Spelling Nazi

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » August 19, 2003, 8:52 am

...Just to be a further sarcastic pain in the ass, and because it had nothing to do with my last post.....

Does anyone truly critique instantaneous, unofficial, unrefined written statements so much as to think less of the writer if there are casual mistakes being made?

In all honesty, if I were ever to take an HR position, I would find much less to complain about if 'a lot' were contracted, versus someone applying for a position with an application written in AOLer.

I'm too lazy and just slightly too drunk to search for the post from several months back that discribed the grade school student that submitted a written report in full 'AOLer speak'. Personally, I'd be more concerned with that than the 'a lot' error.

Now, the 'to, two, too / 2' or 'your, you're / ur' mispellings... Those would bug the everliving shit out of me. For the record, there should be a 'ur' filter that is particularly harsh towards the user.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » August 19, 2003, 9:12 am

Better words to use than a lot on a resume, anyways. =p
Just to shw the benifits of a WV education: I had teachers count me wrong if I spelled it "a lot" instead of the forbidden word.

Do agree. UR is more annoying than most of the stuff on the current events forum.

However. Fix my P-IE.

Tegellan · Post by **Tegellan** » August 19, 2003, 9:20 am

I don't mind casual mistakes, we all make those now and then. What I do mind is the blatant idiots that can't spell and refuse to learn it, or claim they can spell but are too lazy. Those people are watering out the gene pool and need to be shot!

Thanks

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » August 19, 2003, 9:40 am

Pah;

When I'm going through resumes for job applicants the first thing I'm looking for is spelling mistakes. You make one, it's in the "not interested" pile. You would be amazed at a lot of the crap that I've seen come across my desk.

The most amusing I must say, was not someone misspelling something, but using a fill in the blank style cover letter, and HAND WRITING in the company name on an underline in the middle of the cover letter. I couldn't stop laughing.

Hammerstalker PE · Post by **Hammerstalker PE** » August 19, 2003, 10:08 am

Masteen and Skogen = Aranuil's bitches.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » August 19, 2003, 10:16 am

Kguku wrote:Pah;

When I'm going through resumes for job applicants the first thing I'm looking for is spelling mistakes. You make one, it's in the "not interested" pile. You would be amazed at a lot of the crap that I've seen come across my desk.

The most amusing I must say, was not someone misspelling something, but using a fill in the blank style cover letter, and HAND WRITING in the company name on an underline in the middle of the cover letter. I couldn't stop laughing.

I'm sorry if you misunderstood my intent. I never meant to suggest that spelling mistakes would ever be acceptable on a resume, I merely meant to state that I would find much less to complain about if a person were to misspell a lot, as opposed to writing in a grossly unintelligible manner.

Traz-KOE · Post by **Traz-KOE** » August 19, 2003, 3:50 pm

Whether you spell it a-lot or a lot, I was taught that neither is appropriate for formal or professional writing (and a-lot is never permissable); instead one should use words such as much, many, or other such word to describe a large amount which is not readily quantifiable.

On the other hand, I can not often bring myself to care about the subject outside of an English classroom or when proofreading for someone.

If I were in an HR position, a resume that used either a-lot or a lot would promptly go to the reject pile. I can not think of any good reason to use either one in such a document unless one were wanting to be turned away.

An AOL speak resume, on the other hand, would sit in the reject pile for 90 days as required. I would then have it photocopied many times, taking care to destroy each in a creative new way. I would retain one copy for posterity, and probably post it in at least one place like VV. Pain shared is pain halved, after all, and the joy of ridicule shared is joy twice gained.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » August 19, 2003, 5:49 pm

Traz-KOE wrote:Whether you spell it a-lot or a lot, I was taught that neither is appropriate for formal or professional writing (and a-lot is never permissable); instead one should use words such as much, many, or other such word to describe a large amount which is not readily quantifiable.

or use fuckloads, shitloads, craploads, tons, mega, bookoo (spelling), zergs, oodles, loads, etc etc.

Traz-KOE · Post by **Traz-KOE** » August 19, 2003, 6:01 pm

Or those.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » August 19, 2003, 7:19 pm

I agree Traz. I could hardly think of a situation where I would actually use 'a lot' on a resume. I merely mentioned it to provide an example of business writing / professional writing, where more often than not, people attempt to create flawless documents.

That being said, while I agree that spelling and grammatical mistakes weaken the resume, I would be less inclined to fault the person for a mistake on caliber with 'a lot' than to see a 'your/you're/ur' 'to/two/too/2' 'are/r' or any derivation of l33t 5p33k mistake.

Traz-KOE · Post by **Traz-KOE** » August 19, 2003, 10:17 pm

Most certainly.

Fesuni Chopsui · Post by **Fesuni Chopsui** » August 19, 2003, 11:58 pm

Sigh

Hammerstalker PE · Post by **Hammerstalker PE** » August 20, 2003, 2:50 am

Ewww Fes your cLick Me (NWS) is GROSS!! haha

Fesuni Chopsui · Post by **Fesuni Chopsui** » August 20, 2003, 9:08 pm

Rawr

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » August 20, 2003, 10:50 pm

I dont know..I think it's okay when you're in EQ, and you have to say something quick like "use ur potions!!" or "ur in the way" or "its got alotta hp"

But, when you are in a forum, or somewhere else there really isn't much excuse...

-=Lohrno

Traz-KOE · Post by **Traz-KOE** » August 21, 2003, 1:33 am

Actually, "ur" bugs me the most of all, wherever it is used. There is a difference between abbreviating something for the sake of speed (HPs, etc.) and just being a lazy typer.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » August 21, 2003, 11:31 am

Assloads and Buttloads are also reliable descriptions for "quantity".

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 21, 2003, 11:42 am

i have always translated "ur" to mean "i am a fuckwad"

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » August 21, 2003, 1:42 pm

In normal conversation yes, but if you're fighting Cazic or something, I think you can excuse it heh...you might even use it...

-=Lohrno

Traz-KOE · Post by **Traz-KOE** » August 21, 2003, 4:34 pm

Excuse it? Until after the fight maybe. Use it? Hell no.