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avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:13 am

Choice of instrument aside, I don't know if I want to take lessons from someone who can't spell "beginner" consistently.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:47 am

Is this sort of thing more common than it used to be or am I just getting old and cranky? It's as though people don't read over what they have written even once! I can understand errors in forums like this where we are just chatting, etc. I make plenty here. But I see mistakes so often in documents and in ads like this. The idea that poor spelling or typographical errors diminish one's authority seems to have passed out of existence.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:56 am

Cynth wrote: I can understand errors in forums like this where we are just chatting, etc. I make plenty here.

It really does, for me, take the focus away from the message, and onto the faulty communication.

It is shocking when copywriters and signwriters make mistakes - but spare a thought for the poor guy I saw on TV this morning who had had an inspiring verse tattooed on his back, with TWO spelling mistakes in it.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:35 am

Cynth wrote:Is this sort of thing more common than it used to be or am I just getting old and cranky?

Probably a little of both

And it's not like this was a mistake that woudn't have been caught by a
spellchecker. I think the thing that makes this situation even worse is
that people can now make such professional-looking ad copy, without
having to bother with any actual professionalism.

I had a coworker who was trying to start giving guitar lessons. He
showed me a very nice flyer that he was going to post at music shops,
and I immediately underlined 3 gramatical errors and 2 spelling errors.
I think he was a bit insulted, but I wouldn't have gone to a teacher who
couldn't even bother to proofread a paragraph.

Martin Milner wrote:It really does, for me, take the focus away from the message, and onto the faulty communication.

Amen, brother. I think this was why I could never get into comic
books as a kid: I couldn't get through more than 5 word balloons
without throwing up my hands in grammer-induced frustration
(which I followed up with very grammatical swearing).

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:50 am

Martin Milner wrote:
Cynth wrote: I can understand errors in forums like this where we are just chatting, etc. I make plenty here.
It really does, for me, take the focus away from the message, and onto the faulty communication.

Utter carelessness definitely gets annoying. I'm thinking more of the every-once-in-a-while sort of mistake, I guess. I do read over what I've written here, but not as rigorously as I would do in some situations I suppose.

Martin Milner wrote:It is shocking when copywriters and signwriters make mistakes - but spare a thought for the poor guy I saw on TV this morning who had had an inspiring verse tattooed on his back, with TWO spelling mistakes in it.

Well, I hope he has the errors corrected! I suppose they can't very well just be erased. I wonder if a non-permanent rough draft could be done and then proof-read by some agreed-upon person before the final tattooing takes place? I'd insist on it.

But, actually, the most interesting idea, for me, is the one of you sitting and watching the tattooed back of a man on TV

! Talk about exciting!

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:06 pm

I may be wrong, but it looks like one of those cheap Chinese wheezeboxes to me. Might explain the typo?

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:57 pm

This ad beggs the question.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:20 am

Cynth wrote:Is this sort of thing more common than it used to be or am I just getting old and cranky? It's as though people don't read over what they have written even once! I can understand errors in forums like this where we are just chatting, etc. I make plenty here. But I see mistakes so often in documents and in ads like this. The idea that poor spelling or typographical errors diminish one's authority seems to have passed out of existence.

I couldn't agree more. Personally I read everything over at least three times before hitting "send." I can't bear to think that anything I post to a forum of thousands of people may contain even the slightest misteak.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:22 am

brianormond wrote:This ad beggs the question.

And it begger's belief.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:19 am

SteveShaw wrote:
Cynth wrote:Is this sort of thing more common than it used to be or am I just getting old and cranky? It's as though people don't read over what they have written even once! I can understand errors in forums like this where we are just chatting, etc. I make plenty here. But I see mistakes so often in documents and in ads like this. The idea that poor spelling or typographical errors diminish one's authority seems to have passed out of existence.
I couldn't agree more. Personally I read everything over at least three times before hitting "send." I can't bear to think that anything I post to a forum of thousands of people may contain even the slightest misteak.

I know! I know! I misspelled "misspelled". But I have it now. I'm just too scared to use it. In case I misspell it. That would be a dreadful misteak.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:41 am

Cynth wrote:
Martin Milner wrote:It is shocking when copywriters and signwriters make mistakes - but spare a thought for the poor guy I saw on TV this morning who had had an inspiring verse tattooed on his back, with TWO spelling mistakes in it.
Well, I hope he has the errors corrected! I suppose they can't very well just be erased. I wonder if a non-permanent rough draft could be done and then proof-read by some agreed-upon person before the final tattooing takes place? I'd insist on it.

But, actually, the most interesting idea, for me, is the one of you sitting and watching the tattooed back of a man on TV ! Talk about exciting!

He's planning to, but unfortunately the tattoo parlour he went to are now saying he OK'd the text. He begs to differ. He is coloured, and the text is in very black ink, so the errors may be impossibly to remove without leaving obvious marks, even through laser surgery.

Morning TV. I'm usually not fully awake until 11am.

I get dozy again around 11:15am.

DaveAuty · Post by **DaveAuty** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:29 pm

Passing a pub restaurant the other day "Pealla" was the special of the day. We gave it a miss!

Azalin · Post by **Azalin** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:19 pm

But the spelling error is only a shadow behind the real problem: it's about freakin accordion!!! What's next, harmonica?

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:14 pm

Azalin wrote:But the spelling error is only a shadow behind the real problem: it's about freakin accordion!!! What's next, harmonica?

And Azalin knows exactly what I mean by that...

Azalin · Post by **Azalin** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:52 pm

SteveShaw wrote:
Azalin wrote:But the spelling error is only a shadow behind the real problem: it's about freakin accordion!!! What's next, harmonica?

And Azalin knows exactly what I mean by that...

Hehehehe!!!