How's your spelling?

[munruben]

so we hear and read the recent outcry about teachers not being able to spell all words in a test given to them, well how about yourself ? how is your spelling ? I honestly believe I could spell better when I was younger, now I find myself reaching for the dictionary more and more when I write a letter or email someone.
I even have my dictionary nearby when I am on this forum just to check my spelling. How many of you do that, be honest..
Don't know why I do that really cos haven't worked out it anyone can read in here yet.
I also have a few pet words that I always had difficulty with, like "Chauffeur" no matter how many times I spell it I always have to check it out, for some reason just can't remember how to spell it. Anyone else have trouble with a particular word.?

[silentC]

Well, I reckon my spelling is pretty good. The biggest problem I have of late is transposing letters when I type, missing a word that I meant to use, or using the wrong word altogether. I put these down to early symptoms of senility.

As for looking things up, yes I often look words up by Googling (get with the times, John). I also have a subscription to the on-line Macquarie so that I can check usage and spelling of certain words.

However, you learn something new every day. My daughter's homework had a section titled "Algorism". I was getting ready to blast the teacher for his appalling spelling, when I discovered that it actually is a word

For some reason, the word that gives me the most grief is separate. I always want to type seperate.

[Wongo]

My speling is OK. I usually type in MS word first then copy and paste here.

My one problem is sometimes I think of one word but type another work. See I did it again.

[munruben]

However, you learn something new every day. My daughter's homework had a section titled "Algorism". I was getting ready to blast the teacher for his appalling spelling, when I discovered that it actually is a word

Don't you hate that

[Gra]

My spelling is terrible, but it always has been, though most of my spelling mistakes come from my typing more than actual spelling errors, I know what I want to type, but type something else. I guess my fingers are dyslexic.

By the way who was the b@#% that decided dyslexic was a good word for that affliction.

[munruben]

My speling is OK. I usually type in MS word first then copy and paste here.

My one problem is sometimes I think of one word but type another work. See I did it again.

Yeah, I see what you meat, now you dot me doing it.

[munruben]

My spelling is terrible, but it always has been, though most of my spelling mistakes come from my typing more than actual spelling errors, I know what I want to type, but type something else. I guess my fingers are dyslexic.

No you got one of those keyboards like mine, it can't spell properly.

By the way who was the b@#% that decided dyslexic was a good word for that affliction.

Thought that was a dish washer or washing machine.

[Sebastiaan56]

grate! arrrgh,... arrgghhhh

[silentC]

By the way who was the b@#% that decided dyslexic was a good word for that affliction.

The same guy who thought abbreviation was a good word for what it is.

[jmk89]

My favourite digital dyslexia example is one that afflicts my wife - whenevers she wants to type "consult", she gets the "l" and the "u" the wrong way around - not a good thing to suggest to 6 female colleagues that they all "conslut"

[Gingermick]

So what is an Algorism then?

[silentC]

I had an email get knocked back by a spam filter once. Couldn't for the life of me work out why, until I saw I'd missed a key when typing "count".

Another one I always do is didn;t. And poeple.

[silentC]

So what is an Algorism then?

You can find out the same way I did.

[DavidG]

I spel quite well but the keyboard can sume time get it wrong.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Spelling? No problemo. On the other 'and, me typing can be atrocious and me punctuation 'n grammar's even 'orribler.