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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 03:42 PM Feb 2017

'Trump's guys can't spell for shit.'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/02/07/trumps-unreported-terror-attack-list-contains-more-typos-than/
Donald Trump's 'Unreported Terror Attack' List Contains More Typos Than Actual Unreported Terror Attacks
'Trump's guys can't spell for shit.'
07/02/2017 11:27 PM AEDT | Updated 1 hour ago
Chris York Senior Editor, Huffington Post UK


Most on the list did not get sufficient media attention, the White House said, without specifying which ones it considered underreported. An analysis of the 78 incidents by The Huffington Post UK found the assertions to be largely untrue.

Most strikingly it contained incidents such as the 2015 Paris attacks, the Orlando nightclub shooting and the downing of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula in 2015, all of which were extensively covered internationally.

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White House Spells Out The ‘Truth’

Spelling mistakes were widespread in the White House document, with the word attacker misspelt “attaker” 27 times.

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'Trump's guys can't spell for shit.' (Original Post) SoCalDem Feb 2017 OP
they are trying to normalize extreme ignorance! putitinD Feb 2017 #1
How the hell does someone have a misspelling in this day and age? underpants Feb 2017 #2
Nobody can tell them what to do, they have the alt facts bigbrother05 Feb 2017 #5
To be fair, when twitter is you medium of choice, spelling is fluid bigbrother05 Feb 2017 #3
Betsy DeVos is qualified to teach them Turbineguy Feb 2017 #4
WH full of deplorables. democratisphere Feb 2017 #6
Some people are naturally good spellers. Some can learn to be. Some people have a very hard time Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #7
Maybe they meant... pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #8
"Make America Dumb Again!" nt Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #9

underpants

(182,788 posts)
2. How the hell does someone have a misspelling in this day and age?
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 03:55 PM
Feb 2017

MS Word checks it for you.

Total amateurs

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)
3. To be fair, when twitter is you medium of choice, spelling is fluid
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 03:55 PM
Feb 2017

Probably lots of Liberty & Trump U grads

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
7. Some people are naturally good spellers. Some can learn to be. Some people have a very hard time
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 07:41 PM
Feb 2017

with spelling despite lots of work on it.
My husband is a bright guy, but a terrible speller. But, when he write up official things for clients, he has me proofread.

It's really not that hard to use spell check or, if you're representing a professional or government entity, hire a freakin' proofreader. Be a job creator, pResident tRump.

You'll please more people if your message is written correctly. Some people won't know one way or the other, but many will. Spelling errors, typos, etc., are a distraction from the message and meaning for many people.

We don't choose to be distracted; our brains involuntarily sound the alarm that something's wrong. It's kind of like like people with perfect pitch, they can't help being distracted by an off pitch note.

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