Tribe.net. Local Connections http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/e67ade2e-7272-48d6-b50d-8d67f68fa9ad 2009-05-31T22:32:10Z 2005-03-29T20:47:54Z

<div>Do you think this is an acceptable way to respond? <br/> <br/>That is, instead of "I'm fine." or "I'm well." <br/> <br/>It seems easiest and less formal to use "good," but I find myself cringing when I hear people say So-and-so is "doing good."</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 10 replies </div>

2005-03-29T20:47:54Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/fe9d4b5a-7daf-4329-b0df-afd2bb526af4 2008-08-24T02:33:30Z 2006-04-19T02:29:13Z

<div>Have you ever found yourself in the awkward position of having to correct someone's spelling? Or debating about whether you should? <br/> <br/>I remember working in an office where someone in a higher position than me sent an email to a client with a blatant misspelling. I debated for a while about whether to say anything. I asked some others what they thought and they told me to "be gentle." Somehow I got the message out and things turned out ok.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 5 replies </div>

diazo 2006-04-19T02:29:13Z madame7 http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/8ed241ba-74e5-4689-a37f-ebcfbcfe6338 2008-01-29T04:43:02Z 2006-01-17T21:44:45Z

<div>I came in 4th. <br/>That was the biggest disappointment of my entire life. <br/> <br/>btw I'm glad to be here. I am pretty saturated with all the bad spellers in my tribes--and these are tribes that seem filled with very intelligent, educated people, but for some reason good spelling doesn't always come along with a sharp mind. <br/> <br/>madame7</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 15 replies </div>

madame7 2006-01-17T21:44:45Z amyk http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/b922d4a1-4e1d-4c3b-afd6-ac1fff607701 2006-05-22T01:22:43Z 2006-05-20T19:40:48Z

<div>I just found this listing in Nonsense NYC: <br/> <br/>* The Williamsburg Spelling Bee. MONDAYS, 7p sign up, 7:30 <br/>competition; $free. Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street, <br/>Williamsburg, Brooklyn. http://spellingblog.blogspot.com http:// <br/>www.petescandystore.com/ <br/> <br/>Who's in?? </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 1 reply </div>

amyk 2006-05-20T19:40:48Z marietherese http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/19d4e454-21a3-4075-acf9-701623bfa5d2 2006-05-14T19:03:59Z 2006-04-19T01:23:44Z

<div>Received this via email-I have no idea who the original author is, but whoever you are, wherever you are, here's to you! <br/> <br/>Eye halve a spelling checker <br/>It came with my pea sea <br/>It plainly marks four my revue <br/>Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. <br/> <br/>Eye strike a key and type a word <br/>and weight four it two say <br/>Weather eye am wrong oar write <br/>It shows me strait a weigh. <br/> <br/>As soon as a mist ache is maid <br/>It nose bee fore two long <br/>And eye can put the error rite <br/>Its rare lea ever wrong. <br/> <br/>Eye have run this poem threw it <br/>I am shore your pleased two no <br/>Its letter perfect awl the weigh <br/>My checker tolled me sew. <br/> <br/>P.S. I just checked this with my Google toolbar spell check feature. Sure enough, "no spelling errors were identified". ;-) <br/> </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 4 replies </div>

marietherese 2006-04-19T01:23:44Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/e88ec20d-9012-4250-92f0-3f51df950c26 2005-11-29T10:06:52Z 2005-02-05T01:57:49Z

<div>Any ideas?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 8 replies </div>

diazo 2005-02-05T01:57:49Z amyk http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/42027a40-14b6-4650-ac8d-25b71ec56ca9 2005-09-13T18:15:45Z 2005-08-23T16:06:13Z

<div>I don't know if I'm just overworked or getting old, but lately, I've been misspelling things according to their phonetic spelling. That is, I'll misspell "San Diego" as "Sandy..." and then stop myself, realizing that my left brain has completely taken over my good sense. <br/> <br/>I'm sure this has happened to nobody else. I just thought it was amusing, terrifying, and germane. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 3 replies </div>

amyk 2005-08-23T16:06:13Z FingerHoop http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/104618a3-a3ff-4477-a553-9a66f4facf07 2005-08-23T16:04:24Z 2005-05-04T01:00:39Z

<div>I'm not sure if this is exactly the right place to post this, but I've got a sneaking suspicion that this might bother somebody else on this tribe besides me. So please, let me know your thoughts on: <br/> <br/>~!#%^mIxEDcAPs ANd strRaNgE PunCtuAtIoN~!#%^ <br/> <br/>I, personally, am appalled and refuse to even look at something that looks like that. In terms of conversational fluidity, it's like slapping somebody in the face, mussing with their hair and kicking them in the shins while simultaneously trying to make your point. Ugh. The worst part is I've now got some tribe-whore in my friends list who spells his name this way. Can I delete someone for such an offense?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 18 replies </div>

FingerHoop 2005-05-04T01:00:39Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/e15c58b3-aa2f-422b-a79a-8f5dc65cf6ff 2005-08-23T16:02:04Z 2005-07-26T06:47:50Z

<div>Or should I say "Amies"? <br/> <br/>But what I love about the Amys in this tribe (there are three of us) is that we all spell our names correctly. We are all Amy, not Amie or Amee or any other such pretentious crap! <br/> <br/>Oops, I hope no Amys with pretentious spellings are afraid to join this tribe now!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 5 replies </div>

diazo 2005-07-26T06:47:50Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/6fe20ef1-7e67-4cfc-9d41-1aadb34d6708 2005-08-01T05:47:46Z 2005-02-05T01:52:12Z

<div>for me it's: <br/> <br/>fashoin (forget where the i goes) <br/>afterward (should be an 'o,' not an a) <br/>traveling (always unsure if there's two Ls there or not) <br/> <br/>others i can't think of right now.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 21 replies </div>

diazo 2005-02-05T01:52:12Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/e86c54a7-ebf3-42ca-ae9e-cfcdef759949 2005-07-23T11:59:31Z 2005-01-22T06:26:46Z

<div>That wasn't a spelling error. That was a little local dialect spelling humor!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 23 replies </div>

diazo 2005-01-22T06:26:46Z Theo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/72cb822b-ef87-46f5-a761-e24e249b6a5a 2005-06-21T03:51:27Z 2005-05-16T18:55:57Z

<div>Sorry. Had to escape the horrendous atrocities to the English language from another tribe. I think I'll hide out here until the coast is clear...</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 1 reply </div>

Theo 2005-05-16T18:55:57Z homongous http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/18b739fd-ecc1-4598-9c33-099dd2ee9525 2005-04-29T13:47:07Z 2005-02-06T13:59:11Z

<div>I want to punch these words: <br/> <br/>collectables <br/>judgement <br/>millenium <br/>milennium <br/>pour (over) <br/>congradulations <br/>wierd</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 16 replies </div>

homongous 2005-02-06T13:59:11Z Mary http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/88185b8e-8eff-47b4-ac27-7a452243c99a 2005-04-26T00:47:28Z 2005-04-26T00:47:28Z

<div>... when atrocious spellers try to pass all their spelling errors off as "typos", especially when the wrong letters aren't anywhere near one another on the keyboard, or aren't even typed by the analogous finger on the other hand? <br/> <br/>Why is it that crappy spellers *REFUSE* to admit that they're just ... crappy spellers? <br/> <br/>I also hate when people claim that they communicate really *differently* on the computer than they do in every other venue, and that everywhere else in life, they speak and write brilliantly and intelligently. <br/> <br/>Horseshit. <br/> <br/>And then, predictably, they'll tell you to "get a life". <br/> <br/>Oh yeah. Communications skills, especially in a written medium like this one, don't matter *at all*! Oh, no. These people are all 1000% effective in every other arena. They just choose to spend hours and hours here on Tribe, choosing to come across as complete drooling idiots. <br/> <br/>Right.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 0 replies </div>

Mary 2005-04-26T00:47:28Z christo4o http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/05ac4af1-de4d-46cf-9cd2-06bcd908d6dd 2005-03-22T22:45:54Z 2005-01-30T04:20:19Z

<div>Does anyone else get cheesed by demonstrations of atrocious grammar? I get hives from reading apostrophes where there should be none, improper use of "their/there/they're" pisses me off, and the incorrect usage of "discrete" instead of "discreet" sends me into a royal tizzy. Do any others suffer from my grammatical rectitude?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 19 replies </div>

christo4o 2005-01-30T04:20:19Z http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/81aead52-1f99-4091-9231-ef691a2d5670 2005-02-21T11:17:37Z 2005-02-10T20:39:48Z

<div>i was sent this via e-mail today. <br/>thought i'd share it you... <br/> <br/>message dated 2/3/05 9:29:48 A.M. Eastern Standard <br/> <br/>Don't delete this because it looks weird. Believe it or not you <br/>can read it ... <br/>I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was <br/>rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig <br/>to rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer <br/>in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt <br/>tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. <br/>The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit <br/>a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey <br/>lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is <br/>arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia :)- <br/> <br/>Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was <br/>ipmorantt.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 9 replies </div>

2005-02-10T20:39:48Z Bella http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/14a2288e-f8e8-4746-9529-a51cb9f928d0 2005-02-09T18:15:44Z 2005-01-30T11:43:14Z

<div>Hello everyone, I'm Bella. <br/>I am new to your tribe. <br/> <br/>I decided to join this tribe more out of a sense of obligation, <br/>than a sense of interest, although interest certainly applies. <br/> <br/>I'll explain. <br/> <br/>My mother told me very early that she had me for two reasons. <br/>One, was to retrieve things off of high shelves. <br/>And two, to spell. <br/>So here I am. <br/> <br/>Just the other night one of my customers asked me to spell cetalyne <br/>and I got it right as you can see. <br/> <br/>My mother would be proud. <br/> <br/> <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 9 replies </div>

Bella 2005-01-30T11:43:14Z abeanstalk http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/78811654-0820-42aa-a26f-6abd875022cb 2005-02-09T13:21:14Z 2005-02-09T13:21:14Z

<div>Correct words <br/>Lingerie, Dessous, Reizwaesche, Jacquard. <br/> <br/>Mispellings: <br/>Dessus, Desous, Dessou, Desuss <br/> <br/>Lingrie, Lingary, Lingary, Lingarie, Lingery, Longerie, Longery, Loncherie, Longchery, Lonchery, Lingerei, Longarei, Lingry, Lingrie, Longrie, Longry, Longeri <br/> <br/>Reiz waesche, Reitzwaesche, Raizwaesche, Reizwaesch Reizweasche, Reizwesche <br/> <br/>Jaquard, Jacuard</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 0 replies </div>

abeanstalk 2005-02-09T13:21:14Z christo4o http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/d2a971e7-f6ba-4e8e-82a7-4688275a5656 2005-02-08T14:25:25Z 2005-02-07T00:28:43Z

<div>on the use of "anywho" instead of "anyhow"?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 4 replies </div>

christo4o 2005-02-07T00:28:43Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/497725f8-36a4-4172-af04-3abf66a47fcd 2005-02-07T17:28:39Z 2005-01-30T20:58:53Z

<div>It has nothing to do with intelligence or even literacy. Can anyone unlock the mystery? What part of the brain makes us good spellers or not? <br/> <br/>Also, does anyone here believe in phonic drills for children or spelling tests? I think basic memorization for spelling tests may help minimally, but overall I think that you're either a good speller or not. It's almost genetic.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 6 replies </div>

diazo 2005-01-30T20:58:53Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/40485f38-58c3-44da-85fb-8976b651f78e 2005-02-05T01:57:11Z 2005-01-30T00:45:42Z

<div>It's a trend happening a lot on Tribe lately. Personally, I find it abhorrent. <br/> <br/>"Are you going 2 go 2 the bar?" <br/> <br/>Total debasement of the English language. Not pretty on the page in the slightest.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 2 replies </div>

diazo 2005-01-30T00:45:42Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/bc61d288-e8c3-413a-af35-92a81304417d 2005-01-30T21:51:08Z 2005-01-30T21:00:38Z

<div>Judging by our sample right here, I would say, yes. What do you think? Does anyone know of any amazing, world renowned writers who were terrible spellers?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 3 replies </div>

diazo 2005-01-30T21:00:38Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/ce838938-5a3b-499e-959d-2c54e1cdc04e 2005-01-30T20:41:23Z 2005-01-30T00:40:46Z

<div>Posted respectfully and with consent from Spencer on the "Flirting Shamelessly" tribe: <br/> <br/>interesting question, are you talkinga bout being the person who initiates, or contiunes the flirting? I'd have to say that if I am initiating the flirtation, it is usualy motivated by the apperance of the other individual at least initaly. Being a shy person I usualy only flirt when I'm on the prowl and as a consiquince suck at it. if someone is flirting with me, that is a differnt story. <br/> <br/>check out his spelling of "consequence"! consiquince. nice, huh? i guess the other errors are mostly typos. <br/> <br/>Anyone else got any good ones?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 2 replies </div>

diazo 2005-01-30T00:40:46Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/cfd258fe-473c-4f0f-82a4-ad79a7d44ff9 2005-01-30T13:40:11Z 2005-01-25T05:13:34Z

<div>I know they're not dumb and that being a good speller is arbitrary like being born with one eye color rather than another. But it IS annoying and for me nothing disrupts the flow of a post than bad spelling. It's an eye sore, a molestation of the English language. <br/> <br/>Latest sighted error: "devistating" for devastating. no names named. (Not from here of course.) <br/> <br/>Oh! Here's the best error I ever saw. But first the background story. Prior to the election, I was trying to convince a Republican woman at my job to borrow a DVD on Kerry. <br/> <br/>She wrote back in an email. "No thanks. I'm voting for Busch." <br/> <br/>I felt like replying, "That's fine, but I hope you know you're voting for a beer."</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 9 replies </div>

diazo 2005-01-25T05:13:34Z http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/0f174012-f09e-4f97-b155-1f7aa4716dac 2005-01-30T12:49:49Z 2005-01-22T15:49:00Z

<div>or even invent your own words? i figure you only have that right after you've mastered the language.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 10 replies </div>

2005-01-22T15:49:00Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/fe4e26fd-3867-4e0f-aadd-606d8cecb085 2005-01-26T04:39:30Z 2005-01-26T04:39:30Z

<div>we are at risk of dying here! save the Good Spellers tribe!!!! don't you know we're the gods?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 0 replies </div>

diazo 2005-01-26T04:39:30Z diazo http://goodspellers.tribe.net/thread/fa23c11d-fa05-492a-ac6e-bec43b324778 2005-01-25T14:18:47Z 2005-01-25T14:18:47Z

<div>Don't you just love them? I like the girl with the gold cap. She is stylin'. You can just tell they'll be really interesting people when they grow up. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://goodspellers.tribe.net">Good Spellers</a> - 0 replies </div>

diazo 2005-01-25T14:18:47Z