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Old 06-12-2011, 11:47 PM
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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.
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Old 06-12-2011, 11:49 PM
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Old 06-12-2011, 11:52 PM
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As long as it's not spelled "i-t-e-m", I guess I'm not too bothered by it.
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Old 06-12-2011, 11:59 PM
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Old 06-13-2011, 12:00 AM
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Does it ever bother anyone else when you see an add...
...Or when I see an "ad" for that matter.
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Old 06-13-2011, 12:02 AM
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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?


(edit: oops... someone beat me to it!)
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Old 06-13-2011, 12:22 AM
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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.
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Old 06-13-2011, 12:30 AM
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Old 06-13-2011, 12:33 AM
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My favorite is using "loose' for "lose".
How is this even possible?
I must see it at least once a day.
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Old 06-13-2011, 12:38 AM
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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!
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Old 06-13-2011, 03:54 AM
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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.
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Old 06-13-2011, 04:23 AM
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im a terrible typer and i do that sometimes
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Old 06-13-2011, 04:27 AM
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Yea, wut tha hel iz rong wit thoz peepul?
oi woz tinkin de sam
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Old 06-13-2011, 04:42 AM
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Hmmm, why are we as a society so interested in others faults? I love everyone stupid or (knot). Hehe
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Old 06-13-2011, 05:16 AM
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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.
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