My Embarassing Spelling mistakes on My Lot- Do you make errors?

hahaha i do this and get involved and engaged and then all sort of things can happen lol blessed be

We can't even delete them after we have posted!

Other common "mistakes" are the ones us Aussies & English make. We often use the traditional Queens english, & not the American version. As My Lot is an American site, I sometimes think I should be following US conventions for spelling.

I enjoy hearing the differences in the English that Americans and Brits/Australians use. I used to read so many books from Australian authors, that it doesn't seem odd to me.

In my case, I think it is because keyboard skills were not taught when I was at school, so I never really caught onto that. Am self taught. I do get the red underlined thing for mistakes, but it doesn't work for the title.

personally i can't stand for there to be spelling errors in my own writing. i will go over the post carefully before i post it to make sure there aren't any errors. luckily for me, spelling errors just seem to pop out at me. but i don't really care if other people have them. i don't think this site is a spelling test. just a word of caution about the spell check-it's only gonna tell you if the word is spelled wrong, not necessarily if it's the wrong word-for example, in your own post, liasonfan, you said "i get really 'made' at myself", spell check wouldn't catch that you meant "mad" because "made" is spelled correctly. you're probably better off to do a manual spell check. another tip i have for that is to check your spelling from the bottom up, so that you are reading individual words, and not actual sentences, which might cause you to not notice the words themselves, but as part of the whole sentence...happy posting!!

This is an excellent summary on how to use the spoell check. Thanks very much.

Same here, so that is what happens you are in a hurry and you make mistakes. I guess you can understand it now can't you. Peace!

marcia we are speaking about spelling errors not using the wrong words..... I half!!!! (have) to go now. Thanks for your comment.

I generally use the Queens English, & I sometimes think I should be using American version as My Lot is an American site. It is hard to change from the old use of English. I am making my daughter only use traditonal English, even though she is exposed to far more American English than what I would have been at her age. She wants to study English at Oxford or Cambridge!

I never thought of nails being a problem with typing. Mine are always short.

oh indeed it would I would use it all the time like I do when typing my emails. I do not know what I would do on outlook express with the spell check. my emails would be unreadable.

You have done extremely well to learn English at this rate. I agree that My Lot is very good for helping with English. Keep it up. I should be learning another language!

wow is good. i also malay like u, but i dont know where must i start to pratice my english.huhuhuhu. mavis bacon? where i can gat the software?

i'm not sure where u can get the sofware but i buy it from my lecturer at poly...hehe...i have that sofware but how u want get it from me? U can find that sofware at shop too..

Yes as we tend to get carried away so are our fingers.lol

It is partly enthusiasm & many ideas flowing from my head, that my inaccurate fingers can't keep up with.

I dont use the edit button, as it is time consuming. But Firefox have this red underlined function, that shows mistakes. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work for titles.

Thats a shame it dosnt do the title...

I use firefox & I like the underlined words in red. But this doesn't work for titles apparently.

Yea, that's right. When you write your title of a Blog for example, that little box seems to turn off spell checker.

It is good to see you back. I saw some discussions from you yesterday, but was at swimming training for hours, so didn't get to reply to any. The mistake of mine you pointed out is a common one of mine, as I dont check slowly & carefully!

Yup, trying to get back into the full swing of things.:)

I'm glad to see that I am not the only one who makes embarassing spelling mistakes. Thanks for responding.

You are doing very well then, to spend the time checking for your mistakes.

Well, let me tel u what happened once ;) I had to type this: "I will use my office cab...", Instead i typed this: "i will sue my office cab...". :) That gave a totally different meaning. LoL Funny blunder...

Ha... ha.. I see what you are doing here. Most of what you wrote I can understand, but not quite all.

hmmm..that mean i made a big mistake..it is ok,i will improve my spelling

I am making an effort to be more careful, as it is carelessness on my part for not checking my typing properly.

I will have to be more careful, slow down a bit with my typing I guess. Or learn better keyboard skills.

You are doing very well if English is not your first language.

My problem is typing too fast when I have poor keyboard skills. Thanks for responding.

I can see that you have good word processing skills. I should find an online free course to improve mine.

Thank you. I like doing discussions if I can think of something interesting & I love doing responses.

If English is your second language, then you are doing very well.