So... why does everyone and their mother spell 'Squier' wrong?

[UncleMattGuy]

Maybe they are concentrating on learning to spell the names of higher quality instruments?

 

[JimiLL]

Who cares?!

its only a Squyer after all....

 

[kawika5150]

Irregardless of your point, I like how you snuck a misspelling into this post.

It's ok, I'm shure you realise it was strickly intentional. LOL.

 

[mcnach]

Oops! I made the incorrect assumption that Fender chose the word for the sound and the association with class and nobility.
Dang, and I was so sure of myself. /

and where do you think that surname originates from?

 

[Avalon]

You got me. It's an evil plan hatched by my mother and I to take a bite out of cheap guitar sales.

 

[nachodaddy]

Has "Chris Squier" checked in on this matter of such utter importance? Oh, and every person you run across who can't spell, thank a union NEA teacher.

 

[Tony In Philly]

.... and every person you run across who can't spell, thank a union NEA teacher.

Very True.

 

[nachodaddy]

Funny this should pop up this morning on craigslist. I didn't realize you needed an apostrophe to spell the plural of "Squier".



WTB: Vintage Fender Squier's

 

[Tracebassplayer]

Funny this should pop up this morning on craigslist. I didn't realize you needed an apostrophe to spell the plural of "Squier".



WTB: Vintage Fender Squier's

Maybe he's the stoner on Beavis & Butthead and meant Squierses , like smokeses and .... LOL

 

[Abner]

Spelling and good grammar are becoming a lost art.

...

Let me fix that for you...

Spelling and good grammar is a lost art.

There. That's better.

 

[Abner]

Oh... I hate when that happens in a grammar thread...

:-(

 

[fourstringbliss]

I first wanted to spell it "Squire" probably because of squires who were knights attendants or Chris Squire.

 

[Batmensch]

Oh... I hate when that happens in a grammar thread...

:-(

Tecnically speaking, it's supposed to be a spelling thread. It kind of got de-railed.

 

[UncleFluffy]

Let me fix that for you...

Spelling and good grammar is a lost art.

There. That's better.

"are becoming lost arts"

or "have become lost arts"

 

[Saxn]

... Examples:
"I tried using that pedal, but found that I would loose too much low end."
"Can you run those cabs together without loosing too much clarity?"

I hate loosing too much clarity from my cabs. I prefer loosing a muddy mess of atonal nonsense instead.

On the other hand, I think it's IMPOSSIBLE to 'loose too much low end' on the unsuspecting masses!

 

[selowitch]

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 think it was originally the name of the company's owner, Victor Carroll Squier, before it became a subsidiary of Fender. That doesn't negate your linguistic point about the word's origins in French at all, though.

 

[Tracebassplayer]

I think it was originally the name of the company's owner, Victor Carroll Squier, before it became a subsidiary of Fender. That doesn't negate your linguistic point about the word's origins in French at all, though.

+1 for the correct reason why Fender chose "Squier" instead of "Squire".
Fact:
Fender, under the ownership of CBS, acquired the Squier brand name in 1965 when it bought a USA based string making firm from Victor Carroll Squier. That IS why the Fender Squier is named as such.

 

[notverygood]

Has "Chris Squier" checked in on this matter of such utter importance? Oh, and every person you run across who can't spell, thank a union NEA teacher.

I agree, I've never seen a bad non-union employee or teacher.

 

[Big Brother]

There are few problems with the assertions that the paragraph makes too...

A. "...and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm." Or "... and you can still read it without a problem." The author assumes that the time to decipher it and make sense of the gibberish is not a "pboerlm". It quite often is a problem.

B. They equate getting the message with clear communication. It isn't.

John

You responded twice, I think I hit a raw nerve.

I'm that kid who won the spelling bee, got the trophy for reading the most books, got promoted two grades, tested out of high school English in the 5th grade... I could be the mother of all spelling Nazi's excapt that I realize it's a skill that people are largely born with and others have skills I was not born with just the same. It would be wildly hypocritical.

I stand behind the research, that paragraph is easily read by most all people despite that the letters are jumbled in every word. Most people see whole words, not letters.

The quote about communication is mine and I stand behind that as well. Nobody really cares if your internet message is perfectly spelled and grammatisized with proper punctuation, they care what it says and how it relates to them. If you can clearly communicate your message, you are doing it right.

Language isn't about the means, it's all about the end.

I have no problems with someone's spelling or grammar if they are making an honest effort. It is only annoying when someone is not trying. That is disrespectful to others, essentially saying 'You aren't worth the effort.' THAT person I have no problem cutting to size.

 

[Big Brother]

Oh, and every person you run across who can't spell, thank a union NEA teacher.

Yeah.

Blame the teachers, blame the unions, blame mom and dad. Never blame yourself though, that is just criminal in today's world.

It's always funny to me how the internet argument topics du jour always mirror the latest AM radio propaganda. Always. One person thinking for millions really isn't a very good model for an intelligent society as I see it...