While trying to price a few things for sale using eBay as a reference i stumbled on a winner. I refuse to bid on any item on eBay that is listed in all caps. If it is an item that i really want i actually have sent the seller a message to tell them that i will not bid because of the annoying practice. When people spell poorly it also annoys me. Check this out…
WE WILL NO LONGER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PATCHES LOST IN THE US MAIL– IF YOU WANT, WE CAN BUY INSUREANCE ON THE ITEM AT YOUR EXPENCE– WE TRY TO KEEP OUR SHIPING AND HANDLEING DOWN AS LOW AS POSIBLE AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE ITEMS LOST IN THE MAIL. WE HAVE HAD ONLY TWO ITEMS LOST IN FOUR YEARS OF SELLING ITEMS ON EBAY SO FAR, BUT TWO ARE TWO TOO MANY.
…they used the right two/too/to but spelled shipping wrong. To make this especially painful this bit was copied from the seller’s payment instructions which is automatically posted in each of their auctions.
Tiffany Borges on 
January 31st, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Insurance, expense, and possible were also spelled wrong - I was afraid to look any closer!
January 31st, 2007 at 5:21 pm
i bet i could even spell all that right [without any help (grin)]
January 31st, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Yeah - all four are pretty common words. I spell things wrong often enough but “insurance” and “shipping”?
February 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Someone named “Sharon” started to post “And I can even hit the shift key when when typing a personal pronoun.” on this thread - Cocomment caught it but the comment was somehow deleted. Let me explain. I don’t capitalize “i” unless it begins a sentence. Why? Because we don’t capitalize “me”. In Japanese asking someone’s name you say “O-namae wa nan desu ka?” (お名前は何ですか). The reply would be “Ryan desu” (Ryan です). Translated the question is roughly “What is your honorable name?” The Japanese refer to others as honorable but never themselves. I find it odd that our culture capitalizes “I” and not “You” - unless, of course we’re referring to God who seems to be the only person worth of a “He”. Interestingly, this was actually a one of the first subjects i wrote about online.
February 7th, 2007 at 9:11 am
I recently had to tell my students that I won’t respond to any emails sent in all capital letters, and that I expect them to speak to me in their emails the way they would face-to-face. It was in response to this email…
MY NAME IS [student name (in all caps) removed] IM IN YOUR VOICE AND ARTICULATION CLASS @ 1230PM-120PM ON TUES AND THURS! I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT AT ALL I CHOOSE ASSIGNMENT ONE: BREATHINESS AND I DON’T UNDERSTAND IF I SHOULD PRINT SOMETHING OFF THE INTERNET TO PRESENT TO THE CLASS OR SHOULD I WRITE SOMETHING DOWN OF MY OWN. ALSO DO YOU WANT US TO MAKE A COPYING OF THE ANALYSIS CHART AND CHECKLIST, IF SO HOW MANY? PLEASE HELP!!