Crying Over Misspelt Milk
The only thing worse than spelling mistakes is deliberate misspellings. I hate it. How can you expect kids to learn correct spelling when a "Drive Through" is always a "Drive Thru?" Oh dear, I just revealed I’m a spelling-Nazi. It gets worse all the time. I was walking past a blackboard menu outside a cafe and I almost stopped to rub out an unnecessary letter. If I were a super-hero I would stalk the streets in a stiff cardigan and a pair of sensible shoes, wielding a giant liquid paper pen.
Sometimes, I think the drugs were still wearing off at the time of signing the birth certificate. One child I know has been named, "Blade". With a name like that he has little choice but to become a superhero. Another day a young American came handed me a form with only one letter for his first name. I handed it back and said, "We need your full name there." He smiled and replied, "That is my full name." There could never be an adequate explanation for this. The only thing I could imagine was that his parents fantasized about their boy growing up to be a James Bond movie character.
Princess Mary is really missing out at the moment - the royal baby name book is pretty slim. From what I hear you basically take any name that's been used before, pick your favourite, then put the others after it in descending order of preference. It must be a weight off her mind. Other mums agonise over whether to name their child after fruit, exotic flowers or baking ingredients. I know has named their child Anacki and I like it. If you are going to identify your child's most distinguishable trait then the highest state of social chaos is highly appropriate. I hope she names her next child "Kaos" and he or she gets a doctorate someday. Til’ then, I’ll keep correcting my spellchecker.
Sometimes, I think the drugs were still wearing off at the time of signing the birth certificate. One child I know has been named, "Blade". With a name like that he has little choice but to become a superhero. Another day a young American came handed me a form with only one letter for his first name. I handed it back and said, "We need your full name there." He smiled and replied, "That is my full name." There could never be an adequate explanation for this. The only thing I could imagine was that his parents fantasized about their boy growing up to be a James Bond movie character.
Princess Mary is really missing out at the moment - the royal baby name book is pretty slim. From what I hear you basically take any name that's been used before, pick your favourite, then put the others after it in descending order of preference. It must be a weight off her mind. Other mums agonise over whether to name their child after fruit, exotic flowers or baking ingredients. I know has named their child Anacki and I like it. If you are going to identify your child's most distinguishable trait then the highest state of social chaos is highly appropriate. I hope she names her next child "Kaos" and he or she gets a doctorate someday. Til’ then, I’ll keep correcting my spellchecker.
Funny as!
Divid.
skewel (school)
wut (what)
wuz (was)
cuz (short for because)
It's a language of its own!
W
(which stands for Wendi, spelled with an i instead of a y [thanks, mom])
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On one parenting message board I frequent one woman has done horrible things to her children, in the form of Kassydie and Delaynie. There are so many extra letters in there, it makes the head spin.
My husband once made a good point about the dolls Bratz. He said "What kind of message are these dolls sending our girls? That if you dress like a slut, society will forgive your poor spelling?" I love that man for a reason.
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Yes, I agree with you about spelling and after a few wines on Sat night I was saying the same things...quite animatedly....it does my head in....
Tracy
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I understand using abbreviations when you're sms'ing. You only get a limited number of characters to use. But when people email using 'u' instead of 'you' and the like, it drives me mental!
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…is that the old fashioned spelling of your name? *chuckle* just kiddin’ ya!
I spend a lot of time making sure I have the correct spelling (and understanding) of words and fully sympathise with you … although for the purposes of humour, sometimes mis-spelling is hilarious and required writing, wouldn’t you agree?
Don’t get me started on weirded-out, modern kids names … however, I think it really fitting they have "scrabbled" names, as you say, because the next generation will speak another English altogether from the one we are accustomed to. I was reading an article which claimed that by 2050, we will not recognise much of the language today, due to the advent of SMS, i-pods, IT – speak and wrap.
I don’t know about 2050 … I miss most of it now *lol* things are becoming so "cool" and Americanised ... the shorter the better ... *humpf*
Nice post,
Lilla …
PS I love this cat... what attitude ... adorable ..