Speeling(sic) Mistakes in Thread Titles

BoyBrumby · 03-02-2005, 01:16 PM

I'm sorry, but they really get on my tits! Now I'm a far from perfect speller, but in the title of a thread surely it isn't too much to ask for a little extra effort? Or failing that a Mod stepping in to correct?

Recently we've had:

Who on all of cricket web has the coolest avator?

Rap=voilence

Embarassing Musical Fetishes

Favourite sonudtrack

Am I alone on this? Should I get out more?

Tom Halsey · 03-02-2005, 01:49 PM

To answer your question, yes.

Mr Mxyzptlk · 03-02-2005, 02:04 PM

Is it that you genuinely don't understand what the thread is about? If you get it regardless of speeling (

) errors, then you're just being a pedant.

Langeveldt · 03-02-2005, 02:09 PM

Get out boy!

BoyBrumby · 03-02-2005, 02:13 PM

Where's Pickup when you need him? He'll agree with me; he's a total grammar Nazi!

Langeveldt · 03-02-2005, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Where's Pickup when you need him? He'll agree with me; he's a total grammar Nazi!

The fascist is in the back of a truck, awaiting deportation

Smudge · 03-02-2005, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Langeveldt

The fascist is in the back of a truck, awaiting deportation

To a place where gingers can frolic freely without fear of being held up as a circus act by hordes of people staring and pointing?

Neil Pickup · 03-02-2005, 03:57 PM

Meh. Grammatical incompetence annoys me, not typos and bad spelling.

Now, if any of those titles had rogue apostrophes, they'd have been edited before you could say "Prince Harry"...

BoyBrumby · 03-02-2005, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil Pickup

Meh. Grammatical incompetence annoys me, not typos and bad spelling.

Now, if any of those titles had rogue apostrophes, they'd have been edited before you could say "Prince Harry"...

Et tu, Neil?

marc71178 · 03-02-2005, 04:32 PM

Personally I don't like needless capitalisation of words in thread titles.

Piper · 04-02-2005, 04:16 AM

People cant help if they cant spell, but i know they should check to see if the spelling is correct. But it gets annoying when you have to check every other word.... like me

BoyBrumby · 16-02-2005, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil Pickup

Meh. Grammatical incompetence annoys me, not typos and bad spelling.

Now, if any of those titles had rogue apostrophes, they'd have been edited before you could say "Prince Harry"...

Come on then Neil, now we've got:

worlds top 10 six hitters? (current players)

An Englishman's word should be his bond!

Langeveldt · 16-02-2005, 12:01 PM

what gets me annoyed is when people fail to use capital letters commas or full stops

Neil Pickup · 16-02-2005, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Come on then Neil, now we've got:

worlds top 10 six hitters? (current players)

An Englishman's word should be his bond!

Rogue, not missing

But I'll edit it for you, anyway...

BoyBrumby · 16-02-2005, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Langeveldt

what gets me annoyed is when people fail to use capital letters commas or full stops

But you've.....

Ah, irony!

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