Or you might end up on a site like this!

Spelling Wizard

Scary isn't it!

With all the texting, they don't know how to spell anymore! It is very alarming!

It's not just the texting, this started before that with the "new" way to learn how to spell. JMHO

My sisters and I always won regional spelling bees but not so long ago spelling was not standard. Now as a mom of a brilliant dyslexic who still spells poorly after many special programs, I do ask myself why does spelling have to be standard? Is it really worth all the stress a dyslexic has to go through? My child reads very well and does very well on standardized tests, but I wish we lived before standardized spelling.

Like you, I competeted in spelling bees and learned how to use punctuation and grammar correctly. When was the time "before standardized spelling"??

I believe that dictionaires came into common use in the early 1800s. Before that, spelling was much less standardized. Not my area of expertise- I could be wrong about the date.

Tks Peggy....that was WAY before my time! So if we go waaay back to unstandardized spelling....what's next.....math??? 2 + 2....doesn't equal 4?!

I couldn't resist...2 + 2 = 1 if you're in Mod 3!

Have a great day!

It just isn't spelling that takes the hit, you see and hear some major grammatical mistakes on TV and radio all the time. I work in an office with "kids" in their 20's and 30's and the grammar makes me cringe. "I runned to the store at lunch", "I have got to go to a meeting", or "I has to go out tonight" are heard everyday. Sigh.....I must be getting old. AARP here I come!

You are NOT alone! What about someone who is laughing and says "LOL" or walks by and says "Smiley Face"?!

LOL I could handle but "Smiley Face"? I'd probably hit them!

Typos are one thing, but actual grammar is another. Sometimes i'll type out my words and use the wrong spelling because i'm thinking ahead..however...i usually am the first to correct my sons with incorrect words. My 8 year old especially.

I think spell checkers are great to catch the typos, but not always to correct the spelling intended.

I feel that many of the kids today are slipping through the cracks in school. The work though is getting more difficult. Helping my 14 year old with his match - egads!

Texting is another thing though. << hehehe, my spellchecker doesn't like the word "texting". Sorry- but my son sends me a text with "iunno" and "imma" and all these abbreviations that i have to ask him what that means. Short forming the words is one thing, but made up words is another.

I don't find the humour in it ("humor" for the Americans) and am on constant watch with my sons to ensure they grow up with as much competance (hmmm, another spellchecker issue) in spelling as possible.

Have you ever visited a website and engage in support chat programs? some of the spelling on there is hideous! I don't normally use my capitals etc properly on forums and such- that is just laziness, however, if i were to type a letter, I am diligent. or try to be anyway.

It's a scary situation - the teenagers and young ones of today.

My spell checker picked up on several words in here, but "competance" gets me, as it's spelled correctly. Go figure!

Just my 2 cents.

To decode some texting acronyms:

http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php

Tina, it IS scary. I wonder if our parents had the same problems helping us with our homework and the "new" math?! I remember my Grandmother (ex-teacher) drilling my brother and I on our spelling lists in preparation for the weekly spelling test. I also remember being VERY proud when I was getting 100% on those same tests.

P.S. While I'd love to SMACK "Smiley Face"............I'm afraid if I started, I might not be able to stop!

Excellent post, Tina.




P.S. I think your spell checker is giving you trouble because it's actually spelled 'competence'. And I wouldn't even have commented on it except that it's the topic of this thread... *wink*

Even I don't remember the first dictionary!!! But I think Webster's was one of the first, and I seem to remember that it was published in the early 1800's. Spellcheck is my friend- I'm good with phonetics, but "ance" vs "ence" and similar perversities of the English language drive me crazy. Since I write for a living (lab handouts, lecture outlines, committee reports, as well as an occasional paper for publication- all targeted to students or academics) I have to take spelling seriously!

I hope your target audience takes it as seriously as you do Peggy!

Well' in reading this post I can't help to feel that it was meant
for me!

Yes' I can't spell very good and my punctuation and grammar
are terrible, I will be the first to admit!

I have struggled my hole entire life with ADHD, and have had
to learn to except that I am different than most. I do the best I
can!

We are not all perfect, just like our dogs.

Believe me, the academics do. The students? Well maybe not- but there is such a thing as teaching by example!

LOL@funnybone

Now you guys are getting it!!!

Maybe Jill needs to have two forums, one for the stupid people
that can't spell and one for the geniuses that can spell!!!! Ha Ha

tis as ben two funni tooday, gurls! ty 4 mi laff tooday!

pears two ya!

u bet Im ammussed by all this LOL

Know what you are saying with the texting and spelling. Am older, hard to understand once in a while. But on this forum we are here to learn from one another. Sometimes we are in a hurry but want to ask a question. We don't need the person who thinks they are so perfect correcting us. In what is happening in the world today, hold important is it.
Give me a break.

Unfortunately the spell check would not have caught the original problem. BOARD is spelled correctly. The original poster, while trying to be cautionary, missed the ball completely.

Spell check is worthless to find plain word misuses.

How many of us see misuses of words here? Two = 2, Too = also and To is a direction or point.

And, while we are ranting and raving (lol). When did Americans forget to us "ed" after verbs?

The original poster (me) just thought the site was hilarious: "I'm board." "I'm chalk, we should get together!"

And also to point out what's posted anywhere can get posted EVERYWHERE!

I usually compose my posts in Microsoft Word. It automatically underlines spelling and grammatical errors. Then I cut and paste here. Takes only about 2 extra seconds.

I spell a lot of words incorrectly and catch them before they go on the site.

Bottom line though - failbooking.com has a lot of really funny stuff, most of it not about spelling!

Those of you on here making fun of someones elses shortcomings are disgusting. Do you also laugh at blind people? Who the heck raised you?
I know why this was posted and I know who did the original post which is not in this message. Shame on you. Just because you can spell doesn't make you holier than thou and give you just cause to ridicule. You make me sick.

Spelling errors can be very funny, and laughing at a typo doesn't necessarily mean you are making fun of the person who made it. My favorite was made by a student (who now has a Ph.D. in immunology) who cited her lab manual "Developmental Biology: a Laboratory Course" and left out the "o" in course. When I showed it to her, we had a good laugh over it. I suggested that it might be a Freudian slip.

Boy oh boy, I cannot believe how low some have to stoop for a laugh. Yes I believe people should have decent usage of spelling and grammar, but people are not perfect and mistakes happen.

You know, my brothers get laughed at due to their spelling and grammar usage. I really hope some people feel great about them selves because both have learning disabilities. One is more severe then the other, but it makes no difference. Even though you cannot tell at first glance, you can catch it when you get into a conversation with them . Snickers and more snickers..... It really does make me sick, very sad and very angry.

So my question is :
How the hell would you know who is sitting behind the keyboard ? Are you even aware that the person MAY have a learning disability ? No , it does not inhibit their abilities to make good decisions or be good, ethical and responsible breeders. My older brother co-owns a bitch puppy with me, shows and is educating him self to be a better owner, and one day, a better breeder. Can he spell great ? Not at all. He has trouble with some of the simplest of words (to me) and grammar can be slack most of the time. My younger brother, however, is not so much the same way. He lacks self esteem thanks to some people who believe they are all mighty and HAVE to comment and/or make fun of him. The dogs I think do help him, but he gets VERY shy, and cannot handle showing/ competing . He does break down once in a while when he does not understand. His teachers have told us of a few occasions he did the exact thing in class, and it broke my heart. We are working with him, and hopefully can get him turned around and more confident. He misspells words that many 9 yr olds can get right, does that make him less intelligent ? No, he has his strong points in education and does very well in math and arts.

Now maybe next time, before you make fun on people and their usage of spelling and/or grammar, you just may want to STOP and THINK before you add your smart a** comments. You never know who the person is behind the keyboard and you certainly don’t know what kind of education they have had . I do not find websites like the one posted, humorous . Why ? Because maybe, just MAYBE, the feelings of the person who posted it originally , would be squashed JUST BECAUSE they made a few mistakes. I mean come on, for someone like my brothers to see people LAUGH and make fun of their posts and their spelling and/or grammar mistakes , because theyr are not as “perfect” as they (people doing the picking) are.. How would you feel ? I , for one, would be very hurt..

Ok, I think I am done ranting...... I think !

Side note :
Barb, my father is blind in one eye, and almost blind in the other. He is only 49 (guess my age), so it kills him to be "broken down". Yes, sadly, many people stare and proceed to snicker and comment behind his back as well. He has to wear his dark glasses and, even though he doesn't like to, he must carry his walking stick (correct term escapes me at this time). Sometimes I feel like some people were raised with no compassion , no feeling, no manners and no respect for others. It gets depressing some times, I will admit !

For Pete's sake. Apparently some people here are very thin skinned. They do not seem to be able to cope with making even the tiniest mistakes. If you don't make mistakes, you are probably in a coma. Or maybe dead.

If you can't find the humor in day-to-day human foibles, you are most likely one grumpy person. Please learn to take yourselves less seriously.

It is not humor and it hurts when your family could not afford for you to have alot of education. They did the best they could, you did the best you could.
Be thankful some of you had the life you did and get over yourself. Making fun of others sure does not look good on you.

Try drying the tears of the person you have hurt today you moron.

Talk about much ado about nothing! Many of you got your undies in a bunch needlessly. The OP merely posted a very funny link. Where on earth did you get the idea that she was "making fun of others?" Can't something just simply be funny without it having malicious undertones? Why are you all so quick to interpret what isn't even there??? Geez, get a grip and just have a laugh; I have a sneaking suspicion that many of you don't do that nearly enough!

You aren't seeing the whole picture. This started after a previous post on here. There is more to it.

Most of the posters on this forum think they are smarter then they really are. I have met most of you in real life. Trust me, Mensa in not coming knocking any time soon.

I have an infant grandson who may very well end up with some learning/ behavioral disabilities along with his physical issues. I've always tried to be considerate in my daily life, not knowing why someone might be a little different, but I admit to being frustrated with spelling and grammatical errors especially in our local newspaper and watching the news. I have worked directly with the public and animals for a very long time. I thought I knew a lot, but after taking our beautiful family on a breakfast outing recently I noticed people looking and whispering and I knew how hurtful that was to my daughter. The baby requires oxygen and he's in leg braces for club feet. He's very delayed, so he looks much younger than he really is. I know firsthand what the other end of the spectrum is for "normalcy" in most people's minds. We don't know his future, but pray every day that it is a functional one and that he will have the opportunities the rest of us have. Until one has walked in these shoes it's impossible to know how exhausting this is both mentally and physically. My daughter is my hero. She has risen to this challenge. As a side note, my father is a genius in science and mathematics/engineering. He has gorgeous handwriting, was a great tennis player, made the all-star high school/college list for track and football, and could play ice hockey like nobody's business! He raced and won many regattas on his 3 sailboats and literally saved us from being capsized(in our first sailboat) in a sudden turn of weather off the coast of Cape Cod when I was little. All that and who's going to care if he can spell?