There's a reason I don't play online games anymore.
killajosh
Reply #170 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:41 AM
Reply #170 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:41 AM
My mother was an English teacher. I'm a grammer-nazi by proxy.....
Guilt by association, I guess.......
Guilt by association, I guess.......
DonDodds
Reply #171 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:57 AM
Reply #171 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:57 AM
My father was an English teacher as well. It's like some kind of horrific Lamarckian inheritance...
killajosh
Reply #172 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:13 AM
Reply #172 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:13 AM
Lamarck. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a few years...
inheritance of acquired characteristics, if I remember correctly......
inheritance of acquired characteristics, if I remember correctly......
starkers
Reply #173 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:56 AM
Neither of my parents were teachers... but, very much against my wishes, they sent me to school anyway... to an English teacher who'd give one a good lambasting with the blackboard rubber should they make a spelling mistake/punctuation error.
She was a cruel little woman who looked much like Granny Clampett from The Beverley Hillbillies; thus she got the name, Granny Russell... and pasted us black n' blue with the blackboard ruler if she ever heard us. Oh well, she got the job done... the thought of a flying blackboard rubber, which all too often found its target, prompted one to think twice about spelling words incorrectly.
I guess old habits...er, fears die hard!! I still try to use correct English...'cepts when I be 'aarrghhin' and 'ye scurvy swabbin'.
Reply #173 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:56 AM
My mother was an English teacher
My father was an English teacher as wel
Neither of my parents were teachers... but, very much against my wishes, they sent me to school anyway... to an English teacher who'd give one a good lambasting with the blackboard rubber should they make a spelling mistake/punctuation error.
She was a cruel little woman who looked much like Granny Clampett from The Beverley Hillbillies; thus she got the name, Granny Russell... and pasted us black n' blue with the blackboard ruler if she ever heard us. Oh well, she got the job done... the thought of a flying blackboard rubber, which all too often found its target, prompted one to think twice about spelling words incorrectly.
I guess old habits...er, fears die hard!! I still try to use correct English...'cepts when I be 'aarrghhin' and 'ye scurvy swabbin'.
mschleisner
Reply #174 Saturday, May 3, 2008 12:28 PM
Reply #174 Saturday, May 3, 2008 12:28 PM
I agree and have been bashed for all of it.
Paragraphs, yes punctuation, oh boy and on and on...
It's funny when someone just asked for a little look at one's post before they post so that we all look like we have some education isn't such a bad thing, really!
Texting has become so ingrained in our society that we fail to use our skills that were taught to us regrading spelling. My neice just told me she has noticed she is starting to have a problem with her spelling because of texting.
Now if she has noticed, I believe we should all look at what we post. I really don't care about those who think they are so good that they think they feel it shows a lack of confidence in what they do in life. How sad for them. I want to at least think I try to make what you read as good as I can. Yes I will make mistakes, don't we all?
I was just hoping for a little better quality and thought put into the posts. Sorry it turned into a spelling and grammer test for me instead of us looking at what we do ourselves. I didn't know people really didn't care about it but thanks.
To all who responded thanks for all the crap you gave me, I deserved it. This place is one place I know my spelling will get me in trouble, my posts, my downloaded wallpapers, my photos, and everything else I do here will get slammed no matter what. I don't mind, I have plenty of other places to visit too. The internet is a vast place to go for everything I need and what I get from here nowdays is very little.
I used to visit everyday, now maybe once a month. I have lost my interest in this site and don't think I will renew anything anymore. How sad is that. I have been telling my friends about this site for a long time and even putting it on my websites, not anymore.
This may not make it to print but thats ok too. I am just waiting to get slammed for this one. I paid my membership, and I remain paid. I will download what I need and move on, without interest in what goes on here.
Do as you wish and have a good time. Enjoy whats here and take what you need and move on. Great site for what I want to make my computer look good but the walls are getting boring and I have found much better elsewhere. I like photography, and thats what I download and yes I fix the sizes myself with the programs I have installed on my computer so size doesn't matter, this is for you Stardock and Frogboy.
Who don't like my photos because I don't resize them and they say are personal, what about kids here and photos of peoples cars? Thats not personal? Whatever guys.
Thanks for the memories of what Wincustomize used to be. Fun.
Thanks for everything else though. bye
Paragraphs, yes punctuation, oh boy and on and on...
It's funny when someone just asked for a little look at one's post before they post so that we all look like we have some education isn't such a bad thing, really!
Texting has become so ingrained in our society that we fail to use our skills that were taught to us regrading spelling. My neice just told me she has noticed she is starting to have a problem with her spelling because of texting.
Now if she has noticed, I believe we should all look at what we post. I really don't care about those who think they are so good that they think they feel it shows a lack of confidence in what they do in life. How sad for them. I want to at least think I try to make what you read as good as I can. Yes I will make mistakes, don't we all?
I was just hoping for a little better quality and thought put into the posts. Sorry it turned into a spelling and grammer test for me instead of us looking at what we do ourselves. I didn't know people really didn't care about it but thanks.
To all who responded thanks for all the crap you gave me, I deserved it. This place is one place I know my spelling will get me in trouble, my posts, my downloaded wallpapers, my photos, and everything else I do here will get slammed no matter what. I don't mind, I have plenty of other places to visit too. The internet is a vast place to go for everything I need and what I get from here nowdays is very little.
I used to visit everyday, now maybe once a month. I have lost my interest in this site and don't think I will renew anything anymore. How sad is that. I have been telling my friends about this site for a long time and even putting it on my websites, not anymore.
This may not make it to print but thats ok too. I am just waiting to get slammed for this one. I paid my membership, and I remain paid. I will download what I need and move on, without interest in what goes on here.
Do as you wish and have a good time. Enjoy whats here and take what you need and move on. Great site for what I want to make my computer look good but the walls are getting boring and I have found much better elsewhere. I like photography, and thats what I download and yes I fix the sizes myself with the programs I have installed on my computer so size doesn't matter, this is for you Stardock and Frogboy.
Who don't like my photos because I don't resize them and they say are personal, what about kids here and photos of peoples cars? Thats not personal? Whatever guys.
Thanks for the memories of what Wincustomize used to be. Fun.
Thanks for everything else though. bye
Jafo
Reply #175 Saturday, May 3, 2008 12:36 PM
Reply #175 Saturday, May 3, 2008 12:36 PM
Who don't like my photos because I don't resize them and they say are personal,
One last time...your 'photos' were not 'liked' because they were being submitted to the wrong place. For a photo to even be CLOSE to being suitable as a WALLPAPER it needs to have a recognized screen resolution and proportion.
It's not complicated. It never was complicated....
butch123
Reply #176 Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:05 PM
Reply #176 Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:05 PM
I guess I have to agree with Nimbin. As this is a multi-national site and not everyone's first language is English, I applaude everyone for at least trying their best. I have no problems understanding anyone. Keep up the good work guys....
ZubaZ
Reply #177 Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:21 PM
Reply #177 Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:21 PM
Hmmm . . post was dead. Over and done with. Lost in the sands of time.
And now it's back.
Wincustomize is what we, the community, make of it. It can be fun and serious, and sad, and hopeful. It can be all those things in the same thread. It is a living, breathing, entity (that doesn't really live or breathe. I'm being figurative here. . . . but we who add content are . . and that should could for something, right?)
Come, go, stay, leave . . . it's all good.
Wincustomize will be here with the same sense of community it's always had.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
And now it's back.
Wincustomize is what we, the community, make of it. It can be fun and serious, and sad, and hopeful. It can be all those things in the same thread.
It is a living, breathing, entity (that doesn't really live or breathe. I'm being figurative here. . . . but we who add content are . . and that should could for something, right?)Come, go, stay, leave . . . it's all good.
Wincustomize will be here with the same sense of community it's always had.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #180 Saturday, May 3, 2008 7:56 PM
Reply #180 Saturday, May 3, 2008 7:56 PM
Uh oh, that wallpaper thing again...
Fuzzy goes off to find a recently deceased horse...
Fuzzy goes off to find a recently deceased horse...
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Reply #161 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:22 AM
Thank you DonDodds, I thought that I may have to stop coming into these forums