Spelling Prompts

[wnlight]

We have an outdoor restaurant in Cuenca with the name ‘Goza’. Once I invited Bill Ryan to meet me there for lunch, but my spell checker substituted ‘Giza’ for ‘Goza’. Bill had great fun with that!

[Tam]

Posted by devplan (here)
My Android smart phone doesn't show a squiggly line when mis-spelling but suggest German words.
Thus I prefer typing on my computer with English spell check in place.
But I always review my text.
Sometimes I catch a mistake after posting.

You can add multiple languages to your phone's keyboard, and switch to and from them using the space bar (press and hold, usually).

If you'd like, PM me with your phone details and I can walk you through it. It's a little different for each phone/OS.

[BMJ]

I have Windows 10 and Yandex browser and the spell check in enabled.

Also for words I do not use often I check the definitions before I post.

I also check sentence structures and paragraphs to make sure my post convey my message, is readable and to the point. Hence the numerous proof reads and edits before my final draft.

And below some further words of wisdom from the Treebeard @1.15minutes.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0-Yl6FmV6EE

[Hervé]

Posted by Star Mariner (here)
[...]
... I have the 'spelling as you type' checked on - but this does not work for me on Avalon.

OK, so, now, go down to the "Quick Reply" message/typing box at the bottom of the page; right-click within it and see if the "Check Spelling" option is activated/check-marked? When so, if you type and mispell a word in that box, that word should be underlined with a red wavy/squiggly line... like my misspelled "mispell" should be

If that doesn't work, then I have no clue as to what's happening with your setup... better check the Firefox "Help Support" ---> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...-spell-checker

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by wnlight (here)
We have an outdoor restaurant in Cuenca with the name ‘Goza’. Once I invited Bill Ryan to meet me there for lunch, but my spell checker substituted ‘Giza’ for ‘Goza’. Bill had great fun with that!

Yes, I loved the invitation to meet at Giza, but I had to reply that unfortunately it was just too short notice.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Thanks Herve, problem solved. Turns out I didn't have a dictionary installed into Firefox. All sorted now, many thanks!

[petra]

I think the red squiggly one must have some really weird rules!

dd gives me red squiggly

satan gets a red squiggly because he's supposed to have a capital S

boogeyman and bogeyman do NOT get a red squiggly, even if you add junk onto the end

EDIT: I was adding numbers as junk, numbers didn't affect spell check, which makes sense (duh lol). "bogeymang" fails. I learned something new too, I had no idea there were 2 spellings of boogeyman!

boogeymice DOES get a red squiggly, however

yo gives me red squiggly too. Yo is a word, yo!

Moral of the story? Don't trust the red squiggly

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Yes as far as corrections go I wouldn't call it awesome. When I mistype 'doesn;t' (I often hit semi-colon by mistake), my options to correct are does, doest, does n, but not doesn't. erk

[Matthew]

I see what you mean Petra about the red squiggle, it's not the voice of truth. Still a useful voice for me though since my spelling is so bad! Any kind of double check is welcome ...but far from perfect

There are rhymes I learnt at school like 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' but it doesn't always work. Weird

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by YoYoYo (here)
'i' before 'e' except after 'c' but it doesn't always work. Weird

That's very funny!

[Catsquotl]

I know there are many people who appreciate correct spelling.
However in favor of conversation I personally think it is a shame that people will disregard posts or even de-value them based on spelling.
As humans most of us who know how to read are pftreecly capblae to read all kinds of mngaled words..

Instead of pointing the finger at those who should spell correctly, maybe, just maybe stop the grammar nazi's and ask the reader to make an effort to understand what the writer is trying to convey?
preferably have both make a little extra effort.

Just a thought

With Love
Eelco

[RunningDeer]

Posted by YoYoYo (here)
I see what you mean Petra about the red squiggle, it's not the voice of truth. Still a useful voice for me though since my spelling is so bad! Any kind of double check is welcome ...but far from perfect

There are rhymes I learnt at school like 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' but it doesn't always work. Weird

I remember phonics instruction: when the ‘c’ you spy, put the ‘e’ before the ‘I’. I still recite this rule.

Phonics instruction teaches the connection between word sounds and written letters. It’s a key part of learning to read. But phonics instruction also teaches spelling patterns. For success in both reading and spelling see 14 Phonics Rules for Reading and Spelling.

[greybeard]

Posted by Catsquotl (here)
I know there are many people who appreciate correct spelling.
However in favor of conversation I personally think it is a shame that people will disregard posts or even de-value them based on spelling.
As humans most of us who know how to read are pftreecly capblae to read all kinds of mngaled words..

Instead of pointing the finger at those who should spell correctly, maybe, just maybe stop the grammar nazi's and ask the reader to make an effort to understand what the writer is trying to convey?
preferably have both make a little extra effort.

Just a thought

With Love
Eelco

Im dyslexic Eelco
And I take this opportunity to apologize for miss spelling your name several times.

I agree with your post.
Not being able to spell is no reflection on intelligence--Winston Churchill to name but one was dyslexic.

Ch

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Foxie Loxie (here)
there is no reason NOT to get a 100% in "Spelling"!!

I have to double-triple check transposing my letters, especially with particular words like 'Brian' and 'brain'. Sometimes, they look the same; particularly when I'm tried, I.. I mean tired. (see?)

I dreaded 3rd grade Spelling-Bee Fridays. Sister Mary Marie divided us into two teams and we’d stand on opposite sides of the classroom. If you misspelled you had to sit down. Which was added torture being a shy kid and stared at. I quickly learned by going to the end of the line it increased my odds of standing longer.

[RunningDeer]

Posted by greybeard (here)
Im dyslexic Eelco
And I take this opportunity to apologize for miss spelling your name several times.

I agree with your post.
Not being able to spell is no reflection on intelligence--Winston Churchill to name but one was dyslexic.

Ch

Many folks with learning disabilities are quite intelligent. Some have quirky brain wiring or some other causes can be from birth trauma, hereditary or emotional/physical abuse. They learn to compensate by drawing on and strengthening other areas, such as tactile, auditory, visual, rhythm, rote.

[Rawhide68]

I tend to use the wrong ´´´´s instead of the correct '''''s for some silly reason and then get the red squiggly line because due to that. Maybe it doesn´t or doesn't matter.

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Catsquotl (here)
ask the reader to make an effort to understand what the writer is trying to convey? preferably have both make a little extra effort.

Just a thought

With Love
Eelco

Good points, Eelco. Based on a couple of the comments I've received the last several of weeks, I've surmised that s/he either didn't carefully read the posts, or needs to strengthen inference and comprehension skills. It's also good to step back to see the greater scope the author intended rather than what you think it 'should' include, it 'should' be.

A double-triple check is always a good thing.

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Catsquotl (here)
I know there are many people who appreciate correct spelling.
However in favor of conversation I personally think it is a shame that people will disregard posts or even de-value them based on spelling.
As humans most of us who know how to read are pftreecly capblae to read all kinds of mngaled words..

Instead of pointing the finger at those who should spell correctly, maybe, just maybe stop the grammar nazi's and ask the reader to make an effort to understand what the writer is trying to convey?
preferably have both make a little extra effort.

Just a thought

With Love
Eelco

Yes, to all of your points. And your post was [almost! ] perfectly spelled.

But you made a subtle point yourself, for all of us, by example.

Maybe you were quite unaware of it. You wrote:

just maybe stop the grammar nazi's

Do you see what a nasty, unnecessary, little barbed remark that was, sitting in the middle of a very clever and well-presented post?

[Ascension]

Words have power. For instance heart and earth are the same word, an anagram of each other, conveying the same power. Their germatria value is the same even though their meaning at face value is different.

A person was recently unsubscribed, in part, for misspelling. The word was archetype. The word was misspelled as arkeytype, the phonetic sound of the word. However, I felt that since he/she spelled it correctly on at least one occasion as well as misspelled it on others, that it was done to intentionally bring attention to the fact that it contains the phonetic sound of ARK or ARC and KEY. I don't know for sure though.

[Catsquotl]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Maybe you were quite unaware of it. You wrote:

just maybe stop the grammar nazi's

Do you see what a nasty, unnecessary, little barbed remark that was, sitting in the middle of a very clever and well-presented post?

It wasn't intended as a nasty barbed remark.
In my household it's a common name for my wife and my mother in law who admit to their "unhealthy" need for spelling to be correct.
On the interweb I found that phrase used often in jest.

If it offended anyone, please feel free to remove it.

With Love
Eelco