[SinopeanDog]

For the love of god- can we please add the word GEOCACHING to the spell checking dictionary?

[Gitchee-Gummee]

Well... if you mean on your own computer, go ahead and do it. As long as you are at it, you may as well add 'trackable', also.

[SinopeanDog]

Well... if mean to vent your own frustrations, go ahead and do it. As long as you are at it, you may as well use the 'start a new topic' button as opposed to the 'add reply' button next to it.

Please don't misinterpret a simple rant about the use of proper nouns in spell checkers (exempli gratia, microsoft vs. Microsoft) as a personal attack directed at you.

This post has been edited by SinopeanDog: 27 April 2012 - 11:52 AM

[The A-Team]

SinopeanDog, on 27 April 2012 - 11:52 AM, said:

Well... if mean to vent your own frustrations, go ahead and do it. As long as you are at it, you may as well use the 'start a new topic' button as opposed to the 'add reply' button next to it.

Please don't misinterpret a simple rant about the use of proper nouns in spell checkers (exempli gratia, microsoft vs. Microsoft) as a personal attack directed at you.

I'm not sure why you're snapping at GG. As far as I can tell, your post had nothing at all to do with this site, so GG was correct in directing you back to your local computer. If you're post was referring to something on this site, feel free to elaborate, but I don't know of any spell-checker on this site.

[T.D.M.22]

SinopeanDog, on 27 April 2012 - 12:48 AM, said:

For the love of god- can we please add the word GEOCACHING to the spell checking dictionary?

All you have to do is write Geocaching. When it comes up with the red squiggly line right click on the word. You will have the option to "add to dictionary". and BOOM You're done.

And for the record I thought you were a bit harsh on GG as well, after all you can simply do it on your computer, which is easier, less time consuming, than Groundspeak changing ALL their programs that have text. Also less downtime.

[SinopeanDog]

Guys, seriously, WTH.

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I'm not sure why you're snapping at GG

Are you joking? If someone addressed you in that manor at a passing remark would you thank him for his supercilious response? He was not trying to offer a solution- the context of that was clear. A response like this:

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"add to dictionary". and BOOM You're done

is completely different and would have changed his overall tone.

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As far as I can tell, your post had nothing at all to do with this site, so GG was correct in directing you back to your local computer

If everyone has to go through this, I would venture to say that the process could be improved. This may work for your pc, but not all mobile web browsers support this feature. This was not posted in the Bug Report section, but in the Discussion section; focusing on ways to improve Geocaching.com or mobile applications. There is always room for improvement, so I would argue that it is pertinent to the site. It's obvious that a spell checking feature is not a priority, but it can be evaluated with the quality principles of Juran, Deming or Pareto providing additional added value. Problems (large or small) are not always a negative thing. Not knowing about problems and issues will only stall a companies improvement; especially for online service providers like Groundspeak.
There are always options, sometimes limited to the coding restrictions, but with some creativity and a dash of AJAX, OPENSSL support and site like GoogieSpell good things can happen.

Or, we could just chuckle at the irony of a website that flags it's own name as a spelling error and just let it go.


godspeed.

[The A-Team]

SinopeanDog, on 27 April 2012 - 04:45 PM, said:

This may work for your pc, but not all mobile web browsers support this feature. This was not posted in the Bug Report section, but in the Discussion section; focusing on ways to improve Geocaching.com or mobile applications.

You might want to re-read your original post. You didn't suggest a spell-checking function for the website, you asked for a word to be added to an un-named spell-checker dictionary. Since this website does not have a spell-checker, the only spell-checker you could possibly be talking about had to be on your end, which is why the response you received directed you to check for solutions on your end. If you want to suggest the addition of a spell-checker to this website, feel free to start a new topic suggesting it. Otherwise, if all you want is a word added to a spell-checker dictionary, I suggest you address your question to those in charge of whatever software is doing the spell-checking. Asking in this forum won't get you anywhere.

[SinopeanDog]

[The A-Team]

We might as well get a mod to close this topic. The OP doesn't seem to want to clarify what they're asking/requesting/suggesting/whatever. This topic has hit a dead end.

[SinopeanDog]

There's no need for a mod to shut the thread down, we'll just let it go and stop posting. As an example, I'll start by

[Fianccetto]

Actually, the first post looked as though the OP was ranting about how so many others cannot spell (geocaching).

G-G's post looked like it was asking you to add the word 'trackable' to your dictionary, I assumed because you mispelled it recently.

It does help if people make an effort to use a spell checker, but even so there is no need to get your tights in a tangle over it.

[GeoBain]

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didn't realize what forum this was.....

This post has been edited by GeoBain: 28 April 2012 - 05:20 AM

[4wheelin_fool]

Just calm down now buttercups. There's plenty of geochaches out there to find today.

[knowschad]

I see that you are a Premium Member, so we have a thread for you over in the Off-Topics forum.

On a slightly more serious note (and I'm not so sure you are serious about this) you do realize, don't you, that the forum software is 3rd party. Not sure if it even allows a hook into a spelling checker like that "googiespell" one you suggested. If you really ARE serious, I'd suggest that life has a few bigger road bumps than misspeeling goechaing.

[Trinity's Crew]

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SinopeanDog, on 27 April 2012 - 04:45 PM, said:

If someone addressed you in that manor manner at a passing remark would you thank him for his supercilious response?

Fixed it.

[The A-Team]

Trinity, on 28 April 2012 - 06:54 AM, said:

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SinopeanDog, on 27 April 2012 - 04:45 PM, said:

If someone addressed you in that manor manner at a passing remark would you thank him for his supercilious response?

Fixed it.

But it WAS spelled correctly! Now we need a grammar-checker as well!

[SinopeanDog]

In the spirit of this Reductio ad absurdum:

"Gitchee-Gummeeis" is not GG.

This is GG:

This post has been edited by Skippermark: 29 April 2012 - 07:43 AM
Reason for edit: Edited to remove photo that violates the guidelines

[Planet]

I was going to say you spelled manner wrong, but someone beat me to it, so I won't.

This is a whole lot of brouhaha over trivial stuff. And don't assume that English is everyone's first language in these forums. This is a worldwide game. Just keep reading and skim over the mis-spellings. Sometimes it's just a typo.
I find your posted photo disgusting and it comes across as an insult to Gitchee-Gummee. Not nice.

[SinopeanDog]

You're absolutely right about all the brouhaha. I thought this was funny last night after having a few drinks and seeing Mexicans and Guatemalans getting into a fight over karaoke and bikers line dancing to hip-hop, but to see this being taken so seriously has kept me smiling all day. Yes, G.G. Allin was disgusting, but Gitchee-Gummee is not 'GG', I was disassociating the two. That was not an insult, I just found it amusing that he/she were being referred to as such.

*Disclaimer: this is not meant as an insult, it's humor. Chill Out.*
I guess no one else noticed that "Gitchee Gummee" itself is a loose spelling of an Native American word, loosely spelled by H.W. Longfellow. It gives new meaning to Rodney Dangerfield's quote "Maybe you can help me straighten out my Longfellow.".

[Planet]

Don't drink and post. You are the one creating all the brouhaha. It's not funny. Try reading it again in the light of day and stop trolling the forums.

[Planet]

And by the way. A lot of people use initials around here to refer to forum regulars. A lot of cacher names are derived from somewhere. You didn't just make yours up, SD. You took it from Diogenes, or Derek Krueger even.

[Skippermark]

Closing topic.