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So... why does everyone and their mother spell 'Squier' wrong?
- Thread starter Kwesi
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Good question. It's a pet peeve of mine; but if anybody says anything about grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc. on here, they're bombarded with unflattering terms.
But with Squier, it's hard to understand. It's not like there isn't 5,000 threads from which they should be able to learn the proper spelling...
But with Squier, it's hard to understand. It's not like there isn't 5,000 threads from which they should be able to learn the proper spelling...
we live in an age of spell check... i imagine the brand isn't in the dictionary
that's is all ill say
that's is all ill say
Spelling and good grammar are becoming a lost art. Not that there haven't been horrible spellers and users of poor grammar in the long ago and recent past, mind you.
But with the advent of internet speak and text messaging, it's only going to get worse, my friend, so belt up.
If it's bad enough, I just won't bother replying (folks who use English as a second language - I don't mean you here. Kudos for taking on the challenge - it's an odd language at times). For anyone that gives a crap about my opinion, that might be a minor loss.
But with the advent of internet speak and text messaging, it's only going to get worse, my friend, so belt up.
If it's bad enough, I just won't bother replying (folks who use English as a second language - I don't mean you here. Kudos for taking on the challenge - it's an odd language at times). For anyone that gives a crap about my opinion, that might be a minor loss.
Or aren't.
I know, I know. Things like this have become commonplace - I speak like this at times too. We're all going to crap...
Ric5
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So... why does everyone and their mother spell 'Squier' wrong?
because it doesn't matter ... It is like mispelling pinto or kmart
because it doesn't matter ... It is like mispelling pinto or kmart
How about the words its?
So many people have themselves absolutely convinced that they have to stick an apostrophe somewhere in that word if they are using it in the possessive form. They were taught in grammar school that the possessive form of a word has an apostrophe s. So they [incorrectly] think that also applies to the word its.
It's is a contraction for it is. So whenever someone uses the word it's, you can substitute the words it is and then read the sentence again to see if it makes sense (it won't).
And even though there is no such word as its', people sometimes type that because they feel they must stick an apostrophe somewhere.
The correct form in the possessive is just its.
Example:
The bass was admired by many bassists due to its color and body shape.
-NOT-
The bass was admired by many bassists due to it is (it's) color and body shape.
So many people have themselves absolutely convinced that they have to stick an apostrophe somewhere in that word if they are using it in the possessive form. They were taught in grammar school that the possessive form of a word has an apostrophe s. So they [incorrectly] think that also applies to the word its.
It's is a contraction for it is. So whenever someone uses the word it's, you can substitute the words it is and then read the sentence again to see if it makes sense (it won't).
And even though there is no such word as its', people sometimes type that because they feel they must stick an apostrophe somewhere.
The correct form in the possessive is just its.
Example:
The bass was admired by many bassists due to its color and body shape.
-NOT-
The bass was admired by many bassists due to it is (it's) color and body shape.
Haha That's funny.
I spelled it wrong even after owning one. I think it has to do with knowing the word but not really ever using it on a regular basis unless you're, for some reason, discussing mid-evil times or talking about the guitars. Which happen to spell it a different way...
In Craigslist classifieds they spell it F-E-N-D-E-R.
"Mint Fender Precision Bass, $150 or best offer"
My response - "Does it have the word "Squier" anywhere on it?"
"Mint Fender Precision Bass, $150 or best offer"
My response - "Does it have the word "Squier" anywhere on it?"
Hey, it doesn't help that Fender chose an antique spelling of an obsolete French word that we normally spell in English "squire". It comes from "esquier" (French: ess-key-ay), which is about as far from the English pronunciation as you could get.
I propose a reformed spelling: Skwire. You know -- like how some hillbillies might pronounce square. :^>
I propose a reformed spelling: Skwire. You know -- like how some hillbillies might pronounce square. :^>
I lol'd
.It's just that you see them all over the place on TB and I think that their logo is at least distinctive enough for folk to get those last two letters right
. I'm not bashing on anyone, I just find it a little weird that it's misspelled almost as often as it's spelled properly if not, more so.
Nowadays I'm usually surfing TB from my iPhone. I'm lucky if the stupid auto-correct lets me get the right word in ten times out of forty...
Add it to your dictionary? I know I've added a bunch of bass-specific words to mine recently.
No, the spelling comes from the name of the founder of the original Squier musical instruments string company that Fender eventualy acquired, one Mr. C.V. Squier.
Correction: that's V.C. (Victor Carroll) Squier.
