Check Your Spelling, Please!

[Matthew Schenker]

Hello Everyone,
Let me say up front that I am not just trying to be a stickler for proper English usage (even though I am an English instructor in my other life).  I have a practical reason for asking members to check their spelling...

One of the most important aspects of any forum is the search feature.  If you are trying to find information on the MFT, you want to type in "MFT" and get good results.  Well, if a member says, "I love my MMT" and creates a great discussion, guess what?  It won't show up in a search for MFT!

If you have spelling errors in the non-Festool portions of your posts, we'll let that slide!  But please be careful about the spelling of the Festool-specific portions of your posts.

OK, I hope that didnt sound too muchh lyke a letcure, and I hope everyyboddy knowes I;m jusst trieing to creeate thee besst foruum!

Stay in touch,
Matttew

 

[Dan Clark]

Matthew,

A strong second on this.  Speling is very important!

Dan.  ;D

 

[Dave Ronyak]

I agree, but have not had much success with my attempts to use the search feature.  Nevertheless, I think Matthew [with some help from others] has suceeded in creating the best forum.

Dave R.

 

[greg mann]

I agree, but have not had much success with my attempts to use the search feature.  Nevertheless, I think Matthew [with some help from others] has suceeded in creating the best forum.

Dave R.

Not picking on you, Dave. It appears that no one can relpy to this thread without at least one wrod misspelled.  ;D

 

[Dave Rudy]

Waht?

 

[Dan Lyke]

Eye half know reason two believe that my spelling is flawed, and the spell check agrees. 

 

[Matthew Schenker]

OK, lest get all off hour spelling mis takes out right hear in this discussion.

 

[ririmarqueverte]

What about us! we poor non english speakers? We are trying our best but we cannot guarantee perfect results ;D. are we therefore excluded?

riri

 

[Matthew Schenker]

What about us! we poor non english speakers? We are trying our best but we cannot guarantee perfect results ;D. are we therefore excluded?

riri

No way!  You are held to the same standards!!

And by the way, the proper phrase is "non-English speakers."  This discussion is my one opportunity to correct compound-adjective errors, one of my grammatical favorites!

Thanks,
Matthew

 

[Ned]

What about us! we poor non english speakers?

My impression is that the non-English speakers' posts have fewer spelling errors--perhaps because they are more careful.

Ned

 

[Dave Rudy]

My impression is that the non-English speakers' posts have fewer spelling errors--perhaps because they are more careful.

Ned

As I recall, every post I've red hear has been in Inglish.  Maybe it's my computer. 

 

[Llap Goch]

I know the feeling

I get annoyed when people leave a l off
'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'

which everyone knows is Welsh for

'St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave'.

Standards, Sir, are dropping. That scoundrel Ririmarqueverte was educated in Wales so should know better than to plead forgiveness! ;D

Llap Goch

 

[Eli]

Just for you, Pat

"Lladd dafad ddall"

 

[Llap Goch]

Diolch yn fawr iawn Eli Bach ;D

 

[ROb McGilp]

Strep throat Pat??

 

[Tinker]

i know this thred duznt refur 2 me.  I niver mak mistooks
Tinker

 

[Rocker]

And by the way, the proper phrase is "non-English speakers."  This discussion is my one opportunity to correct compound-adjective errors, one of my grammatical favorites!

Thanks,
Matthew

Matthew,

I have to confess that the entry in Fowler's Modern English Usage on the hyphen is a favourite of mine. It seems to me that perhaps the correct phrase should be "non-English-speakers". To say "non-English speakers" emphasises the speakers' ethnicity, rather than their native language. A non-English speaker could be an American or an Australian.

David

 

[ROb McGilp]

Could I also reinforce that there are in fact, three different English-speaking enclaves,
1. The Orstraalian root dialect (don't let the Poms fool you, we sent our prisoners over there.
2. New Zelund inclaeve
3. The dialect spoken on some Isles off the coast of France.
There , they're in their correct order.

Trebor

 

[HowardH]

Where's my dictionary and thesaurus?  Dang!  I thought when I received my degree, my learning days were over!  Is it OK if speak a little Texican from time to time?  Like instead of saying "look over there!", we say "Hey ya'll, look out over yonder!" or instead of "you are very successful, we say" You are standing in tall cotton!"  How many of you know what the term "tump" means?  No fellow Texans reply please.

 

[Dave Rudy]

Oh, now I get it.  "Non-English speakers" (or "non-English-speakers if you prefer) refers to the Australian and Welch members!

I'm glad that's all cleared up.