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Ozwinner
Dont let the Richard Craniums get you down.
Just ignore them and realize that they only have a go because they are incapable of doing any better themselves.
You get a following like that on all boards but it is best not to feed them. :mad:

Hey Allan

Dont do a "stoppers" on us, we will miss your humour and all your different smileys that you post.

What you want to do is pull the chain on those spelling nazis and flush them.

They are a bit like teachers they can't help themselves and not living in the real world.

Ozwinner,
Dont go - this is a wood workers forum, and it will stay that way.
The spelling nazis bit is just a joke thats got a bit carried away.
Who cares about spelling and grammar - not many of us, and there willalways be someone with a different view. And I reckon if anyone could help you they would.

:eek: hey mate. You are one of my favorites on here.......DON'T LEAVE !!!!

Forget them nazis, who cares. Put a block on their posts and stay and talk to us good guys......please.

Hi Allan,
There is a very handy button on this board, it's called 'ignore', hit that button and do just that....ignore whoever gives u the ***** and they'll never have the pleasure of you viewing any of their posts.
Going away does not solve any problems, quite frankly it fuels their sick enthusiasm. Like you I am also sick and tired of the spelling Nazi's. I purposely did not use the abreviations "I'm" and "don't" because even that, although accepted English, seems to be beyond them.
Stay and enjoy this forum for what it was intended to be......a woodworking forum.

Cya around mate,
Regards
Joe

Allan,
Rethink this one mate. You are appreciated by the majority who visit this board including myself. I have posted before about the likelihood of people being put off by spelling corrections, etc and it will be a tragedy if you leave us. This forum is not about who is better than who and IMHO spelling and grammar are not the benchmark of a successful woodworker or for that matter a person’s intellect. Education is invariably a product of life’s opportunities and is not a measure of a person’s intellect. Obviously I feel very strongly about this and I am joining Allan in protest.

bye for now
Rod

A man never stands taller than when he stoops to help somebody else.

I also would like you to stay. Contributions by yourself and anyone else who knows more than I about woodwork (and that includes about 99% of the members of this forum) are always welcomed by me and others like me who need to learn as much as possible before committing the most basic of mistakes. Spelling can be forgiven, loss of knowledge cannot.

Please do not go.

Regards,
Allan

Allan,

Don’t go mate. Find an evening grammar (spelling) class and I’ll come with you.

Wongo

Allan, I would also like to urge you not to leave.

I also agree that the spelling issue has got out of control. What used to be a friendly dig has taken on a life of its own and is becoming way too serious if it has upset you enough to call it quits.

I may have, unwittingly, been partly to blame and if so, I hereby sincerely apologize to you and any other member that I may have upset.

I have always been wary about the fine line between someone being discouraged from posting and having a good natured dig. From now on I feel that the spelling issue is dead, and I will not post on it anymore.

Allan, I appreciate your posts very much, they are both informative and very
witty. Many a times I have burst out laughing at some of your comments .

Please Allan, reconsider and don't leave.


Peter.

mate i cant spell for nuts, but i was wondering if we typed a reply in word or somthing did a spell check and then copied and pasted it in or can we do a spell check where we type the reply??

have they not won by getting up your nose?
i only goined this forum about a week ago and its a great place for sharing info and finding it. stay spell incorrectly and maybe get up there nose

Ozwinner. I too will add my voice urging you to stay. Screw the spelling nazis.
You just have to realise that they don't have a life.
They're just pedantic prats.

I've always set fairly high standards for myself when it comes to writing. The first time a manager went through one of my documents and covered it with red ink, I decided no-one was ever going to do that to me again. I also think it is important to maintain standards in education.

Nevertheless, this forum is not really the place that I would expect to see impeccable spelling and grammar used in every post. What's important is the content and the spirit of the posts and from that point of view, this forum is second to none.

Just like most things in life, we all have different opinions on what we think is a bit of harmless fun. I'm certain that with one or two possible exceptions, no animosity has been intended by any of the protagonists and given the choice, they'd all prefer "Al the Crap Speller" to "Al the Gone".

So ozwinner, you're a winner in our book and you always will be.

WHAT a pack of whingin' sheilas. who gives a rats how you / I spell. the reason the spoken word is written is so the ability to communicate is passed via a non verbal medium. if your - take your ball and go home. I always thought sensitive new age sheilas dont belong here - rack off you ya hairdressers forum!

I agree you shouldnt quit however - 800+ posts speaks for itself....

cheers

You'll note that the true spelling nazis (as opposed to the ones who just ran with it for a lark) are nowhere to be seen on this thread. Sort of showing their true colours.

Dont go Al. I'll take you're contribution to the BB over all of em put together.

Dan.