One person criticizes me for spelling civilized as civilised, which is apparently wrong, and another fellow interested in converting from Islam to Christianity is told he's fake because Moslem is not the proper spelling, which it is as a variant of the more common Muslim. And one person criticized Brits for spelling ton as tonne, nevermind that they are different measurements and therefor neither is a mispelling in comparison to the other.
Do you agree that self appointed spell checkers should check their spelling first?
2006-10-03 08:15:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Sorry, I was incomplete in the comment about civilized vs. civilised. The spelling I chose was not wrong.
2006-10-03 08:17:00 · update #1
Oh, and to any that says "a true Muslim only spells their religious title as "muslim."
That's not withstanding the fact that Moslem is an accepted alternative spelling in dictionaries, and that is the standard that's most reasonable to expect, it's also an alternative I've seen for years, with nary a complaint about it. The dictionary wins. Get it made archaic and removed, then you'll be right.
2006-10-03 08:24:24 · update #2
What about color and colour. Or catalog and catalogue. People have to remember that the American way of spelling some words is different than the British. They should check their own spelling before criticising/criticizing someone else's.
2006-10-03 08:22:03 · answer #1 · answered by VLIGER DRAGÖN 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I'm not a great speller though, so I just use the spell checker. I think some people just take it too seriously. This is supposed to be fun.
2006-10-03 15:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by Juli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In America, we spell it "therefore."
2006-10-03 15:47:41 · answer #3 · answered by Dialup, Avatar, Jones!™ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think there are 2 s's in misspelling.
2006-10-03 15:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i agree, i do it all the time.
2006-10-03 15:17:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋