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some on another forum was affended by bad spelling enough to say "i give all herpers a bad name" "i am a backwoods idiot" and "i am the dummest person he has ever met on the internet" i know my spelling is bad and i can not type but is it really that bad.

CrazyCody

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for real, your spelling is that bad. but those are some rude comments. one thing i like about this forum over many others is the respect level. just curious..what forum? I am not offended by the way...sometimes confused...never offended : )

it was on the snapping turtle forum.

CrazyCody

Persoanlly I do find consistantly poor spelling extremely annoying, and I do agree that in this limited, one dimensonal arena that it can affect how people percieve you.

That said, in this hobby experience counts for a lot and there are some very herp-savvy individuals who do not translate well into this media. As such I try not to judge a person or his/her knowledge in this field based on their linguistic abilities.

Gary D.
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I don't believe in luck. Luck is God covering your a** when you screw up.

I'm annoyed by a lot of things in life and have to put up with most of them. People annoy me all the time. That's just life. I do agree that you can be perceived as dumb or illiterate with constant speling(lol) errors but just let your pics of your animals do the talking as to how good your herp keeping skills are.

Arik

If someone really wants to spell well on this forum, then one could very easily type what one wants to say on Microsoft Word, use the spell checker, and copy the text to the message box.
Jon

LOL! Even those of us who are typically good with spelling have typos too. Not only do I know a number of herpetoculturists who do not excel in this format, but do not translate well into society as a whole, lol. You know what, the latter part of that statement applies to me fairly well too.

Gary D.
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I don't believe in luck. Luck is God covering your a** when you screw up.