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[muckefuck]

Spelling is one of those areas where I simply fail at being the non-judgmental descriptivist that, deep in my heart, I truly wish to be. I fervently believe that poor spelling is no indication of a person's intelligence or breeding; after all, I've known too many very clever and well-brought-up people who were simply lousy at memorising the arbitrary letter sequences of English to think otherwise. But I've been raised since birth in a society which overwhelmingly rejects such progressive notions and has conditioned me to react in mortal disgust at the untidy orthography of those who cannot mind their p's and q's (or e's and a's, as the case may be).

So when I walk into a set of beautifully refurbished offices in a neighbouring department and see a spanking new sign that reads "GATAR METIRIALS", every fibre of me wants to scream out "WHERE IS YOUR DIGNITY?"

Comments

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I have to have tyrannio or my mom proofread anything I write if I need it up to, er, my education level.

It's those schwa vowels and the consonants which may or may not be doubled that get me every time. It's like you have to know the word's whole history in order to spell it right. And how many words does English have?

Still, I hate seeing commercial signs misspelled. "Bokays" anyone?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Somehow, I always found that sign more charming than irritating. After all, the place is called "Flower Bucket". If you want fancy frills like correct spelling, expect to pay more than $10 for your dozen roses!