[tomwed]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

and humor.

will change minds.

But it has to be good.

Like this? Like Walter said, "Let it Roll". All we got is each other.

[Loudoll]

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

autocorrect is my worst enema

[fred53]

Originally Posted by redwitch

What is with the great need to publicly correct people here? If someone misspells a word, including "Sumpter," and the correction does nothing more than show your superior knowledge, why not either say nothing or send a PM with the correct spelling or word suggestion? I really don't understand the need to do this.

you're assigning blame when there is no animosity intended.

I'm always amazed that some people assume the worst in others...there is no way to tell how it is intended unless they specifically say they're trying to be superior or condescending. Perhaps you could read a correction and "assume" they are doing it for the right reasons...I'm sure if you tried you'd find that not everyone who corrects someone else is trying to be superior...

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by fred53

you're assigning blame when there is no animosity intended.

I'm always amazed that some people assume the worst in others...there is no way to tell how it is intended unless they specifically say they're trying to be superior or condescending. Perhaps you could read a correction and "assume" they are doing it for the right reasons...I'm sure if you tried you'd find that not everyone who corrects someone else is trying to be superior...

The problem is doing it on a public forum. If someone has a slight handicap or is just a real bad speller, it could be embarrassing to have it pointed out so all can see. As long as you understand what they are trying to say, there is no reason to correct their spelling, especially on an open forum.

[tedquick]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

Just to be clear, I was attempting to be facetious.

Here’s just a little aside and barely off topic since we are talking about language, its intent and spelling; every time I see the word “facetious”, it reminds me that there are only two words in the English language (that I‘m aware of) that have each of the vowels in the order in which they appear. Does anybody know what the other word is?

[pbkmaine]

Abstemious

[cattywampus]

Originally Posted by tedquick

Here’s just a little aside and barely off topic since we are talking about language, its intent and spelling; every time I see the word “facetious”, it reminds me that there are only two words in the English language (that I‘m aware of) that have each of the vowels in the order in which they appear.


Does anybody know what the other word is?

Hopping that the prize;, for knowink the answer;, is an all you can eat Buffett.

Using the SWAG upproach to problum solving,
I will say ....ABSTEMIOUS.

Do you know any Villagers that culd be called abstemious ?

(SWAG = Sighintiffic Wild Azz Guess.)

[eweissenbach]

Originally Posted by Bonny

The problem is doing it on a public forum. If someone has a slight handicap or is just a real bad speller, it could be embarrassing to have it pointed out so all can see. As long as you understand what they are trying to say, there is no reason to correct their spelling, especially on an open forum.

^^^^^what Bonny said^^^^^

[DougB]

Originally Posted by tedquick

Here’s just a little aside and barely off topic since we are talking about language, its intent and spelling; every time I see the word “facetious”, it reminds me that there are only two words in the English language (that I‘m aware of) that have each of the vowels in the order in which they appear. Does anybody know what the other word is?

Facetiously.... And sometimes Y

[cattywampus]

Originally Posted by tedquick

Here’s just a little aside and barely off topic since we are talking about language, its intent and spelling; every time I see the word “facetious”, it reminds me that there are only two words in the English language (that I‘m aware of) that have each of the vowels in the order in which they appear.


Does anybody know what the other word is?

I thought there were a total of EIGHT words which would qualify.

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by JB in TV

I'm not the best typist ether, however, I can edit my posts to fix typos, or re-write what I have typed, but I can't ever go back and re-do what I have spoken. I'm sure we all have said things we wish we could edit.

JB -- you are 100% correct.
Some people should only open their mouth to remove their foot.

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by Beechie

Well played Bonanza. If I knew you better I would have picked up on the irony. I do believe we are on the same page however.

This is a little off topic but I feel it has a place in this thread . . .

Beechie: What you say is exactly the problem with the Internet. When you can't see a person's facial expression, can't hear the inflection in their voice and can't observe their body language -- you don't know how to take them. Are they serious, being funny or what?

I think we're much too fast to jump on someone and crucify them for what they've said, without knowing how they really meant it -- present company included in that.

Thanks for giving me carte blanche and being my TOTV buddy!

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by tomwed

You lost me. sorry

tomwed: I'll PM you

[graciegirl]

[tedquick]

Originally Posted by cattywampus

I thought there were a total of EIGHT words which would qualify.

When I posted last evening I was thinking of "abstemious" as two of you mentioned. In fact, catty, that was your first response before you suggested there were 8. Upon farther investigation, I have to admit that there are 8. Ten if you, as DougB suggested, added “ly” to facetious and abstemious. I actually think that is all.

And, catty, just a quick FYI, occasionally I partake in an abstemious diet. The truth also is, that I *do* owe you that “Buffett” that you were attempting to win, because you forced me to think beyond the end of my nose. (And I love the way you spell, BTW). 

As a related aside to the OP, I have a close friend who can hardly spell his own name (that’s a slight exaggeration), yet he is in the upper ranks of one of the largest financial institutions in the nation. In fact, he is the industry’s spokesman and “educator” for the Washington elite who think they know how to run a business better than those who have spent their lives in doing so. In other wurds, spellin’ ain’t the be all to end all.