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toastykitten) wrote2006-03-04 08:31 am
toastykitten) wrote2006-03-04 08:31 am
spelling
It's no secret that spelling mistakes drive me crazy. I don't care if you misspell stuff on your livejournal or blog or whatever, unless you're using it in some professional context, in which case, livejournal does have a spellcheck feature. But I do care about misspellings in a transcript of a discussion about literacy. DUDE. I know, the word's only misspelled once, but ugh, it just looks bad.
Mark and I watched Bubba Ho-Tep the other day, and the opening scenes reveal a couple of definitions. I immediately said, "They spelled 'descendant' wrong." Mark takes a second look and goes, "You're right." Then in the next frame I said, "'Redneck' should be one word." Mark replied, "Good Lord, woman!" Luckily there were no more misspellings or I'd have started throwing popcorn at the TV.
I can't help it. It's like a reflex these days.
By the way, those of you who misspell weird as "wierd" - also spelled wyrd - was a concept in Anglo-Saxon times that roughly corresponds to our understanding of fate and destiny today. It was not understood to mean "strange" until much much later. It's actually a really interesting concept, and I'd compare it to the concept of karma, because it's about how all actions are related and how they all affect future and past actions.
Mark and I watched Bubba Ho-Tep the other day, and the opening scenes reveal a couple of definitions. I immediately said, "They spelled 'descendant' wrong." Mark takes a second look and goes, "You're right." Then in the next frame I said, "'Redneck' should be one word." Mark replied, "Good Lord, woman!" Luckily there were no more misspellings or I'd have started throwing popcorn at the TV.
I can't help it. It's like a reflex these days.
By the way, those of you who misspell weird as "wierd" - also spelled wyrd - was a concept in Anglo-Saxon times that roughly corresponds to our understanding of fate and destiny today. It was not understood to mean "strange" until much much later. It's actually a really interesting concept, and I'd compare it to the concept of karma, because it's about how all actions are related and how they all affect future and past actions.