skidoo_j Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 has anyone else noticed that if they've mis-typed what as wa't (with out the apostrophe) it reads antidisestablishmentarianism here i'm typing wa't with out the apostrophe antidisestablishmentarianism this only took 4 edits to get it to read correctly :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 We had a member who was consistently too lazy to put the "h" in "what". After repeated attempts to get him to correct his action, I changed to auto correct to make him change. Yes, I know I could have just had it auto corrected to the correct spelling, but that wouldn't have made him learn. Spelling and basic grammar are great skills to hone, even if it takes the guiding hand of the Comanche Club. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Spelling and basic grammar are great skills to hone, even if it takes the guiding hand of the Comanche Club. totally quote worthy :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I don't like language filters that try to correct your spelling, especially if they are wrong. I'm on a board that used to automatically change its to it's. It took myself and three other people two WEEKS for the administrator to finally believe that its is a perfectly valid word (as is it's). The problem I had is that I used its correctly, and the language filter would automatically change it to the wrong it's. But AFAIK, wa't without the apostrophe is not a valid word, and if it is, I'm sure I would never use it. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody4359 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 thats awesome :cheers: and yes I'm aware that i didnt use a ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidoo_j Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Well it kinda freaked me out when I started reading back over a post I had written, I started thinking wth did my computer get a worm or virus etc and started looking at older posts and didn't see it anywhere but in one of my recent posts. Thanks for prompting a few virus scans and a mal-ware search or two. Once I had come up empty handed with that avenue I edited the post and found that I had actually pressed a 't' instead of a 'y' for way and typed w a t. :thwak: Glad to know I'm not crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 A quick search of the long word will lead you to the thread where I originated the correction. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidoo_j Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 A quick search of the long word will lead you to the thread where I originated the correction. Rob I searched antidisestablishmentarianism prior to my post and only found two posts about weekend plans. Then searched w a t and there were tons of posts showing the corrected form. I find it quite funny now that I'm aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 :thumbsup: Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 We had a member who was consistently too lazy to put the "h" in "what". After repeated attempts to get him to correct his action, I changed to auto correct to make him change. Yes, I know I could have just had it auto corrected to the correct spelling, but that wouldn't have made him learn. Spelling and basic grammar are great skills to hone, even if it takes the guiding hand of the Comanche Club. Rob antidisestablishmentarianism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerJY Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 antidisestablishmentarianism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 and just think how much time you'll be saving by never needing to type out antidisestablishmentarianism when talking about the antidisestablishment. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfreeman616 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 yes, auto correct can be a pain. another 4x4 board i'm on use to change "MJ" to a "repost" grill. that was due to some junk about another website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I know which site you're talking about. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirteatr717 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 antidisestablishmentarianism the heck?! I had to try it out for myself :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasbulliwagen Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I was just wondering how I missed this thread, but then I saw which section it was in. I never come in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Well i guess i learned something today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula69 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Well i guess i learned something today antidisestablishmentarianism? (Cool!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnuck Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 WOT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Wide Open Throttle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidoo_j Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 WOT? it's W A T that was in question in this thread. I think WOT is an acronym for wide open throttle as mvusse stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnuck Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Sorry. Was trying to be funny. As in "Wot? Wot?" a common Britishism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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