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were vs where

Most of the time when I type were, spell check on my iPad always makes it we're and i never proof read or change it, but usually people,know what I mean
 
I've noticed that several guys on this forum use 'where' for 'were'. It doesn't raise my old 'editor' hackles....in fact, I find it interesting and wonder if it's a common regional usage. We folks in the south have some 'different' speech patterns too.
 
i have a supervisor who is from peru his english is terrable and if he gets excited he starts telling you what to do in spanish. i mentioned to a fellow worker that one day he told me to do something in spanish and without even thinking i got it done his reply it gets that way in time.
 
Lots of creative spelling on here- and spell check adds another dimension, changing a mis-spelled word into a different word altogether. Sometimes you have to think for a moment to figure out what word was intended.

It was either Will Rogers or Mark Twain who said he pitied a man with so little imagination that he could only think of one way to spell a word.
 
I can deal with misspelling. Two things I don't like are people who deliberately change the spellings, such as vere and vhere (Which I find very annoying), and an attempt at talking like a hillbilly,(Joking around is one thing, doing it constantly is another), and people who criticize others for grammar, then turn around and do it themselves.
 
I had an Oklahoma friend who always used "want" for won't. "I want feed a dog that want hunt." He passed away a couple of years ago. Still miss the guy. He was my closest friend even though he was miles away.

Larry
 
The v instead of w comes from speaking dutch. We have a lot of people around here that talk that way.I find it interesting.
 
he he... spelling and punctuation can make a big difference, such as:

"Let's eat, grandma!"

and

"Let's eat grandma!"

;-)
 
It doesn't bother me - but if anybody has trouble deciding which to use -

Remember that "where" has "here" in it - as in:

where? right here.


... unless of course I have been using it wrong all these years - and I'M the one this post is about!!!
 
We're losing the ability to spell words "correctly" and, with all of the electronic marvels that helped bring this about, I can't see it improving, ever. I went to a one room country school where spelling bees were a common occurrence. I remember getting downgraded from an A to a B one time on a paper I wrote for spelling practically the way I just did. Teacher (an old, old spinster) insisted that it was "practickly". I disagreed until she showed me, in her 1909 dictionary, that "practickly" was indeed the preferred spelling. I never, in all my days, ran into anyone else who spelled it that way and all of the dictionaries in the world since about 1939 have dropped her way of spelling it. There are lots of incorrect usages and spellings on this forum and many others, too. "I want to go to town, too" is a good way to remember the usage of "to/too. Carrying too much loose change in your pocket could result in losing some of it. Hydraulics on Allis Chalmers tractors almost always results in some hilarious misspellings.
 
Go visit with the tailers for a week. Once you come back to the surface, you'll never complain about spelling again.
 
one thing to add is the size of key pad . i have internet on the phone(handy for amish) and small buttons + big fingers don't always work i smile when i see some mistakes knowing its a slip on keypad. one of the smartest farmers i knew had dyslexia and back then they never sent them to school but he put 2 kids through collage raised 5 and bought and paid for 2 farms
one thing i have learned to watch is are you and you are the differance is a lawsuit.
 
One of my favorite things to see is when someone spells something like it is pronounced in their region. My absolute favorite one is "cullamulcher."

I see that one in adds for used cultimulchers, being sold by dealerships. It amazes me when Brillion dealers spell it that way. I have always pronounced it cultimulcher, but knew exactly what they were selling because of the way my dad always said it. He also pronounced cultivator as "cullavator." It wasn't until the first time I said "cullavator" that he corrected MY pronunciation and spelled it for me! I thought it was great at the time that he pronounced it wrong, yet corrected me.

Regardless, I always know what people are talking about. Now, the newspaper on the other hand... hrmm... I have thought for years about writing a letter to the editor about misspellings and phonetically spelled words. It usually doesn't bother me that bad, but when it is in a big black bold headline, that is when I feel like someone should have stopped the presses and fixed it before it got to me.
 
I am one that miss spells and uses the wrong word at times. I guess I need to drop off of the forum and go back to A GOOD SCHOOL and learn how to write and forget about learning and helping others with Tractor information. I think the problem is that we didn't all go to the same school with the same teacher and live in the same home. School was hard for me, but the local IHC dealer's wife was a teacher and helped me spell during study hall. The English language is not as easy as working on an OLD tractor. Ok grade this paper.
 
Regardless, I always know what people are talking about. Now, the newspaper on the other hand... hrmm... I have thought for years about writing a letter to the editor about misspellings and phonetically spelled words. It usually doesn't bother me that bad, but when it is in a big black bold headline, that is when I feel like someone should have stopped the presses and fixed it before it got to me.
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Seems like I notice a lot more spelling errors in the newspapers these days. I don't ever recall seeing those years ago. Maybe I am just more critical and nit picking these days but there is hardly a week goes by without seeing something spelled wrong in the papers. And I assume they have proof readers?
 
Were is short for we are, unlike where as in "where are you?" many use break instead of brakes when referring to a stopping device, breaks are what you take at work, brakes are what stops your car. One thing that annoys me is people saying tires have good thread, it's tread, thread is what you sew with. It all depends how much you payed atention in school.
 
(quoted from post at 08:13:37 01/28/14) Were is short for we are, unlike where as in "where are you?" many use break instead of brakes when referring to a stopping device, breaks are what you take at work, brakes are what stops your car. One thing that annoys me is people saying tires have good thread, it's tread, thread is what you sew with. It all depends how much you payed atention in school.
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I think you mean we're. That little mark (apostrophe?) is what makes it different.
One mistake that always jumps out at me is "hydrolic" when someone is meaning to say hydraulic. I guess it is a natural mistake confusing hydrostatic with hydraulic.
 
I have noticed a lot of people say ideal instead of idea like in, I have a good ideal, instead of, I have a good idea.
 
Innocent comment, now a debate for the spelling & grammar police. Personally, if I can understand what the person is trying to say or write that's good enough for me. Predictive text is also a PITA on the IPhone and if you use Siri also, good luck at getting anything to come out right.
Calm down, winter will over eventually and we can go back to feuding over the important things like sea foam and potato chips.
 
Spelling and grammar are easy for me. Yes, there are lots of oopsies on these forums. I don't correct anyone, its not my place and personally, I think its rude. While I may be good at spelling and grammar, I can't begin to figure out some of the things y'all do.

In my opinion (and yeah, I know what its worth), if you get your point across, you've succeeded.

P.S. - while I'm good at and spelling and grammar, my typing skills are not always very good.
 
(quoted from post at 08:37:56 01/28/14) Innocent comment, now a debate for the spelling & grammar police. Personally, if I can understand what the person is trying to say or write that's good enough for me. Predictive text is also a PITA on the IPhone and if you use Siri also, good luck at getting anything to come out right.
Calm down, winter will over eventually and we can go back to feuding over the important things like sea foam and potato chips.
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Don't forget the correct police on oils epecially HyTran use.LOL
 
My son was in the newspaper biz for about 10 years. He said with spell-check the biggest problem was that the proof-reading often ended when they had fixed all the squiggly red lines- and no one bothered to read it again to see if there were any wrong words, mis-spelled proper nouns, etc.
 
I can proof read but can't spell. Go figure!
I misspell hydraulics often as I forget how to spell it. I have to reread what I type at least 3 times to see if it even looks right.
Just this posting took 4 corrections and I'm sure I missed a couple LOL
 
People think now that spell checkers and auto-correct will take care of everything and why does it really matter as long as their point gets across. There is even a theory that having some misspellings etc is good. It says I'm too busy and important to check spelling. I read a couple articles on that recently.

But, I'm so sick of people on Craig's List saying:
"For Sell ..."
"I've got a .... for Sell."
etc.
Surely they don't say that. I guess they don't know how to spell sale.

Maybe you can tell me what this link is all about.
troy bilt pull mower
 
You know, sometimes it is almost unable to understand what people are writing. But, eventually I get the gist. But, hey,I'm not the best speller, and I will finally work it out. So keep on writing and I will on reading. I don't care I get alot of good information on here.
 
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