Spelling

[whomad1215]

Does it ever bother anyone else when you see an ad
"For sale: Ibenez guitar"
"Dunlap tennis racquet"

Seriously, the name is very noticeable on the item in several places usually, but they still spell it wrong.

[CharAznable]

Egnator amps

[Jerry Shaw]

As long as it's not spelled "i-t-e-m", I guess I'm not too bothered by it.

[DGTCrazy]

What's teh matter?

[Phillip_H]

Does it ever bother anyone else when you see an add...

...Or when I see an "ad" for that matter.

[_jt_]

Does it ever bother anyone else when you see an add
"For sale: Ibenez guitar"
"Dunlap tennis racquet"

Seriously, the name is very noticeable on the item in several places usually, but they still spell it wrong.

add?
:rotflmao

(edit: oops... someone beat me to it!)

[Neer]

Does it ever bother anyone else when you see an add
"For sale: Ibenez guitar"
"Dunlap tennis racquet"

Seriously, the name is very noticeable on the item in several places usually, but they still spell it wrong.

Sometimes it bothers my wife when I see an "add", but I don't know if it bothers anyone else beside her.

[phoenix 7]

Yea, wut tha hel iz rong wit thoz peepul?

[evets618]

My favorite is using "loose' for "lose".
How is this even possible?
I must see it at least once a day.

[baxen]

When I was in school I was a great speller. The problems in later life were partially caused by working in a industry that was almost totally verbally oriented. So my spelling and other various English 101 type skills started to decline. Posting on this forum has helped somewhat though, as I do try to avoid the spelling police!

[Midnight Lady]

When I was in school I was a great speller. The problems in later life were partially caused by working in a industry that was almost totally verbally oriented. So my spelling and other various English 101 type skills started to decline. Posting on this forum has helped somewhat though, as I do try to avoid the spelling police!If the spelling police have helped you to try harder when making a post, then I suppose their philosophy is working. I would be a member of the spelling police except that I see no reason to stand up so people can throw rocks at me. I prefer to agonize in private about the disrespect of the English language.

[brentrocks]

im a terrible typer and i do that sometimes

[shane88]

Yea, wut tha hel iz rong wit thoz peepul?
oi woz tinkin de sam

[Joseph/n]

Hmmm, why are we as a society so interested in others faults? I love everyone stupid or (knot). Hehe :hide2

[offbeat]

In the early days of Ebay, some savvy collectors made a pretty good living by searching for misspelled items.....'Fedner' guitars, 'Marshell' amps, 'old electic giutar', stuff like that. These items would fly under the radar of most potential customers, and so would sell dirt cheap.
Now, most software 'suggests' a correctly-spelled search. Kind of takes the fun out of it, if you ask me.

[shane88]

Hmmm, why are we as a society so interested in others faults? I love everyone stupid or (knot). Hehe :hide2
coz intanetz 4rums iz serius biz bro

[JPF]

You know, I've come to realize that Apple's predictive typing feature sucks - it's far, far worse than Blackberry's.

Sometimes, trusting the iPhone to properly interpret what you're writing is a mistake.

Sometimes, it's GIGO, though.

[Flyin' Brian]

Hmmm, why are we as a society so interested in others faults? I love everyone stupid or (knot). Hehe :hide2

For me it's not an interest in others' faults. It's simply a slippery slope. Lack of attention to detail is one of the reasons that for the most part, excellent manufactured goods no longer originate in the US. That might seem to be a stretch, but once you blow off the basics, everything else follows. It's like playing the right melody note but the wrong chord.

When you play the "kick" in Taxman with a D7 chord, it fits, but it's not the right chord (or cord in some people's minds).

Although it pops out at me from a page or computer screen and I notice it, I have learned to let it go. It makes no difference to me if someone is sloppy with details. Just don't be flying the airplane I'm in or be in my band.

[Stike]

Jimmy Hendricks

[skydog]

It's like playing the right melody note but the wrong chord.
Isn't that what they call jazz? Seriously though, we don't always know the reason behind misspelling, especially via the internet. Perhaps the person's first language isn't English. There's one person that I converse with on FB that is a terrible speller/linguist. I found out they suffered brain damage in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. You just never know.

[alguit]

"Then/than," "loose/lose" confusions and their like can drive me a little batty, but this is one peeve I keep in the pet category.

As a result of teaching at an urban college for twenty+ years, my own spelling has slowly been going to Hell...plus, I now occasionally utter expressions such as "for real?" and "true that" (but not "dat"), and last year said "I'll have to ax him"...yeah, that one shook me up.

Historically, in English at least, my area of expertise, most people spelled phonetically, and it sufficed (though I remember as a grad student being amazed by a photo of an Elizabethan-era letter in which a man spelled his own name "John" in one place and "Jon" in another), and now we are seeing "through" become "thru" (and "through" once was "thorough") and other generally-sanctioned changes...

I guesss lotz of changez r jus gonna happn.

-Alin

[R3deemed]

Does it ever bother anyone else when you see an add
"For sale: Ibenez guitar"
"Dunlap tennis racquet"
While I try to keep my issues with others' spelling shortfalls to myself, misspelling the brand of the item you are trying sell is a red flag for me. If you own it, I would think you would know how to spell it. If not, I wonder if you have the item at all, which means you've lost my business.

[alguit]

While I try to keep my issues with others' spelling shortfalls to myself, misspelling the brand of the item you are trying sell is a red flag for me. If you own it, I would think you would know how to spell it. If not, I wonder if you have the item at all, which means you've lost my business.

Good point.

[offbeat]

While I try to keep my issues with others' spelling shortfalls to myself, misspelling the brand of the item you are trying sell is a red flag for me. If you own it, I would think you would know how to spell it. If not, I wonder if you have the item at all, which means you've lost my business.

I'm in management, and I get notes from employees about scheduling, medical appointments, vacations, etc.
I'm actually appalled at how many people don't know how to spell the name of the company they work for, or the name of their boss.

[Flyin' Brian]

Isn't that what they call jazz? Seriously though, we don't always know the reason behind misspelling, especially via the internet. Perhaps the person's first language isn't English. There's one person that I converse with on FB that is a terrible speller/linguist. I found out they suffered brain damage in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. You just never know.

These are good points. Most of the problems begin with school systems that people attended. But that's an entire thread of its own.

As far as ads are concerned, I did once see a Fender Basement amplifier for sale. And speakers for a 16 nome appleflyer. :bonk

I'm in management, and I get notes from employees about scheduling, medical appointments, vacations, etc.
I'm actually appalled at how many people don't know how to spell the name of the company they work for, or the name of their boss.


What's the matter with "Offbeet"? :huh

[Joseph/n]

I do wish people cared enough to be educated though. I realized the other day that I work with several people who have never read a book for fun. I love learning new things. I really hope our country can improve our education because we are getting left in the dust by the rest of the world. You know what drives me crazy? When people can't speak correctly. (scuse me Ims lookin foe a giittaw kowd). Drives me insane. I mean at least with spelling you have to really try to learn when your a child. All you have to do to speak properly is listen and recreate what you hear.:bkw:bkw

[skydog]

You know what drives me crazy? When people can't speak correctly. (scuse me Ims lookin foe a giittaw kowd). Drives me insane. I mean at least with spelling you have to really try to learn when your a child. All you have to do to speak properly is listen and recreate what you hear.:bkw:bkw
I think that's the problem though. That's exactly what they are doing! Recreating speech from what they hear. Otherwise how do you explain local dialects/accents. I'm really surprised with the amount of accents left in the world with all the outside media that exists today.

[offbeat]

What's the matter with "Offbeet"? :huh


Nothing, Fryin' Brain!

:stir:beer:aok:aok:aok

[MrTAteMyBalls]

I used to work at a guitar shop. We had one customer who always came in to buy "scrapers for my scrangs." He means guitar picks. I guess he uses these to SCRAPE his SCRANGS.

I read a trade magazine once that said it's common for people to come in for a "cable to jack off my speaker." I never heard that one, though.

[Blue Light]

If I were a mod on here (that'll be the day), I would probably spend most of my time fixing bad spellings.

Being a good speller is like having perfect pitch -- you wince when you notice a clam.

I spot misspellings all the time on television. Drives me batty.

[Flyin' Brian]

Nothing, Fryin' Brain!

:stir:beer:aok:aok:aok

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[lakehaus]

Should we take off points (read '$') for poor spelling?

The question is 'does it bother me' - nah. Who doesn't know brilliant people who can't spell worth a crap... even if the clue is right in front of their nose.

[pickaguitar]

Are you a Led Zepplin fan too?


Can't stand loosers!

[Madison]

One that I see all the time on facebook this time of year directed toward graduating students is: CONGRADULATIONS!

[alguit]

One that I see all the time on facebook this time of year directed toward graduating students is: CONGRADULATIONS!

There IS a logic to it, combining the "grad" with "congratulations"-it's actually kind of a cool coinage.

Still, to see it in print and knowing it was done in earnest remains grating.

My girlfriend's son's elementary school yearbook contained this message from a kid's parents: "you made it! Just keep trieing you're best." My gf knows these folks-no ESL excuse here; they're a forty-ish couple born and raised in NJ (no NJ jokes-I'm warning everyone RIGHT now!) ;)

If that were me, knowing that it is now in print, forever, I'd be mortified.

[offbeat]

Back before cell phone cameras were everywhere, I drove through a small southern Ohio town, and saw this sign at the crosswalks:

"Caution... Pedestrain crossing!"

I actually drove around the block to make sure I hadn't misread the sign.
I wish I'd been able to take a picture.

A girl I was with, who lived in the area, couldn't figure out why I was laughing at the sign. It looked fine to her.
;)

[SamsDaddy]

They just want to be cool like this guy (from Idiocracy for those who aren't aware)...

http://ryedner.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/idiocracy.jpg

[A-Bone]

When I was at the airport in Asheville, NC a few years ago a family was holding up a handwritten sign that read "Welcome Home Solider".

[Jerry Shaw]

I used to work at a guitar shop. We had one customer who always came in to buy "scrapers for my scrangs." He means guitar picks. I guess he uses these to SCRAPE his SCRANGS.


My young nephew saw me playing with a slide once. The next time I saw him, he said "Use the "scratch"!

I read a trade magazine once that said it's common for people to come in for a "cable to jack off my speaker." I never heard that one, though.

It bothers me when people type "read" instead of "read"!

(sorry, couldn't resist)

[whaiyun]

Squier/Squire

[bigdaddy]

One that I see all the time on facebook this time of year directed toward graduating students is: CONGRADULATIONS!

Or when people say they "graduated high school".

[Dr. Jimmy]

Here is one from Craigslist today:

I AM A GUITARIST/SINGER/SONG WRITER , WITH A BASS PLAYER , LOOKING FOR SOLID HARDROCK STYLE DRUMMER .[AGES 25-50] FOR ORIGINAL HARDROCK PROJECT, MUST LEARN ARE SONGS & HELP US WRITE NEW SONGS.WE CAN PLAY [FRIDAY NIGHTS 7:00 TILL 10:00. OR SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:00 TILL 4:00].I HAVE A VERY COOL[FULLY EQUIPPED 24 TRACK STYLE STUDIO] [INC 10 PEICE PEARL DRUM SET ]WE CAN WRITE GREAT SONGS & HAVE FUN.THE TYPE MUSIC I WRITE IS AROUND THE [,VAN HALEN,DOKKEN,AC-DC,MOTLEY CRUE] ERA.[NO DRUGS][NO HEAVY DRINKING].WE WOULD LIKE TO RECORD LIVE,DO VIDEOS FOR YOUTUBE,FACEBOOK & MYSPACE SITES GET THE MUSIC OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSIBLE OVER THE WEB ][ WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR OTHER ROCKERS LIKE US THAT HAVE A DAY JOBS, FAMILYS & BUISY SCEDULES ,BUT STILL CAN FIND A FEW HOURS A WEEK TO ROCK ,[NO PRESSURE NO GIGS,NO MOVING EQUIPTMENT,NO EGOS,JUST FUN][TO HERE A FEW OF MY TUNES ......

[Hand of Doom]

In the early days of Ebay, some savvy collectors made a pretty good living by searching for misspelled items.....'Fedner' guitars, 'Marshell' amps, 'old electic giutar', stuff like that. These items would fly under the radar of most potential customers, and so would sell dirt cheap.
Now, most software 'suggests' a correctly-spelled search. Kind of takes the fun out of it, if you ask me.


Oh man I bought a few nice pieces like that.

[skydog]

the worst ones for me: base vs. bass; cord vs. chord; then vs. than; and then there's always the classic mix up with they're, their, and there!

[XmasTree]

**there, their, they're
**too, two, to
**your, you're

nobody can get these right
nobody!

[Flyin' Brian]

The band members left their gear over there while they're having lunch. A person will stay with the band member's gear for security.

Then they can play music rather than playing before lunch.

However they won't hear the sound of any chords coming from the amp until they plug in the cords, which are stored here.

In order to play through a pedal they will need two cords, which are stored here too.

The bass player had better check the knob on his volume control. He may lose it because it has become loose. I told him, "You'd better tighten up your volume knob or you're going to lose it."

And so on and so on..............

[offbeat]

I blame Dick, Jane and Spot. They've gotten incredibly lax over the years.

[XmasTree]

The band members left their gear over there while they're having lunch. A person will stay with the band member's gear for security.

Then they can play music rather than playing before lunch.

However they won't hear the sound of any chords coming from the amp until they plug in the cords, which are stored here.

In order to play through a pedal they will need two cords, which are stored here too.

The bass player had better check the knob on his volume control. He may lose it because it has become loose. I told him, "You'd better tighten up your volume knob or you're going to lose it."

And so on and so on..............

Damn, that's pretty good!
...but do you know any good mathematics?

[Flyin' Brian]

Damn, that's pretty good!
...but do you know any good mathematics?

Enough to get through flight training.

I blame Dick, Jane and Spot. They've gotten incredibly lax over the years.

Probably very true. And they got replaced by Barney.

[cruisemates]

Yup...

"loose" for "lose" is my top spelling peeves. But otherwise I don't judge people by how they spell or even type for that matter. I do notice grammar, though. Cain't hep maself their.

Hardest word for me to spell: occasionally - I don't know if I got that right. Definitely I spelled wrong for years; definately - then I saw the root is "finite" or "define" (take your pic :cool:). Ending sentences with a preposition is a fault I am prone to.

Why is the word for a restaurant owner restaurateur in english, but Restauranteur in French? These are the things I worry about - not. No, I don't really care if anyone spells Ibanez or Takemine wrong....

[cruisemates]

The band members left their gear over there while they're having lunch. A person will stay with the band member's gear for security.

or members'

Then they can play music rather than playing before lunch.

However they won't hear the sound of any chords coming from the amp until they plug in the cords, which are stored here.

In order to play through a pedal they will need two cords, which are stored here too.

or here, too

The bass player had better check the knob on his volume control. He may lose it because it has become loose. I told him, "You'd better tighten up your volume knob or you're going to lose it."

And so on and so on..............

Sorry, couldn't hep it!

[Flyin' Brian]

Sorry, couldn't hep it!

Good point's. I made two menny misteakes. (Ouch! That hurt!)

[_jt_]

I can't stand greengrocers apostrophe's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Commission:_greengrocers.27_apostrophes ).

[zenitB]

You guys should read my book, "How to wright good"

[whomad1215]

Hooked on fonics workded gooder for me.

[bluesjuke]

Lack of attention to detail is one of the reasons that for the most part, excellent manufactured goods no longer originate in the US.


Of course you mean once excellent goods Brian.

Then there's the $$$$$$$$.

[Baxtercat]

When I was at the airport in Asheville, NC a few years ago a family was holding up a handwritten sign that read "Welcome Home Solider".
The carefully done errors are funniest.

I saw a crowd watching for 20 minutes as an airbrusher made a near perfect car T-shirt for a customer. Seemed like nobody but me saw he'd painted it Nassin instead of Nissan...

...back to the original post re. personal name or brand name errors. It's Warmoth, not Warmouth, folks.

[JimmyB]

**there, their, they're
**too, two, to
**your, you're

nobody can get these right
nobody!

Actually those are the easiest ones (rather than "one's") to keep straight!

Getting back to the OP's comments, I have a concern when the manufacturers themselves can't spell. I keep seeing websites mentioning 60's and 70's rather than '60s and '70s. I had a Fargen Mini-plex for a short time, and was floored by the fact that the Decade switch was labelled 60's, 70's and 80's. Ouch. :facepalm

[Yez]

I keep seeing websites mentioning 60's and 70's rather than '60s and '70s. I had a Fargen Mini-plex for a short time, and was floored by the fact that the Decade switch was labelled 60's, 70's and 80's. Ouch. :facepalm
:agree :bow
You've made my day! I almost never see decade abbreviations written correctly. Thanks :D

[doctorx]

Chord instead of cord, and visa versa.

[Thieving Magpie]

I used to work at a guitar shop. We had one customer who always came in to buy "scrapers for my scrangs." He means guitar picks. I guess he uses these to SCRAPE his SCRANGS.

I read a trade magazine once that said it's common for people to come in for a "cable to jack off my speaker." I never heard that one, though.

I once had a customer ask me for some "weefs" for his "alpo" sax. He then corrected himself -- it was a "tuna" sax. :facepalm

[cruisemates]

:agree :bow
You've made my day! I almost never see decade abbreviations written correctly. Thanks :D


Funny - I never heard of this and some of us write for a living and even have copyeditors at our disposal.


It is conceivable that the maker was saying "this sound belongs to the 1960s" in which case 60's would be OK.


But I like the way this works '60s. I used to just write 60s, but it is wrong to use the possesive when you don't mean it.

I once had a salesman tell me "I'd be outta here right now but my boss would whip me with a white noodle."

[Yez]

Funny - I never heard of this and some of us write for a living and even have copyeditors at our disposal.


It is conceivable that the maker was saying "this sound belongs to the 1960s" in which case 60's would be OK.


But I like the way this works '60s. I used to just write 60s, but it is wrong to use the possesive when you don't mean it.


:) It can be confusing. In your example ("this sound belongs to the 1960s" in which case 60's would be OK), I don't think 60's would be okay. Would you say, "This amp belongs to Yez's"? No - "This amp belongs to Yez" or "This amp is Yez's".

You might protest that "Yez" is singular. Okay: "This amp belongs to the Bardsleys", not "This amp belongs to the Bardsley's". Similarly, "This amp is the Bardsleys'", not "This amp is the Bardsley's".

Clear as mud? :)

"The '60s" is a contraction of "the 1960s"; the apostrophe stands for the missing "19".

I once had a salesman tell me "I'd be outta here right now but my boss would whip me with a white noodle."

:rotflmao On another forum, I saw someone earnestly describe an easy task as "not rocket surgery."

[Baxtercat]

:)
:rotflmao On another forum, I saw someone earnestly describe an easy task as "not rocket surgery."

A new 'keeper'.

[JimmyB]

It is conceivable that the maker was saying "this sound belongs to the 1960s" in which case 60's would be OK.

As Yez has suggested in a more polite fashion, there are zero circumstances in which 60's would be okay in referring to the decade. Apostrophe for posessive, no apostrophe for plural.

The only semi-acceptable use of apostrophe for plural is for elimination of ambiguity... i.e. the Oakland A's. Yes, it still looks stupid, but it's used in this case because "As" is a proper English word.

On the other hand, since there's no word "Os" in English, using "O's" as the abbreviation for the Baltimore Orioles is absolutely wrong. It makes the team's management... and broadcasters, who really should know better... look as clueless and hopeless as the team does on the field. :facepalm

[JimmyB]

On another forum, I saw someone earnestly describe an easy task as "not rocket surgery."

A new 'keeper'.

Actually, that isn't a recent development. It's a pre-internet meme combining (obviously) "not rocket science" and "not brain surgery"... I've used it for a long time since I like the tongue-in-cheek goofiness of it. :D

[Yez]

Actually, that isn't a recent development. It's a pre-internet meme combining (obviously) "not rocket science" and "not brain surgery"... I've used it for a long time since I like the tongue-in-cheek goofiness of it. :D
I'm not surprised, and I've used it jokingly ever since I saw it. :D

I just searched my hard drive and found the original quote! She was, apparently, annoyed at an assumption of affluence: "Not all men are dentists like [the author's] husband and many work difficult, blue collar jobs with horrid hours and conditions. Not everyone's a rocket surgeon." I quoted it on my blog at the time, saying "It takes special scalpels. Plus, it's hard to find those 150-foot gurneys."

[niclake13]

I offur speeling lessuns fer cheep. Pleeze kontact mi peeple.

[skhan007]

This is my new catchphrase for the foreseeable future...

On another forum, I saw someone earnestly describe an easy task as "not rocket surgery."

[offbeat]

I offur speeling lessuns fer cheep. Pleeze kontact mi peeple.

Well, you certainly appear qualified!

:aok:)

[niclake13]

Well, you certainly appear qualified!

:aok:)

I no. I studyid hard en ordr two bee da bist possuhble speeler.

[JimmyB]

... Not everyone's a rocket surgeon." I quoted it on my blog at the time, saying "It takes special scalpels. Plus, it's hard to find those 150-foot gurneys."

I love it! :aok

[mannish]

I always say not rocket math

:rotflmao On another forum, I saw someone earnestly describe an easy task as "not rocket surgery."

['70 RS]

Tori or Aaron?

[mark norwine]

The band members left their gear over there while they're having lunch. A person will stay with the band member's gear for security.

Then they can play music rather than playing before lunch.

However they won't hear the sound of any chords coming from the amp until they plug in the cords, which are stored here.

In order to play through a pedal they will need two cords, which are stored here too.

The bass player had better check the knob on his volume control. He may lose it because it has become loose. I told him, "You'd better tighten up your volume knob or you're going to lose it."

And so on and so on..............

Very good....but I have to deduct points:

The band members left their gear over there while they're having lunch.

As written, "left their gear" is past tense.

Although "they're" is used correctly {compared to 'there' or 'their'}, "they're" is a contraction for "they are"...which is always present tense.

You can't mix tenses.

I would normally say "5 points deducted", but this is a spelling thread, not a grammar thread.

Two points deducted.

[Tom CT]

On another forum, I saw someone earnestly describe an easy task as "not rocket surgery."

The joy of mixed metaphors. My personal favorite -

"We'll burn that bridge when we get to it". :aok

[mark norwine]

"You can lead a gift horse to water, but you can't look in his mouth"

[Brian D]

As presented by the OP, I don't really think of this scenario as a spelling issue. This isn't about misspelling a word off the top of your head, as much as it is a laziness or stupidity issue. You're selling a product partially on the strength of the brand name, and it clearly has that name correctly spelled right on it. Maybe you're even including pictures of said product, with the name clearly visible. If you can't get the brand name right, you're either too stupid to know better or too lazy to care at all.

[JimmyB]

"We'll burn that cross when we're nailed to it." :D

[Baxtercat]

'Then we'll run it up the flagpole & see if it sticks.'