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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Most Definitely

Okay, Internets. Really, it pains me to do this, but I'm afraid it's time to bring out the chart again.

Got it? Let's try to do better in the future, please. Minding your p's and q's is all well and good, but it's apparently the vowels that are tripping you up.

Posted by John D. Moore at 1:58 AM.

Comments:


	Eli McCormick, at August 12, 2007 12:01 PM , wrote:
	I'm all for correct grammar and punctuation and spelling, but the internet is a largely informal medium. Things like that aren't really important on IM and message boards. If course articles and other similar things should be proper at all times.


	Volker The Fiddler, at August 15, 2007 12:13 AM , wrote:
	Yeah, man, consider if you will the whimsical spellings of pre-18th century English. Fun! (Actually it sucks, I prefer order).


	Mary Witzl, at August 17, 2007 3:11 AM , wrote:
	I know that spelling isn't supposed to be important; I know intellectually that just because someone thinks definitely has an A in it, that doesn't make them stupid. Half of my friends can't spell worth beans, and they're still my friends -- and some of them are smarter than I am, too. But I'm still thrilled to meet someone else who cares. Go on -- fight the good fight. 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' is one of my favorite books -- and so is Confederacy of the Dunces.


	Mary Witzl, at August 17, 2007 3:12 AM , wrote:
	Eek -- I left out the initial article! A Confederacy of Dunces.


	Vincent, at August 17, 2007 11:52 AM , wrote:
	Truly, I'm much more concerned about spelling on a macro level, rather than a micro. Though I tend to be a fairly adept speller, I still run up against a word I don't know how to spell or have long forgotten how to spell. Were it not for a couple of recently developed mnemonic devices, I'd still be stumped when I came to spell "sheriff" or "bizarre." And I certainly don't generally think less of people who misspell things, either regularly or irregularly. Still, when I run across misspellings, I shudder a bit. What I worry about is that certain mistakes like "sequal," "definately," and others that don't spring to mind is that their increasing ubiquity in ambiguously formal online fora (while the NYT's website is decidedly formal, a blog is less precise in its categorization) runs the risk of becoming an accepted alternate standard of spelling. Like Volker here, I prefer order. We standardized the slapdash spelling in our language for a reason, and I will continue to fight civilly where appropriate to prevent us from reverting to such primitive linguistic practice. Also, I'm an elitist.

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