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[stokes11eg]

I think people forget that in many schools now, there is no 'standard' spelling, many children are not corrected for what we consider poor spelling!
And, having taken a six month course in modern office proceedures etc, I find that that a lot of grammar, punctuation, and spelling, is different from the way we were taught .
As long as you can understand what someone means, what's the problem?

[George door to dawes]

I know the procedure on this site is to not draw attention to spelling mistakes just for the sake of it, so I won't. But having just read through a few posts, virtually none of which were spelt 100% correctly, I have a question. Does nobody care that non employees reading these forums must think that we are all a load of thick bastards?

If your that good and educated why are you working for Royal Mail?

I'm a reasonably educated man, yet I work for Royal Mail. I'm sure there are many different kinds of people working within RM for all manner of reasons. I work for RM because the choice I had was to accept the job, or else face more months of unemployment. I think it was a pretty straightforward choice in retrospect.

Regarding spell-checkers, I have one built in to Firefox, but I generally ignore it because I am lazy.

I have Firefox and doesnt work for some reason even though its turned on in the option menu.

Why is spelling being discussed as a indicator of intelligence anyway? Albert Einstein had dislexia so that throws that theory out of the window. And intelligent or not we all have to eat and pay the bills so whats wrong with working in Royal Mail? I know a few lads at the office with degrees doesnt mean anything when the economy is screwed and all jobs are scarce.

So you're saying that most of the posties on this site suffer from dyslexia?

Does my post say everyone on here suffers from dyslexia? My point was just because you cant spell doesnt mean your a thicko! For instance i would consider myself fairly intelligent but honestly i cant spell for sh**! Another example is a friend at work who grew up in jamaica who didnt really have the opportunity to get an education so the guy can barely read or write. The culture he grew up in doesnt really effect his problem solving skills in the slightest. His low reading and writing skills are purely a sign of poor english skills nothing more!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

A. A. Milne

[Lounge Lizard]

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

A. A. Milne

"and the letters get in the wrong places" - that's very serious in this job.

[George door to dawes]

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

A. A. Milne

"and the letters get in the wrong places" - that's very serious in this job.

Very serious! Do it too often and they will promote you to line manager!