Spelling

Or Thread: Just look at their spelling grades. At least, you'll know them by their
spelling. Whether it is correct or not is irrelevant. Always assume the worst!

On Saving Lives:

(So, MacGruber, do you think this dude knew how to spell?!)

M: It's okay. I got all the potential errors locked away in secret files.
They're like Jason Bournes. They do it differently every time.
Ok, that makes it way easier to decipher...
This guy is actually dyslexic.

You mean that's why they gave us this marvelous gift?
We don't have to do anything....?! What a life saver!


Twins:

We used to have fun with the following words when we were children.

Would you like dessert?
Would you like to see a desert?

Let's switch the words.

Would you like desert?
Would you like to see a dessert?

Let's spell dessert. desert
Let's spell desert. dessert

Would you like desert with your meal?

No, I only want something cool.


Would you like dessert with your meal?

No, I have heat stroke from having been in the desert.


Ok, class, let's spell desert. des+sert, d+e+s+e+r+t d+e+s+s+e+r+t
Pick one. It really doesn't matter.

Let's spell it backwards, then. lol

Ah, lottery company, you gave my million to some guy with my last name as first and my first name as last. You do know we are not the same person even if we live in the same building?!

Ah, doctor/nurse, did you mean to chop off the leg of that patient and not me?
You switched the names again, didn't you?

Or, did you spell the name wrong?
Ok, suggestion: should we use numbers instead of names?
As long, as you don't have dyslexia...

It's just a technical error. We don't really have to spell.
She's just blowing everything out of proportion.

What do you mean? Is she a s.b.?!

An s.b. what's that? (Are you swearing?)

I'm referring to the technical term, "b-----"
Are you Black? Spanish?
Oh, you Racist!
What I mean is, why don't you understand English?
Are you black? Are you Spanish?
A new immigrant?

Can't you tell between a regular American and a "s.b.?"

No...I don't know what you mean.

Whisper in their ear...you know...what they do when they..(blank!)

Uhm...MacGruber, no!!!!!!!!!!!! (if you're right..hope you're not!)
This is all so confusing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Don't tell me, you put the camera in # 304 instead of # 403!

Oh, oh, you're watching the wrong person, again! Mr papa-razzis!!!

Someone you know is dyslexic, maybe?

Unless they are playing jabberwocky with the English language again..?

Listen, children, let's start at the very beginning...

Dessert
desert
dessert
desert

desert
dessert
desert
dessert

It pays to learn at the near beginning. Then you don't have to
go back in time to do it all over again...

You mean...

Using Spell Check...?! I was only trying to..
I know.

Well, you can try learning it on your own and then let spell check be
a secondary feature, a safety measure, or something..don't be scared to make
mistakes. That's how you learn.

I have to start at the very beginning.

Good.

G o o d

Good.


Next Time:

Let's try this with very similar Spanish words! :)

Regular Spanish or slang

Sigh..it doesn't matter.

Let's just start at the beginning.

Again?!

Again.

Again I say again.


Sometimes, the internet does help us to pay attention to spelling.
I don't mean by using spell check features.

Here is one page:

http://www.spelldoctor.com/public/whyspellingmatters.php