Spelling

In my working years part of my job was to prepare individual programmes for children with reading and spelling problems.
I made up one spelling programme consisting of a story containing deliberate spelling mistakes. The child had a red felt-tip to put a line through the mistakes. Then (hopefully) write the correct spelling.
The children really enjoyed doing this.
But our poor secretary, who was good at spelling, found it very difficult to type out the programme. With all the mistakes.

I’ve just picked up a paper in the cafe to read and someone has corrected every error spelling grammar etc., and written in the margin a score out of 10!! ?

There was a time when you rarely, if ever, saw an error in a newspaper, thanks to the diligence of the sub-editors.

Errors in books irritate me. Do they not employ proofreaders anymore?

My spelling has always been dire, and getting worse as I get older.

But honestly folks it is terribly rude to correct people, and you should always refrain from doing so.

That person may have dyslexia, or simply be a lousy speller like wot I am, but we don’t need telling -we know??

We have already agreed that's not what we do Whitewave but this is Pedants Corner for general gripes about spelling and grammar.
No need to get exercised about this.

Actually, I am grateful if someone corrects my spelling; I hate making spelling mistakes and always have.

It is rude not to bother to check spelling before posting, so easy to do now with spellcheckers.
Rarely have mistakes anything to do with dyslexia, but an awful lot to do with disinclination.

My daughter, born in the 60s , learned to read and write using ita ( initial teaching alphabet) She could read well by 5. However the transition to the 'normal' alphabet was not so easy for her. She has a degree in English and a very responsible job, but still finds spelling difficult. No fault of hers

I blame the english spelling 'system'. There are very few fixed rules. More exceptions to those rules.

ps Many other languages have regular spelling rules.

Just returned from a holiday cottage and the comments book on the property was amazing how many people cannot speak the word 'Accommodation' properly. Double C, double M. Every spelling under the sun. My English teacher would turn in his grave!