@imastawka wrote:
Laziness - but I forgives ya, cos you're a Great Dane.
lucky you didnt say 'grate drain'
Hahaha...............what a time for a faux pas. 
Wait a minute............are you saying Danes can't spell ?
I think I know how it happened as I initially wrote.... purely being lazy.
I often think of a sentence and change it but forget to change the initial context or spelling especially when I rush.
P.S. Thanks for the correction. 
@davidc4430 wrote:i dont completely disagree about bad spelling for anyone who is a product of a full education, but those of us who didnt finish high school for whatever reason usually dont misspell on purpose or laziness. i do my best. i hope i get it right most of the time.
unless i know a person has had a full education i hope i dont feel the need to point out their spelling flaws.
as long as i can decifer what they mean i'm fine.
what really gets under my skin are the ones in pointing out someones bad spelling make obvious mistakes.
I think what people need to keep in mind is that not everyone knows how to type or has expert keyboard skills.
When I write by hand, I punctuate correctly. When typing though, I often miss the capitals.
We're all human.
I used to teach and for the last 6 years of my career was in Literacy Support, so I do value correct grammar & punctuation.
But I think a lot of people forget context. Messageboards are a social outlet. They are for discussion & sharing ideas. They are a form of fairly informal writing. The main aim with writing is to get a message across & if people are doing that, then I think it can be rude if others pick them up over the odd word here or there. It's belittling.
If people genuinely cannot understand a message though, that can be a different thing & no harm in asking what word they meant.
I think of it in these terms-if you write a shopping list or send a quick text to a friend or dash off a quick message on a message board, you try to do your best but the odd mistake here or there should be forgiven.
But if you're writing out a job application or an essay that is being submitted for publishing, proof read, proof read and proof read again.
I was devastaed last year. I wrote out a family history book, the story of my dad's life and times. Added photos and information. 230 pages.
Proof read several times, often changing things as I went. Couldn't find a spell checker. Sent it off for printing & when it came back, I found one error. On the back cover of all places.
I had written Toyko instead of Tokyo. I'm still upset that the mistake had to be so visible!!
So to me, spelling is important but context more so. Don't sweat the small stuff & messageboards are small stuff.
@kopenhagen5 wrote:Hahaha...............what a time for a faux pas.
Wait a minute............are you saying Danes can't spell ?
Hahahahaha Not at all. But being a Dane raised in Japan, and now speaking English,
I figure we can cut you a lot of slack.
That's a lot of languages.
