For those who don't think spelling is important

[Chin_Lee]

I went to an asian restaurant in Richmond that had their daily specials in chinese characters on one side and in english on the other. The "Special" dish included soup, bowel of rice, and coffee or tea.
I ordered the special just to see how they would serve a bowel of rice and fortunately it was just white rice served in a regular bowl without any "off-colored" rice grains nor scent of Pinesol.
My friend explained the definition of "bowel" to the waitress who turned very bright red and promptly removed all the special menus from the table.
I felt rather privileged to be the last person to order the special that day.

[atcguy]

who neds speling wen you have cumputors doing all the werk this day. Huked on foniks werked fer me!!!!

[Midknight]

Well I am one of the worst spellers, but also an aspiring writer.
My quote is "Never let your inability to write interfere with your ability to tell a story."

The right words and spelling are what editors are for.

[fishface]

so are you saying the business failed because of the incorrect spelling on the sign or am i misunderstanding the point here?

[justinl]

im not terribly careful when i post (evident in my lack of apostrophes and capitals) but i make sure that they are at least legible. as opposed to something like "i gotz a sumtin 4 u 2 c cuz I'z not nowin wut it b. werd." true that that would be an extreme case, but i still just ignore anything in that kind of format (or lack thereof). and im sure more experienced reefers have better things to do than try to decipher what us young schmucks are texting too.

chin, i laughed at the bowel story

[Moogled]

Teach your kids to read at a young age and encourage them to take out books at the library occasionally.

Reading nourishes the mind and exposes them to new words. I think it's a better way as opposed to just "teaching" them how to spell.

Most of the people that can carve linguistically have a habit of reading substantial books and not BS like US Weekly or 7teen, or whatever the heck it's called.

[surgeonfish]

I agree. I think that text messaging, emails, and bulletin boards (sorry) encourage people to use abbreviations, incomplete sentences, and point form. People are forgetting the skill of writing letters.

By the way, I have been unable to download the spell check for this bulletin board.

[zulu_principle]

I seldom respond to these threads but walking back from my office to finish the dishes I had two thoughts.....over the crying baby.

Most people dont even reread what they type, and if you think of the individuals you are referring too, is what they type even relevant in most cases.

If you take the "p" out of spelling you get what I believe is an important skill.

All the best.


Wendell

PS If I mis-spelled something or my grammer is poor, my wife is too busy with the baby to check it

[EmilyB]

Originally Posted by fishface

so are you saying the business failed because of the incorrect spelling on the sign or am i misunderstanding the point here?

Probably not. I do know some tourists got a kick out of it and generally went and ate elsewhere, as did the general populace. As I recall, they spent about as much time getting things correct inside as they did with the sign...