I remember seeing some of Sir Winston Churchill’s letters to his wife. For man who was a very famous author on the English Language is spelling was atrocious.
On a slightly different note, on a recent visit to a local museum we were enthralled by the beautiful handwriting in a display of children’s school notebooks from the late 1800’s. We were definitely not enthralled to read an explanatory card that mentioned “in the future no one will be able to read these books because cursive handwriting will no longer be taught”. My granddaughter told me a story concerning a young girl in her office who had to sign some documents and literally did not know how to write her signature in cursive. My granddaughter had to spend an hour teaching her how to write her own name!
One man’s boon is another man’s curse. Generally, I love the convenience of Spell-Checker and Grammarly when writing … but … I often use dialogue and dialect and this drives both those writing aides completely nuts and I often wind up with paragraphs filled with red and/or squiggly underlines.
Traditional Shorthand looks kind of like a bunch of squiggles. For an example, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand . My father used it in WWII.
A priest, a minister and a rabbit walk into a bar. The bartender asks, why are you here. The rabbit says, I don’t know about the others, but I am here because of spellcheck.
dadthedawg Premium Member over 3 years ago
Thanks, Gramma…..
stillfickled Premium Member over 3 years ago
Not just kids can’t spell.
Dean over 3 years ago
The dreaded wiggly red underline and the [Control (or Left)] click does not suggest anything like what one is trying to say.
Doug K over 3 years ago
If she’s not there physically, she’s still there “in your head”.
littlejohn Premium Member over 3 years ago
I remember seeing some of Sir Winston Churchill’s letters to his wife. For man who was a very famous author on the English Language is spelling was atrocious.
Frank Farkel Premium Member over 3 years ago
I’ll never forget Miss Trigg, my fifth grade teacher, saying "We want A’s in Grammar, not E’s.
gpjhard over 3 years ago
“It is indeed a dull man who can think of but one way to spell a word.” Ben Jonson 1572-1637
1953Baby over 3 years ago
Never had any trouble with letters/spelling. . .math/numbers, however. . .never made it past algebra 1 even though it had letters in it. . .
Diat60 over 3 years ago
On a slightly different note, on a recent visit to a local museum we were enthralled by the beautiful handwriting in a display of children’s school notebooks from the late 1800’s. We were definitely not enthralled to read an explanatory card that mentioned “in the future no one will be able to read these books because cursive handwriting will no longer be taught”. My granddaughter told me a story concerning a young girl in her office who had to sign some documents and literally did not know how to write her signature in cursive. My granddaughter had to spend an hour teaching her how to write her own name!
Larrycleve over 3 years ago
From Mad Magazine- Pall Mall can’t spall.
rshive over 3 years ago
But Mrs. Twitchell clearly didn’t teach Cosmo to straighten his desk.
Linguist over 3 years ago
One man’s boon is another man’s curse. Generally, I love the convenience of Spell-Checker and Grammarly when writing … but … I often use dialogue and dialect and this drives both those writing aides completely nuts and I often wind up with paragraphs filled with red and/or squiggly underlines.
Bill D. Kat Premium Member over 3 years ago
When I misspoke in class once, my teacher said “Where’s your grammar?”. I replied “At home with my grampa”.
christelisbetty over 3 years ago
So Mrs,Twitchell, what, like 150 ? Now that’s dedication.
h.v.greenman over 3 years ago
Gary and Susie should have given Mrs. Twitchell a “Spelling Police” uniform.
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
The inability to spell doesn’t bother me as much as the inability to reason.
dougsathome over 3 years ago
Traditional Shorthand looks kind of like a bunch of squiggles. For an example, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand . My father used it in WWII.
Display over 3 years ago
I’d swear to it that the person who wrote the code for my phone’s autocorrect learned to spell phonetically.
karlsch Premium Member over 3 years ago
A priest, a minister and a rabbit walk into a bar. The bartender asks, why are you here. The rabbit says, I don’t know about the others, but I am here because of spellcheck.
UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 3 years ago
Oooh, I dare you to call her a Nazi!
jmcenanly over 3 years ago
My computer corrects my spelling and grammar. I don’t know who does it for the guy who played Doctor Frasier Crane.
Chris Sherlock over 3 years ago
If you’ve ever had a Mrs, Twitchell in your life, consider yourself fortunate, indeed.