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Post by thelastresort on Sept 28, 2006 15:28:10 GMT -5
funny, all of this reminds me of a story from my own past. In college in the early 80's, when looking for my first "real" job, I did not have much work experience, except for my lifeguard job. During an on-campus interview, the interviewer was reading aloud my resume and came to that section where I listed my duties, which included "swimming pool maintenance". This was long before the days of spell check. Well, he pronounced it man-tain-ence, and stumbled on the word a few times (ma - man -- man-tain-ence). Granted, he had a bit of a southern accent, but I looked at him funny and thought "this dope can't read". Well, guess what, my resume indeed misspelled the word as "mantainence". Needless to say, I did not get the job. It was either due to that, or perhaps due to my overall lack of enthusiasm and the bags under my eyes from going out drinking the night before. oh well.
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helen
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Post by helen on Oct 1, 2006 19:20:20 GMT -5
The sad thing is most of the signs are made by companies that make signs for a living. If you are a sign store and you can not spell there is a problem.
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Post by wildwanderer on Oct 1, 2006 19:29:28 GMT -5
Ugh, I can't stand incorrect spelling and grammer outside of a casual setting (such as a message forum). Simple computer tools like spell check and grammer check are so easy to find and use, and if those aren't readily available, surely there is someone that can be asked to proofread. I'm sorry but there is no excuse for that kind of mistake on something other than a piece of cardboard written on with a Sharpie. Ever go to a restaurant and find a spelling mistake on the menu? I bet most people are like me and read the entire thing just to see if there are any more! Just found one the other night. The menu had a schedule of events listed. Saturday was spelled Sturday. I saw that in a flash. Also, another time "Main course" was spelled "man course" . That one would be harder to explain.
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