*whistles* HEY OEDI! Somebody figured us out!

[Lyric]

Fastidious spelling snobs pushed over the edge

“In general, I think people are getting a little bit meaner about correcting others or sharing what they call their ‘observations,’ ” she says. “They’re uptight and stressed out about losing their jobs. And if it makes them feel better to tell me I have a string hanging off my skirt or I used the word ‘your’ when I really meant to use the word ‘you’re,’ then fine.”

(snip)

“When people are under stress, they have less tolerance for minor frustrations,” she says. “Think of the harried mother rushing around trying to get her kids ready for school who loses it when one of them can’t find his homework. Spelling is something concrete and has a definite right answer so it does make you feel temporarily in control.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28900351/

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It's all just stress. A little bit of soothing massage, maybe some comforting spam n' eggs n' spam, and all of us will be just gravy!

:P

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[Lyric]

1. Ahem.

Oh. How did this get here?

:P

[madinmaryland]

2. Maybe because you posted it in the Sports Forum!!

:P

[Lyric]

4. There's a SPORTS forum?

Seriesly?

Will wonders never cease! I wonder if we'll get a Stamp Collecting Forum next!

:bounce:

[madinmaryland]

5. Actually there is a forum dedicated to collecting...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=403

Skinner and company have thought of everything!!

[skygazer]

3. Sure, some idiot who can't spell casting asparagus on those who can

If they'd learn to spell and use correct grammar, I'd be a lot less stressed. :grr:

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Beat me to it

To Dale Siegel and her compatriots in the "Meh, wutevar" anti-grammar camp, I paraphrase Stewie: It's not that I want to kill them, it's just that I want them not to be alive anymore.



For my own peace of mind, of course. :)

[sohndrsmith]

7. Well... I sort of agree... I don't know if I would lump spelling (or stress)

in with being ornery, necessarily. But it is cathartic, somehow. I always thought I liked it because it was one of the 2.5 things I could almost do well!, so I find it soothing. My spelling gets sloppier when I'm stressed.

But then again, fastidious is not something I have a good grasp of - except in a few select things...

Besides, I know that if I correct someone else's spelling, from that point on I will be making the most asinine mistakes and getting called on it - deservedly so.

The only ones that bug me (and I don't recall seeing them here, actually) are "loose" meant for "lose" (as in lose the car keys), and... heck. I forgot the other one, but it's almost the same. The wrong number of "o's"... It's easy to do, though...

Pretty darn silly!! : )