Bad Spelling Pays on eBay 525
peebeejay writes "People say that as long as they're understood, spelling is unimportant. These people are unwittingly making others a lot of money online, according to this article in the NY Times (DNA sample and clean boxers required). So, aside from clarity and respect for your reader, there's another good reason to either spell correctly or use a spellchecker: get bidders to find your eBay items and give you their money! Or you can go ahead and see how many people bid on your 'labtop computers,' 'camras,' and 'earings.'"
you mean.... (Score:4, Funny)
Umm... (Score:1, Funny)
I check for this on purpose (Score:5, Funny)
Simon
Mother of Perl??? (Score:5, Funny)
Speiling DOESN'T matter (Score:1, Funny)
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
I just got a great deal (Score:2, Funny)
But seriously, now are we going to have people naming their auctions:
Brand New Laptop Labtop Latpod Palpot PC!
?
Works for personal websites too (Score:5, Funny)
Google has ruined my spelling (Score:5, Funny)
no wonder they're losing (Score:5, Funny)
This, my friends... (Score:5, Funny)
Because people are that fucking stupid.
Re:I check for this on purpose (Score:5, Funny)
Re:you mean.... (Score:2, Funny)
When you have a cold... they are called labtop.
Re:Mother of Perl??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Shhh! (Score:3, Funny)
No need for the shhh!, methinks -- the NYT article describes exactly the same thing
Yeah, but no-one reads the article, it was still a secret...
Re:you mean.... (Score:2, Funny)
Does his labtop have a sloppy disk drive, like my dad's desktop does?
Re:use a search engine spell checker (Score:2, Funny)
I know, I know, sorry
Women wearing labtops (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Old, old trick. (Score:3, Funny)
Even got a gemstone or two this way.
Yeah, and that great Rolleks watch, too! What a bargain.
what matters (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Google has ruined my spelling (Score:5, Funny)
Nu peges vere-a fuoond cunteeening "prgfamminh".
Sooggesshuns:
- Meke-a soore-a ell vurds ere-a spelled currectly. Bork bork bork!
- Try deefffferent keyvurds. Um gesh dee bork, bork!
- Try mure-a generel keyvurds. Um gesh dee bork, bork!
- Try fooer keyvurds. Um gesh dee bork, bork!
(DNA sample and clean boxers required) (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Isn't this? (Score:1, Funny)
*blink* (Score:5, Funny)
They had to ask experts?
Daniel
Pot to Kettle: You are black (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory Simpson's Quote (Score:5, Funny)
Homer: "Look at these low, low prices on famous brand name electronics!"
Bart: "Don't be a sap, Dad. These are just crappy knock-offs."
Homer: "I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's Magnetbox, and Sorny!"
Re:you mean.... (Score:0, Funny)
When your healty... they are called laptop...
Heh heh... the bitter irony.
When you're "healty" they must be called "lapop". :-)
Re:Mother of Perl??? (Score:-1, Funny)
Re:use a search engine spell checker (Score:3, Funny)
Why ? [ebay.com]
Re:Oh, the irony... (Score:0, Funny)
sHut uP. pLease.
Re:This article is ridiculous (Score:1, Funny)
Why the fasinatoin with pron sites? (Score:1, Funny)
(one moment, someone is trying to tell me...)
(Really? You're sure about that?)
Never mind.
Re:use a search engine spell checker (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This article is ridiculous (Score:5, Funny)
Choice quotes
"I am not lying when I say that this labtop is hands down one of the fastest computers I have ever seen in my entire life. On the other hand, I am also completely clueless when it comes to computers so please bare with me."
Oo-er - are we getting our clothes off together? (It's "BEAR with me")
"keyboard has more buttons than I know what to do with"
"a floppy drive, a CD rom drive, and another drive that I have no clue what to do with"
"And...a rechargable battery"
"some disk that I suppose you'll probably need"
and to top it off "Chances are that you'll probably want to run this computer by a shop and get it cleaned out"
Then he says "if you have any questions email me." Yeah, like he's really going to have a clue amout MHz, GB, serial ports etc. I wouldn't recommend asking anything more difficult than: "What colour is it?"
He also can't spell "I nicked it" - he says "this is not my computer (I'm selling it for a friend)"
Re:you mean.... (Score:1, Funny)
You missbelled labtob, stubid.
Re:Oh, the irony... (Score:-1, Funny)
No, I won't... that's just too easy...
But what about the searchers? (Score:0, Funny)
Dictionary (Score:1, Funny)
His answer? "You go to a store called a bookstore, and you buy something called a dictionary."
So that's where I've been going wrong!! I always thought it was spelt 'dickshonery'!
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Re:Oh, the irony... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mother of Perl??? (Score:3, Funny)
That said, I'd buy that cat on Ebay if the price was right. She might be able to teach my cats a few things, and I could get them to do all my work for me.
Re:Is this some kind of troll?? (Score:3, Funny)
1. one of those people who want to declare Essex an Aryan enclave.
2. a schitzophrenic who thought he was King Arthur.
3. Trolling.
Point two reminds me of a time about a year ago when this black guy got on the bus dressed in a blanket and announced to everybody that he was Braveheart, and was engaged in a centuries-long struggle against the English, which none of us would understand, because we were too young.
The real question is... (Score:2, Funny)
Lay off the NYT (Score:5, Funny)
The registration is free and you don't even need a valid e-mail address. What's with the complaints? The 20 seconds you have to spend *once* to input bogus information is certainly a fair price for the online content of the NYT.
Sheesh. People here would complain if you hung them with a new rope.
Re:feedback loop (Score:2, Funny)
definately
rediculouse
wierd
there instead of their
loose instead of lose
All of these come up on Slashdot alot.
Re:earings! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Oh, the irony... (Score:4, Funny)
To be perfectly serious, there is a language called American English. Thank Daniel Webster for pushing for a distinct variant in spellings (Two countries separated by a common language and all that). And since this is slashdot, it is very American leaning (see here [slashdot.org] for the editorial opinion). Thus, your pre-emptive strike regarding which came first is really a moot point. You write for your audience. Do you use polysyllabic words when addressing toddlers?
While correct, the word spelt just comes across as pretentious. It isn't wrong, but it sounds funny to the ear and is distracting in conversation. Of course, that's just Dennis Miller's opinion, he could be wrong.
Re:I check for this on purpose (Score:5, Funny)
Like, "The Europeans have this odd tasting candy" or "The Europeans have some odd TV shows".
At first it threw me for a loop
Re:I check for this on purpose (Score:4, Funny)
(paraphrasing) I'm an American, but I like to write papers in languages other than American English. I'm suprised when this gets me poor grades in English courses that I'm taking in America.
Adding extrae letteres too wourds jusst tou mayik themm moure impressieve oarr coulourfull iss nout ay goud ideea, even if the brits disagree in *their* english. :) Also, note that, thanks to modern transportational advancements, you could visit Europe regardless of where you live - you don't have to already live there!
Re:Bad spelling works for me (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I check for this on purpose (Score:3, Funny)
They would not say that. We never say "candy", we say "sweets" and we prefer to call "TV shows" "TV programmes".
Also, we wouldn't say "The Europeans"; rather, "the frogs and the krauts".
"The frogs and the krauts have some rather peculiar TV programmes; care for one of their similarly bizarre sweets?"
Re:Mother of Perl??? (Score:5, Funny)
That makes her a script kitty?
Re:use a search engine spell checker (Score:3, Funny)