Comments on Crazy Days and Nights: Jamie Oliver Says He Is Dyslexic

See, vitazza, you take the extra step that I'm sur...

2009-09-12T23:39:00.105-07:00

See, vitazza, you take the extra step that I'm sure would allow anyone save for the most annoying pedant to overlook what spelling errors you DO end up overlooking, which I'm sure, as per your post, are few and far between.

I'm really sad that a lot of people think that "just because it's the Internet" that spelling doesn't matter or shouldn't matter. I think it's ok to make the odd grammatical mistake and that it's cool to let a couple of typos slip here and there, but if it gets to the point where it becomes difficult for others to read what it is you're trying to say, you really should slip away from the Internet until you learn to spell beyond the 4th grade level. People, especially young people, have gotten way too lazy. They should follow vitazza's excellent and admirable lead!

Dyslexia should not be an excuse for making a ton of errors in a single 140-character post. People should be more careful.

Oh, and ahdaboom, requirements for spelling and vocabulary have (or appear to have) greatly dropped since your parents' generation -- even since mine. I must not be much older than you, yet "friend" was something that my classmates and I covered in the first grade. By the fourth we were covering words such as "inevitable" and "constitution" on both vocab and spelling lessons. Perhaps they were shocked you weren't hitting on "friend" until the 4th grade?

I am dyslexic....and I don't ever worry about it u...

2009-07-09T11:55:08.560-07:00

I am dyslexic....and I don't ever worry about it unless I'm online posting and someone attacks my spelling errors!! I generally keep a copy of Webster's Instant Word Guide in my purse! My copyright is from 1980 I have had it through High School and college. Poor spellers should also use there "word" program to proofread their comments....

i have the same type of issue. thank god for spel...

2009-07-08T20:09:42.423-07:00

i have the same type of issue. thank god for spell check. i remember trying to learn to spell the word "friend" in 4th grade and my parents were just brutal on me "are you stupid?...omg it's a 6 letter word" followed by hysterical fits of laughter.

this is a real sore spot with me. most people do the best they can most of the time, cut those with limits that are different than yours a break.

Dyslexia is not a quantifiable disorder. There are...

2009-07-08T18:11:39.483-07:00

Dyslexia is not a quantifiable disorder. There are more than one aspect or degree. I doubt dyslexia is the reason for the misspelling and that sort of line about you owe it to children is the sort Jamie himself lectures about with food, and so it seems farming practices as well. Isn't he just as smug?

Poor spelling and grammar are two of my (many) pet...

2009-07-08T17:27:52.881-07:00

Poor spelling and grammar are two of my (many) pet peeves. Of course, dyslexia cannot be picked on, but sometimes, it's SO HARD!!!!*LOL*

I don't like Jamie Oliver though. I just don't. His fingernails are always dirty and they always film his hands really close. And the FUCKING LISP!!! I KNOW he can't help it *LOL*...but I get SO ANNOYED! I live with a chef so I have to watch HOURS of Food Network. I leave the room for two TV chefs: Jamie "choirboy" Oliver, and Nigella. Argh. I hate her. SHE DOESN'T EVEN COOK!!! All she does is pick at everything and stick her fingers in everything while trying to look "sensual". I have nothing but contempt for Nigella. Luckily, the chef feels the same so I seldom have to watch her food porn show.

What?

This made me laugh. Are that many kids following h...

2009-07-08T16:58:21.425-07:00

This made me laugh. Are that many kids following him on Twitter? And most people can't spell worth sh*t anyways online.

amen Jax!!!! I get COMPLETELY annoyed when people...

2009-07-08T12:59:36.519-07:00

amen Jax!!!!

I get COMPLETELY annoyed when people correct spelling/grammar in comments or anything else online! who the f**k cares??!! get a life.

Also, my husband is dyslexic and he can not spell to save his soul. Even small repetitive words like "what", etc. he has to stop and think about or ask me. He is 40 and they just didn't know/address it in those days. It is a VERY sensitive subject, and even our kids try to be gentle about it, they know it embarrases him to read or try to spell.

I had a teacher in high school who was dyslexic. S...

2009-07-08T11:39:52.389-07:00

I had a teacher in high school who was dyslexic. Sometimes he would have us pronounce the words he couldn't figure out for him, or he would have us write them correctly on the chalkboard, and none of us ever took the piss out of him for it. It's just not right to tease people about things they have no control over.

This, of course, is just in general and is not specific to this case.

i'm pretty damn sure i'm dyslexic and i invert shi...

2009-07-08T11:35:08.050-07:00

i'm pretty damn sure i'm dyslexic and i invert shit all the time.
(shrug)

i'm sorry there is nothing more annoying and pretentious than correcting spelling and grammar...ONLINE. Unless you are a teacher with a red pen in your hand grading papers, you end up looking like a dick with no self control.

Kids are interested in Jamie Oliver?

2009-07-08T11:32:16.251-07:00

Kids are interested in Jamie Oliver?

GladysKravitz: I got a little giggle that you rem...

2009-07-08T11:30:11.883-07:00

GladysKravitz:
I got a little giggle that you remembered suckno's first name was les! I thought he was long forgotten around these parts. (which is probably a good thing)

The internet is chock full of typos and spelling m...

2009-07-08T11:26:35.755-07:00

The internet is chock full of typos and spelling mistakes. I think there's not as much emphasis on spelling in schools as there used to be -- I'm amazed at the way many bright young adults misspell and misuse words. Especially since I don't write very well myself.

Idiotsavant03, that's very interesting. Thank you for sharing that.

I'm a pedant and have corrected people on Twitter,...

2009-07-08T11:26:10.558-07:00

I'm a pedant and have corrected people on Twitter, but only people I can't stand (fake Dina Lohan and Shanna Moakler are favourites).
I heart Jamie. As an animal lover, I am so impressed with the work he's done to improve awareness of and the lives of farm and factory animals.

I heart Jamie.

2009-07-08T11:23:18.101-07:00

I heart Jamie.

Clarification: When I say posts on this blog, I m...

2009-07-08T11:23:03.433-07:00

Clarification:

When I say posts on this blog, I mean comments.

I'm with notvotingforlessuckno. My understanding ...

2009-07-08T11:21:49.215-07:00

I'm with notvotingforlessuckno. My understanding of dyslexia is the same.

There are disabilities that will cause the kinds of errors that J.O. made, but if he'd been diagnosed with that kind of disability, don't you think he'd use the name of it properly?

And, yup, even if he also has dyslexia, choosing to post it in an angry tweet back at some clueless follower just makes J.O. look even more stupid.

That said, that tweet follower needs to get a grip and a sense of humor. I am completely persnickety about the English language and I have just developed a tolerance for bad spelling and grammar. Some of the funniest, most entertaining and/or most insightful posts on THIS blog, for instance, often come in packages that wouldn't get past Strunk and White. There are different rules for the new technology.

Not only was I a classroom teacher since the time ...

2009-07-08T11:21:09.818-07:00

Not only was I a classroom teacher since the time of Moses, my youngest is dyslexic (she is a grown woman now) and yes, the kind of spelling mistakes he made are very typical. It is a common misconception that dyslexics simply "switch letters around" or write "B"s and "D"s backwards... not true. Dyslexia is much more involved than that and manifests itself in many ways. Adding extra letters is really common--many dyslexics do not have the slightest handle on phonics so often what they write can make you scratch your head in wonder.

So he can't spell or use proper grammar, a lot of ...

2009-07-08T11:19:43.826-07:00

So he can't spell or use proper grammar, a lot of people can't, so what?

I know he's dyxlesic. There didn't used to be the ...

2009-07-08T11:19:32.943-07:00

I know he's dyxlesic. There didn't used to be the support in schools that there is now, and Jamie's education may have suffered. I've seen 'waist' misused so many times, and lots of people can't do plurals.

He's doing OK IMO. At least the guy is passionate about his job, and he does his own tweets!

as far as the two words at the end, pretty sure he...

2009-07-08T11:14:56.328-07:00

as far as the two words at the end, pretty sure he meant "...being a smut twat". the last part is how brits sign off on letters, etc. so his first initial and then "x".

That was my first thought as well, notvotingforsuc...

2009-07-08T11:13:13.280-07:00

That was my first thought as well, notvotingforsuckno...but I honestly don't know. I don't know anyone who is really dyslexic. I know a lot of people who are too lazy or don't care if they write "your" instead of "you're". Some of them SAY they are dyslexic, but really, they are like those kids on South Park who were diagnosed with ADD, but all they really needed was for an adult to tell them to SHUT UP AND STUDY!!!

people need to get a life. it's Twitter. who giv...

2009-07-08T11:12:30.387-07:00

people need to get a life.

it's Twitter. who gives a crap if there are spelling mistakes??

Okay, forgive me if I am totally wrong here, but I...

2009-07-08T11:08:55.082-07:00

Okay, forgive me if I am totally wrong here, but I would not think that dyslexia, which causes one to transpose letters, would cause you to make these kinds of spelling mistakes. As far as I have ever heard, it doesn't cause one to put letters in words (like a "y" in "countries" or a "u" in "another"...). Bringing it up now, and in such an aggressive(and possibly not even appropriate?)manner just makes him look like an ass.