General / Off-Topic Spell Yout Titles Properlu

Steve_T

Steve_T
When posting new threads, please try to spell the title properly. I'm not talking about people for whom English might not be their first language; I mean those who make slips when typing and press the wrong character.

If you can't at least be bothered to type the title correctly, I certainly can't be bothered opening the thread. :rolleyes:
 

Surfinjo

Surfinjo
Disagree.

What matters is we are understood.

The obsession with spelling is pointless and frustrates the fluid nature of English and makes development of the language difficult.
 

Zieman

Zieman
English should be written just like it sounds, would be easier for everybody, right?

Let's try it, the sentence above:
Ingliš šud bi writtn zast laik it saunds, wud bi iisiö for evribadi, rait?

:p
 

Joe Spivey

Joe Spivey
Surfinjo said:
Disagree.

What matters is we are understood.

The obsession with spelling is pointless and frustrates the fluid nature of English and makes development of the language difficult.
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Disagree. Getting your meaning across using the written word is far from easy, just look at the misunderstandings that arise in forums for example. Standardised english with correct grammar, spelling and punctuation are the tools we use to facilitate this. What you propose is just an excuse used by those who do not even want to try.

Edited because I'm a dufus and can't paste the correct quote :D
 
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Zieman

Zieman
Joe Spivey said:
Zieman said:
English should be written just like it sounds, would be easier for everybody, right?

Let's try it, the sentence above:
Ingliš šud bi writtn zast laik it saunds, wud bi iisiö for evribadi, rait?

:p
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Disagree. Getting your meaning across using the written word is far from easy, just look at the misunderstandings that arise in forums for example. Standardised english with correct grammar, spelling and punctuation are the tools we use to facilitate this. What you propose is just an excuse used by those who do not even want to try.
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You have wrong quote here, you should have quoted the previous post (by Surfinjo). :)
I replied to that, in jest (you did notice that :p at the ond of my post, didn't you). :)
 

noodle

noodle
I'm sure everyone will pay attention to this, and henceforth, titles will improve noticeably.
 
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Steve_T

Steve_T
Surfinjo said:
Disagree.

What matters is we are understood.

The obsession with spelling is pointless and frustrates the fluid nature of English and makes development of the language difficult.
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My posting was tongue in cheek. However, my obsession is more with people being too lazy to even check their title. Maybe my title should have started with "Type" instead of "Spell".
 

Andrew Sayers

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A good title can be the difference between a healthy discussion, a wasteland or even a flamefest - I speak from painful experience in my pre-mod days. Clicking the "preview post" button those extra few times can make all the difference.

But if you realise you've made a mistake after creating a new thread, you can always ask the mod team to fix it. You can PM us if you like, but it's better to use the
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report button in the top-right of your first post, and put a message like "oops, could you change the thread title to <whatever>". That way it's dealt with by whoever's free instead of waiting until the person you PMed checks their messages :)
 

Hectic

Hectic
Steve_T said:
When posting new threads, please try to spell the title properly. I'm not talking about people for whom English might not be their first language; I mean those who make slips when typing and press the wrong character.

If you can't at least be bothered to type the title correctly, I certainly can't be bothered opening the thread. :rolleyes:
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Oh, I see! So just because English is my first language you think I should be extra careful with it, eh? ;)
 

Surfinjo

Surfinjo
Joe Spivey said:
Disagree. Getting your meaning across using the written word is far from easy, just look at the misunderstandings that arise in forums for example. Standardised english with correct grammar, spelling and punctuation are the tools we use to facilitate this. What you propose is just an excuse used by those who do not even want to try.

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Sorry, but that's completely wrong.

English is a common language. It has always been governed by the changing will of ordinary people. New words are added as they are used, not because some Academy of worthies says so.

Spelling has become hopelessly cumbersome and irregular. Too many silent letters and too many with multiple sounds, c for example.

If we all stuck to the principals you described, we'd all be speaking like Shakespeare or Chaucer.

English is the democratic language. The rules are those we choose.
 

Knot2clever

Knot2clever
No chance

The screens are small, the keys are tiny, my fingers are big, I have a touch like an elephant and I can't turn off predictive txt. My sight is getting worse, things will not improve. Just saying.
 
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