I was a couple grade levels ahead in reading, but horrible in spelling. I hated spelling bees as I was Always the 1st one in the class out. They thought since I didn’t have phonics, that was the reason – so in 6th grade, sent me back to 1st grade teacher for phonic tutoring (that didn’t go well). By the time I got to high school & college, I spelled fine.
Yngvar Følling over 2 years ago
It’s always a bit weird when we hear these halves of a conversation, to imagine what the other half must be:
Bernie: I received an anonymous e-mail announcement from someone with atrocious spelling.
Mike: What’s that? You say you received an anonymous e-mail announcement from someone with atrocious spelling?
Who repeats the other person’s dialogue like that?
Troglodyte over 2 years ago
Hang in there, Alex…spellcheck is on its way!
Serial Pedant over 2 years ago
mi to.
sueb1863 over 2 years ago
Alex is a computer genius but she can’t spell?
zzeek over 2 years ago
I’m really good at confusing spellcheck. It will finally give up and ask, “What the heck are you trying to say?”
Redd Panda over 2 years ago
And that’s what you get, when you defeat the spell checker.
My spelling’s not bad, but, my typing skills are on a par with a Harbor Seal.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Cats don’t stay in bags for very long if you have kids or grandparents in the house.
monya_43 over 2 years ago
She’s so happy about it that she can’t possibly think they’d want to keep it a secret.
pshapley Premium Member over 2 years ago
So Mike’s going to chew her out for being an atrocious speller.
GaryCooper over 2 years ago
Need to work on that spelling, Alex.
this is summerdog over 2 years ago
Probably a mass send.
The Wolf In Your Midst over 2 years ago
“Oh, just one more thing….”
preacherman Premium Member over 2 years ago
Evidently, Mike is no King Saul, as Mike never taught loyalty to his kid.
StackableContainers over 2 years ago
Does Alex as an adult use social media a lot? As a child she had propensity for sharing information online long before social media was developed.
ChessPirate over 2 years ago
“Itz a fare kop…”
Jogger2 over 2 years ago
Sounds like me. In high school, on standardized tests, I scored in percentiles 99 in science, but 20 in spelling.
198.23.5.11 over 2 years ago
Western Union would check before sending.
denirwin Premium Member over 2 years ago
I was a couple grade levels ahead in reading, but horrible in spelling. I hated spelling bees as I was Always the 1st one in the class out. They thought since I didn’t have phonics, that was the reason – so in 6th grade, sent me back to 1st grade teacher for phonic tutoring (that didn’t go well). By the time I got to high school & college, I spelled fine.
jim.bullard over 2 years ago
How do you send an anonymous email?
Brian Premium Member over 2 years ago
“Nolo Contendere.”
daddo52 over 2 years ago
Unfortunately, in this day and age I see many college educated people misspell words
JenSolo02 over 2 years ago
Bad spelling is a gifted characteristic.