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Heck, he is just sounding it out? I come up with some good ones myself at times. Never was good at spelling. Was always a hands on type.
 
Squire beller - What happens when a knight's horse steps on his assistant's foot.

But seriously, I bet this guy throws a temper tantrum any time he sees Spanish instructions included with an appliance, and goes off the deep end any time he speaks to someone with a foreign accent on the phone... He's a good English-speaking red-blooded "'merican" I'm sure.

IMHO if you can't even manage the 5 and 6-letter words for familiar terms (i.e. you're a farmer and you can't spit out "square baler"), you got no business complaining about the way other people communicate.
 
I was looking for a baler on cl a couple years back. I learned quick...you have to be creative how you search or you could miss a few.
 
Yankee traveling down south around Christmas time finds himself broke down in a small town.
While he is waiting for the repair he wanders around town and comes across the Nativety scene in the Square. They are all there, the donkeys, the camels, baby Jesus, Mother Mary,Etc. One odd thing though; the three wise men are wearing turn out gear and fire helmets.
Yankee goes into the diner for coffee, and says to the waitress,"Whats up in the nativity scene? The three wisemen are dressed like firemen."


Waitress looks at him and says, "Donthcha yall dang Yankees iver read yer bible? Says right thar in the good book,and the three wisemen came from a
FAR!"
 
every week someone has a hydroulic or carborator problem on this forum to name just a few of the more common misspelled words.
 
I have noticed some strange spellings on some words. I am a terrible speller. I have a program the will spell check any box you type in. I use it all of the time and still have mistakes.

For those you are complaining about others spelling mistakes on this forum. I did not realize this was an ENGLISH GRAMMAR forum.

If you can figure out what the fellow is wanting then don't sweat the rest. Life is too short for that.
 
Try looking up a convertible car - the cheaper ones are listed under "convertable". Cheaper calves can be found under "calfs" and you better try several different spellings for brome hay.
 
My sister had trouble with consonants.

I struggle very very much with vowel combinations, can't spell worth a dern. Often reword stuff to keep to 5 letter words.....

I can chuckle at others spelling mistakes too. So might as well chuckle at my own.

This iPad comes with a built in spell checker, but - my spelling can be so far off, the poor thing makes some odd choices sometimes!

Paul
 
I had an Oklahoma friend who always spelled won't, w-a-n-t as in " I want feed a dog that want hunt." He died last November and I miss his spelling. He was a great guy and never sugar-coated anything. Never hesitated to tell you if he thought you wee doing something wrong, especially with training bird dogs.

Larry
 
All I'm sayin' is, if you can't use the language at least somewhat properly, you got no business crying that there should be a law making English the official language of the USA.

"Who cares as long as the message gets across?" when it's you, but when the convenience store owner has an Indian accent, it's "Learn English you lowlife!"
 
I spelled a word wrong not to long ago . You reposted using the same word spelled correctly . lol I was like oh thats how it is spelled . lol I tried .
 
My two favorites are these :- "Shower cubicals fitted" seen on the side of a plumber's van and This one outside a tanning salon "Verticle Tanning Units".
 
(quoted from post at 15:34:55 07/08/13) On the other hand,I bet most Spelling Bee winners don't know how to bale hay, either..
Click to expand...
With all the rain, that should probably be, "bail hay"....
 
Just noticed on tonite's CL in York, Pa., there is a 'mature spreader' for sale. SWMBO's posterior is already big enuf.....
 
Most of the stuff I see isn"t so much bad spelling as it is bad grammar. Using the wrong form of a word that sounds the same makes the sentence take on a whole new meaning. I do quite well with my spelling and grammar, and it sometimes offends me when I see blatant examples of bad grammar.
 
JD, despite your occasional misspellings and grammatical errors I consider you to be one of the most literate posters on this forum. Not only do you have a very broad range of knowledge and understanding, you have the gift to boil a complex story down to an easy-to-follow, interesting and entertaining narrative---and that is a gift. We all hope you keep these stories coming. You're right---as long as we know what you're saying, perfect grammar should be no big deal.

That said, there is one thing I am curious about: you consistently use the word "where" instead of the word "were". I've noticed that some of the other midwestern guys do that as well. Is that a regional thing? As a language guy, I'm just wondering. Comment, anyone?
 
Fully concur with you and JerryS.
To emphasize your spelling efforts, you should change your handle to "JD Speller". ;-)
 
Being a born and bred Dutchman, living in The Netherlands, my mother tongue is Dutch. So, I too have difficulties with English grammar and spelling.
I'm just grateful for this board, where I've got a lot of help, made friends, and have never been run down for grammatical flaws or spelling errors.
The only serious issue I have with spelling errors in the discussions threads is that they make it hard to retrieve otherwise valuable information in the Archives using the search feature.
Thanks, Hendrik
 
It maybe my spell check program. It is programed differently than some of the common words are used. An example is gauge it will say this is mis-spelled and that the correct spelling is gage. I think the language is evolving because of text messaging and getting words shortened.
 
Try moving to Mexico and telling them that they have to all learn English an write all their government papers is English.

The current Mexicans here are only here for MONEY!!! They could careless about our laws or customs. They RESIST the melting pot that has blended the prior cultures into the American one we have today.

They run around and complain about how the USA is not like Mexico. Well if Mexico is so darn great why are they coming here to make a living????
 
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