Sojourntraveller

What I said was that if only using words you knew how to spell limited the vocabulary you could use IMDone, then go back to school. I did not say spelling limited vocabulary or indicated intelligence.

It is an interesting enough subject that I have now bothered to Google it. I found an article that seems to explain it all quite well and includes comments relating to vocabulary and intelligence IMDone. What's more the article was written by a travel writer who writes for the Washingtion Post and admits to being lousy at spelling.

If we are to believe what the articles tells us, it is possible your poor spelling is the result of an actual neurological misfire, a kind of dyslexia. Apparently, around 20% of people have the same problem.

Or it may simply be that you are a victim of changes in teaching practices in schools that started in the 70s or so when spelling was in fact no longer emphasized. In that case, going back to school is in fact not a smart ass comment, it's an actual possible solution.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Feb15.html

IMDonehere

Thanks for clarifying that Sojourn, I appreciate it. To try and overcome the problem, I do the NY Times every morning and there are still some recurring words, I forget how to spell. And I have a terrible habit of omitting the word 'not' when writing. That is a major issue.

Additionally, I went to a graduate program in writing where I was, by far, the worst speller and the worst grammarian and subject to a lot of good-natured kidding. (Except for idiot.)

And when I need to write something important, I need a paper copy for proofreading. Here I always rush.

Sojourntraveller

I like the comment the writer of the article made about if it is a 'disability' that could mean a parking pass. LOL

For every 10 people I see parking in Handicapped Parking spots, it's less than 1 in 10 who actually appear to have any real handicap. Could some of them be people who are 'spelling challenged'?

IMDonehere

I would get two parking spots.

Cranachin

<i>For every 10 people I see parking in Handicapped Parking spots, it's less than 1 in 10 who actually appear to have any real handicap.</i>

Looks can be deceiving.

I knew a woman with chronic respiratory problems who "looked" like she had no handicaps but who could walk only relatively short distances without having to stop for breath. She certainly merited the pass.

I know others who have other conditions (such as arthritis) and who receive placards because of their limited mobility. Again, they don't "look" disabled, but they have a real need.

Of course there are people who receive the placards for a temporary condition (such as for use immediately following surgery) and then don't surrender them once they have healed. And there are likely many more who park using someone else's "borrowed" tag when they have no disability.

But please don't judge a person who parks in a handicapped space simply because he or she doesn't "look" disabled.

IMDonehere

I have seen tangents on these boards before but none where we would up with oxygen tanks and tubes up someone nose.

Sojourntraveller

Cranchin, I do not need a lecture from you on not judging a book by it's cover. Suggesting as you are, that I would do so is in fact insulting my intelligence.

RM67

Well your comment about handicapped spaces suggests exactly that.

Cranachin

I didn't have to suggest anything, Sojourntraveller.

You said, as I pointed out (and as RM67 noted), <i>it's less than 1 in 10 who actually appear to have any real handicap.</i>

Having friends with physical challenges who have been harassed for parking in a handicapped space because <b>obviously</b> they aren't handicapped makes me sensitive about this issue.

Sojourntraveller

What does you having friends who were harasssed for parking in a handicapped space have to do with me? How does it give you the right to suggest anything about what I might do or how I might judge someone?

You need to take a reading comprehension lesson and find out what the word 'appear' means (as does RM67). It means they do not APPEAR to be handicapped, it does not mean I judge that they are not handicapped. Your sensitivity to the issue is YOUR problem, not mine and your sensitivity does not give you an excuse to attempt to suggest you know whether I judge or not based on an appearance. Got it?

Now answer this question, do people park in handicapped spots who do not APPEAR to be handicapped and do YOU as do I notice them when they do? I'm sure the answer to both questions is yes. Yet you are saying that YOU don't judge them though but you assume that I do.

I made a simple remark intended to be humourous, it was addressed to IMDone here who responded in kind, "I would get 2 parking spots". YOU then ASSUMED you knew something about me based on my comment. You don't know. You're wrong. A simple apology will suffice.

RM67

It's a very deep hole you're digging and I think you'll have an awfully long wait for an apology.