Author	Thread: Occupation question/observation
Admin	Occupation question/observation Posted : 4 Jun, 2010 06:57 PM Have you noticed how many people cannot spell the occupation that they claim to have? It always stands out, to me. Usually it is spelled incorrectly more than one time in their profile, so I would not think it is just a typo. What do you think this indicates about the person? Does it make you wonder if they are misrepresenting themselves? I've noticed that it doesn't matter if the occupation is high paying or not. If they can't spell their own occupation, where they must come across the word many times spelled correctly, I wonder if they can even spell their own name. What do you think this indicates? Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 4 Jun, 2010 07:52 PM Most likely it indicates sloppiness or laziness. It might have nothing to do with his/her intelligence or ability to perform the misspelled occupation, but it's just not that hard to run things through a spell check program before posting them for the whole world to see! (I don't claim to never make typos, by the way...but I do try my best to avoid them!) Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 4 Jun, 2010 08:14 PM You never know what people have gone through in their life...what kind of disabilities they've had, what kind of education they and their family could afford...just sayin'....don't write someone off because they can't speil a wurd. Thahts laym. Maybe I'll start writing off people that can't ride a bike or people that are meat-eaters. Or were you just saying they might be faking their occupation? :peace::peace: Post Reply
View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 4 Jun, 2010 09:10 PM I've noticed the same thing. It is a turn-off to me, but I also give the person the benefit of the doubt. I've worked with several people who were very smart and good at their jobs..... but terrible spellers. So I don't label someone just on that. Post Reply
View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 4 Jun, 2010 09:28 PM I just don't know what to make of it. It just seems strange to me that something as important as their occupation they don't know how to spell. Makes me wonder how they got hired in the first place. Every one makes spelling mistakes now and then. I just wanted to hear what others thought about it when they see it too. Post Reply
Brandy774 View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 5 Jun, 2010 07:19 AM Two words...spell check. For some reason people don't bother to run their profiles through spell check. I don't know why. I make a lot of spelling mistakes in my occupation but then I use a lot of medical jargon and company short hand. Sometimes in my private life I forget that not everyone understands this. When I run it through spell check it looks ok to me. Post Reply
View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 5 Jun, 2010 07:35 AM One possibility is that they have never been held accountable for it. So they continue going through life making only a slight effort in the things they do. But I would expect them to be bale to spell correctly their occupation. I mean really...Hart Seryen. Rocket Sientis. Markiting Stuff like that would raise warning flags for me. Steve Post Reply
View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 5 Jun, 2010 03:24 PM Their is a eye problem that makes all your letters be backwards. I will try to spell it, dyslexa. I have not seen the word enough to spell it right. Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 5 Jun, 2010 08:14 PM Dyslexia could have something to do with it in some cases. (I teach a few college students with moderate to severe dyslexia.) If I understand it correctly, it is actually not an eye condition, but rather a part of the brain is malfunctioning and causing the person to reverse letters. For example, the word "bear" would likely be spelled "baer". Another common manifestation is that letters are written backwards; a "d" would look like a "b" when handwritten by a dyslexic person. They also words reverse (ie. reverse words). In music, a person would read an upward musical pattern downward, and vice versa. They also reverse their intervals and can't remember finger numbers. It's REALLY hard to overcome, but once a student realizes what he or she is doing, that student can often work out a system for catching the mistakes. So it is possible that dyslexia is the cause, but I'm still of the mindset that it has more to do with carelessness. Particularly in a profile. In an email or IM, I would be far less judgmental because of the necessity to turn out typed text very quickly. On a profile, you can take as much time as needed to double check your spelling. Unless, of course, you don't care, or believe your bad spelling to be such an integral part of who you are that it just HAS to appear in your profile. Post Reply
xSoldOut4Himx View Profile History	Occupation question/observation Posted : 14 Jun, 2010 05:24 PM I'm dyslexic (reading) and disgraphic (writing), therefore I've grown up knowing that I had a problem. My mother was a learning disability teacher and she worked with me constantly. I was able to preserver through it, but this isn't a testament to what I've accomplished for I was very fortunate. However, so many others have slipped through the cracks and were never diagnosed properly to give them the accommodations that they needed. They have a learning disability (which doesn't mean they have a low IQ) it just means there they tested at a certain level, but were able to perform a variety of tasks at that same level. That was probably a very poor and general explanation. I do the reverse letters, but my sentence structure can also be backwards. For example: The puppy ran all around the yard. (clear and straight forward) All around the yard the puppy ran. (not as clear, but I still believe it is correct) P.S. I probably spell checked at least 4 words in the above paragraph... Oh humility :) (No, I didn't mean oh humanity either :P) Post Reply