Professor Dan: Let's Practice Homonyms!

[Ty Ty]

from the internet? I play decipher before getting upset. I have even been to a place that auto spell checked, changing words.. homonyms, acronyms, slangs, etc. getting created.
then there is all the shortcut keys for giant hands to get pissed at. (the insert key on a classic motherboard comes to mind)

some mispellings are so common, like remember as "remeber".. the keyboard is exactly a pain in the butt for that word. I have even seen it on national news articles...CNN, etc.

I got a heads up on difference in spellings for a language called "shorthand"

.. and old school ways of typing out everything said in a courtroom..

it is hopeless. anybody remember <56k modems and typing into realtime buffers? shortcuts inevitable.

as a teacher, I can see the frustration...but don't even bother getting disturbed over it. crazy as an emoticon, this internet...

You posting in this thread has more than likely created a rift in space time that will soon consume the universe. Congratulations mate, you've doomed us all.

 

[Stein]

If you're having a hard time typing because of your keyboard. get a new keyboard! I have a hard time on straight keyboards, especially on laptops. So when I'm on my laptop I'm extra careful to type. On my desktop though I have a very nice split ergonomic keyboard. I can type on it all day, achieve over 110wpm sustained, and not get wrist pain! I also use the dvorak keyboard layout... but that's a discussion for elsewhere.

Damn, I really want an excuse to learn to type Dvorak. Is it, in your opinion, any more efficient than QWERTY? What can you type on qwerty, to compare to your 110 WMP dvorak?

 

[Chris]

Damn, I really want an excuse to learn to type Dvorak. Is it, in your opinion, any more efficient than QWERTY? What can you type on qwerty, to compare to your 110 WMP dvorak?

I'm currently writing a response in the computer thread. You know, the one that was made because you keep derailing threads with computer talk

 

[GClark]

Damn, I really want an excuse to learn to type Dvorak. Is it, in your opinion, any more efficient than QWERTY? What can you type on qwerty, to compare to your 110 WMP dvorak?

 

[Chris]

Ha ha ...

ps. Nate, I responded in the comp. thread.

 

[Stein]

Ha ha ...
ps. Nate, I responded in the comp. thread.

Thanks, I read it

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Also, to stay on topic, what is worse: spelling mistakes or bad grammar (including punctuation)?

My vote is for bad grammar.

 

[Chris]

Depends, does bad spelling include "im/l33t speak" or "txt speak" ?

Because those are certainly bad spelling an they drive me absolutely nuts! I can't read that crap and generally just ignore it.

 

[Stein]

^ yeah that would be included in spelling.