poor spelling -- it matters

You know what bothers me more than spelling? Reading some Dr's writing! I could care a less about whether something is spelled correctly . I want to be able to read it. You can have the best speller in the world but if their sloppy, well good luck trying to figure it out. Just my humble opinion.

This is truly from someone who spells ok but is too lazy to correct it.

I agree totally! Spelling goes with professionalism (did I spell that right? :imbar)

I try to spell well but sometimes goof - is it bad spelling or bad typing? I work with a lot of people with very advanced degrees who can't spell at all. I think it's very individual.

I will warn you now any attempt to GAG those less literate because it offends some ideal of what a nurse should be will be met with resistance, at least from this writer.

I only place this reply in the public forum to voice support for all those intimidated by their own percieved lack of eloquence.

Gwenith, I totally agree with you and I think this has all been said before.

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Originally posted by glow_worm

I just read one of my own posts & cringed when I discovered all of the misspelled words. Luckily we have an "edit" button.

Yes, we're not in school. And yes, a post is not an essay. But the sloppy spelling does matter, for this is a public domain. We represent nursing to the consumers & potential nurses perusing this board, and to one another. Poor spelling makes the writer look like an idiot (ditto with charting).

Each time this issue is brought up, the messenger is beaten to a pulp. Please forgive me for pointing this out, but it does matter.

Sometimes when I put a post up ive just come home from work,

made dinner, did laundry, helped with homework and/or have just gotten finished with many other things. So Ive worked diligently throughout the day. I might burn something for dinner every once in awhile, but pretty much get everything accomplished the way I need and/or want.

Well, I burn dinner sometimes, forget the fabric softener at times, sometimes I dont even understand the kids' homework.

Sometimes I misspell words. Sometimes I miss the words that have been misspelled when I edit. If these were the worst of my

worries I would be doing pretty darn good. Ooooops, I might misspell a word...sorry, Im human.

I'm not going to flame you but just tell you how I feel. You bring up a lot of good points.

But when I come here, I don't think of it as professional writing. I'm am probably the worst speller (mostly typos from trying to type too fast). I'll edit those mistakes I find (love that edit button). But I'm not using spellcheck.

I'm sorry if I bring down the professionalism of nursing in the eyes of the public that comes here. I'm sorry I make many of you cringe when you read my posts.

On second thought, no I'm not sorry. I'm just me and I make a lot of typos. Thanks for reminding me to double check and be more careful, since it does matter to some people and I should respect that. But if anyone makes typos, I promise not to judge you.

I'm sorry I make many of you cringe when you read my posts.

I never cringe when I read your posts!:) I just figure that anytime something is spelled wrong, by anyone, that it is a typo. As for the common mistakes with spelling, well I get the meaning so, big deal. I personally do not feel that professionalism should be based on quickly written replys on a BB that people frequent for pleasure. JMHO

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