To think that correcting someone's spelling on a thread is just bloody rude!

[utterMadness]

And that it doesn't make you look big or clever, but like a smug pedantic twat.

Have just seen someone be pulled up on spelling on another thread who is dislexic.

People are unable to spell/write gramatically correct for various reasons.

Just because you can, doesn't make you better than them.

PML!!!

I wondered if anyone would.

Thanks Fibilou .

I don't think it matters whether the OP in the other thread was correcting her because of her grammar or spelling, before she corrected her she said 'Seen as we're being catty...' so she meant to slap the poster down and didn't mind admitting it.

Not having read the thread that is being referred to (naughty naughty), I would say YABU - a bit.

If a poster consistently uses text speak or misspells words then she is going to have to put up with some comments.

For a one off mistake, then it is rude to point it out but it is often done as a joke. In the same way that several posters picked up on the spelling mistakes in your OP.

Occasionally I will completely disregard a post if I find it too difficult to understand, although that tends to be a case of massive paragraphs and incomprehensible grammar rather than bad spelling.

yes I do hear the emoticons. Actually I think that something must have changed on mn in past years, because when I first joined I didn't hear them at all, not even the letters/punctuation marks that represented them. But now jaws (screenreader name) does read them as graphics, so for a grin it will read "graphic grin" for instance.

Tbh I don't read or write that much braille these days as I use the pc most of the time, and I touch type far quicker than I could ever write in braille, even with contractions.

I don't use text speak - can't understand it at all! She said I was being catty actually, but I wasn't - not at all. The trouble with type hey?

Sorry maxy, my mistake, ta for pointing it out

oh no I meant in the OTHER thread the OP made a mistake she said not an useful language

But I did put that she'd said 'Seen as we're being catty' but she actually said 'Seen as you're being catty'.

Hehe reasons not to start debating spelling/grammar eh...?

I think you need to leave it now tbh or we could be here all night and I've got to get to the Co-Op .

Is it making too riviting a read for you bibbity?

Think you'll find thats riveting.

I'm outta here!

OP - it depends. If a person is being smug or superior about their intellect, or their lofty station in life, and critising others for being less than perfect then it can be quite fun to bring them down a peg or two. but otherwise, no, it's rude and unnecessary.

I once had a go at someone who said this:

'My parents moved me to a private grammer school because even though I was way ahead of my peers in every subject, the teachers in my state school refused to let me skip a year, and I was held down with all the thickos.'

I took great pleasure in pointing little mistake!

Lol

Sorry, that should be pointing out her little mistake.

YANBU, it is rude.

So tempting sometimes though!

Especially with extremely common spelling errors like 'lose' (to mean lost something) spelt 'loose' (to mean something is not tight).

However, I can remember finding out in my late teens that I had been spelling 'February' and 'environment' incorrectly and being pretty annoyed with my teachers for not correcting it.

So, personally, I want to know. However, I do type quickly and I know I make mistakes with words I do know how to spell and it would be irritating if all of these were pointed out.

FellatioNelson Very justified in those situations!

If I see things like "appauling" "much sort after" and even thankyou

I will probably pipe up with a comment about them being

"appalling", "much sought after", and "thank you"

I can imagine someone might do so for a nasty purpose, but in general I expect the majority simply wish to let the person know there was an error.

There are certainly times when I don't post to flag a mistake... I saw "as know one has interagated" just the other day, but didn't see it until a lot later, so didn't post to correct the mistakes.

i always write thankyou as one word, i don't know why.
it's weird and i try to stop it, but i still do it.
(i don't normally type it like that, but i do write it like that)

and glad someone pointed out the Hear Hear thing - i knew it was Hear, but see it so many times as here, i thought i was wrong!

now i'm very conscious about what wannabe can hear from jaws - like all she can hear from my post is

hear hear hear here here here hear hear and doesn't know which way round it is!

I'm afraid I can't help having a good laugh at people who go on about how important it is to go to a grammer or independant school because standards are so much higher, and they went to one and look at them!

Is that an ironic spelling of grammar and independent?

{Opens eyes very wide} Whatever gave you that idea?!

I'm a pedant I'm afraid...I really can't help it. I saw a sign advertising 'apple's for sale' yesterday in my local shop and it irritated me for hours. I obviously have quite a sad life!

Not sure if I would go as far as to correct others on a forum as I would be too nervous of a flaming, but I would certainly notice.