Tuesday, January 26, 2010

All about typoz!

You know how I could become really rich quick?
If I was paid a dollar for every time I published a post, read it & went back & edited it because it had a typo (why else?)
It's irritating. Because I'm not stupid. Or dyslexic. I was a spelling bee champ in school. Twice. (I'm not trying to show off, just saying!). And also because I'm always picking out spelling mistakes other people make (I will never forget about this one cousin who is supposed to be 'really smart' but listed 'Desperate Housewifes' as her favorite TV show on her profile on a social networking site)I keep asking myself why it happens. I've found some answers. Sometimes I'm blogging in a hurry. But that doesn't explain it because I spend hours together at the computer.
Maybe because I'm a little bit of a hypocrite. A certain Bible verse comes to mind.
Actually, I think I know the real answer. Probably because I'm proud. I have some weird, warped pride that tells me that I have no need to read my own blog posts just after I write them. I might re-read them later. Or tomorrow.
Luckily for me, Mom the great comes to the rescue. She makes it a point to read my blog posts as soon as she knows I've published one & shows me all the typos. Nowadays I've taken to leaving my blogger account logged in so she can just correct them for me. Aren't I lucky to have a mom like her? Thanks Mom! :)
Here's a comic on typos. Enjoy!
(Please note that my typos ARE NOT intentional!)

So, do you make a lot of typing errors too? Do you know why? I would love to hear about it!

xo


By Magali at 9:51 PM
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  1. Typos are directly proportional to the flow of writing. So don't worry about it too much..unless you re writing a poetry..where it might misconstrue the meaning ...imagine saying wait a sex...instead of wait a sec.!
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  2. You are welcome Dearest Goily.I love to read your blog posts even though you grumble a lot about me in those posts. Love you always you grumbler girl.
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  3. I make them all the time... I would have been dead without MS word... but then usually when i write I hardly care about spellings... its only after I finish that i read them twice or thrice before posting...
    your mom is a darling :)
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  4. Guess we all make such mistakes...But I do make it a point to read my posts once b4 posting..but still I feel a gud content takes care f everythng else!!
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  5. I have a way to get rich too...give me a buck for every typo i correct!!!...so Deal?

    Shahid
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  6. nice post .. also u do tend to make typos when u are typing fast and especially so if u r using a laptop and the keyboard letters have faded or some of the keyboard keys dont function... its so frustrating ....
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  7. I love the comic strip. It's so true, isn't it?

    Well, I do make a lot of typos. But then I do it in MS Word, so you see the app. does the correcting job for me. The biggest mistake I do is skipping words. I skip words, unintentionally of course (perhaps this comment also! ;-)). I have them on my mind when I write but simply miss them when I type! Phew! It gets embarrassing sometimes (even though I am the first one to find the missing words and correct them all).
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  8. Wow! you are indeed lucky that your mum does all the editing and spell checks for you :D

    I make lot of grammar and spelling errors when I write in my blog.Many a times my posts are real lengthy (reaching almost 2000 words sometimes) that by the time I publish it, I am real exhausted to have the eye for errors.

    But I do edit it the next morning, though my 'read as I publish' followers often get to read my blunders.

    That's a fantastic cartoon there, couldn't agree more on that.

    Cheers!!
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  9. I'm perfect. I don't make any errors.

    So that was me being sarcastic. I try and proofread after posting just because it's a different view and I am able to spot my errors better...
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  10. I always proofread my posts..but then again I don't write much..so easy for me !

    And Rofl at the comic strip !

    How are you these days?Busy with exams ?
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  11. typos form a very dominant part of my evryday life..n i m juz too lazy to chk 'em up...and once i publish a post, i dun edit it again. Even if i find some errors i leave it the way it is...
    nyc post :)
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  12. I have a similar tendency. But I feel I am here to post. Typos are to be left for proof readers ;-) Keep posting!!
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  13. Wow! you are indeed lucky that your mum does all the editing and spell checks for you :D

    I make lot of grammar and spelling errors when I write in my blog.Many a times my posts are real lengthy (reaching almost 2000 words sometimes) that by the time I publish it, I am real exhausted to have the eye for errors.

    But I do edit it the next morning, though my 'read as I publish' followers often get to read my blunders.

    That's a fantastic cartoon there, couldn't agree more on that.

    Cheers!!
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  14. Yeah Lol! Thankfully my typos just make me look stupid & nothing more!
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  15. Thanks Mom! But don't call me grumbler!
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