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

[Waterpilot]

I find it interesting those who spell it wrong despite owning one or more of the things.

I saw the Sq and didn't bother reading the rest of it.

 

[arsie]

Largely because Squire is an actual word, and has the same pronunciation.

Also, it is not as if the mistake leads people to think it is another product. If there was say a Squier by Fender and a Squire by Gibson (or something), you would bet that people will get the spelling right more often.

 

[pbasswil]

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.

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. /

 

[roadkill2309]

Add it to your dictionary? I know I've added a bunch of bass-specific words to mine recently.

Pshaw, that'd be too easy.

 

[willsellout]

Pshaw, that'd be too easy.

adds "pshaw" to dictionary.

 

[UncleFluffy]

It's "... everyone and his mother ... ."

Even the OED is cool with singular "they". It's a construct that has been around for several centuries.

 

[SactoBass]

What is even worse IMO is when some dweeboid makes reference to Chris "Squier" of Yes.

 

[ric stave]

SKYNET is Coming!!!!!!

 

[TN WOODMAN]

To even cloud the issue further, Fender's one pickup version of the Telecaster is spelled Esquire. A guitar playing buddy, old enough to know better asked me once, "wonder why Jeff Beck played a Squier in the Yardbirds?"

Same guy another time when I was mentioning some of my guitars, remarked about my '64 Esquire as being Fender's cheap line. I just shrugged it off to ignorance.

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

someone divided by 0 again...

 

[tjh]

... would that fall into the category of people calling Highway 1's, Highway One's and vice versa ??

... and American Series basses American Standards, when there was no such bass during those years ??

... I would guess it to be lack of attention to detail mostly, and possibly lack of product knowledge in the other cases ...

 

[john_martin_sai]

There Stoopid.

 

[GregC]

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...

*medieval

I find it interesting that there are those who spell it wrong despite owning one or more of the things.

Corrected.

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.

So his full name was Classic Vibe Squier?

 

[Batmensch]

So his full name was Classic Vibe Squier?

Oops (X2) That should be V.C. (Victor Carroll) Squier.

 

[Tracebassplayer]

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

because it doesn't matter ... It is like mispelling pinto or kmart

That's why we, as a society, are headed down the the toilet. "It doesn't matter" that people misspell "mispell" and think it's OK.
It's like the guys that wear their pants sagging.. They think it doesn't matter or it's cool.
What they don't know is that the whole sagging thing started in prison by inmates that were advertising that they were "willing"...

 

[Batmensch]

... would that fall into the category of people calling Highway 1's, Highway One's and vice versa ??

... and American Series basses American Standards, when there was no such bass during those years ??

... I would guess it to be lack of attention to detail mostly, and possibly lack of product knowledge in the other cases ...

I think it's more akin to the mixing up of rouge/rogue
or people pronouncing nuclear as nuculer (George Bush, I'm looking at you...)

 

[Tracebassplayer]

I think it's more like the mixing up of rouge/rogue
or people prononuncing nuclear as nuculer (George Bush, I'm looking at you...)

+1

 

[Tracebassplayer]

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Spell check only works if it knows the word, the word was added correctly spelled, or not on the exempt list in the options.... If it doesn't know the word it, will underline it and ask if you want to add it, even though it's spelled incorrectly and then later when you misspell it it won't say a word..... HAHAHHA.

 

[Waterpilot]

*medieval
Corrected.

That's how I originally spelled but spell check changed my mind.

 

[Shakin-Slim]

That's why we, as a society, are headed down the the toilet. "It doesn't matter" that people misspell "mispell" and think it's OK.
It's like the guys that wear their pants sagging.. They think it doesn't matter or it's cool.
What they don't know is that the whole sagging thing started in prison by inmates that were advertising that they were "willing"...

There have always been a majority who have trouble with grammar and spelling. Always. While I agree that society is heading down the toilet, grammar is not indicative of that. It's indicative of people from different walks of life who have priorities arranged differently, and no worse than your priorities.