Can we have a spell checker please

[Sticks]

Since people here have trouble spelling, and even lapse in to text messaging language, any chance of a spell checker?

In the interim, can I suggest a very old type of book, now in obscurity, called a dictionary? :whistle:

[~Kizwiz~]

Some people may have a problem spelling but some of us suffer from dyslexia

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by kizwiz
Some people may have a problem spelling but some of us suffer from dyslexia

I agree. Some people do suffer learning disabilities. I don't find it a problem reading "incorrect" posts. There easy to figure out. Don't know why it's a problem for you, Sticks. :puzzled:

[~Kizwiz~]

A little thing called tolerance goes a long way

[Chrizzle]

Whats wrong with spelling some things wrong?

It doesn't make the forum a dislikeable place.

[Legend]

Originally posted by Sticks
Since people here have trouble spelling, and even lapse in to text messaging language, any chance of a spell checker?

In the interim, can I suggest a very old type of book, now in obscurity, called a dictionary? :whistle:

Oh behave, i barely use a dictionary with coursework nevermind with my posts on TiBB.

And plus, people do suffer from dyslexia.

[Sophii3x]

That's not really fair Sticks:nono:
Not everyone can spell perfectly, including me

I have no problem reading peoples posts, whether they are correct or incorrect

[andybigbro]

everyone makes mistakes on a forum so why the need for a spell check and somepeople have learning dificulties so
i dont agree with spell checker

[Dan_]

If people want to bother about their spelling they will do.As long as they make the effort it's okay with me.

[Mrluvaluva]

I d'not hav a prbolem wtih posts on heer taht are not splet corrcetly! Why shuold anynoe esle?

[catch]

firefox has a built in spell checker, it highlights your words with a red squiggly line just like MS Word, all you have to do is right click the word underlined and it gives you options.. plus everyone should be using firefox anyways :tongue:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

[Mark]

Originally posted by catch
plus everyone should be using firefox anyways :tongue:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Agree!

The other day in one of my lectures, the tutor was using IE to show us a website, and IE crashed... everyone in attendance was a computing student, and I imagine 99% Firefox users and there was a gigantic laugh when it happened :spin2:

[andybigbro]

i guess that solves the prbolem then :hugesmile:

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by andybigbro
i guess that solves the prbolem then :hugesmile:


Oh no!!!!!!!! Call for the SSPP!!

[andybigbro]

pmsl LOL

I DIDNT EVEN RELISE I MADE A MISTAKE :laugh3:
lol

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by andybigbro
pmsl LOL

I DIDNT EVEN RELISE I MADE A MISTAKE :laugh3:
lol


I thought you had done it on purpose! By the way, the SSPP is the "Sticks Spelling Police Patrol" unit that roams these pages.

[andybigbro]

lol your funny

i like you :thumbs:

[MarkWaldorf]

Sticks is gonna mad with you all. Destroying his thread. :laugh3:

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Markus™
Sticks is going to mad with you all. Destroying his thread. :laugh3:


Serves him right for being so pathetic. Some of the people that post here are just kids and can be like 12 years old, and maybe cannot spell that well. Other times, people make typo errors. I know I have. Blame me for ruining your thread Sticks!!!!

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by BAZG
Originally posted by Markus™
Sticks is going to mad with you all. Destroying his thread. :laugh3:


Serves him right for being so pathetic. Some of the people that post here are just kids and can be like 12 years old, and maybe cannot spell that well. Other times, people make typo errors. I know I have. Blame me for ruining your thread Sticks!!!!

That's true. Not everything on this forum will be "perfect".

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Markus™
Originally posted by BAZG
Originally posted by Markus™
Sticks is going to mad with you all. Destroying his thread. :laugh3:


Serves him right for being so pathetic. Some of the people that post here are just kids and can be like 12 years old, and maybe cannot spell that well. Other times, people make typo errors. I know I have. Blame me for ruining your thread Sticks!!!!

That's true. Not everything on this forum will be "perfect".


Apart from Sticks that is!!

[Mrluvaluva]

I just read the "Day after tomorrow" post, as you suggested, and I fell asleep half way through!

[MarkWaldorf]

:laugh: It was a pointless argument.

[Sticks]

Originally posted by catch
firefox has a built in spell checker, it highlights your words with a red squiggly line just like MS Word, all you have to do is right click the word underlined and it gives you options.. plus everyone should be using firefox anyways :tongue:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

This was news to me, and I have now installed the appropriate add on.

If people have dyslexia, then a spell checker utility will help, but not everyone has that condition here. Remembering my education, by the age of 12 we were expected to spell words correctly and if in doubt look them up. According to

this report (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/reviews/3408985.stm) there was concern about spelling amongst 11 year olds. Using the excuse that one is only 12 just does not wash.

You also overlooked my other observation about the use of text message speak, which is against forum rules.

[Chrizzle]

Ok Sticks, so you had a good education, lar-de-dar!

This isn't school though. Its not life or death if I spell properly 'proparly' for example. Its not going to kill anyone, and its not even noticeable.

Yes, text message speak is against the rules, but its not a big deal. That person will get warned, or they should. No need to demean everyone by installing a spell checker.

[Sticks]

Are you demeaned every time you use Word? That has a spell checker facility. Even my web mail has a spell checker .

And I went to a normal comprehensive school, not a public school.

[Chrizzle]

I don't have the spell checker on when I use Word anyway because its annoying.

[~Kizwiz~]

I'm sorry but its hardly a crime to spell the odd word incorrectly. I have had years and years of people picking up on my spelling and I dont need to come onto a friendly forum when my mistakes are being picked up...... this sort of a thread has been started before a couple of months ago about forum members not using they're. there and their correctly.

I dont pick up on other peoples disabilities so please dont pick up on mine.

[SiMoN!]

as long as people who i want to read my post can i aint arsed

[J.C.]

My dyslexia is awful ,and has always been an accute embarrassment for me.Words actually seem to move when I read and I have spent a lifetime trying to solve the problem.You would be amazed at some of the words I have to check,and often they are right, but just look wrong.I do use spell check and will try and get this firefox installed. :thumbs:
The reason I wanted to post was because I was pleased to notice that members seem to see that there is a bigger picture as to why it is so much harder for some to spell than others, like a million and one other things in this world.

[Jay]

Some people have trouble spelling including myself, i don't see why we need a spell check aslong as people don't use text speech it should be fine, i don't see a rule that say's spell properly so i don't see what the problem is.

[Sticks]

A specially crafted script can be likened to making specially crafted furniture out of wood. Words are our tools. How can you make good furniture or good capentry if your tools are blunt or broken?. I have just used two words which sound the same but convey two different meanings there "our" and "are" If you mix up the two you can scramble meaning. If you were submitting a paper for an exam or a letter applying for a job, would spelling "not matter" so long as you were understood?

A spell checking utility only helps people, and nobody need ever know one was used. Even I have to consult the spell checker or a dictionary occasionally.

Sometimes it is quite hard to read postings here, either because of text messaging language or because of the spelling. In this global community we have those whose first language is not English, and poor spelling is an additional barrier to their communication

[Mrluvaluva]

And that's todays lesson over with kiddywinks. Maybe you should move into the 21st century Sticks and stop going on about values when you were at school. Remember, you are a lot older than many people on here (40 yrs of age I believe, correct me if I'm wrong). The education system is a lot different nowadays to when we were at school (I myself being 38 yrs old). Whilst I applaud you wanting everyone to take time to try and better themselves at spelling, there are many reasons people have problems with this. I try to make sure my posts are gramatically correct, even editing them if I notice a spelling or punctuation error. But I can also understand text message language etc, and have never had a problem reading a post.

[Red Moon]

Originally posted by Sticks
A specially crafted script can be likened to making specially crafted furniture out of wood. Words are our tools. How can you make good furniture or good capentry if your tools are blunt or broken?. I have just used two words which sound the same but convey two different meanings there "our" and "are" If you mix up the two you can scramble meaning. If you were submitting a paper for an exam or a letter applying for a job, would spelling "not matter" so long as you were understood?

A spell checking utility only helps people, and nobody need ever know one was used. Even I have to consult the spell checker or a dictionary occasionally.

Sometimes it is quite hard to read postings here, either because of text messaging language or because of the spelling. In this global community we have those whose first language is not English, and poor spelling is an additional barrier to their communication

capentry is spelt carpentry.

You should have used a more accurate adjective than "quite" at the start of the third paragraph.

There should have been a full stop at the end of the last sentence.

Overall 8 out of 10. Sorry you don't get the Job of English Teacher.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Red Moon
Originally posted by Sticks
A specially crafted script can be likened to making specially crafted furniture out of wood. Words are our tools. How can you make good furniture or good capentry if your tools are blunt or broken?. I have just used two words which sound the same but convey two different meanings there "our" and "are" If you mix up the two you can scramble meaning. If you were submitting a paper for an exam or a letter applying for a job, would spelling "not matter" so long as you were understood?

A spell checking utility only helps people, and nobody need ever know one was used. Even I have to consult the spell checker or a dictionary occasionally.

Sometimes it is quite hard to read postings here, either because of text messaging language or because of the spelling. In this global community we have those whose first language is not English, and poor spelling is an additional barrier to their communication

capentry is spelt carpentry.

You should have used a more accurate adjective than "quite" at the start of the third paragraph.

There should have been a full stop at the end of the last sentence.

Overall 8 out of 10. Sorry you don't get the Job of English Teacher.


Well spotted! PMSL! Don't you just find that sooooo ironic. Didn't you use your spellchecker Sticks??!!

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Sticks
A specially crafted script can be likened to making specially crafted furniture out of wood. Words are our tools. How can you make good furniture, or good carpentry, if your tools are blunt or broken?. I have just used two words, which sound the same, but convey two different meanings. there "our" and "are". If you mix up the two you can scramble the meaning. If you were submitting a paper for an exam, or a letter applying for a job, would spelling "not matter" so long as you were understood?

A spell checking utility only helps people, and nobody need ever know one was used. Even I have to consult the spell checker or a dictionary occasionally.

Sometimes it is quite hard to read postings here, either because of text messaging language or because of the spelling. In this global community we have those whose first language is not English, and poor spelling is an additional barrier to their communication.


I had to point out some other errors that have been highlighted above also! there should be They're, and there is an awful lot of punctuation missing. I would only give 5 out of 10, due to the 10 mistakes I noticed. You are not a very good role model are you Sticks? Practise what you preach! It could also be argued that you need more commas in there, to control the flow of speech.

[MarkWaldorf]

PMSL!!!! :joker: Wow. How ironic.

[Red Moon]

The point is Sticks this is a forum and not schoolroom. It's not pleasant to have your posts taken apart and analyzed for spelling mistakes or grammatical mistakes.

As someone has pointed out in a previous post if you want to use a spell checker on the site switch to using Firefox. Adding one to the forum would only take up the servers processing power and slow down the site.

[Kaz]

Originally posted by Red Moon
As someone has pointed out in a previous post if you want to use a spell checker on the site switch to using Firefox. Adding one to the forum would only take up the servers processing power and slow down the site.

Absolutely. :thumbs:

And on that note, as the original question has now been answered, and before things start to get too personal as they did the last time this topic was discussed, I'll close the thread. :xyxwave: