Spell checker misery.

MattF · Nov 7, 2012

Wedg1e said:
I have CDO. It's like OCD but I have to have the letters in alphabetical order

Class.

pidgeon chit welder · Nov 7, 2012

Shox Dr said:
If I didn't use a spell checker, most of the time you wouldn't be able to read my posts. Most of the time I know what a word looks like, but I am damned if I can spell it. Best bit is our lass will tell me, and as I type it in I know it's not right.

While on spell checkers, I can't figure out why the built in checker for Chrome will high light a word as mis-spelt yet doesn't offer the correct spelling: change one letter or add/deduct and it brings it up. yet if you paste it into Google in replaces it with the correct spelling without amendment.

Don't worry about it the pedantics know what you mean . :whistle:

PS Dyslexic peopples like ewe & eye are rayted as fr more intelegent spel chek or knott. :laughing:

Shox Dr · Nov 7, 2012

brightspark said:
just looked pedant up on google cos im thick the word a///holes spring to mind

I think a better description of a Pendant is: Someone who tries to inform, but fails because the other person/s are either ignorant, thick or just couldn't give a toss. So to defend their actions belittles the pendant, as been a know it all.

mike os · Nov 7, 2012

engineering is as much a form of pedantry as language

a piece of steel 399cm long is near enough 4m to be so described by those incapable or unwilling to learn how to use the tools better.....but you will curse them roundly if you needed 4m.

mild steel is the same as chrome moly steel.......its steal innit?
all aluminium is the same....

ajlelectronics · Nov 7, 2012

brightspark said:
who cares whether somone can spell correctly or not or where the dots go it means nowt . if anyone criticises me been clever i just say il bat u one then see how clever u are

Not sure what all that would translate to, but I get the impression that you feel that there is no need to communicate clearly.

Why are you posting here if you consider that to be the case? Let me give you a silly example of the need for punctuation. Consider this grammatically incorrect sentence:

what is this thing called love

Now what does it actually mean? Here are some alternatives, based purely on the grammar:

1) What, is this thing called love?

2) What is this thing called, love?

3) What is this thing called? Love.

4) What is this? Thing called Love.

So once again, if you do not want to communicate clearly and efficiently, why post to a forum? There is just one author and many readers. Is it not a little selfish to force the readers to try to parse your offering? Maybe the majority would just skip past such "gems", as I tend to do.

CRB · Nov 7, 2012

MattF said:
Class.

Both Big'un and Littl'un have there own mental problems, which have caused them troubles at school. Big'un, 22, has the writing of a drunken spider, no discernible spaces between words and no punctuation, though a few capitals. He has always been bright, and has always had support from Dearly Beloved and I. His underlying problems however means that he does not like change and has little regard for the consequences of his actions. His schools did not help that much and so I hope that in time he will succeed as SnowCat has.

snowcat said:
Despite being "Thick" I achieved A levels in mathematical and since subjects, and a diploma in Engineering, and have the ability to read music play instruments, and visualize 2D work into 3d , Languages are part of the hardwiring of the brain and to some and I include myself, the ability to portray thoughts to paper is a battle at best, sometimes impossible.

Littl'un contracted meningitis when only three weeks old, so that has left her with a learning disability, on top of left-side hemiplegia. which she has admirably battled against, and is still doing now at TyneMet. She has always wanted to know why things are not right and has strived to correct them at each opportunity. She is improving with her maths and English. Her hardwiring has been damaged through illness, but her schools have immeasurably helped her to improve. Maybe she will not reach the dizzy heights of others, but after fighting for eighteen years, she is doing well enough.

Both of them have enjoyed the poems and puzzles I have shown them over the years, but that may be the difference between wanting to learn and not caring, in them.

CRB · Nov 7, 2012

mike os said:
engineering is as much a form of pedantry as language

a piece of steel 399cm long is near enough 4m to be so described by those incapable or unwilling to learn how to use the tools better.....but you will curse them roundly if you needed 4m.

mild steel is the same as chrome moly steel.......its steal innit?
all aluminium is the same....

....and to prove a point...

http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/index.php?option=com_adsmanager&view=show_ad&adid=13166&catid=2

?How big?

I did cut some small pieces of acrylic for a long standing customer to the sizes he had given me, for free too. I had called to ask what tolerance there was, 84.3mm x 29.9mm being one of fifteen sizes. I was told as close as you can, since the person they were for was not available. All done, and sent down to Darlington. The call the following day was, and I am sure you have guessed by now, asking if I could do the same panels in centimetres, and for free. Material would have been over 300GBP,so not this time. :laughing:

rtbcomp · Nov 7, 2012

CRB said:
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I did cut some small pieces of acrylic for a long standing customer to the sizes he had given me, for free too. I had called to ask what tolerance there was, 84.3mm x 29.9mm being one of fifteen sizes. I was told as close as you can, since the person they were for was not available. All done, and sent down to Darlington. The call the following day was, and I am sure you have guessed by now, asking if I could do the same panels in centimetres, and for free. Material would have been over 300GBP,so not this time.

Reminds me of when I was at school, I'd built a hi-fi amp and wanted some bits of wood for the cabinet ends. I went down to the timber merchants and asked for 2 pieces of ply 8 x 4. He asked me if I wanted them delivering, "No thanks, I'll take them home on the bus" says this little 14 year-old! Needless to say I got a mouthful, but we had a bit of a laugh when he realised I was talking inches and not feet. I got the wood for free too.

Jester · Nov 7, 2012

'pi can never be written down completely, proven about 1760,'
Complete pi = 22/7 Simples :whistle:

Why aren't rules marked in 7ths?

rtbcomp · Nov 7, 2012

pi = approximately 22/7 - that's why calculating is not simply a matter of dividing 22/7 until the cows come home.

I don't know, why aren't rules marked in 7ths?

ajlelectronics · Nov 7, 2012

"I don't know, why aren't rules marked in 7ths? "

Because it would be ODD. :clapping:

rtbcomp · Nov 7, 2012

I thank you!

CRB · Nov 7, 2012

At least you are not talking rulers!!!

MattF · Nov 7, 2012

Shox Dr said:
I think a better description of a Pendant is: Someone who tries to inform, but fails because the other person/s are either ignorant, thick or just couldn't give a toss. So to defend their actions belittles the pendant, as been a know it all.

Pedant!

Bleedin' pendant....

Robotstar5 · Nov 7, 2012

I like threads like this, had to look up "parse" as I had thought it was just a computer term :laughing:

keeps the old brain active.

pidgeon chit welder · Nov 8, 2012

I thought it was a just a simple miss spelling

pidgeon chit welder · Nov 8, 2012

ajlelectronics said:
Not sure what all that would translate to, but I get the impression that you feel that there is no need to communicate clearly.

Why are you posting here if you consider that to be the case? Let me give you a silly example of the need for punctuation. Consider this grammatically incorrect sentence:

what is this thing called love

Now what does it actually mean? Here are some alternatives, based purely on the grammar:

1) What, is this thing called love?

2) What is this thing called, love?

3) What is this thing called? Love.

4) What is this? Thing called Love.

So once again, if you do not want to communicate clearly and efficiently, why post to a forum? There is just one author and many readers. Is it not a little selfish to force the readers to try to parse your offering? Maybe the majority would just skip past such "gems", as I tend to do.

Isn't that also punctuation & capitalization as well .. like " She helped her uncle jack off a horse " ?

Angusdog · Nov 8, 2012

"Let's eat Grandad" vs "Let's eat, Grandad"

rtbcomp · Nov 8, 2012

You ought to read "Eats, shoots and leaves" by Lynne Truss

ajlelectronics · Nov 8, 2012

One of my other frustrations is the double negative. Interesting that a double negative means the exact opposite of the probable intended meaning.

I worked as a civilian teacher for 9 years in the prisons. It always tickled me to have the following conversation with an inmate...

So, what did you do?

"I dint do nuffink".

Yes I know that, but what DID you do?

"UHHH? Nuffink"

So, you are going to stand up in the dock and tell the judge that you didn't do nothing?

"Yea"

Best of luck with that then. ;-)

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