Quick Like A Ninja!

When reading forum posts, I notice the frequency with which words are spelled incorrectly. It's absolutely astonishing to me that this can happen, especially in a time when there is as much emphasis placed on education as there is today. I understand that people make mistakes. They type fast and hit the "Post" button without proof reading their posts. It happens, especially in lively discussions. I do it. I've gone back and noticed spelling errors in my posts. So, I don't make it my duty to be the "Internet Spell Checker". Firefox does a good job at spell checking for me. I don't feel I need to point out people's spelling errors. I'm much more concerned about the content, what they're saying. It's the point that matters.

So, I'm writing this entry to share an experience with a self-appointed "Internet Spell Checker". This was a guy I was having a conversation with. It wasn't the prettiest of things. There were people from both sides posting, sharing their thoughts. It was a good conversation.... for a short while anyway.

In the middle of this, Internet Spell Checker broke out of the conversation to point out some minor spelling error in another's post. These are the words he wrote:

You spelled "commandments" incorectly.

Quick like a ninja.

Perhaps Internet Spell Checker meant, "Quick like a ninja, I clicked the submit button in haste without proofreading my post!" I probably don't need to say more as it should be fairly obvious, but I went back through several of his posts and found a few additional spelling errors throughout the conversation. I posted something along the lines of the following:

Don't be so quick to point out others spelling errors until you've run your posts through a spell checker.

Try "incorrectly", "hypocritical" and "shall".

I'm leaving out the context as the conversation is done and over with and it's irrelevant to this post, but you can be sure I'm taking every precaution before I click the Publish button on this entry as I would feel very foolish for posting this with spelling errors. There is very little excuse these days to post all kinds of spelling errors on the Internet as many browsers come with spell checkers built in, but there is also no excuse for posting spelling corrections when your post pointing out the errors is riddled with its own errors!