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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 7/29/2006 9:16:14 PM | IF'n ya'll lQQk et muh pro-fyll u'd C dat I mak et ah ponit 2 spel rong. Even though I do spell very correctly MOST of the time in real life.. Et iz jest funnsies 2 dew watt eye dew on lein all's duh tyme.. I evan use spell check on my RoadRunner/AOHell account and I 'ave added the incorrect spellin' of the werds I wanna 'ave spelt MY WAY!!!   If'n ya kain't laugh et mi speltin' den y'all musta naught laugh et much ah enny ting et al.... Man, Did I mess that last line up a lot, Yanno It's wheally wheelly hard to NOT spell correctly when ya iz azz larn'd az I iz.. Roight? hahaha | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 7/31/2006 4:33:23 PM | It will be useful to have a spell check on this site due to the particularity that this site have a limit of copy and paste that you can do on a day.
At the same time, I will like to highlights a point. It is not an excuse but do you realize, that like me, for a lot of people in the GTA area, the english language is not there mother tongue and maybe not the one they used the most. As I had to learn different language in my life. I can says that speaking is not so bad. It start to be a little bit more difficult when you write, so to understand the grammatical rules, not misusing word from other language (a lot of time only one letter change), it is a different story. So, communication is the important point.
Don't be to hard on some people or think about it first. Maybe you will mist a very good chance to meet somebody nice for something that will get better with your help. | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 7/31/2006 5:34:16 PM | | I must chime in on this tyopic, because I'm bored. I try to spell properly and use correct diction and grammar. Having said that, when I'm in the mood to just type and be silly, I will type shortforms or mispell a word or two on purpose ... To emphasize something that cannot be done in any other way unless you were to hear me speak the word. | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 7/31/2006 6:06:45 PM | | In response to Leeanne's first post....heck ya the school system has failed. I don't know what it is like now but, I used to do some work for the Junior Kindergarten programs four years ago. At that time we were not allowed to help the children spell and they had to spell the words as they heard them. ex. the letters--apl--thats how you spell apple when your 4 yrs. old. I feel sorry for the future generations if they can't spell. Does profile spelling bother me? heck ya (nobody's perfect but at least know the difference between there, their and they're) | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 7/31/2006 6:29:27 PM | occasional spelling mistakes are one thing but when they're all over the place in a profile....GAWD....NO one is here to win the spelling bee but it is a turn off. Just read one who didn't spell technician correctly and it was HIS JOB TITLE. | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 7/31/2006 10:25:29 PM | I'm bad about wanting to be nitpicky about it, but I usually behave myself (with spelling, anyways  That's right... I made a dirty spelling joke. Oooh, conjugate me, baby...).
Anyways, english literature major + teacher = picky speller.
I'm okay with it in general conversation (forum and whatever), but you can always get your profile checked over (or do it in Word and use spellcheck).
Doesn't bug me too much overall.
EXCEPT for chatspeak: "u got2b kidn???!?!!?" or people who talk in all capital letters: Why are you yelling at me?!
Come on people... hukt en phonix wurked 4 mee! | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 8/1/2006 4:52:01 PM | For myself, I like to see that someone has put some effort into their profiles. Ensuring that the spelling is correct indicates to me that they have actually read it and have taken some pride in what they have written. This is your romantic resume and sometimes you only have one chance to catch someone's eye.
Egad...if I had to rely on my spelling and my romantic resume to catch someone's eye...I will be on here forever! I probably will here forever anyway, but that is the topic of a different thread!
I hear what a lot of people are saying about spelling errors. It does bug me a lot when I see certain words spelt wrong by someone who claims they are university educated or have post secondary education of some sort. But what irks me the most is lack of sentence structure...Run on sentences with no punctuation, no capital letters indicating the start of a new sentence or a break for a new paragraph! | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 8/1/2006 6:03:47 PM | It's hard to remember proper English if you're messaging on MSN or Yahoo and using abbreviations, phonetic spelling, etc. I've noticed the word peeps or ppl used quite frequently
Why isn't phonetic spelling not spelled phonetically?? | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 8/1/2006 7:01:27 PM |
They say as lnog as the frist lteter and lsat lteter is coerrct you can viisbly udnersantd it. Do you agree?
Isn't that the coolest???? 
Just read one who didn't spell technician correctly and it was HIS JOB TITLE.
I've read a few of those!!!! Makes you wonder if they are really telling the truth!!!
JJ
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 8/2/2006 9:37:04 PM |
Not having an interest in someone because their spelling is somewhat an issue?? How shallow is that?? That is really "REACHING"
Hmmm ... sounds like someone else is reaching ...
JMHO | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 8/3/2006 2:59:15 PM | I'd just be happy if people would capitalize the word 'I' ... well, okay and use words correctly like 'if this piques (not peeks or peaks) your interest' .... I could go on and on but that would make me really shallow  | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 10/9/2006 12:31:19 AM | I hate to be an elitist (ok, no I don't), but if you're going to be presenting yourself online through a forum or dating site, you should make some small effort to spell and punctuate. Everyone makes typos. I do it all the time. Sometimes I'm thinking phonetically and I type their (belonging to them) when I mean there (in that location). However, when it's done consistently, one has to question the intelligence, or at least the attention span, of the person doing the writing.
I hvae no prbloem wthi jublmed wrods. I can read upside-down, backwards, and both at the same time. what i cant stand is when people dont punctuate or capitalize it makes it really difficult to read i never can tell when one sentence ends and another begins try reading that for two hundred word post and tell me it doesnt drive you insane by the way i think ill start a new paragraph now
That last bit reminded me of a chapter in a Leonard Cohen novel. Anyway, I'm really bored at 3 am, so a couple of things that bug me.
i c its 2 l8 4 u - I see it's too late for you. Was that so damned hard? If you type like this, you're probably too young to be on a dating site. I hope your parents cancel your cell phone so you have time to stop 'texting' your friends and pick up a book.
Excessive ... use ... of ... ellipses .... Grammatically, these are typically used in quotations to indicate the omission of words, or sometimes to indicate trailing off at the end of a sentence. They are not a substitution for a new paragraph or the proper punctuation. The colon, semicolon, comma, and hyphen are your friends. They indicate various degrees and types of pause in a sentence. I'm not a teacher, so go Google it or something.
Finally, 85% of the freaking population doesn't seem to know how to spell definitely. There definitely no 'A' in definitely. There's a simple mnemonic device for you. You can look that last funny looking word up at www.dictionary.com - there's no shame in it. I almost misspelled it, so thank goodness it's there.
DISCLAIMER:
This message was not grammar checked, so feel free to take shots at any mistakes I made. I won't be offended. If any part of this message offends you, I suspect it's because you feel personally singled out. You're not. I hate all stupidity equally, not just yours. I'm the vain one here, so get over yourself. That said, if you feel the need to point out how shallow or unkind my sentiments are, again feel free. I have the right to associate and communicate with people who meet my standards. If you think I'm wrong in my opinion, you don't live up to my expectations, and your criticism will be noted accordingly. | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 10/9/2006 1:14:13 AM | My feelings on this are as follows. I am human, grammer is not a strong quality of mine. But i think i more than make up for that in my other qualities. hey we all have our hangups, but personally, that ones a bit lame. There are alot more things that should be a turn off than grammer. But hey that's my opinion, , maybe thats my flaw , my opinion | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 10/9/2006 9:17:42 AM | POF is all custom coded by one guy, and integrating a spell checker is not something he sees as a high priority. Besides, it's a cheat, like retouching your photo. It makes people look better than they really are.
In case anyone though I was being a real snob with my last post, maybe a little, but I'm not asking for perfection, just clarity. If your words are important enough to say, they are important enough to be understood. | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 11/6/2008 9:32:51 AM | Are you being ironic here?
"The failures within our schooling system are by design."
or
"The failure within our schooling system is by design."
The continued propagation of conspiracy theories is by design. The longer and more often people point stupidly in the wrong direction, the fewer people will be looking the right direction when the real crimes occur.
The failure of our school system is simply the result of apathy and poor management, nothing more. | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 11/6/2008 1:26:44 PM | Jeez, Miss Kitty! Even after you have departed the saloon of inebriated fools and second grade l'arnin' folks, you are still popular for your threads.
OK, spelling is an absolute detriment to the ability of understanding those who choose not to, or otherwise do not have the ability, to communicate words on paper. Well, also those who cannot communicate through the written word on the internet. I pass on poorly written profiles, and at times, on these forums, criticise (Canadian spelling, BTW) those who are illiterate, or merely appear to be. It's me, just me, and that is who I am. | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 11/7/2008 3:20:04 AM |
Sure makes people wonder when someone ****es about spelling and yet afraid to show who they are !LOL Not to jump in the middle of a fray, but I believe this outlines a portion of the problem with using improper grammar.
Use of the word people infers that you are speaking on behalf of the general populace which would be incorrect as you are only able to speak on behalf of yourself.
I for one do not wonder why he doesn't show a picture of himself, and if I were curious, I would send him a message asking him as opposed to claiming that people were questioning his right to be on this site and post in the forums and thereby his validity in his opinion.
Additionally, I find that correct spelling and grammar are important. I've experienced holding a chat conversation with someone whose spelling is atrocious and have found it to be tiring as I'm straining to figure out the correct words the person is using and often requesting clarification to ensure I'm not misunderstanding the point. This is only a small portion of my angst with poor spelling and grammar.
Adding to this, I've noticed that a person whose grammar is poor tends to be less concerned with their lives and are more fly by the seat of their pants as opposed to taking pride in anything really...
Yes, I'm aware that this is a stereotype, but one that in my experience of having had the opportunity to meet with people of various backgrounds, is the rule as opposed to the exception.
Off topic but related... I'm also irked by people who don't bother to actually read with any degree of comprehension and will therefore not grasp the full meaning of the message which was written.
Cheers all... | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 11/7/2008 4:57:51 PM |
Most people just ignore people with bad communication skills. They won't date them. They won't hire them.
LiveLeaker, that statement is important and relevant to the current discussion. It is almost the truth, except that perhaps you should change "most people" to read "initially interested people". | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 11/10/2008 6:26:14 AM | I'm with Greeneyes on this one. Typos can be a distraction and they do happen to everyone at sometime but it's not the end of the earth. If you don't know how to spell the word but it's pretty easy to guess what's trying to be said, that's not a big deal either. Don't get me started on the "they're, their, there" fiasco.
That being said, if I had a stack of resumes to go through the ones with typos would be the first in the garbage. If you can't even get your resume right how good will the accuracy of your work be?
This is a dating site after all and the purpose of a profile is ( I'm guessing here) to give others a little glimpse of what the person behind the pictures is like. If you can't clearly convey your thoughts in a clear and easily understandable manner in either a profile or a forum post, then that is a definate liability when encouraging someone to contact you. If I have to reread something 3 or 4 times to try and figure out exactly what they are trying to say because there is no punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure or too damn many LOL's..then I start looking for the "next" button | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 11/10/2008 9:20:50 AM | I'm responding because I'm bored too.
Do you know how frustrating it is for a proofreader by profession? Wow, I go insane. But I don't judge. I think to myself "Boy, could they have used a spell check program!" lol
School system? In my opinion, it IS apathy. I had children in school when the education know-it-alls thought it best to have small children spell as they thought best. I was instructed not to correct it. Children were meant to be "free and not bound by rules of spelling". I was told that all the wrong spelling would be corrected in due course in a couple of years. Gimme a break! 
Well stated Raider!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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| The ability to correct spelling in other's profiles!
Posted: 11/14/2008 5:29:59 PM | | Typically when someone can't spell, or use proper grammar, it's indicative of a lack of education or good communication skills. Not always, but often. If you want to be able to carry on a conversation with the person you're dating, it's not a good sign. | |
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