I need to begin this post by saying that I am a careless typist.
I'm sure that you've noticed grammatical mistakes and typos all over this blog. My mother certainly has, and she calls me when she finds them and insists that I change them, which sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. But, she is a seriously good over-the-phone harasser, so most of the time I do.
In fact, I grew up in a house that did not tolerate misspellings. My mother would correct notices the teachers would send home. This one time, we were standing in the lobby of one of the grammar schools in my hometown. I remember her pulling a pen out of her purse and correcting a sign hanging on the wall. When I turned red and tried to stop her, she pointed out that a misspelling in a school was absolutely unacceptable. (They had spelled "litter" with only one "t" – "Please don't liter.")
My husband is equally annoyed by such mistakes. He once looked at something I wrote and said, "You use the ignorant comma." His legal briefs are masterpieces made up of properly annotated footnotes and cleverly designed turns of phrases. E-mails sent from his blackberry contain proper punctuation.
And even I, careless typist and ignorant comma user, have looked down my nose at misspellings and enormous grammatical gaffes. I have judged others harshly by their malapropisms in message board posts. I have thrown up my hands with disgust when scrapbooking magazines feature pages full of misspellings.
And now…
And now, I am covered in shame.
Shame.
Shame.
Shame.
I am lucky enough to have a digital layout in the most recent issue of Memory Makers Magazine. I sat down with the magazine last night and read through the journaling on my page.
Ick!
Ack!
No!
An atrocious misspelling.
I breathed deeply and kept reading.
Ick!
Ack!
No!
A malapropism. A bad one. An obvious one!
Sigh.
And, it's a digital page too! I could have changed those mistakes in two seconds! Why-oh-why didn't any of the editors at the magazine point it out to me? Why-oh-why didn't I proofread what I had written?!
Shame.
Shame.
Shame.
Just a friendly public service announcement to proofread your pages.
Sigh.
oh no!!!! LOL, sorry I just couldn’t help myself.
oh no!!!! LOL, sorry I just couldn’t help myself.
oh no!!!! LOL, sorry I just couldn’t help myself.
oh no!!!! LOL, sorry I just couldn’t help myself.
I had to go and check the LO ~lol~ at least you’ll NEVER forget how to spell that word again! (I grew up in the same sort of household… text speak, and message boards drive me insane at times!) Love the LO, by the way…
I had to go and check the LO ~lol~ at least you’ll NEVER forget how to spell that word again! (I grew up in the same sort of household… text speak, and message boards drive me insane at times!) Love the LO, by the way…
I had to go and check the LO ~lol~ at least you’ll NEVER forget how to spell that word again! (I grew up in the same sort of household… text speak, and message boards drive me insane at times!) Love the LO, by the way…
I had to go and check the LO ~lol~ at least you’ll NEVER forget how to spell that word again! (I grew up in the same sort of household… text speak, and message boards drive me insane at times!) Love the LO, by the way…
LOL! Just proves your human!
LOL! Just proves your human!
LOL! Just proves your human!
LOL! Just proves your human!
I had to laugh… but I feel your pain. The other day I waited three hours to finish my LO because I wasn’t sure of the proper grammar for the title and my mom wasn’t home to clear up my confusion. I just couldn’t make myself glue down those letters.
I had to laugh… but I feel your pain. The other day I waited three hours to finish my LO because I wasn’t sure of the proper grammar for the title and my mom wasn’t home to clear up my confusion. I just couldn’t make myself glue down those letters.
I had to laugh… but I feel your pain. The other day I waited three hours to finish my LO because I wasn’t sure of the proper grammar for the title and my mom wasn’t home to clear up my confusion. I just couldn’t make myself glue down those letters.
I had to laugh… but I feel your pain. The other day I waited three hours to finish my LO because I wasn’t sure of the proper grammar for the title and my mom wasn’t home to clear up my confusion. I just couldn’t make myself glue down those letters.
As atranslator who works with language all the time, I can’t help noticing spelling and grammar mistakes, and my pet peeve – bad apostrophe’s! 🙂 They’re all over the place on LOs on the internet and in magazine. Anyway, I think you should just see it as something that is you. I don’t believe you have to spellcheck LOs or go crazy over grammar. Remember, it’s for you and your family. You can laugh about it 🙂
Oh, and if you find any mistakes in my writing, I’m entitled, because I’m not a native English speaker! :-))) (And I really liked the story about your mother correcting the sign!)
As atranslator who works with language all the time, I can’t help noticing spelling and grammar mistakes, and my pet peeve – bad apostrophe’s! 🙂 They’re all over the place on LOs on the internet and in magazine. Anyway, I think you should just see it as something that is you. I don’t believe you have to spellcheck LOs or go crazy over grammar. Remember, it’s for you and your family. You can laugh about it 🙂
Oh, and if you find any mistakes in my writing, I’m entitled, because I’m not a native English speaker! :-))) (And I really liked the story about your mother correcting the sign!)
As atranslator who works with language all the time, I can’t help noticing spelling and grammar mistakes, and my pet peeve – bad apostrophe’s! 🙂 They’re all over the place on LOs on the internet and in magazine. Anyway, I think you should just see it as something that is you. I don’t believe you have to spellcheck LOs or go crazy over grammar. Remember, it’s for you and your family. You can laugh about it 🙂
Oh, and if you find any mistakes in my writing, I’m entitled, because I’m not a native English speaker! :-))) (And I really liked the story about your mother correcting the sign!)
As atranslator who works with language all the time, I can’t help noticing spelling and grammar mistakes, and my pet peeve – bad apostrophe’s! 🙂 They’re all over the place on LOs on the internet and in magazine. Anyway, I think you should just see it as something that is you. I don’t believe you have to spellcheck LOs or go crazy over grammar. Remember, it’s for you and your family. You can laugh about it 🙂
Oh, and if you find any mistakes in my writing, I’m entitled, because I’m not a native English speaker! :-))) (And I really liked the story about your mother correcting the sign!)
lol I saw that on your layout! lol. We all do it. It happens. I wondered why MM pubbed it with out contacting you telling you to change it and resend it to them. I need your mom to come edit my blog for me. I’m horrible about commas and run ons.
lol I saw that on your layout! lol. We all do it. It happens. I wondered why MM pubbed it with out contacting you telling you to change it and resend it to them. I need your mom to come edit my blog for me. I’m horrible about commas and run ons.
lol I saw that on your layout! lol. We all do it. It happens. I wondered why MM pubbed it with out contacting you telling you to change it and resend it to them. I need your mom to come edit my blog for me. I’m horrible about commas and run ons.
lol I saw that on your layout! lol. We all do it. It happens. I wondered why MM pubbed it with out contacting you telling you to change it and resend it to them. I need your mom to come edit my blog for me. I’m horrible about commas and run ons.
You are so funny Julie, and I totally hear ya (and am quite guilty myself!).
You are so funny Julie, and I totally hear ya (and am quite guilty myself!).
You are so funny Julie, and I totally hear ya (and am quite guilty myself!).
You are so funny Julie, and I totally hear ya (and am quite guilty myself!).
Now I have to go back and look at your LO. I make spelling mistakes and that is why I love spellcheck. I must admit that I use it like a dictionary (even when I’m journaling by hand). To err is human;-)
Now I have to go back and look at your LO. I make spelling mistakes and that is why I love spellcheck. I must admit that I use it like a dictionary (even when I’m journaling by hand). To err is human;-)
Now I have to go back and look at your LO. I make spelling mistakes and that is why I love spellcheck. I must admit that I use it like a dictionary (even when I’m journaling by hand). To err is human;-)
Now I have to go back and look at your LO. I make spelling mistakes and that is why I love spellcheck. I must admit that I use it like a dictionary (even when I’m journaling by hand). To err is human;-)
oh gosh don’t feel bad…we are all human…my mom used to IM me and tell me I had misspellings on my blog too LOL NO WORRIES 🙂 and congrats on your pub!!!
oh gosh don’t feel bad…we are all human…my mom used to IM me and tell me I had misspellings on my blog too LOL NO WORRIES 🙂 and congrats on your pub!!!
oh gosh don’t feel bad…we are all human…my mom used to IM me and tell me I had misspellings on my blog too LOL NO WORRIES 🙂 and congrats on your pub!!!
oh gosh don’t feel bad…we are all human…my mom used to IM me and tell me I had misspellings on my blog too LOL NO WORRIES 🙂 and congrats on your pub!!!
i am dying. you crack me up. i do the same…shoot anyway…
i am dying. you crack me up. i do the same…shoot anyway…
i am dying. you crack me up. i do the same…shoot anyway…
i am dying. you crack me up. i do the same…shoot anyway…
GREAT post! And, how true!! Oh, well..just go ahead and submit something else that will vindicate yourself! :0)
GREAT post! And, how true!! Oh, well..just go ahead and submit something else that will vindicate yourself! :0)
GREAT post! And, how true!! Oh, well..just go ahead and submit something else that will vindicate yourself! :0)
GREAT post! And, how true!! Oh, well..just go ahead and submit something else that will vindicate yourself! :0)
You are too funny…maybe no one will notice?
You are too funny…maybe no one will notice?
You are too funny…maybe no one will notice?
You are too funny…maybe no one will notice?
Giggle that is too funny! I read that issue and didn’t notice–I have to go back now! LOL!
Giggle that is too funny! I read that issue and didn’t notice–I have to go back now! LOL!
Giggle that is too funny! I read that issue and didn’t notice–I have to go back now! LOL!
Giggle that is too funny! I read that issue and didn’t notice–I have to go back now! LOL!
Ha! I have to tell you that you’re not alone! I have a “secret webmaster” for my blog who watches out for my faux pas all the time!
Congrats on the toot for the GG blog!
Ha! I have to tell you that you’re not alone! I have a “secret webmaster” for my blog who watches out for my faux pas all the time!
Congrats on the toot for the GG blog!
Ha! I have to tell you that you’re not alone! I have a “secret webmaster” for my blog who watches out for my faux pas all the time!
Congrats on the toot for the GG blog!
Ha! I have to tell you that you’re not alone! I have a “secret webmaster” for my blog who watches out for my faux pas all the time!
Congrats on the toot for the GG blog!
As Michelle stated….you’re only human! LOL! Hmm…better check my pages ;0P
As Michelle stated….you’re only human! LOL! Hmm…better check my pages ;0P
As Michelle stated….you’re only human! LOL! Hmm…better check my pages ;0P
As Michelle stated….you’re only human! LOL! Hmm…better check my pages ;0P