Words

Snagmaster E · Post by **Snagmaster E** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:44 am

Cat, I read an article in the paper that was commenting on the very thing you're mentioning. It said that because of the internet and all of these message boards and instant message programs that people's grammer has gone to the dogs. It actually showed an excerpt from an application for a job... Wow.

I agree with you. Mistakes happen, but laziness has a big impact on it. I know I've made my mistakes, too. The biggest one I think is the apparent inability to hit the shift key to type an upper case letter. Programs like Word that automatically correct mistakes don't help. I leave the underline feature on so I know if I've made a mistake, but that's about it.

Just my opinion.

P.S. How many people are double-checking their posts around 3 to 5 times before sending while on this thread?

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:22 pm

Snagmaster E wrote:P.S. How many people are double-checking their posts around 3 to 5 times before sending while on this thread?

I don't know about others but I triple check mine. I'd rather not look like an idiot.

NFA · Post by **NFA** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:30 pm

I only checke once. Sometimes twcie

shitdisturber · Post by **shitdisturber** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 1:34 pm

Mostly Harmless wrote: I was driving around the other day and past ‘Mary Brown’s Chicken ‘N Tatters.

So what's the story here, are you supposed to show up for food dressed in rags? Out of curiosity, how many days earlier was it when you passed it?

Mostly Harmless · Post by **Mostly Harmless** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:18 pm

shitdisturber

Living in a glass house.

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:37 pm

Benwa wrote:IE Spell

For those of you too lazy to go through the dictionary.

Benwa,

do you know if this software works properly with Mozilla Firefox browsers? It doesn't show anything on the website.

Thanks

LJD

jimmyjazz · Post by **jimmyjazz** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:42 pm

I before E is the worst rule they tried to teach us in school it has almost as many exceptions as the words words it applies to.

Like the one sitting in front of me Alexander Keith's
CHEERS

Benwa · Post by **Benwa** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:13 pm

LearJet Driver, for FireFox there's SpellBound but I never tried it. I'm currently spell checking the old way. Let me know how it works out for you.

---
Mr Wa, Ben Wa

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:19 pm

copy and paste to "dictionary.com" is the way I currently do it.

Benwa · Post by **Benwa** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:25 pm

I just installed SpellBound. It's not the easiest extension to install, but it does work well !

You just right-click in the window after you typed your message and there it is !

Enjoy !

sakism · Post by **sakism** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:00 am

How about "affect" and "effect".

That one drives me nuts.

Instead of going to all the trouble to install these spell checkers - which might not work anyway (these aren't spelling errors, after all) - why don't people take the time to use the correct word.

If we can remember all the crap that we have to know to be pilots, why can't we learn when to use certain words.

"To" and "Too". Another common error that gets under my skin.

On the coffee machine at CYTZ. "Coffee - one doller"

talkinghead · Post by **talkinghead** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:07 am

Is it O.K. with all you perfect people if I say that I try (or is that trie

) and read over my post 2 or 3 times, in a attempt to (or is that too) make sure I have my spelling and grammar correct.

(I blame my grade school teachers)

http://www.bluerider.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ (this one is the best)

. ._ · Post by **. ._** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:01 am

Personally, I don't care whether or not someone can spell. What IS difficult is when people post, and, no matter how hard you try, you can not understand what they are trying to say.

-istp

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:25 am

Well troops, I just woke up Sunday morning and like Gord Lightfoot had sweet f.ck all to do, so here I am again.

With all this talk about the pope croaking and the discussion about if he goes to purgatory or not I got to thinking that maybe Avcanada is pilots purgatory?

Makes perfect sense to me when I think about it because most of us here are thinking about what hell aviation has turned into lately and seek solace here in pilots purgatory.

Now back to the issue of words and their spelling and most important their meaning.

For me I find the dictionary in book form is the most educational means of searching the information that I need.

The computer is great, however it is instant gratifiacation and lacks the work effort to learn.

What think all of you lost souls out there?

Cat

Snagmaster E · Post by **Snagmaster E** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:18 am

As smeodboy siad erleair, you dno't hvae to slepl crorctely to get the pnoit asrcos, but it lokos a lot bteter. Wehn you are dinvrig dwon the raod and you see sniomethg slpeled worng, it ullausy dnoes't lvaee a good iompessrin.

By the way, it doesn't matter what the order of the letters are in a word: as long as the first and last letters are correct, we can understand it.

R2000/1830 · Post by **R2000/1830** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:04 pm

I aint ever never going to learned to speaked or spelled good, now piss off

gelbisch · Post by **gelbisch** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:12 pm

sakism wrote:On the coffee machine at CYTZ. "Coffee - one doller"

Signs on the side of the road crack me up. Outside the fire station last month where I live (paraphrasing): "During a fire know youre escape routes." I guess you don't have to know your written language well to save someone from a fire. The best for a laugh is billboards outside a strip joint. At least, so I've been told.

Doctor Evil · Post by **Doctor Evil** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:22 am

For a laugh (or if you feel the need to enhance your vocabulary) go to http://www.urbandictionary.com(not a work friendly site) and look up the word "pilot" Does the whole world know that most pilots can't spell properly?? See below:

1. Pilot
An underpaid, underappreciated, and overconfident individual who has the inability to spell and write proficiently. Any person (regardless of intelligence level) can be a pilot, as long as he/she possesses good memorization skills and good hand-eye coordination. Individual spends thousands of dollars on flight training and university costs to achieve the life of: airline bankruptcies and furloughs, pay reductions, the potential loss of their medical certificates leading to the loss of a job/financial income, significant debt, lack of employment, and consistent scrutiny from the media and comedy figures. Usually retires overweight and dies early. "Hey baby, I'm a pilot... wanna make out?"

just another pilot · Post by **just another pilot** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:47 pm

Know what ticks me off? When I'm using Micrsoft word and it auto corrects my english to the American spelling. eg. labour vs labor.

Flying Low · Post by **Flying Low** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:51 pm

just another pilot:

Try setting the dictionary to English (Canada) then!

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:25 pm

Cat, I think you should get yourself an espresso machine and just say no to Sunday mornings.

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:28 pm

Cat: I forgot to mention that a friend of mine was an F/O on a Canso for Canadian Pacific when they used to run the coast...ended up on the DC-6s, doing the South America run before he got furloughed and went back to school and became a dentist "...quit the police department, and got myself a steady job..."

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:30 pm

What I really need is to quit posting like the energizer bunny.

Maybe I should reverse my batteries?

Snagmaster E · Post by **Snagmaster E** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:45 pm

Then you'd keep coming and coming and coming......

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:39 pm

Exactly..

After all when you work in a career field where you are constantly being screwed from every angle you should at least have the satisfaction of coming and coming and....

Cat