ChrisMerchant's Blog

Naw. Burn can't spell worth a crap and He's purdy smart.

We have spell check? Actually, spelling does count with me. I look up words that I am not sure of. I do think the way you express yourself is important when trying to make your point. One of my daughters teachers admitted that she does not correct spelling on anything but a spelling test. That is insane!!!I think all of the short cuts we take when emailing is just plain WRONG! I often email clients that are teachers and I am EXTRA careful with spelling and punctuation. I'd bet most kids in high school could not compose a letter to save their life, or write a check, or address an envelope. Even when I text message, I use the full word and punctuation. Do you think that some people feel that their opinion is that important that I should have to decode their spelling? I will admitt that I have a problem with typing hte....the.

"OK, I’m off the soapbox. Tell me what you think…"
All that driving. Isnt that bad on all those colons? LOL

I'm starting to train myself to use word with spell and grammer check because I get to typing so fast I skip words or miss spell words or leave words out. That copy paste things is starting to work for me. It may be called cheating but oh well! I'm very upset with myself when I hit DONE and then read it over again seeing all the mistakes. I tsuj t'nod wonk tahw emac revo em!

Functional illiterate, yes I am. Spell check doesn't work, if the word is spelled right, but the word is wrong. Their-There/I'm not as dumb as a stump, but close. And in the world of blogging, I only know what "LOL" means, when anyone runs a bunch of letters together I don't understand. It's all good, I will "untie".

The only other thing I can add is that anyone (even me) improves the more we practice so I try to listen to what a poster has to say and not “censor” them based on spelling or writing skill . If they are motivated to keep writing they will improve.........
And the most important thought I have on this subject is that a “dumb” idea is not improved if it is written perfectly.

northton, you should do stand up, although I don't know if your wit would be as funny as it is, if it weren't in writing. You crack me up!

You are off your rocker, gammie ;)

Chris, you make a good point. Burn is also right. We shouldn't write off comments made by people who have trouble expressing their thoughts in writing. It might just be that they're terrible typists or they’re simply products of a failed public school system. I struggle with the typing thing myself. I am right-handed but no longer have use of my right hand so sometimes my typing isn't as good as it should be. By the same token, how they express their opinions does reflect on how they're received. But that still does not trump what they say. Take Northton for example. He may be witty at times, but that doesn't hide the fact that he's a bigoted knuckle-dragger who hates all Christians as well the American way of life. He accuses Christians and Americans of being prejudiced against anyone who disagrees with them while he does exactly the same thing himself. You see, he feels that you’re being intolerant if you disagree or criticize another person’s ideas, especially his. What he SAYS reveals his bigotry. Not HOW he says it.

By the way, I spent a big part of my life in the trucking industry. I was Director of Fleet Operations for a major truck leasing firm and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. My father was a fleet manager as well so I grew up with diesel fuel in my veins. You need some real smarts to be a trucker today.

Gammie