Have you been a victim of the "Dictionary Police"?

Ooh the Internet, a place where people can come together in a relaxed enviroment, a place to chill out, a place to unwind after a long day..

Oh wait a minute! What's that on the horizon?

It's the dictionary police!

Who are the dictionary police i hear you cry..

The dictionary police are a group of people who scour the internet, forums, threads and posts to find spelling and grammar mistakes, this particular group of people usually only post to let someone know they spelt something wrong or used the wrong grammar.

Now this isn't just happening on ATS, they are thriving on lots of forums and the biggest group operate on Yahoo answers..

If you have been a victim feel free to share your experience.

[edit on 4-12-2009 by Haydn_17]

I have been a victim, also. People correcting my grammer, spelling, etc.

But I have noticed, that I am getting annoyed with people that can't spell. So I guess I'm on both sides. So now I say:
If your on the computer, use the spell check program. Ya know?

Anyways, you can't get mad. Its going to happen no matter where you post.

reply to post by havok

If your on the computer, use the spell check program. Ya know?

Ya know?

Hmm, that doesn't look right to me

Peace.

reply to post by havok


But to be honest i don't see a problem with it, i only get mad if i can't understand what's being said.
For example.


tis thread is wikkid lol wt r u doin l8er plox

Originally posted by Haydn_17
Ooh the Internet, a place where people can come together in a relaxed enviroment, a place to chill out, a place to unwind after a long day..
[edit on 4-12-2009 by Haydn_17]

a satire eh?

reply to post by LiveForever8


It's "you" know, slang doesn't belong on the internet.

Originally posted by LiveForever8
reply to post by havok

 

If your on the computer, use the spell check program. Ya know?

Ya know?

Hmm, that doesn't look right to me

Peace.

Glad you caught that. I was patiently waiting. I thought it would pass over everyone's head. But, that's my humor.

Good job!

Originally posted by Haydn_17
reply to post by LiveForever8

 

It's "you" know, slang doesn't belong on the internet.

"Slang" doesn't belong on the Internet? What?
This entire "web" is based on short-celled words and encrypted lines.
HTML? Hyper being the key word here. Whatever you can type the fastest.

Maybe I didn't understand the first post.

This reminds me of a thread I did over in BTS: The Lost Art Of Letter Writing

I hate web speak, text speak etc...

Peace.

Spotting errors in spelling and grammar is something I can't help doing, but I'd never pull anyone up on it.

There is some fun to be had with the Dictionary Nazis - so often their posts contain errors.

I love it when someone takes the trouble to point them out. It's an innocent enough pleasure

Originally posted by havok

Originally posted by LiveForever8
reply to post by havok

 

If your on the computer, use the spell check program. Ya know?

Ya know?

Hmm, that doesn't look right to me

Peace.

Glad you caught that. I was patiently waiting. I thought it would pass over everyone's head. But, that's my humor.

Good job!

Do I get a prize for spotting the deliberate 'your' which should have been 'you're' ? ?

reply to post by Haydn_17


My dear friend this thread deserve to be in the conspiracy forums,

you just made my day, I have been in this forums for many years, I am a Spanish raise American with English as my second language, but I will not be lying to to you if I have not had my share of self proclaimed English major experts that are more than happy to point to my grammatical errors, but only when my post are not in par with what they want to be posted or it just doesn't line with their way of thinking on any given particular subject.

I wish I could give you a star.


[edit on 4-12-2009 by marg6043]

Originally posted by Haydn_17
reply to post by LiveForever8

 

It's "you" know, slang doesn't belong on the internet.

It's also "If you're on the computer...", not: "If your on the computer...".

I don't know if the "Correctors" really think they are the internet police, but I notice a lot of 'thoughtless' mistakes. In my case, the error stops the flow of the thought process. I get a little twitch that says: "should you really bother to consider this point?". Then I look to see if the offending key is in close proximity to the correct one on the keyboard. (some of us have big, clumsy fingers) Finally, I decide that even though correct spelling would indicate a familiarity with reading and knowledge in general, that pretty much everyone can tell me something about something... and I want to know everything. Then my wife will be correct in telling me that I'm a Know-It-All.

Originally posted by marg6043

I wish I could give you a start.

I agree, we should be able to give starts in this form.

I'd give your post 10 Marg.

reply to post by Walkswithfish


Thanks, what can I say, you are to generous with my starts



But that is my signature in ATS as I don't post anywhere else, actually my spelling and grammar have improved very much since I have been here, ATS doesn't allow INTERNET slang

Now, where were we? yeah "starts"

[edit on 4-12-2009 by marg6043]

reply to post by marg6043


Lol no it's just nearly impossible to understand what you're saying.



The thing about grammer is that, since this is a fringe website which wants credibility, it's important. If you have an amazing point, and you've done star journalism but when you post it you say:

"dis t3h bestorz brake news i evar hear, omg gaiz this bigggg stuf!!"
Does that help credibility?

Oops. I was late in pointing that one out.
I guess now everyone knows what a slowpoke I am. (actually, it's time spent repairing the carnage my fingers have done to the language, when I proof-read my posts.)


LOL!

Originally posted by Haydn_17

The dictionary police are a group of people who scour the internet, forums, threads and posts to find spelling and grammar mistakes, this particular group of people usually only post to let someone know they spelt something wrong or used the wrong grammar.

You mean spelled?

reply to post by marg6043


Marg, don't tell anyone but I am a fan of your work here at ATS, and I love your accent.

Don't change a thing.

reply to post by Haydn_17

If you have been a victim feel free to share your experience.

You forgot your comma between victim and feel

-Grammar Police





Just kidding.

I know how you feel man - the funny part is - most of the time - the people correcting you for your error in type have made plenty of mistakes themselves in that very reply.

Hypocrisy at its best.