About Spelling

Do not bother correcting my spelling!

I hate spelling. Well… Like many things that people say they hate, it really means I do not spell well.  I stink.  As a kid I had to ask my sister how to spell the first person, personal pronoun.  I tried 2 different ways and neither looked  right, even though both WERE words.  In college I read so many British philosophers and theologians and authors (especially from the 18th and 19th century) that I honestly thought “color” was spelled “colour”.   It also created other problems.  I was well into my 20′s before I realized that spelling is a visual skill and not a sign of intelligence (or lack there of).

Successful spelling to me is when spell check lists my word as the first option.

I say this because on this blog, spelling doesn’t count. Na na nah na!!!  Tyrants and police are banned.  Go away.  Leave your red pen on the desk  top.  Swallow that sneer.  And as for the eye roll -  forget about it!  My blog = my rules.

So, don’t email or hit the comment button and tell me when I have something wrong. I don’t care.  If you can understand what I am saying – if you can figure it out by assuming the best – if you can figure it out with out hurting one of you temporal lobes then I do not care how something should be spelled.

In other words I do not care.

If you truly can not tell what I am trying to say, ask about that.  Your best guess should be all you need, but hey – ask if you really do not get it.  Please know that I tend to go over these posts many many times.  I do want them right.  But I can always find something to fix/change.  But eventually I either post it or just keep futzing.

O yeah, I also have no problem making up words.  Get over it.