I’m the Queen of Typos.
If I can screw up a word, I will.
Erica used to suffer patiently through my brutal mangling of the English language in Yahoo! Messenger. I’d worry she would hurl curses at me the next time I wrote, “woah! greta wrok on yor glob!” Thankfully, she never did (and never would), but it had to be painful to read my words in real time.
Commenting on a blog allows time for re-reading before posting. Thus, one would think, I could correct all my typos prior to posting and come off as literate. This is not so, gentle reader. My eye will not see an error until I’ve hit ‘submit.’ The page will load in slow motion to record my mistake, as I repeatedly face-palm myself. You think a spell-checker is helpful? Not if you miss the ‘l’ in ‘public’ or apologize for being so busty. I’m thinking about pasting a header in each comment I make that reads “THIS POSTER IS MORE INTELLIGENT THAN HER WORDS WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE.”
Another thing about comments is deciding what to say. For instance, I read a great blogger, daily. Entertaining and intelligent, the entries can flow from tear-jerking to hilarious. (Yes, I am talking about you.) I want to comment, but I have nothing to add. Thing is, I feel that not commenting after appreciating a good entry is almost rude. People spend time sharing their stories or thoughts on things, and typically do so in the hopes of some related discussion. If all I have to offer is ‘I read this entry and nodded a lot,’ the blogger may be disappointed.
Sometimes, I have the opposite problem. A post can leave me with so much to say that I don’t know when to stop. I leave a 4 foot long stream-of-consciousness comment that no one should have to read, especially if I miss typos. I’m considering drawing a line in the comment field before I type and making it a personal rule not to type past it. For someone who hopes to make a living at writing someday, I’m not concise, I have no on-the-fly composition skills, and my inner editor is easily distracted.
These worries are what make me a great lurking judge. Silence is key when lurking. But not here on the hangout grid. This week, I’m coming over to your place and saying hello. Don’t be surprised if you see my comments looking like this:
Yeah write hangout grid #62 is open. Welcome! Feel free to comment.
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Yeah write #62 challenge grid is open over there.
You’ve captured beautifully how I often feel when trying to comment on a blog. Well except maybe for the typos.
Linking up on the hangout grid for the fist time this week! I look forward to yeah write every Tuesday! I guess I need to start setting my alarm to make that challenge grid. 🙂
Thanks for hosting! I so sympathize with the typos. I thought auto correct was helping me, until I started to look back at old tweets and realizing how often it turned what I thought was sense into gibberish. Also, absolutely agree on the idea of commenting “I nodded a lot.” Sometimes there just isn’t much more to say, but I for one feel silly commenting that way.
PS Thank goodness for the hangout grid. I read and comment where I can, but reading 50 blogs is not currently going to happen. I trust that if I put in what I can here, that’s good enough. 🙂 Love this place.
Look forward to this every week. One day I will wake early enough to be on the challenge grid! 🙂 Thank you for all you do! xo
I love all comments … you can comment “I read this” any day you want on my blog, honey!
I so look forward to Yeah Write!
Thank you for being the hostess with the mostest!
Kerry at HouseTalkN
I would love a comment that said I read this and nodded a lot. You could leave the same comment every time, and I’d love it every time.