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I am like you, Joan, like things spelt correctly, also cringe at some of the grammar, but I have never commented as I realise that we are not all the same. Takes all sorts, as they say.
I must admit that my fingers sometimes get dyslexic when typing too fast, perhaps one hand is faster than the other. I correct it if I notice it before hitting the submit button. I also find that sometimes the computer does not type a letter which I am sure I have hit and capitals do not always come up as capitals. Perhaps I release the shift button too quickly. But I am certainly not going to criticise anybody over spelling or grammar.
Huia with a new board name.

Rose, defo wasn't having a dig lol and certainly not at you hon.

Hayley, one of these days.... you will receive a nasty pm - will be me in all my wrinkly glory blown up so you can see 'em all lol!

This thread was meant to be about the Urban Dictionary - has anyone else looked at it, lol?
Lizx

Having said all that, I am never sure whether it should be spelt or spelled but spelt takes less time to type!

pp ur soo lovely
i want to eat ya lol
Rosex

And as Hayley says, we all have our own talents.
I love numbers too, Hayley. I enjoy doing sudoku and adduko and kakuro puzzles but a lot of people think they are hard because of the numbers.

This is from my thread I put up yesterday about this urban dictionary. Some entries are interesting, worth a look.

New words and sentences to put them into context.


'Christmas Adam '

The day before Christmas Eve. Since Adam was created before Eve, and the need to be equitable in the holiday season, Christmas Adam creates further anticipation of Christmas Day.

When is your family coming to our place?
On Christmas Adam and leaving New Year's Day.

Christmas Adam is the last chance to prepare for the Christmas Eve party.

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'Voluntold'

Voluntold: The exact opposite of volunteering. Always used in reference to an unpleasant task to which you have been assigned by your boss.


Example 1:

Co-worker 1: I hear you got a transfer.
Co-worker 2: Yeah. I didn't want to, but I was voluntold.

Example 2:

Co-worker 1: You want to go fishing Saturday???
Co-worker 2: I can't, I got voluntold I have to work this weekend.

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'Compunicate'

When you are in the same room with someone, each on seperate computers, and you talk via Instant Messenger instead of speaking to them out loud, in person

Even though they are sitting right next to each other, Jesse and Justin only compunicate when they have to tell each other something.

can anyone remember that thread where it was only half the words but we are programmed to pick up the beginning and the end of a word and not the middle.it was brill.i read it right through no probs.lol.xx

Is this the one??

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it

I've been 'Voluntold' on many occasions, now I 'Voluntold' my kids - I just didn't know there was a suitable term to describe it.

thats it..........and i just read it again........its brill.xx

So is that why when typing, you get letters mixed up sometimes?

This is likely to cause offence - but I often wonder if those who use text speak instead of English are just too slapdash to bother to try and write/spell correctly. And if that is the case - what are their trees like? Probably full of weird abbreviations for dates, names and places - and then wonder why they dont make contacts/matches with people searching their tree names.

Personally I would rather spell incorrectly than use text speak - at least I would be making the effort.

I wonder how long it will be before there are chat rooms and message boards just for this new "language" - as there are for the other languages around the world. I wouldnt go onto a French site because I wouldnt be able to understand it - and I dont understand this new "language" either.

And yes, Joyfull is correct re that thread - this is why proof reading is so difficult, we just dont see the errors when we read over something. But the text language doesnt work on the same principle, which is why it is harder to understand.

Excellent stuff, love it!

Rose, are you ok? Eat me????? Might not show many wrinkles but I think I will be a bit tough!

Lizxx

Don't want anyone getting upset or hurt by any posts on here including mine so if anyone is upset I will delete the thread.
Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses, I am usually fairly good at maths, but can't get the hang of Sudoku and probably spelled it incorrectly too lol
My son is fairly good at spelling, he will check if he isn't sure, but is a real whizz with the sudoku.

Lizx

lol liz
susan those who cant spell ask family for help maybe ??
as for text talk that is great for ppl who have trouble spelling ... i think the proper spellers shouls learn text lol
Rosex

I would love to be proficient at Sudoko, I end up having all 9 numbers in every square and getting right muddled... forget the letter one! LOL

I can't even grasp the basics of sudoko, my 9 year old son is good at it and I haven't the heart to tell him he could put whatever numbers in and I'd be none the wiser.
I'm good at crosswords and quizes though, words being more my thing

I can't even spell in txt either........No Hula I cant do sudoko....to much thinking....I have a very small attention span....the natural thing is your brain soaks up the information that is fed to it...some, like me don't. I reject what doesnt interest me and soak in to the last ounce what does. Like historydates etc....I tell you about my christmas in 1970 aged just 2 and a half but what I did last week not a chance even if I met you if you have no interest to me I shall forget you...

When I was being assesed for dylexia. I had to read a 2 page document..most boring thing I have evver read and I had to read it out loud. I kept having to be stopped as I was making up as I went a long with knowing it. After a few mins I was asked questions about the piece I had just read and the only questions that I got right was the ones which invovled numbers.

Aha, Liz. Are you American? Or was your teacher American?
I have just looked up the dictionary re spelt/spelled.
Usage: Both spelled and spelt are used as past tenses and participles, the former (spelled) being standard in American English, the latter (spelt) being the usual form in British English.
So I will carry on with my British 'spelt' even though spelt is also a hardy wheat, Triticum spelta, from which many cultivated wheats are derived. (To quote my dictionary).
Huia, happy she is not misspelling it after all!

what bothers me is how will the non-spellers ever hope to get a hot match.?


You won't believe the number of spelling mistakes on peoples trees ?????