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Speling maters, Dawnold. Iff you dont spel werds rite, (Original Post) MineralMan Feb 2017 OP
Be careful, he might send attakers. Arkansas Granny Feb 2017 #1
Ill jest find them of. MineralMan Feb 2017 #3
Yer asumin that the Murican peeple can spel bettur than Trump. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #2
Im a gud speler, tho. MineralMan Feb 2017 #4
Sew ewe say. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #7
stawp it you leetists! unblock Feb 2017 #5
You mispeled stopp. MineralMan Feb 2017 #6
lvl In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #8
Read "English as She Is Spoke in pdf format: MineralMan Feb 2017 #9
For years there was a poster here who had serious issues with spelling. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #10
A favorite ditty of mine - 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #11
You haven't been perusing the thread captions here recently, have you? Ms. Toad Feb 2017 #12
One of my mother's favorite mantra's: "People judge you by your spelling". MindPilot Feb 2017 #13

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. Yer asumin that the Murican peeple can spel bettur than Trump.
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 05:02 PM
Feb 2017

Eye wood knot due that. Ewe mite bee shocked two sea the result.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
10. For years there was a poster here who had serious issues with spelling.
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 05:10 PM
Feb 2017

Sometimes it was difficult making my way through their posts. They were one of my favorite posters and always had great points and insight. It was clear they were very intelligent and I never questioned their spelling. Others did.

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
11. A favorite ditty of mine -
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 05:21 PM
Feb 2017

I have a spelling chequer.
It came with my PC.

It planely marks four my revue,
Miss takes eye can knot sea.

I've run this poem threw it,
And I'm shore your glad two no.

It's wonder full inn every weigh.
My chequer tolled mi sew.

Ms. Toad

(34,069 posts)
12. You haven't been perusing the thread captions here recently, have you?
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 05:35 PM
Feb 2017

There have been a substantial number of threads with misspelled words, or the wrong homonym used. I've been biting my tongue after the last thread poking fun at Republicans for misspellings.

Misspellings are not the sole province of Republicans, and we alienate a fair amount of our working class when we use misspellings/grammatical mistakes as the basis for condemnation (or, worse, for as a test for whether someone is a real democrat v. a troll).

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
13. One of my mother's favorite mantra's: "People judge you by your spelling".
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 05:38 PM
Feb 2017

It didn't necessarily motivate me to learn spelling well, but I'm very good at judging people by their spelling.

It's a problem that seems to be growing. On local TV news recently a banner described the person talking as a "Navy Coreman".

I'm guessing DJT is just communicating with his base at their level of comprezhenshun.

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