Errant apostrophes! Oh noes!!

[Amphigorey]

I'm not sure where to put this, but there are two errors in the disclaimer on the main page. It says,

" ©The messages within express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of StupidGuestTricks or any entity associated with it. 2008 StupidGuestTricks.com -- StupidGuestTricks is not associated or endorsed in any manner whatsoever with the Walt Disney Co., it's subsidiaries and/or it's affiliates."

Note that there are two extra apostrophes. Horrors! Can anybody fix this?

[Ms. Matterhorn]

I feel your pain! However, seeing how I, Ms. Matterhorn, Spelling Nazi, got slapped for complaining about another poster's spelling, my advice to you is bite the bullet and ignore the apostrophes.

[TdcOgre]

I feel your pain! However, seeing how I, Ms. Matterhorn, Spelling Nazi, got slapped for complaining about another poster's spelling, my advice to you is bite the bullet and ignore the apostrophes.

I've been a similar situation on another board. It's patently obvious that almost no one reads what they've written before hitting the send button. :(

[Cranbiz]

That implies that we can read. :D:

[vixen101485]

AH! But did you ever think that the mistakes may have been put there on purpose just to annoy the heck out of people.? :twisted: Personally I never looked at it that close. Thanks a lot, now it is gonna bug the heck outta me.

Anyone got a pic of chocolate covered bacon to occupy my mind. I will settle for a muscular shirtless guy--must not have an excess of hair.


But for shits and giggles....stew on these from an article I found when looking for the first bit of it.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

OR THIS

As you read this next blurb, please make a mental note of how many times the letter “f” is used.

Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.

How many did you count? Three? Actually, there are six. The reason that some of you may have come up with a number less than six is that the brain also interprets words phonetically. In this example, the word “of” isn’t generally thought of as the letters “o” and “f” but instead, it is probably more likely to be interpreted as “o” and “v”.

OR THIS
Since the brain comprehends words phonetically, the following poem by James Knisley (despite many of the words being misused in relation to the context of the poem) should be fairly easily read and understood by almost any literate individual.

Eye halve a spelling chequer

It came with my pea sea

It plainly marques for my revue

Miss steaks eye knot sea…

Eye have run this poem threw it

I am shore your pleased two no

Its letter perfect awl the weigh

My chequer tolled me sew
This poem may help to prove the point that we often do read things phonetically, but it also helps to expose the major flaw of spell check

THIS SUMS THINGS UP NICELY(from the article)
To sum things up, the brain uses three methods for reading and comprehending words. Sometimes it can interpret words or sentences by using only one or two of the methods (usually this is when mistakes could occur) but by using all three methods together, the brain is more apt to correctly identify and properly understand a word’s or sentence’s intended meaning. By no means do I consider myself an expert on the brain’s functioning, but the next time that you see something spelled wrong; please don’t blame me, blame my brain.

[I LUV Chip]

Vixen that's perfect!! I'm forwarding that onto my critique partners now. LOL The things that writers find humorous.

And for the record I only saw 2 f's. How sad am I? :p:

[Big Wallaby]

Ms. Matterhorn, I was not attacking you in any way in that other thread. I agree with you, spelling and grammar errors drive me up a wall, and I know the pain. All I took issue with was the delivery. I have no problem with pointing out things like spelling errors, but I do have a problem with the practice when it sounds to me like a put-down... even if it wasn't meant as such.

Thought we were past that little episode. Apparently, not.

[vixen101485]

LOL@Chip. I had seen that sentence in the past too and knew from going to school for advertising at one point (couldnt afford to get the degree-another story) that most of the time people tend to NOT EVEN SEE small words like "of" and "to" and "and" for that matter.

That is why when you see well done billboards along the highway they dont include small, insignificant words like that. We were told that when designing a billboard ad, the person reading it should be able to read and comprehend the entire thing in the span of a second or so. Pretty much the time it takes to drive by it. I cant stand some of the ones that have a freakin' novel on them "WHAT DID THAT SAY AGAIN?" Let's turn around and drive by it 3 more times till I can read it. Personally signs like that on the road have been bugging me worse lately cause I guess I am getting old and dont see as well as I used to as quickly.

[vixen101485]

Play nice kiddies. :p: LOL Think Disney thots. "It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small, small world." EVERYBODY SING....









Now you all know you have that stuck in your head, dont ya?

[Big Wallaby]

Actually, I reported this thread so that we can get the front site fixed. It's been so long since I looked at all that stuff, I appreciate the comments from someone who has seen it more recently.