[jennie]

i went to one of my favorite sites. i typed in the URL, yelled, and freaked out.

does anybody see what's wrong with this website? heehee

<font color=purple> Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth. Jean-Paul Sartre </font color=purple>

[bptoo]

I can't believe that!!! LOL!!!

"When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance."

[LadyDragus]

ok what is supposed to be wrong..
am I missign something ???

<font color=purple>The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
- G.K. Chesterton
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[JulieBean]

you spelled dictionary wrong...

you spellt it dicTONary

"Sometimes it takes us to the bottom of our misery to understand the truth..."
~Gustav Havel - existentialist

[SeptemberMorn]

HAHAHA Have I stated how incompetence just bugs the heck outta me??? Lord have mercy on us! These are the people that we place our trust in!!



"For unto us a Son is given..."

[dexter]

That annoys the crap out of me. One thing to spell poorly in email or casual "conversation". I try to always spell-check before I send an email, and check messages on forums with a spell check option.

(There isn't a spell check on these forums, is there? Am I just missing it?)

In any case I'm no snob about it. Sometimes people just want to get their idea across quickly and if they know you well they won't take the time to check. But this is a "professional" site and someone took the time to make that header graphic and didn't take half a second to proof read it (or let someone else double-check) before setting it out in front of the public. Ironic that is is a dictionary site as well! Very unprofessional.

I often see mistakes in ads in magazines... high end full color full page ads with something mispelled. These have to be EXPENSIVE ads to place, didn't they think it would be worth a quick check over before spending all that money and submitting the ad?

I do desktop publishing and I also notice software mistakes... font substitutions, cropping errors and software glitches that a professional should be aware of and know how to avoid. I know there is a time crunch in the publishing business, but these things are the image that you present to the public.

Whe faced with a deadline, we always used to say "There is never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over."

-- The world is what we make of it --
-- Dave
-- <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.idexter.com>http://www.idexter.com</A>

[LMo]

I'm guessing that they bought the 'dictonary' domain on purpose. This is an example of something that someone who NEEDS a dictionary might spell incorrectly, and I guess they were trying to make their site accessible to their target audience.

The other answer is that I have no idea.

We are ALL going to be a-ok!

[jennie]

LMo, i like your idea about target audience. Shamefully, i did find that site.

<font color=purple> Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth. Jean-Paul Sartre </font color=purple>

[SeptemberMorn]

I don't think people learn how to spell correctly anymore. That's another pet peeve of mine... the schools! What a joke they are nowadays.

Ya know? If you have something important to say, you should at least take the time to see that the point is clear and not make people guess. Aaaahhh!



"For unto us a Son is given..."

[Willow]

They do buy alternative domains that have misspelled words.