Corrections

Ignore the comment Mabelle.
There`s no spelling police on this site.
Also we can all hit the wrong key at times.

Sometimes I wonder about the people reading and posting on here. What do they look like, how have they time to do this, and so on. (I'll come clean: I came downstairs in my dressing gown because I wanted a cup of tea. I am also seeking distraction from engaging with the difficult things I need to do today. So I thought I'd look to see what might interest me on GN.) Because we don't really know each other, or see each other face to face, it is harder to pick up on the equivalents of intonation and body language. Probably those who do the correcting just don't understand/appreciate the effect of their posts on OPs. Would they behave like that if we were all together in a room? (Of course, we wouldn't hear spelling mistakes; but there would be word choices and lapses of syntax or grammar they could point out. And if they did, I imagine most of us would cold-shoulder them.)

Maybelle please take no notice, some folk have little to do with their time and appear to take pleasure in humiliating other posters.

I don't mind if posters make mistakes with spelling and grammar on this forum - it's meant to be chatty and openly criticizing others is ill-mannered. However, I was amused the other day to see that a post decrying others' mistakes did itself contain a grammatical error. (I didn't risk pointing it out, though!)

Nanny27 you’re not alone I really must pay more attention
Don’t worry MayBelle what do they say ‘To err is human’ we all make mistakes and it says more about the corrector than the corrected
Keep on a throshing as they say in my part of the world

gonegirl because the same posters who are quick to unnecessarily correct typos are also quick to claim that they are being attacked.

I don’t know who these rude people are, I obviously need to pay more attention.?

Forgot the ?

Why don't posters just come out and say it on the thread.

This thread could be taken as bullying by stealth.

There are some (well one!) poster who, if I see her name on a thread, I just leave it. ? Just too unnecessarily critical of others and unpleasant too often.

Grandad1943, it was not you, I have also sent you a PM.

In defence of us pedantic posters, of a certain age, for whom bad spelling was punished at school.

Our DC were exasperated with me for when they showed me their homework, I would just see the mistakes and fail to follow the context.

"you aren't reading it!" one would cry. Never mind the apostrophes, I found it hard to see beyond. Shame on me.

I also make plenty of typos and spelling errors. Sorry about the rudeness you experienced Maybelle

It's very rude. My husband is a very intelligent man who held down a very responsible job for many years. However, his spelling is appalling. He just has a mental block with spelling.

Maybelle, I suffer from a mild form of dyslexia and therefore use an app named Grammarly which corrects any spelling mistakes I make as I type.

In my posts I often quote what others have posted (encased in square brackets) and when carrying out those pastes the Grammarly app will sometimes auto-correct any spelling mistakes it recognises.

I am not sure if the above was what happened in any response I may have made to a post of yours, but if that is the case I very sincerely apologise.

Prior to having the above app I often received "mocking" from the forum grammar and spelling police, so I very much recognise how you feel.

Once again sincere apologies if that unwelcome correction was made by way of me and my app, had I realised it certainly would not had happened.

I would write 'mediaeval'! And ditto foetus (if I ever had to) not the increasingly common 'fetus'.
The other versions just looks wrong to me, though I know they are quite correct.

I agree that correcting others is very rude.

I also think that autocorrect is responsible for a lot of ‘mistakes’. My phone has a mind of its own, and as we can’t edit on here, the nonsense has to stand.

Nanny27
I know of 3 who have at least temporarily 'retired wounded' because they PMd me after a particularly vitriolic attack, not about spelling though.
I had taken a differen approach, hence the PMs. It's such a shame.

About spelling: quite apart from anything else, it changes over time.

No one seems to write mediaeval now and I would never have used 'spelt' - which to me is a kind of flour, but 'spelled' likewise 'leant' - I use 'leaned'.

I am not assuming one is wrong, the other correct, just illustrating how things change.

As for the audacity of anyone to correct someone's post - words (fortunately) fail me.

Maybelle stay with us imperfect Grans and ignore those who think they are perfect

Another here who has a dyslexic daughter and I've seen her posts on FB be criticised.Makes me very annoyed,as someone said a spell checker is often less than useless and she just doesn't bother now as most people who know her know she cant spell...wel she can spell but she can spell the same word differently 3 times in one sentence.People should just but out as my GS would say .Nobody is perfect although some on here believe they are !

Ignore. I make lots of typos if using my phone, tiny keys and tiny print. However did spot spell check change knickers to knockers and managed to sort it before pressing post. ? If we can communicate our ideas, offer and receive advice and reassurance that is all that is necessary. Also many posters are from different countries where alternative spellings are correct there. Come to soop’s kitchen where kindness and good manners are a must. That is an official invitation. A new kitchen should open in the next few hours. The current one is almost full.

My phone took it upon itself to alter a spelling and some clever arse went on and on about my post being nonsensical even though a five year old could have grasped the meaning - with or without correct spelling.

Best to ignore the sad creatures.

Hate to think that someone would be put off posting on here because people are rude enough to correct spelling. Makes you wonder if anyone else, maybe a new member has been afraid to come back. Horrible thought.

Had a giggle the other day when I saw someone correcting a spelling mistake but then used the incorrect spelling of their/there in the same post.

You should never use a burnt tin.

Learning something new! Never heard of a bundt tin until I googled. That would make a nice cake.Thought you meant bun tin until I read the comments.

Thanks again for all the support. So glad I didn't just sign off and leave earlier.

grapefruitpip it was the spelling of bundt tin , which is indeed a rincakeyringy, a circular cake tin with the centre missing, like a bit like a large metal mould to make polo mint cakes in . . .

I had spelt it as bunt which is how I had always spelt it. Well now I know better !