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Atomic Rooster · Mar 30, 2007, 08:42 PM

Not a real brick wall but a brain fart.

When you are on your computer, do you use the dictionary widget, the Apple dictionary app or Dictionary.com or egads the paper book or something else like hey buddy howdoya spell ****?

I seem to use Dictionary.com.

Just wondering out loud.

I hope my spelling is compliant for all the spelling terroristos.

brassplayersrock² · Mar 30, 2007, 08:48 PM

i ues te hoowked on pheenex boks.

I'm lazy and just have the spell check on in all applications and when I see a red line i click on it and use the suggestions.

Alex

Chuckit · Mar 30, 2007, 10:20 PM

I type in a word and right-click it.

BlueSky · Mar 30, 2007, 10:35 PM

I have no need of crutches such as these, as my spelling is impregnable.

OwlBoy · Mar 31, 2007, 01:22 PM

google spell checks too.

Oisín · Mar 31, 2007, 03:53 PM

Dictionary widget, usually. Various other on- and off-line dictionaries or Google/Wikipedia for more obscure cases.

mac128k-1984 · Mar 31, 2007, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by BlueSky

I have no need of crutches such as these, as my spelling is impregnable.

Good for you but most people view dictionaries as tools and not crutches.

For me, dictionary.com is pretty good. I seem to have an issue with a couple of words that I continually have issues with, those goes into a notes section within outlook for quick access.

brassplayersrock² · Mar 31, 2007, 04:21 PM

for words that I have trouble with, I usually put a sticky on my desk somewhere with the word on it. usually helps, and after a while I don't the sticky anymore.

alex

Atomic Rooster · Mar 31, 2007, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

for words that I have trouble with, I usually put a sticky on my desk somewhere with the word on it. usually helps, and after a while I don't the sticky anymore.

alex

Too bad there's no grammar checker.

brassplayersrock² · Mar 31, 2007, 04:32 PM

well **** I didnae see that

alex

Atomic Rooster · Mar 31, 2007, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

well **** I didnae see that

alex

Don't feel bad. You know I'm confessing here and now that I forgot all about that right clicky thingy till you mentioned it.

BlueSky · Mar 31, 2007, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by mac128k-1984

Good for you but most people view dictionaries as tools and not crutches.

It was in jest, esp. "impregnable".

My spelling is excellent though, but when in doubt I select/right click.

mac128k-1984 · Mar 31, 2007, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by BlueSky

It was in jest, esp. "impregnable".

My spelling is excellent though, but when in doubt I select/right click.

Sorry it's touch sometimes, some people do take themselves too seriously. A smiley might helped those who were thick as I was

BlueSky · 08:19 PM

I have no need of crutches such as smileys, as...

Big Mac · Mar 31, 2007, 08:10 PM

Right click, but I really don't need spell check anymore other than to highlight my typos. When I was in elementary school my spelling was atrocious, but all the years of writing on computers really improved that ability quite substantially.

olePigeon · Mar 31, 2007, 09:23 PM

Romani ite domum.

subego · Apr 1, 2007, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

google spell checks too.

It knows slang and jargon too.

I also find it useful for tricky capitalizations.

centerchannel68 · Apr 1, 2007, 01:27 AM

Wife.

mac128k-1984 · Apr 1, 2007, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

Wife.

Same here - my wife is a legal secretary - I bounce a lot of stuff off of her.

centerchannel68 · Apr 1, 2007, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by mac128k-1984

I bounce a lot of stuff off of her.

Heh.

ghporter · Apr 1, 2007, 11:16 AM

My wife and I both hit the printed dictionaries when the online stuff/widgets fail to provide what we need. I have two paperbacks right next to me, and a couple of big hardbacks on the shelf if needed. I get better with words I use a lot, but I am still a poor speller, so I have had to learn where to go for help. A lot.

Oisín · Apr 1, 2007, 01:28 PM

Personally, I can’t stand spell-checkers. Those idiotic little red and green lines annoy the hell out of me. Thankfully, my spelling’s usually good enough that, apart from an odd typo or cases where the fingers work faster than the brain, I don’t spell many things wrong. If I’m in doubt, I’ll look it up.

ghporter · Apr 1, 2007, 02:00 PM

Spell checkers help me fix typos from the same cause as yours, Oisín, and from my fingers having their own version of dyslexia-they seem to want to spell things phonetically, even though my brain KNOWS the phonetic spelling is wrong.

Oisín · Apr 1, 2007, 02:29 PM

I don’t usually type things phonetically; but some common ‘Internet typos’ (like not knowing the difference between ‘than’ and ‘then’ or ‘to’ and ‘too’) sometimes make their way into my typing, even though I know the difference perfectly well. Sometimes, even though I’m thinking of one word, my fingers will just automatically type another. Another good example: in the previous sentence, instead of typing “sometimes”, as intended, my fingers first typed out “someone”.

If I’m not paying proper attention, some of these typos make their way to the ‘final product’, which I find horribly embarassing (that goes for those ‘typos’ where you forget to type in a word, as with Alex above, too).