Excuse them if there Grammer is wrong...it aint like they are evil..you wood not like no one too pester you about it if it was you doing it would you

Pathfindr wrote: »

1. a path through a forest, field, etc.
2. the marks, signs, smells, etc., that are left behind by someone or something and that can often be followed

That might meet the stated definition of a "trail", but where I come from, that is a dirt road.

Oxford dictionary versus the people declared a mistrail!

Tpyos hpapen all the tmie but my gsues is you can slitl raed tehm jsut fnie.

resdayn00 wrote: »

Dapper Dinosaur wrote: »

I expect everyone I see that can't handle basic words or phrases (ranging from you're/your and they're/their/there to "could care less") to be a moron.

I am rarely disappointed.

At least ‘you’re/your’ and ‘there/their/they’re’ can be explained by the fact that they are homophones, and native speakers learn the language by hearing it rather than reading it (which most of us do, who learn it as a foreign language). Trial/trail however can’t be excused this way as they are not homophones, heck they are not even minimal pairs.

Whether we want it or not, these mistakes can and will make people assume that the one who made the mistake is a moron. I’m also triggered by ‘should’ve/should of’.

Source(s): I’m a linguist.

At least someone brought it up. Now then, can we talk about Daedra and Deadra? One is a demonic being in the game, and the other isnt even a thing. Like, how fast are you typing that you type the e before the a?

Feanor wrote: »

Malestorm Arena or vMSA is worse...

I hate these far more than "trail".

Dapper Dinosaur wrote: »

Slick_007 wrote: »

Tan9oSuccka wrote: »

Give the “trail” people a break.

They’ve been busy buying “drew wax”.

isnt it dreg?

It is, and the game's NPCs even say it a couple times for you. I've heard so many different ways people say it. Drough, drew, I've even heard dray and dreeg.

...and I hate these even more. I wince whenever I hear "drew" (who the hell is Drew?). I have a friend who pronounces it "dreff wax".

resdayn00 wrote: »

Dapper Dinosaur wrote: »

I expect everyone I see that can't handle basic words or phrases (ranging from you're/your and they're/their/there to "could care less") to be a moron.

I am rarely disappointed.

At least ‘you’re/your’ and ‘there/their/they’re’ can be explained by the fact that they are homophones, and native speakers learn the language by hearing it rather than reading it (which most of us do, who learn it as a foreign language). Trial/trail however can’t be excused this way as they are not homophones, heck they are not even minimal pairs.

Whether we want it or not, these mistakes can and will make people assume that the one who made the mistake is a moron. I’m also triggered by ‘should’ve/should of’.

Source(s): I’m a linguist.

So learning to write the language is a separate skill, and spellcheck doesn't pick up these written mistakes caused by English homophones. What about "payed?"

SilverIce58 wrote: »

At least someone brought it up. Now then, can we talk about Daedra and Deadra? One is a demonic being in the game, and the other isnt even a thing. Like, how fast are you typing that you type the e before the a?

It is a common misspelling. Some people tend to misread new words and then get used to the incorrect spelling. This CAN explain trial/trail, although ai/ia is not as easily misread as ea/ae. I often meet people in-game who type 'deadric' constantly instead of 'daedric', but this has been going on for years on different TES forums.

TheNorthernDragon wrote: »

So learning to write the language is a separate skill, and spellcheck doesn't pick up these written mistakes caused by English homophones. What about "payed?"

Learning to write a language is indeed different from learning to speak a language. I don't know about your own native language, but in mine, Hungarian, people do spelling mistakes ALL THE TIME. And spell check doesn't help as much as you'd expect it to.

You'd be surprised, but 'payed' is actually a correct English word, although it's not the same as paid, it's the past tense of a special meaning of the verb 'to pay' used in nautical environments. This can explain why spell checking doesn't help with this word. Also 'paid' is irregular, so non-native speakers unsurprisingly make that mistake.

TheMaster wrote: »

Coming to the conclusion that someone is stupid based on a misspelling is a fallacy. A person can’t claim intellectual superiority while making such ridiculous assumptions about other people. Hopefully you never become an English teacher with an attitude like that.

Remember that chatting in-game or on forums is a completely different scenario than chatting IRL. You don't know anything about the person on the other side, your only impression is that they make spelling mistakes, which can be attributed to different reasons. It is a fallacy, but it simply happens, as much as we don't want it to.

Also, it's very important to note WHO made the spelling mistake. If it's a non-native speaker, especially one with poor grammar, you won't judge them obviously. On the other hand, a native speaker, if adequately educated, is expected to use the correct spelling of words. In English, misspelling is more tolerated in say, Hungarian. Here, if someone makes a spelling mistake based on phonological reasons, they are seen as a big, big moron by the majority. You have to be above this, and I am, but in online environments it's still frustrating, considering the fact that English is the de facto official language online.

Fun fact: I have a colleague who is a native speaker of English and until recently he though that 'folklore' is written as 'folklaw'. Experiences like this make you tolerate more and more.

Tyrion87 wrote: »

If vet Maelstrom Arena is vMA, why the heck vet Dragonstar Arena is always called vDSA, and not vDA? Why??

Other way round, I say vMSA to match out of principle!!!!

However dude @tyrion87, Maelstrom? Maelstorm

TRAILS!!!!
I LOVE TRAILS!!!!
X WHATEVER ROLE IS NEEDED!!!

resdayn00 wrote: »

TheNorthernDragon wrote: »

So learning to write the language is a separate skill, and spellcheck doesn't pick up these written mistakes caused by English homophones. What about "payed?"

Learning to write a language is indeed different from learning to speak a language. I don't know about your own native language, but in mine, Hungarian, people do spelling mistakes ALL THE TIME. And spell check doesn't help as much as you'd expect it to.

You'd be surprised, but 'payed' is actually a correct English word, although it's not the same as paid, it's the past tense of a special meaning of the verb 'to pay' used in nautical environments. This can explain why spell checking doesn't help with this word. Also 'paid' is irregular, so non-native speakers unsurprisingly make that mistake.

@resdayn00...Well, you did teach me, a native English speaker, that there is a proper usage for "payed," but I'll be damned before I believe that there are a lot of sailors here! Sorry, not buying that excuse. I still think it's because there are a lot of ignorant, lazy Americans (my fellow countrymen) around here!