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So... why does everyone and their mother spell 'Squier' wrong?
- Thread starter Kwesi
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Since the OP originated in the USA, by a Native American, using American English....
Note that I didn't say "Native American Indian", so , don't bother going there.
I vote for using the American English conventions and Webster's American English Dictionary...
That said, the OP was not about grammar but, about misspelling a widely recognized name in the Electric Bass world.
These topics generally get derailed by an outrageous number of tangents, tears, and comments on other spelling mistakes. This causes too much confusion trying to follow the original topic, thus killing the thread all together.
Is that a Rickensquier, er Rickensquire, er ...Originally Posted bySweat! er, or is that Sweet...awwwwhttp://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/so...quier-wrong-763234-post10784522/#post10784522
I love my Squire bass.
Geeze... I just typed this whole big response out just to have my thumbs on my laptop pass over the mouse pad thingy and delete it all. Here's the condensed version...
It's no different then using a dictionary. It's a tool to both learn, and converse coherently. In the quote of mine you posted I missed a word. I don't speak that way. I missed it when proof reading. Forums are different then writing a book or a letter. We don't have days, weeks or years to compose it as it's a conversation that happens quite quickly. Mistakes happen.
That's how I originally spelled but spell check changed my mind.
Waterpilot said:
I agree with Waterpilot. I don't have the time nor energy to spell check this with precision. I feel that when I come to this forum, it should be a place to relax and feel comfortable, not to be over criticized.
Thank you. An easy way to remember this is to think of its as being like hers or theirs or ours.
Seriously, it's an uncommon surname that sounds as pronounced almost exactly like the word "squire". Is it that surprising that people would screw it up? I not only hear people say "Ricken-bock-er" all the time but I even see it spelled Rickenbacher occasionally, and I just have to accept it.
As for general inferences about spelling and grammar, please remember, language (even written) is fluid and evolving all the time. Eventually mistakes, made often enough, will become the rule.
Because "squire" is the spelling most people are familiar with and the correct one for the term squire as most people use it. Fender decided to use a diff spelling for their product line.
Great point.
I think the English language is also limited in that it isn't as "precise" as other languages can be. For example, some languages have gender distinction in nouns, some have more than one word for love and some rely on inflection and pitch for distinction between two words that are spelled the same way. I think these types of characteristics make the English language susceptible to "double talk".
Add what appears to many as an increasingly laxidasical attitude toward proficiency in the oral and written practice of the language amongst more and more people and we're on the road to "malkovich ... malkcovich, malkovich".
Spelling and punctuation matter because communication matters.
What you know is irrelevant unless you can communicate it to others. Many posters here ask questions that are not even coherent...and they get teased about it - appropriately, IMO.
If you take any pride in your ability to communicate, you should demonstrate it in every post.
What you know is irrelevant unless you can communicate it to others. Many posters here ask questions that are not even coherent...and they get teased about it - appropriately, IMO.
If you take any pride in your ability to communicate, you should demonstrate it in every post.
I know why.
I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.
If someone already said this sorry, it's because I only read the first and last posts of a thread.
I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.
If someone already said this sorry, it's because I only read the first and last posts of a thread.
