A peeve of mine: learn to spell the candidates' damned names already!

[JVS]

Incorrect: Leibermann, Kusinich, Gebhart, Carry

Correct: Lieberman, Kucinich, Gephardt, Kerry

I could understand the occasional extra n on Lieberman or forgetting the d in Gephardt, but some of this shit is ridiculous. If you are going to bash candidates at least spell their name correctly!

On edit: Also the non-candidate. It is Clark, not Clarke.

[Ediacara]

1. damn right

especially if the candidate's name is in your user name...

[wtmusic]

2. A peeve of mine: learn to spell anything at all

Call me an arrogant elitist sumvabitch but the spelling on DU is atrocious.

[JVS]

3. The correct spelling is sonnovabitch

:D

It is also considered bad internet form to bitch about spelling, but in priciple I agree with you. Let's try to keep it real with the spelling here people.

[wtmusic]

5. "bad internet form"?

I'm all for netiquette (no shouting with CAPS, etc.) but as far as I'm concerned bad spelling betrays ignorance. Period.

[JVS]

6. I agree but I'll let some things slide

Distain rather disdain is not that bad a screw up. People will occasionally put in the wrong to,two,too or there, their, they're as well. But some of the constant failure to spell correctly is just terrible.

The reason that some error can always be expected is that the English language is ill-governed when it comes to spelling. In fact, I remember reading in an article that the irregular nature of English spelling may be behind a higher number of dyslexia cases in English speaking lands than in other industrialized nations. Evidently the strict and logical rules of Russian or German spelling make it easier for the borderline cases to cope with the problem.

[Catch22Dem]

7. And all this time I thought it was sumbitch

[xJlM]

4. I've seen lots worse

And why worry about spelling the non-candidate's name? I'm pretty proud I got Kucinich right the first time I tried. I had to look it up and make sure, but I got it right.

[bowens43]

8. If I new what they ment, the spelling

is goode enuff.

[Hubert Flottz]

9. AL GORE!

How's That???