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Old Feb 3rd, 2005 | 02:13 PM
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Yeah, but now you'll get the spelling police to tell you you've "misspelled" a word by the letter that's missing or added. For instance there are 3 p's in appropriately my dear Scarlett.
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Old Feb 3rd, 2005 | 02:29 PM
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I teach future journalists (sort of...) and I'd hate to tell you how often I see something like what Scarlett wrote. On the other hand, I've always known I was a poor proofreader because I don't notice something if the word looks something close to how it's supposed to -- e.g., I'll pick it up if someone writes "awfil" instead of "awful" because an "i" looks nothing like a "u", but I might not notice "awfull" because 2 "l's" close together can go right by me. So I must have some form of typoglycemia, too.
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Old Feb 3rd, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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8JT8TR ,
I take no credit for this posting, other than copying and putting it here on Fodors.
A friend sent it to me , so I will pass on her spelling error...except that "arppoiately " being misspelled might just be appropriate?
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Old Feb 3rd, 2005 | 02:45 PM
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8JT8TER- btw- I loove your screen name!
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Old Feb 3rd, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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That is weird. At a glance I thought it was senseless jibberish, but then I read it perfectly without trouble. Thanks, Scarlett.
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Old Feb 3rd, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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emd-- The coffee cup is only used if it is before noon. Sheesh, I thought everyone knew that.
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