Reply #88: Let's see if I can spell "overreaction." [View All]

CTYankee pointed out that you spelled "edicate" wrong. Which is reasonable, considering that you spelled it like you were scratching graffiti into a 1920's Appalachian outhouse. What he/she did was the equivalent of pointing out that you had spinach in your teeth. In this case, it may have been like pointing out that you had an entire Caesar salad stuck up there. CTYankee, while a little snarky, did you a favor.

And you got all defensive. To which I pointed out that CTYankee was justified. If you're talking about protocol and presume to know more than a U.S. Senator, you'd better spell things right. Or close to right. Or, you risk looking silly.

Neither of us said your point was invalid because of the spelling (when in fact, it was invalid because it's conceited for any of us to assume we know better from a :17 clip than Sen. Boxer knew from vast experience and actually being in the room, but that's another matter). And of course, DUers make mistakes. I tend to butcher sentence structure and sometimes type double "ee"s because of my #@$$@#! keyboard. But, in practical terms, it matters when you make the mistake.

"That Rush Limbaugh shure is a turd." -- The mistake doesn't call the opinion into question.
"That Rush Limbaugh is a toatle dummass." -- The mistake makes the opinion look a bit less valid.

See?

"The guvvamint should spend less on bombs and them kind of things." -- Ok. Sure. We're with you.
"The guvvamint should spend less on edukayshion." -- Now, you sound like an idiot.

On a side note, I'm sincerely sorry about the migraine, but there is no way for other DUers to know that there's a valid reason your spelling suddenly took a nose-dive. A better answer to CTYankee might have been "Thanks. I missed that. I had a migraine and I was trying to type while I was trying not to puke."

p.s. Feel free to check my comment for spelling errors. Because even one is going to legitimately make me look like a hypocrite.

p.p.s. On another thread, you said "I person could come to the collusion that he was acting in self defense and his actions were justified." I'll assume it was also a result of the migraine writing. But if CTYankee points it out, you may want to explain.