why can't freepers spell?

[pstokely]

[leftofthedial]

1. they are stupid

for starters

[NJCher]

55. they can't even spell their own user names!

Look at this poster name and sig line from the raptureready site:

IbeleiveinJesus
Leaning on his Grace

Check it out yourself. I am not making this up!

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?s=474d5d925d6b56dc0dc4655e4f2160b9&t=276583




Cher

[Warpy]

2. If they were smart enough to spell

they wouldn't be Freepers.

[MrCoffee]

3. proper spelling is for liberal elitist intellectuals

[VOX]

22. I say, old boy, do pass me my latte grande and that copy of the NY Times.

I had a dreadful time getting the Volvo started this morning. Well, I'm off to my fully tenured professorship in Eastern Cultures at Ivory Tower State University. Oh say, I believe that's my Dunhill Algerian briar pipe there. Pip-pip, old chap!

:rofl: :toast:

[pstokely]

44. Can't they at least update the Volvo driving part of that stereotype?

I'd drive a Hybrid (if I could afford one) instead of a Volvo.

[CJCRANE]

4. who needs edumakashun?

not mee

[ccpup]

5. And I think they all believe

that Spell Check is of the Devil and should therefore be avoided at all costs. If they doubt a word's spelling, they just pray about it and, unless Jesus or Bush tells them otherwise (via vision or what-have-you), they trust that every word is absolutely perfect.

[rhiannon55]

6. they're stoopid!

:rofl:

[Lautremont]

7. Image of Clinton's cock completely fills brain

to the exclusion of simple grammar, spelling, arithmetic and geography.

[AlCzervik]

8. Fancy book learning is their enemy?

[Kutjara]

9. Suma da spellun rond heer aint two cleva neether.

But whatever their degree of facility with written English, they're still insane.

[liberal N proud]

10. It is the same reason they vote for idiots like bu$h

[rzemanfl]

11. Back during the 2000 recount I asked "Why can't Republicans

spell?" on some message board and got the response "We have people for that." as a reply.

[EFerrari]

61. Yeah -- they're called "parents".

[MzNov]

12. It's Bill Clinton's fault. n/t

[CJCRANE]

13. It's a Rovian plot! n/t

[zanne]

14. Because they're anti-intellectual.

Back in the 60's and 70's, they gained favor with conservatives by calling us "the liberal elete". They claimed that college students, grads and intellectuals in general considered themselves "elete liberals" who thought they knew better than everybody else. It resonated with alot of blue collar workers and "ordinary Joes". There was quite a bit of resentment of college student demonstrations at the time, so it worked really well for the conservatives. Pretty soon, being an intellectual was ridiculed and the great conservative "moral majority" movement began. It's all been dowhill from there.

[Ediacara]

15. Because JR won't splurge for spellchecker software

he spent it all on his RV.

(which is to say that I am a terrible speller and rely on DU's spellchecker)

[Ronnie]

16. They don't like anyone

or anything (spell check) telling them what to do. It's that authoritarian thing. Now I have to use spell check.

[verse18]

17. Because they are developmentally equivalent to

a 5-year-old.

[Parche]

18. spell

Itz bekauz thay dont no how and thay ahr dum

Maybe its because they are constipated conservatives......

[StrictlyRockers]

19. Because they are morans. They need to get a brain. nt

[VOX]

20. Repression and inadequate lovemaking, both in quantity and quality...

I mean really, if they think that Ann Coulter is really :puke: HOT :puke:
then that's diagnostic right there!

And why do you think that they get all hot and bothered about (gasp) gay marriage? :scared:

:rofl:

[NJCher]

52. what cracks me up about Ann Coulter

Is how she is always pulling back her hair and flinging it across her shoulders. I mean, who does this? Where did she get that gesture? It reminds me of something vamps did in B movies that were made in the 50s.

Well, whatever. She must think it does something for her; what I cannot imagine.




Cher

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

21. Neither can some DUers. Some of which are even proud about it.

[CJCRANE]

23. Betcha

a lot of it is meant to be sarkasm...um, sahchasm, carcazm

tongue in cheek.

[Individualist]

38. Context is everything

From time to time I'll misspell a word to indicate sarcasm. That's quite a difference (IMO) from habitually misspelling.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

45. It's also pretty obvious when it's done sarcastically. nt

[TygrBright]

28. uhh... that would be "Some of WHOM". Oh, wait...

...this is a SPELLING nazi thread. Sorry. Grammar nazis are tomorrow?

hopefully,
Bright

[RebelOne]

60. We do have a spell check, but

many DUers don't bother to use it.

[demigoddess]

24. homeschooling? or learning to spell from the bilble?

both of those are possiblilities.

[johnfunk]

33. I think you hit the nail on the head with homeschooling

See my post below...

[Truthiness Inspector]

41. lol

The only thing funnier than criticizing someone's spelling is making spelling errors while doing the criticizing. (Bilble, possiblilities)

I look at ideas. Everyone makes spelling mistakes, typos, and/or grammatical errors at some point. Small potatoes in the big picture.

[William Bloode]

47. Finally!

A rational post. I swear to god peoples fuckin' obsession with people spelling around here is out of control! I don't get it...... i do well to spell my name. I often mess up so bad spell check can't figure out what i am trying to say. Do i not have the right to express myself, even though my spelling and grammar are very suspect( atrocious really).

I guess it's easy for small minded folks to look at such an inconsequential think as spelling, criticise it and feel bigger, smarter, and supierior for it.

Buncha asshats is what i think the are......insensitive jerks. :mad:

[niyad]

48. please understand something. for those who do, in fact, know

how to spell correctly, the sight of misspelled words, or grammatically incorrect usage, particularly for those who used to be editors, can be as painful as fingernails drawn against a chalkboard. it isn't about being "insensitive jerks", it is about appreciation for what is supposed to be your native tongue.

[William Bloode]

66. Are ya sure?

People seem to get an awful big kick out of it. Folks could be big enough to actually to find something real and tangible to make a point about. Not something so small and childish.

And all the other "editors", and other spelling or grammar nazi's need to get a grip. You need to realize a large portion of people here in America may not have the greatest educations. I have got a total of an 8th grade formal education, so i guess since my poor writing style offends people like you so much i should climb in a hole and never voice another opinion.

Point is Democrats claim to be the party that respects and help the poor and underprivileged like myself. But a sad fact is that when someone like me may tries to make a point, you would enjoy ignoring the point altogether. Yet make pithy remarks based on spelling.

To folks like you a bit of misspelling might seem like some nails on a chalkboard(poor you). While making fun of someones spelling can be more akin to a slap in the face. You never know why someone may have poor spelling and grammar. It could be poverty, or a learning disorder, meaning you may be disenfranchising the very people you purport to help.

[niyad]

75. please indicate where I have made fun of anyone's spelling--

that whole post was exceedingly defensive, and for no good reason. I don't make fun of people's spelling (well, except for the people from freeperland) and I don't dismiss points simply because they are not grammatically correct, so knock off the attitude. all I was doing was indicating why such things bother some people, period. your tirade and your defensiveness are your perception of what is going on.

[William Bloode]

76. Never said you did.

But it did appear to be you attempted to defend those who do. Now to be facetious, ya might want to capitalize that "A" in all at the beginning of your 3rd sentence. :evilgrin:

[RebelOne]

80. "Fingernails drawn against a chalkboard" -- you described it exactly.

I am a copy editor and I cringe when I see the misspellings, bad grammar and punctuation posted by some DUers.

[Richard Steele]

25. I really believe they have been "dumbed down" over the last few decades.

The other month, I happened to come across an old copy
of "Life" magazine from 1970; apparently it was the issue
AFTER the one that covered the Kent State Massacre.

Reading the "letters" section from that month's issue
was a bizarre experience. There were PLENTY of Freepish
missives supporting the "brave National Guardsmen who
quelled those rioters and restored the Almighty ORDER" :puke:

But what was STRIKING: the people saying those things WROTE WELL!

It wasn't simply spelling the words right. They wrote in complete
sentences. And they assembled those sentences into COHERENT
paragraphs.

Their letters had a beginning, a middle, and an end; they displayed
a logical progression of ideas from 'opening statement' to
'closing arguement'.

It was like reading letters from some strange alternate reality where
the Freepers weren't just hypnotized, emotionally reactionary
catchphrase-repeating parrot-monkeys.

And, I realized it really WAS a different reality in 1970.

[ThoughtCriminal]

26. Hucked un Fonnix? - nt

[Odin2005]

51. More like Fucked On Phonics.

[geniph]

27. Beecuz they're MORANS!

;-)

[orleans]

50. first post i saw as i scrolled down. and i laughed. out loud. tanks! n/t

[blonndee]

29. Because they never read. n/t

[kestrel91316]

39. I think you hit the nail on the head! Anybody who reads

a lot automatically picks up correct spelling and grammar (unless they are reading dreck, of course).

[jpak]

30. Becuz thay iz series loosers and morans

:evilgrin:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

31. Little known facts:

Upon registering at FweepieLand, LGF or ano other places those so inclined go to ghetto-ize themselves, a secret government agency tasked to create an army of warriors just slightly more intelligent than a slightly-damp Boston Fern aims malign mind-cancellation rays at them. This reduces measurable brain activity to just the brain stem and 2.5 to 9.397 neuronal connections in the entire cerebrum and cerebellum.

Yes, it's Better Living Through Science in Action.

Oh, and those brain control waves are earth-penetrating. They have to be, since it has been found that 99.767% of all posting to those sites takes place from the basements of middle-aged to elderly women who have borne children within the last 20 years or more.

No mention was made of the usual piles of wadded up tissue that always seems to be found in the corners of said basements.

[johnfunk]

32. Many are victims of homeschooling

That may be one reason many of them have such trouble with writing coherent English (let alone spelling basic vocabulary words correctly).

[qanda]

77. Come over to the home schooling group on DU and say that

And we'll punch you in the nose. Not really, but if I'm not mistaken, home-schooled children consistently score at or above their public-schooled counterparts in reading and math. There goes that theory.

[FILAM23]

34. After reading some posts here

its clear bad spelling is not reserved to freepers.

[lies and propaganda]

37. they just put it on posterboard

to photograph at the latest Fred Phelphs protest.

[blonndee]

40. It's kind of like that old saying, "Not all conservatives are stupid

but most stupid people are conservative."

Not all bad spellers are freepers, but most freepers are bad spellers.

[pstokely]

43. They paint signs with bad spelling

[alittlelark]

54. Did you edit for spelling?

I have a funny feeling 99% are sarcasm.

[CJCRANE]

58. U sayin I kant spel?

;)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

64. Does that comment make you a "snobbish, obnoxious asshole?"

According to your post in the lounge, it does.

[buddhamama]

82. funny,

question: wouldn't the correct spelling/grammar of "its" in your statment be 'it's clear...' not "its clear..." ?!

pot meet kettle.

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. Glass houses, folks

Some of the spelling, punctuation and grammar right here makes me cringe every day. x(

[lies and propaganda]

36. Before King George, all the children were left behind.

it was all very sad, hahahhahahaahahahh!

[Jamastiene]

42. Freepers cannot spell because they choose not to

learn how to spell. They choose to be willfully ignorant. We should open camps to teach them english using reparation therapy.

[Raine]

46. Well I'm not a very good speller either

and not so good at punctuation and grammar because I'm pretty much self educated. I hate to dump on them for that but I wonder why they can't use spell check, that's easy. :shrug:

[KingFlorez]

dupe

[KingFlorez]

49. Because they spend more time worrying about liberals, than learning

[raysr]

53. too much time in church

[pstokely]

57. How wood Jesus Spell?

[RebelOne]

81. You got that right. Hop on over to RaptureReady.com

if you want to see some atrocious spelling, punctuation and grammar. And most of them home school their children.

[samsingh]

56. because they're stupid ... well, freepers

[Rainscents]

59. My spelling is bad (big words), I have hard time putting words

together. English is very hard for me at times, since, I didn't go to school here. When I write, I try to put the words together as my native language and this is why, I have hard time with English.

[Justice Is Comin]

62. When you make a copy of a copy you get a copy.

[kiki]

63. Hate to play devil's advocate, but...

..."alot" of DUers can't spell either. Sometimes I'm "appauled" by the spelling around here.

For the record:

alot = to portion out to; "You must complete the task within the allotted time."

a lot = a large amount of: "A lot of DUers can't spell."

[datasuspect]

68. well while you're ragging on us

just like to point something out to you:

it ISN'T

alot = to portion out to; "You must complete the task within the allotted time."


it IS

allot = to portion out to; "You must complete the task within the allotted time."

[kiki]

70. Roofles

Ya got me. :)

It's infectious. Still, "alot" is a new word invented by the internet generation that really gets on my nerves.

[Azathoth]

65. Grammar, spelling & logic are for those elitist New England liberal types

The type who eat sushi, drink 1% milk, and read the New York Times...

[calico1]

67. Because being stupid means you are

"common folk" and "plain spoken." Knowing how to spell, punctuate and use proper grammar is too elitist. To be a freeper one must take pride in one's stupidity. The dumber you are the better an American you are!:P

[evirus]

69. three words

Spray And Pray

[negativenihil]

72. OT - i LOVE the strider animation!

*classic* game!

[evirus]

78. actualy i made that myself

i stitched together two different parts of the intro for the NES game

[genie_weenie]

71. Strunk and White and english spelling rules are

fascist.

[noonwitch]

73. They went to charter schools.

or they are the kind of people who are good at math and not so good at language arts. I'm the other way around. I thank God daily for calculators.

[meisje]

74. They don't have Spell Check....?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

79. Functional illiteracy.

There's a difference between simply misspelling and what freepers do.

[mnhtnbb]

83. Who needs spelling when ya' got Jeesus?