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Has a spelling mistake ever pissed you off

stockportugaladdick
stockportugaladdick Posts: 1,143
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I had to do some legal stuff following my dads recent death. Towards the end of the meeting, I was told we could not continue as my dads name had been spelt wrong by the registrar. Oh says I, not a biggy, I'll sort it out and re book another appointment with you.

I then asked have they put an 'E' on the end of Clark instead of without as that is the normal error? No says the guy, instead of Ronald, it says Roland.

The poor bloke on seeing my reaction said he couldn't believe how I changed from being so chilled about it one second to fuming the next.

Anyone else had a simple spelling mistake make them mad?
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  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,723
    Knot that I caan fink off
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,884
    Totally unnecessary and gratuitous use of the letter ‘e’.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    edited February 2018
    In 1997 I was handed a Ballot Paper that contained the words 'Labour Party'.
    I considered this fake and, accordingly, declined to vote for it.
    #wmd
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,230
    edited February 2018
    Yes apparently we have a striker on our books commonly known as McGuiness - must have missed that deadline day signing we made.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Our North American Colonial friends constantly make mistakes in their spelling.

    It's our duty to pull them up on the correct way the Queens English is written.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,131
    My name is Anthony.
    NB That's Anthony spelt with a f*****g aitch.
    ( Note to the Americans and under 30's - you don't f*****g pronounce the aitch, it's silent)
    :smile:
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,477
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    My name is Anthony.
    NB That's Anthony spelt with a f*****g aitch.
    ( Note to the Americans and under 30's - you don't f*****g pronounce the aitch, it's silent)
    :smile:

    Cheers Anfernee

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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,351
    Addickted said:

    Our North American Colonial friends constantly make mistakes in their spelling.

    It's our duty to pull them up on the correct way the Queens English is written.

    As Her Majesty is rumoured to have explained, at length, to countless Ambassadors, Presidents and "celebrities", there is no such thing as British English and American English.

    There is English. And there are mistakes.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    captainbob said:

    Swisdom said:

    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language

    Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
    Autocorrect does my head in
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,102
    Swisdom said:

    captainbob said:

    Swisdom said:

    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language

    Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
    Autocorrect does my head in
    You can turn it off
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Swisdom said:

    captainbob said:

    Swisdom said:

    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language

    Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
    Autocorrect does my head in
    You can turn it off
    I know. It often helps out but it also does really stupid random shit like put s instead of a.

    And last week it thought I wanted to say ‘fumbling hell’





  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,374
    I cant spel to my life. So it an everyday occurance for me.
    I work in a well known London Universty
  • addickfanatic
    addickfanatic Posts: 1,113
    Shy 11 year old first day at all boys Secondary school surname of Cook, teachers register slightly misspelt, Teacher calls out my name as Cock. Secondary school was so much fun after that
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,205
    Cracked me up rather than anything else. But a supervisor wondered why I wouldn't sign off an appraisal which said: "Darren's speeling is not up to standard".
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,014
    Swisdom said:

    captainbob said:

    Swisdom said:

    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language

    Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
    Autocorrect does my head in
    ducking hell.
  • Super_Eddie_Youds
    Super_Eddie_Youds Posts: 1,981
    edited February 2018
    Swisdom said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Swisdom said:

    captainbob said:

    Swisdom said:

    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language

    Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
    Autocorrect does my head in
    You can turn it off
    I know. It often helps out but it also does really stupid random shit like put s instead of a.

    And last week it thought I wanted to say ‘fumbling hell’





    Do you have a Samsung? My work phone is, and the autocorrect drives me insane. Random capitals in emails are a particular gripe.

    (Cue another Apple/Samsung battle for the people that think it matters)
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,024
    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Swisdom said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Swisdom said:

    captainbob said:

    Swisdom said:

    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language

    Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
    Autocorrect does my head in
    You can turn it off
    I know. It often helps out but it also does really stupid random shit like put s instead of a.

    And last week it thought I wanted to say ‘fumbling hell’





    Do you have a Samsung? My work phone is, and the autocorrect drives me insane. Random capitals in emails are a particular gripe.

    (Cue another Apple/Samsung battle for the people that think it matters)
    I love Samsung and am very anti Apple but the auto correct on a Samsung is utter w@#k

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  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Swisdom said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Swisdom said:

    captainbob said:

    Swisdom said:

    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language

    Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
    Autocorrect does my head in
    You can turn it off
    I know. It often helps out but it also does really stupid random shit like put s instead of a.

    And last week it thought I wanted to say ‘fumbling hell’





    Do you have a Samsung? My work phone is, and the autocorrect drives me insane. Random capitals in emails are a particular gripe.

    (Cue another Apple/Samsung battle for the people that think it matters)
    nope - iPhone fanboy here

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    Swisdom said:

    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Swisdom said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Swisdom said:

    captainbob said:

    Swisdom said:

    As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language

    Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
    Autocorrect does my head in
    You can turn it off
    I know. It often helps out but it also does really stupid random shit like put s instead of a.

    And last week it thought I wanted to say ‘fumbling hell’





    Do you have a Samsung? My work phone is, and the autocorrect drives me insane. Random capitals in emails are a particular gripe.

    (Cue another Apple/Samsung battle for the people that think it matters)
    nope - iPhone fanboy here

    iBerk, don't come in here with your overpriced phone, spelling mistakes and American lingo, this threads for android users wot hate shit grammar and predictive text and that innit
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Can't stand people who canot spell.
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,166
    No...but there is always one pedantic buffoon who reminds me.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    I was working on my genealogy a while back, and after going back a few generations successfully found out that my surname could be spelled about six different ways. Apparently during the time when not everybody could read and write, the census takers spelled peoples names the way they thought they should. My genealogy research has been very challenging as a result.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,432
    I really hated it when I saw "decent owner willing to spend money on getting back to the premier league" spelt "Roland Duchatelet".

    Not only was the spelling wrong but the correct spelling of "Roland Duchatelet" is actually "C*nt"
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,432
    edited February 2018
    My name is actually Darrel so I see y's, l's, r's and n's dropping into my name or replacing other letters all the time.

    Do not disrespect someone by spelling their name incorrectly, it's rather upsetting.
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    limeygent said:

    I was working on my genealogy a while back, and after going back a few generations successfully found out that my surname could be spelled about six different ways. Apparently during the time when not everybody could read and write, the census takers spelled peoples names the way they thought they should. My genealogy research has been very challenging as a result.

    Limy,limmy, lemmy, lem of Ghent,limey git?
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,121
    Chippycafc said:

    No...but there is always one pedantic buffoon who reminds me.

    That sounds like my cue...
    What grates with me in the OP is '...my dads name had been spelt wrong by the registrar.'
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,034
    The word accommodation. The times I have seen it with either one c or one m. Even on hotel or B&B notice boards. Sorry, just my pet hate

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