Would you prefer Gadget to use correct spelling?

[Lynn]

I used to hate Freeway with a fiery passion. Same way I feel about the dog on Frasier. Cute animals are evil.

[David Bailey]

Yeah, and you can't even debate with them.

[Andy McGregor]

In that case, if you want him to change then how are you going to get him to think that it's important?

It would seem to me that statement of the opinion of others is probably not going to do the job.

All the evidence is that Gadget doesn't care about spelling. But the fact he started a poll about what people thought about his spelling shows that he cares about what people think and is asking for their support. And to looking at the wording of his poll he's asking people to say that those of us who care about spelling are wrong.

Of course, it's never wrong to care about being right.

To be quite honest, I'd mostly stopped reading past the first paragraph of Gadget's posts. Gadget often has a valid point to make but his posts are too long-winded and have too many spelling mistakes to keep my interest.

It would be lovely if Gadget improved his spelling as it would make his posts easier to read. But I agree with pjay, it's unlikely to happen

[ToeTrampler]

Dont you meen Tagart

That would be more like "Sumbuddies dun a Murrdir!"

[David Bailey]

To be quite honest, I'd mostly stopped reading past the first paragraph of Gadget's posts. Gadget often has a valid point to make but his posts are too long-winded and have too many spelling mistakes to keep my interest.

Hmmm... I tend to pay as much attention to Gadget's post as yours, Andy, despite the fact that yours are clearly models of correctness... I guess I discount a lot of your stuff as "stirring", whereas I know Gadget "speaks from the heart" (c. Wonald).

And it's always fun to play "spot the Freudian slap", of course.

[David Franklin]

That would be more like "Sumbuddies dun a Murrdir!"

[Andy McGregor]

Hmmm... I tend to pay as much attention to Gadget's post as yours, Andy, despite the fact that yours are clearly models of correctness... I guess I discount a lot of your stuff as "stirring", whereas I know Gadget "speaks from the heart" (c. Wonald).

Stirring? Which particular posts leave you stirred?

[Heather]

Dont you meen Tagart

Taggart says " There's been a murder"


Heather

[tsh]

This is because, in this area, I am quite anally retarded, its my problem, just like I don't like cyclists, or noisy children (even happy noises, cheerful gurgling that others find so cute!). I'm the one with a problem, not the people who make the errors.

If you're going to complain about bad grammar, you should at least make your complaint accurate. How can you not like cyclists without knowing that they are cyclists? Noisy children are obviously identifiable - but are noisy addults acceptable in your nicely partitioned world???

fwiw, I have no problem with people not bothering to spell check their posts, but people making no effort to communicate in a clear manner does significantly reduce my interest in their point of view! (and no, this isn't directed at TT!)

Sean

[TiggsTours]

If you're going to complain about bad grammar, you should at least make your complaint accurate. How can you not like cyclists without knowing that they are cyclists? Noisy children are obviously identifiable - but are noisy addults acceptable in your nicely partitioned world???

You are completely right, and as I said, being analy retarded, yes, these partitions are acceptable. I don't have any issue with noisy adults, and I only have a problem with cyclists when they are actually on their bikes. However, I don't voice it to them, I bite my tongue, smile and get on with it, because I know that the only reason I have these issues is because I'm analy retarded. I believe that everybody is analy retarded about at least one thing in life, its what makes us human.

Something else I don't like (and this isn't directed at tsh) is people openly victimising one person, for something that many are "guilty" of.

[fletch]

Taggart says " There's been a murder"


Heather

looks like I spelt Taggart wrong

[Andy McGregor]

looks like I spelt Taggart wrong

Fletch deserves our respect. She obviously knows that her spelling is not perfect. And she seems to be saying she would like to improve and is embarassed about her spelling.

It is the bad spelling of people who could do better with a bit of effort that I object to.

[Dreadful Scathe]

How can you not like cyclists without knowing that they are cyclists?

I imagine the bicycle is a dead giveaway

And yes Taggart says "Murrrderr" not Moider. He would in the New York version

[Clive Long]

[Martin Harper mode on ]
We have been here before.

My views have not changed. (OK the original discussion was about grammar but I have the same values towards "correct" spelling as an aid to understanding your message).

[/Martin Harper mode off]

I would be interested to know - maybe this has already been covered and I'm too lazy to look - for those who have trouble with spelling and are concerned or embarrassed (I had to spell-check that) by this, why not use Word to construct your posts, use spell-check, then cut-and-paste into the Forum? It's only a suggestion if you want to address your spelling.

All I would add is that in this thread Andy has personalised, and potentially "emotionalised" the discussion by putting Gadget's name in the title of thread. And Andy's intention, he wrote, was to remove the skewing and "emotional bias" in Gadget's original poll. I think he has not achieved this.

A serious discussion is to be had but I object to the way this thread has been personalised - it was unnecessary.

Do we not have (split infinitives, love 'em) the glorious "Pendants' Corner" for this discussion?

Clive

[David Bailey]

Fletch deserves our respect. .

Is this really Andy McGregor speaking? Sounds like a mouthpiece to me.

[Andy McGregor]

All I would add is that in this thread Andy has personalised, and potentially "emotionalised" the discussion by putting Gadget's name in the title of thread. And Andy's intention, he wrote, was to remove the skewing and "emotional bias" in Gadget's original poll. I think he has not achieved this.

This is probably right. Gadget made his last poll very much about him but made his questions emotionally charged. I removed that charge by making the question about someone we, allegedly, liked. I did toy with the options of not liking Gadget and not being bothered either way. But as people aren't required to vote they can just abstain.

In retrospect, it might have been better to talk in more general terms. On the other hand, some people might have thought I was hinting at it being Gadget, just not naming him. And, Gadget is the only person I know of on here who is perfectly able to sort out his spelling but chooses not to. And, it was Gadget who started it

[Andy McGregor]

Is this really Andy McGregor speaking? Sounds like a mouthpiece to me.

I'm just using Fletch to contrast with Gadget and show him in an unfavourable light

I'll be seeing Fletch in Bognor at the weekend and will redress the balance by letting her use me for something

[Tessalicious]

...quoting fletch...

Looks like somebody's been taken of somebody else's ignore list.

Hey Andy, is there a vacancy?

[Andy McGregor]

Looks like somebody's been taken of somebody else's ignore list.

Hey Andy, is there a vacancy?

I put Fletch on my ignore list because I had absolutely no doubt that she was posting the views of her new friend Mikey. However, I had a lovely PM chat with Fletch and she's really very sweet And very, very naughty

But to prove the game of one door opens and another door closes I found the need to add a new forumite to my ignore list. I have just one person on my ignore list. That person is Sinner. No prizes for guessing who that is.

Tessalicious, you have to be very bad to get on my ignore list

[TiggsTours]

I have just one person on my ignore list. That person is Sinner. No prizes for guessing who that is.......
......you have to be very bad to get on my ignore list

You find fluffy little pussy cats particuarly offensive?