Comments on: Writing without typos is totally outdated

By: My Blogging Bible - How to BU

My Blogging Bible - How to BU — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:30:05 +0000

[...] blogging is about ideas and content; not about perfectionism. Penelope claims that "writing without typos is totally outdated." Sometimes stylistic choices are grammatically incorrect and sometimes Spellchecker [...]

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:04:34 +0000

I won't bug you about your blog typos–I'll just make judgments about you, based on your typos. Because although I do understand that it's difficult to check every little grammatical and spelling choice, and that not everyone finds spelling and grammar easy, I also wonder what else you are skipping because it's difficult or tedious–maybe that little statistic there, or the correct name here? I think, based on your frequency of typos, that you are basically intelligent and articulate, but write in an informal style (not as informal as the norm for, say, Facebook, but pretty informal), and are moderately lazy about details you feel you can get away with ignoring.

By: Why Spell Checking Is Hurting Your Business. — GenuineChris.Com: The Uncomfortable Walk

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:31:41 +0000

[...] Hell, even the Generation-X exhibitionist cougar Penelope Trunk agrees. [...]

By: Holiday At The Sea » Blog Archive » The Weekly Town Crier

Holiday At The Sea » Blog Archive » The Weekly Town Crier — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:40:51 +0000

[...] Read this piece noting that "Writing without typos is totally outdated." [...]

By: On Not Worrying About Typos on Blogs : What’s Best Next

On Not Worrying About Typos on Blogs : What’s Best Next — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:34:02 +0000

[...] I don't totally agree with her angle, but I do think we should be lenient about typos on blogs (and, as a time-pressed blogger, that's a relief). It's interesting to read the whole thing. [...]

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:56:09 +0000

Wow, I meant 'cite'. I'll try not to be a hypocrite at least.

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:54:44 +0000

There's a big problem with evidence here. You sight sources making connections between intelligence and typos, and essentially suggest that bad spelling is linked to intelligence. (No, you don't say that, but the insinuation is clearly there.) This is simply not true. A person's language ability in their (<-grammatically correct, look it up) native language is one of the surest and fastest means of measuring someone's intelligence, and spelling is part of that. That's the reason standardized tests have language sections. It's also the reason we associate the two so strongly. We're simply used to seeing the connection in our everyday lives. You may not want it to be so, and comments on people's typos are tiresome, but it's a fact of life. For my part, I use a poster's language as a quick litmus test to decide if they're worth listening to. I think most people do.

By: Asking Nicely, Please « Somer Cooper

Asking Nicely, Please « Somer Cooper — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:15:38 +0000

[...] is a real-time. If I'm going to do it on a regular basis, as I said I was, the writing is going to be raw and rough. I'm going to make mistakes. My content is not going to suit all those reading. It [...]

By: training media review

training media review — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:56:30 +0000

Great advices trunk… but, how to decide what typo of writing we wanna make? any easier ways for it?

By: Fixing flaws might require help « TalentedApps

Fixing flaws might require help « TalentedApps — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:33:06 +0000

[...] I am also on the lookout for rationalization opportunities, so god bless Penelope Trunk, who told me it's not important. [...]