The vendor is typing notes that appear on the wall via projector.
He types “custermer.” The group exchanges looks, trying to decide who tells him.
And when my boss does, I find one more reason to love her.
October 26, 2009
August 4, 2009
Spell Check, Folks. It’s Not New.
I had a vendor who wants to create on-line courses for me misspell “occasionally” as “occassionally.” Listen, if you can’t be bothered to use spell check, I can’t be bothered to pay for your services.
June 29, 2009
Would Like Your Opinion
“Kidron this morning wrote in a research note that his checks with the channel find the company’s sales in teh quarter might come in light of the company’s guidance of $92 million to $94 million.”
“Don’t you run spell-check? ‘Sales in teh quarter might come in light.’
Hard to have credibility when you make such silly errors.”
Comment by Anonymous – June 26, 2009 at 10:10 pm
“I don’t think mis-spelling the word ‘the’ is that big a deal. Did it prevent you from reading the article or understanding it?”
Comment by stop being lame… – June 27, 2009 at 10:17 pm
The exchange above is from comments on an investing blog. I happen to agree with Anonymous, and I’m sure none of you are surprised. I’ve said on this blog before that I think sloppy writing can be a sign of sloppy thinking or reasoning. I also think it is just good business practice (any practices in many other parts of life) to double-check your work. (See, I learned something from my math teachers.) Or if you aren’t going to double-check your work, at least SPELL CHECK, as Anonymous suggests.
But I’m a grammar geek. Dear Readers, what do you think? Does the misspelling of a common word affect your opinion of an article or blog?
May 28, 2009
Learning New Words, Spelling Hard Ones
We had friends from Australia in town for a few days, and we picked up some excellent Aussie slang.
“Mackers” for McDonald’s
“Dunny” for Toilet (originally an outdoor one)
“No Wuckas” for No Worries
“Onya” for Well Done, or Good on You
“Whinge” for Complain or Whine
And the same week, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is on prime time television! Nerds like me* are in heaven this evening.
* I want to tell you that I was the spelling bee champ for my school in the 7th grade. I made it to the county bee, where I lost in the third round. (Oddly, I don’t remember the word I misspelled.)
