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    #32
    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Originally posted by OHP

    Is there a rule or some laid down law on the boards that 'If you cannot spell properly or do not use a spellchecker then do not post here?

    Of course not.:)

    TBH, generally a case can be made far better in an argument by someone when the spelling is up to par (allowing for typos which everyone makes).

    I'm generally very particular about my own spelling and get annoyed when I look back over my own posts and find that in the heat of the moment I've typed "there" instead of "they're". With regard to posts from other people as long as it's intelligible it doesn't really bother me.

    That's on a personal note.

    On a moderator note, if people can get spelling in order, great. If they can't so what as long as people can understand it? Not everyone can spell well. I know some extremely intelligent people who can't spell for toffee. Many of them are technically minded (as you might expect). Dustaz has pointed out at least once recently that this is the IrelandOffline forum, not a spelling bee. Everyone brings something to the table regardless of their spelling abilities - an argument stands on its own merit not on how well it's spelled.

    Anyone who has big problems with a particular user's spelling, take it to PMs. Look at your own shortcomings before you do though.

    (comments on libel law are deserved though - careful now)


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    #33
    knower of all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭knower of all


    as a great man[me once said]:
    if you can correct it,i got my point across.
    as for my spelling...
    it happens,sorry


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    #34
    OHP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 437 ✭✭OHP


    Thank you for clarifying that sceptre :)
    /me puts his Spellchecker back in his Holster :p

    (comments on libel law are deserved though - careful now)

    I agree notice I never mentioned it :)

    OHP


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    #35
    Delphi91
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Delphi91


    Originally posted by knower of all
    I see the comprenshion of a joke is lost to you then?
    ...

    Yes, totally - the inclusion of the :D at the end of my comment was probably the result of a spelling mistake on my part!

    My original comment was intended sarcastically. I'm rather surprised at the level of discussion it generated :)

    Mike


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    #36
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    i haven't read all the posts so i'm sorry if this has already been mentioned. Anyway what about setting up a little stand/stall thing in your town square/street with information handouts on how we are so behind, basically detailing everything, the dark fibre just lying there, why no flat-rate and so on. I'll be happy to contribute whatever i can to the cost and content of these handouts.


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    #37
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    How about we all dress up in drag and march to the tune of "I want to break free...".

    Any excuse to do it in public...:D

    On a more serious note, some type of stunt like this would be the 'hook' the media might warm to. Thirty or fourty Freddie Mercury lookalikes marching down Kildare Street...it would get IOFFL the attention it deserves.


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    #38
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    DeVore, don't let this thread die!!


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    #39
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Devore, I believe it would be no problem to get a 1000 people out on the day, everyone of us here knows a few people who we can bring along, count me in to arrive on the day.


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