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Is it possible that the lack of attention that many have when typing on a computer is due to the fact that you no longer have to retype and entire page like you had to on the old manual or electric typewriters so you can get away with feeling a bit more 'careless' and actually get away with it most of the time.
The exception being when you are lettering someone's sign.
I'm feeling quite old now as I remember typing on my moms old Royal typewriter that had a carrying case, then loved the old Smith-Corona (SCM?) elctrics with the balls for different typestyles.
My first computer was a VIC-20 from Commodore and I remember the dot matrix printers in school hooked to Commodore 64s and Tandy computers from Radio Shack. Spellcheck was still unknown at that time and it meant we had to look at what we were typing.
And now I'm starting to wonder where my old Atari game console and cartridges are in the basement at the family home.
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You do realize (or is it now realise?) that some of us have other language backgrounds and make mistakes not out of stupidity or laziness, but because we just don't know better?
I have at times been treated by people (not here) as if I'm deaf (when asking to repeat something for the third time because they speak high speed) or as if I'm dump (for saying something the wrong way).
I'm not a "tolerance over everything" advocate, but in this case you should cut everybody some slack.
Is this now a proper expression? Cutting some slack? See, I don't know for sure. Just hoping I hit it right. Is it correct to say, I hit it right? Maybe I'm subconsciously translating from german and no one here uses this expression? Maybe it has some other meaning that I don't know about because I don't watch the right kind of movies? See what some of us have to deal with?
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We all make mistakes, due to rush jobs, long hours and just having a bad day..... but.... I just accepted a Resume with 15 spelling mistakes on the Cover letter.
Hard to take someone on if they cann't even use "Spell check"
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Lotti - I know what you mean. Spelling is not a real problem for me. But with English being my second language, sentence structure is a bear, and I have to keep re-arranging things. I struggle with it. Often I simply can't tell when it's "off", or Germanic, or stilted, or weird.
I for one would rather be a bit imperfect and have two languages at my command, than to be perfect like the rest of the people on the board, who simply can't type.......
And you, Lotti, as far as I can tell, don't have a problem at all, only the benefits.. I was really impressed when you spat out that Latin phrase so perfectly a while back !!!!
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Lotti, I know you & a few others come to the board with English as your second language. I applaud how well you do with it. There are some others who have spoken English their entire lives and could learn a lot from you.
-------------------- Chris Welker Wildfire Signs Indiana, Pa Posts: 4254 | From: Indiana, PA | Registered: Mar 2001
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Ok, I happen to know italian which makes understanding latin a whole lot easier.
Languages are cool. I like them a lot, but I'm a perfectionist and hate making mistakes. Other people's mistakes don't bother me most of the time. They make me feel superior
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Other people's mistakes don't bother me most of the time. They make me feel superior 
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