skidoo_j Posted January 15, 2012 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 :)
Automan2164 Posted January 15, 2012 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
Pete M Posted January 15, 2012 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
mvusse Posted January 15, 2012 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:
cody4359 Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 thats awesome :cheers: and yes I'm aware that i didnt use a '
skidoo_j Posted January 15, 2012 Author 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.
Automan2164 Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 A quick search of the long word will lead you to the thread where I originated the correction. Rob
skidoo_j Posted January 16, 2012 Author 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.
500 MJ Posted January 17, 2012 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?
Pete M Posted January 17, 2012 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:
dfreeman616 Posted January 18, 2012 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.
Dirteatr717 Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 antidisestablishmentarianism the heck?! I had to try it out for myself :D
dasbulliwagen Posted January 18, 2012 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.
Akula69 Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Well i guess i learned something today antidisestablishmentarianism? (Cool!)
skidoo_j Posted March 7, 2012 Author 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.
carnuck Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Sorry. Was trying to be funny. As in "Wot? Wot?" a common Britishism
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