We all make typos. It happens. Hopefully spell check will catch them for us. Unfortunately, we all rely on spell check a bit too much. It doesn't save us when we type a real word in place of the word we actually meant. And it changes the meaning oh...so...much.
Background: I've been arguing with a lady back and forth on email and via the phone over how much the company I work for owes in common area maintenance fees for 2008 on a property we rent. She insists we owe more than I think we do. Finally, I asked her for invoicing/statements for all of 2007 and 2008 so I could reconcile it against my own records. She responded with,
"Lisa, I will defiantly get you a copy of that."
Maybe she meant defiantly. Maybe she really isn't happy about it. Maybe she didn't mean she would definitely get me a copy of it.
Whether you do it defiantly or gladly...I definitely need it, lady!
5 comments:
I am the world worst speller, so I'd never say one word to her, it's a good thing you didn't get my problem, at least that's one nasty thing I did not pass on to you! Love you!!!
I love it. I think I've done that before. But it wasn't nearly as good of a story as yours!!
Lisa, why would you publish my story to the whole world? It's not my fault I can't spell, I get it from my Mother!
No problem here, Grandma! I'm a great speller!
Julie- it was a perfect scenario, wasn't it? I laughed so hard when I got that email! :)
Mama- I'm sorry. But, if it helps any...I showed it to several people in my office and they didn't even catch it.
That is hilarious! You know, I'm terrible with this. I do it all the time, in fact. I'll reread some of my blog posts and I'm like, "WTF, that's not how it's spelled." And it'll drive me nuts, so I have to go in and edit it. I'm totally neurotic. I hate it that I can't go and edit my comments, because, you know - Neurosis.
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