Lubercating a axel so I don't loose it

Aw geez...I hate to do this, but I can't help myself. You have misused the word "loose."

An example sentence: "If that bolt comes LOOSE, it will fall out and you will LOSE it."

This is a VERY common mistake. I see it all over the net. And it always bugs me.

Split milk???

Aw geez...I hate to do this, but I can't help myself. You have misused the word "loose."

LOL, what was that saying about people who live in glass houses?

Folks misspell and misuse words all the time on this board.
I learned a long time ago to overlook poor spelling, grammar, and word usage to focus on what the writer is trying to say. Some very intelligent people have poor writing skills

When I am writing something professionally, I concern myself with these things. This is an informal chat board.

He certainly knows of the other errors in his title.  

It some cases one can tell there are some underlying personal issues causing the errors. I would never embarrass someone by bringing it up.  Many times it is the device they are using that causes the poor grammar. Speech to text functions etc. They just don't take the time to correct it.  It happens, I usually correct it. Sometimes I miss it. Sometimes if it's trivial I'll let it fly, seeing as it's informal chat as CW said. I would never ignore it in a bid or job proposal etc.

Yes though, it bugs me too.

Also, nothing wrong with the word spilt.

OGR Webmaster posted:

Aw geez...I hate to do this, but I can't help myself. You have misused the word "loose."

I hate to do this as well, but it's Lubricating, not Lubercating.

Are we having fun yet?

Guage? 

Gauge is spelled out in the url for every page we visit on this forum.  (and Guage isn't a word, so those using spell checkers have no excuse)

There is nothing wrong with spilt milk but it's spelled split in the post

spbob posted:

There is nothing wrong with spilt milk but it's spelled split in the post

Ahhhh.......good eye

Even books and other publications from major publishing houses are being printed (or digitized) these days without the benefit of an editor or a proof reader. The New Yorker magazine is one of the few publications left that still takes fact checking and proofreading seriously.

But still, we train nuts should be able to spell "axle," and "gauge," and maybe even "pantograph" or "catenary" on a good day!    Incidentally, I just noticed that the menu bar refers to "gremlins" as "Graemlins," an unusual spelling of the word that does not appear in either of the large dictionaries I have consulted.    Is this an inside joke?

B Smith posted:

............... Incidentally, I just noticed that the menu bar refers to "gremlins" as "Graemlins," an unusual spelling of the word that does not appear in either of the large dictionaries I have consulted.    Is this an inside joke?

 

Pretty sure that's an intentional merging of grammar and gremlins, but I just call them smileys.

-Dave

Wow!

We are certainly bored. I hope all you guys got all your Christmas shopping done.

SPELL CHECK was invented for people like me. I really do try to use, honestly.

Larry.

Merry Christmas��

Yeah?  How about the now ubiquitous mis-use of "I" and "me"" on all those television programs?  Or the misuse of "myself" -  or apostrohes for plurals?

That "lubercation" post got to me as well, but I decided to leave it alone.  Now if I could only remember the old saying "Ford goes further so you can go farther . . ."

Or remember how to spell "seize."

Me and my friend agree!

And my personal favorite......"orientated".....

Actually, what drives me fruitbasket is the tendency to repeat photos and others' posts on each successive post.  This forum is sort of set up to facilitate that - it is not nearly as much of a problem on other fora.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

OGR Webmaster posted:

Aw geez...I hate to do this, but I can't help myself. You have misused the word "loose."

I hate to do this as well, but it's Lubricating, not Lubercating.

Yes, I  noticed that, too.

But I figured beating him up on one misused word was enough. 

You know the whole point of the original poster's post was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

catnap posted:

You know the whole point of the original poster's post was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

Finally!!!!   Just my opinion but, I think the original poster was trolling, in a way, as no "normal" person would make THAT manny errors in just one paragraph. 

Thank you for the levity folks.  This time of year one spills Egg Nog and rum, Alas I spilt a bit of the afore mentioned this year.   I am not heartbroken, the liquor store is still open.

Merry Christmas all. 

I'd be happy if we could just straighten out its and it's.

How about "to" "too" and "two"?

catnap posted:

You know the whole point of the original poster's post was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

Amazing how many people just don't get it.

Maybe we just wanted in on the fun Doc.

bob2 posted:

......  Now if I could only remember the old saying "Ford goes further so you can go farther . . ."

I never heard that. Illustrates it well.

But, for now on .... I'm using lubercating. 

Thiers know wheigh two sea sum, ore preveil, four sum width diesle extra eye.

Ant Matt referred too toes durn rain dome tings trek kin due. Butt dead ant manchurian, avian diss cabled; goggles his an mine off it is owned.

Eye doughnut tink crunches two fundy eye tier.

Butt "there" an 'thier' doo denerve mi a bite to,      Wee knott dum wee sea a otter weigh, otters doughnut, Confucius dis realty bee¡ Lichen to "Englishes" Britannia ant Americana.

Ware anothers shoo radar din pock shticks, wye Nott Count "keroppi" inn steed.{ribbits}.

¡Oh oh oh  married samtsirhC

Now, the proliferation of using mobile devices for viewing the forum has caused a new flurry of this. The "predictive" typing feature on those devices can be interesting.

I have learned to just ignore it. I do not have the time or energy to educate forum members on the use of the English language. But, I find it equally refreshing when I read a well written post.

If I can't interpret what's written, I just move on. "Prolly" not a good thing, but it's what I do.

Adriatic posted:

Thiers know wheigh two sea sum, ore preveil, four sum width diesle extra eye.

Ant Matt referred too toes durn rain dome tings trek kin due. Butt dead ant manchurian, avian diss cabled; goggles his an mine off it is owned.

Eye doughnut tink crunches two fundy eye tier.

Butt "there" an 'thier' doo denerve mi a bite to,      Wee knott dum wee sea a otter weigh, otters doughnut, Confucius dis realty bee¡ Lichen to "Englishes" Britannia ant Americana.

Ware anothers shoo radar din pock shticks, wye Nott Count "keroppi" inn steed.{ribbits}.

¡Oh oh oh  married samtsirhC

It almost sounds like "Several Species of Small Furry Creatures in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict".

Edit: Sorry, for the erroneous quote. I have corrected it. Must have Grooved with a Pict too often.

And I thought levity was one of dem things that hold back the Mississippi.

"It ain't the heat, it's the humility"

Come on, OGR Word Police ...... you're gonna get mad at Yogi???

You've opened up another Pandora's can of worms.

Shakespeare is spinning in his grave...irregardless of the whimsical nature of this thread.

I could care less....

(Or maybe I couldn't)

  I claim no kinship to William or Syd. I actually like them both....and hear what's being said over any perceived harpies song. The boat hasn't capsized yet, I'm just having fun, and rocking it to wake folks. Don't be scared; it has a long keel.

Shakespear didn't just Chompsky on just pidgin or only creoles to come up with a mid summers night dream of colorless green ideas sleeping furiously.

If semantics beats syntax's throw to the plate. Even in a tie who's out?

   An Aspie or Dyslexic can't choose their spots any more than a leapard. Put on the spot to do so, is akin to a leper hunt.

  I've seen similar spots, in spots, on a hunter as well. I didn't point, or shoot. It wasn't a bullseye just because it was a spot. It may have just been a coffee stain on that days wear, or a new style.

Admitedly I suggested a dry cleaner to others wearing the style, but as a contructive option, since I'm no stylist.

   I have a relative much higher on the spectrum than I. Their spelling and grammar awful, despite years of effort. But they can read a 500 page book in about half a day, and then tell you every fact listed. Their IQ puts them it upper 1% of the worlds population. Though the IQ thing is a flakey measure of anything, his thread disrespects that type intelligence IMO.  

  It's likely they read this forum too, but are unlikely to ever post. Can you guess why?

   There's that tech thingy too. That's what really deserves to be Pict on because it can be changed for sure.

I read live copy in the air for a living... when I see the wrong use of to, too, and two, there, their, and they're, your and you're... it completely distracts my mind from the subject at hand to the point of clicking away from the post to one I can understand.  

To me it is as distracting as when my newsman uses "pled" as the past tense for "plead" (it's pleaded) or when someone pronounces "height" with a "th" at the end... or when people drop the "ly" in adverbs... or when people drop the "to be"/"to go" from their sentence structure... "this engine needs lubricated" would be a perfect example.

Jon  

C W Burfle posted:

 

LOL, what was that saying about people who live in glass houses?

Once upon a time there was a chief who lived in a thatched hut on a South Seas island. His people loved him so much, that every year for his birthday, they gave him a new toilet. He would take the toilet from the previous year and stow it in the attic of his thatched hut. Eventually the hut fell down from all the weight. What is the moral of the story?:

"They who live in thatched huts , shouldn't stow thrones."

Years ago, just after Al invented the 'net, spellcheckers were shiny, new things.

There was (is?) a photo film ('member that stuff?) called Velvia. The film company never cleared that with the spell checker company. Those who chose auto correct had Velvia default to the proper name for lady external parts. The moral was

"Never let these things work unsupervised!"

KOOLjock1 posted:

I read live copy in the air for a living... when I see the wrong use of to, too, and two, there, their, and they're, your and you're... it completely distracts my mind from the subject at hand to the point of clicking away from the post to one I can understand.  

To me it is as distracting as when my newsman uses "pled" as the past tense for "plead" (it's pleaded) or when someone pronounces "height" with a "th" at the end... or when people drop the "ly" in adverbs... or when people drop the "to be"/"to go" from their sentence structure... "this engine needs lubricated" would be a perfect example.

I know there is supposed to be some tongue-in-cheek humor in this thread, but I have to side with Kooljock on this. When I come across mis-spelled words or improper grammar on the net, it always distracts me from the context of the post. My mind focuses on the errors instead of what the author was trying to say.

To me, it seems like we are abandoning the high standards we used to insist upon and going with "whatever" which is another over-used word today.

i just don't find much humor or fun in using our language improperly.

OGR Webmaster posted:

KOOLjock1 posted:

I read live copy in the air for a living... when I see the wrong use of to, too, and two, there, their, and they're, your and you're... it completely distracts my mind from the subject at hand to the point of clicking away from the post to one I can understand.  

To me it is as distracting as when my newsman uses "pled" as the past tense for "plead" (it's pleaded) or when someone pronounces "height" with a "th" at the end... or when people drop the "ly" in adverbs... or when people drop the "to be"/"to go" from their sentence structure... "this engine needs lubricated" would be a perfect example.

I know there is supposed to be some tongue-in-cheek humor in this thread, but I have to side with Kooljock on this. When I come across mis-spelled words or improper grammar on the net, it always distracts me from the context of the post. My mind focuses on the errors instead of what the author was trying to say.

To me, it seems like we are abandoning the high standards we used to insist upon and going with "whatever" which is another over-used word today.

i just don't find much humor or fun in using our language improperly.

Rich, you might want to capitalize that I in the last sentence.

I was educated to consider spelling and punctuation important. But, I'm a fossil now. So many just don't care and consider such things a "hangup" over the non-consequential.

I have erred on occasion though. Don't we all? I am mortified when I misuse a homonym, like their when I meant they're.  Yes, I definitely do know the difference. But sometimes the finger is faster than the brain.