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John B.

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As I read posts I can't help but think of all the misspelled words we have trouble with.
The ones I notice the most are;

1. Hydraulic (misspelled Hydrolic)
2. Their (meaning Their house or other belongings commonly misspelled There)
3. They're (means They Are... commonly misspelled There).
4. There (this is commonly used as Their, They're)
5. Wasn't (misspelled Wasen't).
These are just some of the misspelled words I have seen repeatedly.
What misspelled words have you nitced?
 
Greg1959 I was wondering how long until any one noticed my misspelled words in my post or title.
 
Bail instead of bale
Break instead of brake.


I don't mind the misspellings much, as long as I can figure out what the message is. Sometimes it can be a bit difficult. Sometimes it can be a bit humorous since it can change the meaning quite a bit.
 
It's interesting that if the first and last letters of words are in their place the rest of the letters in words can be jumbled but the words and sentences are still legible. Has anyone ever seen that?
 
Truble is, most of the peeples on hear don't has yur principals. I kin spel as wel as enyone on hear, an doan mind sayin so. My dawter even sez I kin do perty gud. An if somwun dasn't lack it, tuff. So doan tale me how ta spel, an I won't tale you how ta be pompus.
 
My computer will underline the misspelled words. When you right click on the word, the correct spelling will appear. Laura could not believe that I did not know this. She suggested that I rephrase a sentence and so I highlighted the text, Right clicked and selected CUT. She said NO,NO, copy it. I pasted the text where I wanted it and she was impressed. And then it was my turn to say, " You didn't know that?"
SDE
 
Cummings engine. You drive a Dodge diesel truck for 10 years, written on the fender is the name "Cummins". How can any such owner still call it a Cummings? Next is the plural of the word "bus". Buses we ride in. A buss is a kiss; busses are kisses. I wondered often what a trailer hitch called a "pinnacle" hitch could be.
 
Unless the spelling is so atrocious that you can't even figure out what's being said, I don't have a big problem with it. But punctuation seems to be more of a problem- some guy the other day was asking about an estate situation, and everything was run together, making it impossible to make sense of. I read it three times, and still couldn't be sure of the situation. Is our education system THAT bad these days?

And yes, I'm expecting several of the good ol' boys to reply with a run together mess. Have at it.
 
I'm with you, Mike. Spelling doesn't bother me, but run-on sentences, no punctuation, no capital letters at the beginning of sentences, and page-long posts with no paragraphs are a real grind.
 
I have seen this brand name misspelled on here also. We have a local auctioneer who always spells Allis-Chalmers as Allis Chambers on his handbills.
 
Hi
I hated school only did what I had to, to stay out of trouble. Some days watched tractors out the window more than the board. Well my spelling and getting words and the meaning in the right place is not good.

It wasn't my academic ability that got me into mechanic school. It was the practical ability.
My old teacher there said book reading/ writing is helpful. But if ya can't take a pallet of motor parts, put it together and make it run, you don't need to be here.

I'm not perfect and a few guys aren't either on here, but we will try and help anybody we can, so as long as we can all understand each other somehow, just let it be.

I have seen forums go over the top on this with moderators basically being teachers, correcting or warning guys about this stuff.
Now there is only a handful of people on there, and it's spoiled what used to be good forums .
I can't read I can't write but I can drive or fix a tractor ! Thats a saying that used to go round in England.
Regards Robert
 
Outstanding. #1 is my pet. Problem with misspelling that particular word is every time I see it, it reminds me of a POS X so called best friend I once had the misfortune of knowing.

On the unpunctuated paragraphs a whole page in length, I don't bother to read them or to try and help the author. I just pass it over.

On my posts, like this one I may break down a topic, aka paragraph into several pieces even though I am talking about the same thought process on the same topic.

Makes it easy to read and follow and less complicated with "gobbledegoop".

Mark
 
4020deereboy:

If it's approaching you it's cummings down the road, and after it passes you it's goings down the road.
 
I do notice the spelling errors but they do not bother me much. It is the knowledge, experience, friendly atmosphere, etc. I go to this board for.

A problem that spelling errors lead to is that one misses otherwise valuable posts in the Archives, using the Search function. E.g. searching for the word "hydraulic" will NOT show posts where hydraulic is misspelled.

Have a nice day.
Hendrik, from The Netherlands
 
I will admit that poor spelling does bug me. I guess I got it from my Mother, she was a teacher. But on the other hand, I bet most spelling bee champs don't know much about tractors.
 
My vocabulary far out strips my ability to spell, but it does not limit my ability to think. Some of the most "book" smart pepole That I know, are as dumb as dirt when it comes to original thought. I know I make many spelling errors, some of these are just typos. But I don't let this worry me too much. In my work-a-day world, it realy doesn't matter,cows can't spell or read, so I do fine. Bruce
 
36 coupe
Both or neither, depending on which family you are refering to at the time.
Even worse than misspelling, is not being able to copy. Had a medical procedure a few years ago. Hospital clerk copied name wrong, insurance denied claim, said no such person. After several claims with different spellings recieved, insurance called to ask if it was me who they had treated. Hospital had tried using William, Willis, Wilber, Wilhelm, & a couple more that I don't remember. Legal name is Willard, it is clearly spelled out on both D.L. & insurance card that clerk miscopied from.
Willie - my preferred moniker
 
As many here know who have read my posts the past 15 years, my keyboard has a sticking keyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and sometimes the caps STICK

Let the ones who have never done wrong cast the first stone HEY I'm NOT throwing any for sure lol

For my part I appreciate anyone who takes the time to try and help here and I wouldnt attack their spelling skills at the same time accepting their help. That just me, how I'm wired.

Ol John T
 

I see nuttin wrong with this thred, I can spel with the best of um. There are a few words that I have noticed get spelled rong way more than rite but I kant think of but one right now. That is etc. it almost always gets spelled ect. A wrong word that puzzles me though is the same idea as bail instead of bale. Around here we ted our hay with the tedder, while many people tedder their hay with their tedder. They don't mower with their mower do they?
 
i know i misspell a lot of words, im old and i dont have spell check and probably couldnt use it if i did as i have told others, dont pay attention to what i spelled, pay attention to what i said lol
 
Well, wears I cumms from peoples can't pronouns words correctly.

A hole is a hoe.
A pole is a poe.
And a flag is a fag.

So you diggs a hoe, put a poe in the hoe and put a fag on top the poe.

Theirs yous go tops thats.
 
That would be scientist"s .
When you computer highlights errors. Is there any reason to not have the courtesy to make your message more accurate?
Tyre and plough being spelled as tire and plow are examples of regional differences in spelling.
 
Yes it matters! Why else would we spend $Billions teaching our language and grammar in schools? Haven't you heard the argument that "them furnes kaint evin speek oor langwage!"

Do you realize that many people miss the opportunity for good jobs because their language and writing skills are so poor that a company would be embarassed to put them on the phone or have them write a customer reply e-mail? Would you want that for your children or grandchildren?

Few jobs today can totally ignore language skills.

The lack of language skills in our intercities is a major reason for the 50% unemployment rate.

I am glad this subject was broached. It needed to be said.
 
I read an ad on Craigslist the other day where the poster misspelled the name of the town where he lived 3 times in the ad. Tell me, how can a person be so lazy? dumb? stupid? that he can not spell the name of the town where he lives?

Is he also that lazy with his mail zip code?
SS number? Kids names? What else is he thinking about that keeps him from learning to spell the name of the town on his daily mail?
 
Im referring to this forum buddy! Id be willing to say 90% of the people who posts on this forum are older folks, with very limited knowledge of computers, grew up farming with little to no education in school, or just plain drunk half the time when they post. I see countless posts on here with misspelled words, so what, the point is taken and understood. We don't need people coming on here telling those who just don't know any better how to spell, and proper English! There's the regional thing as well. I especially dont like it when someone knocks someone for their grammar and then 2 post later makes mistakes in his use of grammar! I will agree with you that this has becme a problem in this country, but when the parents wont step in, or in many cases too lazy to help, or dont know any better themselves, its not good! Im done!
 
10-4.

When I had a desk job with an insurance company, one of our claim adjusters always spelled "they" as "thay".

No matter how many times he was corrected, he never changed.
 
Crying about peoples spelling, grammar, punctuation or anything else on the internet is like banging your head against a wall.

It will feel good when you stop.
 
I hated school, and couldn't wait to get out. If liked it I probably would have tried to learn more, like spelling, and math. At 71, as I sit here looking back I don't think would I have done things alot different, except asking Mom, and Dad more about their life's. When they were alive. Stan
 
Etc. is a tough one- because Ect. also works as a contraction of EtCeTera. First time I saw a Cadillac ETC, I figured it might be one like Johnny Cash sang about, "One Piece at a Time", or some such name, about a guy who worked at the Cadillac factory and built a Caddy at home from pieces purloined over many years. Turns out its an Eldorado Touring Coupe. Thought I might like to get one when they hit about 15 years old (as is my custom), but my mechanic put the kibosh on that idea REAL quick.

You're right about bailers vs. balers- but what's with Minneapolis Moline further muddying the waters with the "balor" and "huskor" in their uni-tractor line?

I always refer to the "guvment" on here, as I believe spelling the word correctly renders a level of respect to that institution that it no longer deserves.

Have enjoyed the responses on this thread. I write for a living, so I'd better have a pretty good command of those skills. I defer to the superior skills of those in most other fields, and appreciate this forum for the solutions you get to problems- If I can't figure out the hydraulic system on my tractor (or the hydrolic system either, for that matter), I really don't care whether the guy with the solution can spell or not, as long as I can figure out what he's saying.

As far as I can remember, the only time I ever critiqued anyone's spelling on here was when a guy wanted info about his Kabota, and I suggested the correct spelling for purposes of Googling. Caught he11 from Dave2 for that, and as it turns out, with good reason- Google has "dumbed down" to where you don't even have to spell correctly! Try googling Kabota, and you'll see what I mean.

And BTW, B & D, its rocket scientists' - plural possessive. Just sayin'.
 
As English is not my native language I surely do a lot of misspelling myself. Sometimes when I read a post I have to look up a word for it to be translated in order to get the right meaning of it. If the word is misspelled I may get no result.

As for the daughter/dottir spelling: Dottir is Icelandic, not Swedish. But admitted you are close. The Swedish word is dotter.
 
The first Baptist church that opened in our town misspelled the town name on their sign out front. They spelled it Brite instead of Bright.

The poor spelling on CL is just hilarious some days, but one that got my attention had no misspellings. They listed a Massey-Ferguson baler, but the baler in the picture clearly said New Holland.
 
You may be correct, but I am willing to learn about both spelling and tractors. Our 1950 to 55 models are easier to spell; "Z" "U" "G" etc. Then they had to get complicated; "M5" "G950" "G955" "A4T1400". Well, I'm seeing about forty of these oldies around the yard and sheds here in central MN. 1870, 2270, G1350, 1026, GB, 2-150, even a Deutz-Allis (sp?)9130.
Anyway if you are selling something correctly spell the model name. Buyers searching Proxibid or Midwest auctions will miss you if you call it a bailer, a Minnie-Mo, a Massy Furgusin. On consignments make sure the auctioneer spells it right.
 
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