Why is it whenever a poster starts a thread that is supposed to be lighthearted someone always has to get their panties in a wad and take offense?
LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE!
Um, that _is_ the correct way to spell sandwich...
-Astrid
Why is it whenever a poster starts a thread that is supposed to be lighthearted someone always has to get their panties in a wad and take offense?
LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE!

I see it as being rather mean-spirited. It's a message board post not a college term paper. Some of the most intelligent people that I know cannot spell properly. There are others who do not care to take the time to spell-check their posts because they do not consider it to be very important. And maybe (just maybe) some of us are pulling your chain when we use the wrong spelling of a word because we know how much more superior it makes some of you feel.Why is it whenever a poster starts a thread that is supposed to be lighthearted someone always has to get their panties in a wad and take offense?
LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE!
*raises glass of PEPSI* Kungaloosh!!

Great news! I can't spell and I'm trying to "loose" weight.
Again, nobody is criticizing or correcting any specific person - except, again, the posters who are offended at the general conversation in this thread.I see it as being rather mean-spirited. It's a message board post not a college term paper. Some of the most intelligent people that I know cannot spell properly.
.sure good idea...and you cant get into epcot if you say the surface of spaceship earth is covered in tiny cubes. funny i thought spelling and shape lessons were free in this country but i guess not.![]()


I always find it amusing to see how some people think it proper etiquette to correct someone else's spelling or pronunciation. I have pet peeves, like It irks me when I see people who do not color coordinate or even make an effort. Or when I see someone wearing a color that looks horrible on them. But I know it would be inconsiderate of myself and a sign of bad manners for me to take it upon myself to stop said person and say you know that color looks horrible on you or your wearing it all wrong. Why is it then that some people feel it is their right to try to correct someone else for a misspelled or pronounced word? In my opinion its a sense of uprightness or or a sense of over-importance of ones self. Personally unless someone asks you specifically if they've spelled something correctly or unless you happen to be said persons teacher its rude to correct them and really makes you look bad in my opinion.
I don't think this applies. Nobody is correcting anybody (well, until maybe this quoted post?). The OP and a subsequent poster are simply making general observations about two too-common misspellings. No specific person is being cited or corrected.
Just like the sense of uprightness or over-importance involved in chastising someone for what their pet peeve is?
If you see someone and think that color looks horrible then you are doing the same thing posters on this thread are. You are making a judgement of someone else. Whether you tell the person or not, you have made the judgement.
I see it as being rather mean-spirited. It's a message board post not a college term paper. Some of the most intelligent people that I know cannot spell properly. There are others who do not care to take the time to spell-check their posts because they do not consider it to be very important. And maybe (just maybe) some of us are pulling your chain when we use the wrong spelling of a word because we know how much more superior it makes some of you feel.

I needed a laugh today, OP, and I can tell you're just in a playful and laughing mood.Um, that _is_ the correct way to spell sandwich...
-Astrid
You drink PEPSI and live in Atlanta (home of COKE)??? Isn't that blasphemy??
By the way, I will gladly join you in a Pepsi. I can't stand Coke.
Kungaloosh!


But the OP didn't correct anyone. He's not over on the Restaurants board telling anybody they're spelling things wrong - using the wrong words, really. He's not even doing that on this board, where some people do ask questions about the dining plans. He's just being amusing. I think he's funny... and I do, by the way, think he should be given a sword on request at CRT. Ah, heck. Once this response posts, I'm going to see what other threads he's started in anticipation of his upcoming trips!