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aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭
edited April 25, 2018 6:33PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Why are people spelling it incorrectly ??

Just a pet peeve since we are coin collecting numismatists.

Chris

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  • aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭

    Doing a quick search shows 1000+ postings of the incorrect spelling.

    UGH !!!

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Their Not There

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    Their Not There

    Don't forget they're.

  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,751 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You are all wrong,,,,,,, it is Nikel. ;)

    GrandAm :)
  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just had to look back at my last post on the currency thread and make sure I spelled Nickel correctly, I did.

    Carry on... :D

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2018 6:58PM

    But the coins say "Five Cents"

  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    But the coins say "Five Cents"

    I guess you could call them "half-dime".

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :o

    @Batman23 said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    But the coins say "Five Cents"

    I guess you could call them "half-dime".

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2018 7:16PM

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    But the coins say "Five Cents"

    We go ballistic when people call a cent a penny, but when they call a five cent coin a nickle all we complain about is the spelling.... :o

    (I do hate bad spelling, BTW. And, now that I used the word "nickle" my spellchecker won't reject it in the future :s ).

  • aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭

    I'm NOT digging on all the incorrect spellings on the message boards, just the simple coin-related ones.

    If i see someone spell it quarder, then I quit. :D

    Chris

  • aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    But the coins say "Five Cents"

    We go ballistic when people call a cent a penny, but when they call a five cent coin a nickle all we complain about is the spelling.... :o

    No worries because I collect proof half-dimes.

    Chris

  • REALGATORREALGATOR Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are we talking about three cent or five cent nickles? >:)

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2018 7:35PM

    @aus3000tin
    I apologize for getting off the subject.....we are just having fun ;)<3>:)

  • aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭

    Okay from here on I'm spelling it pinnie, nickle, dieme, quarder & halve doller.

    I can be funny, too.
    :D

    Chris

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2018 7:55PM

    @aus3000tin said:
    Okay from here on I'm spelling it pinnie, nickle, dieme, quarder & halve doller.

    I can be funny, too.
    :D

    Chris

    Wow! I don't have that high of a edumacation to spell all them big words.



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  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,337 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    Their Not There

    Whoops!

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Paradisefound said:
    Their Not There

    Don't forget they're.

  • ACopACop Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2018 9:24PM

    How about half dismes

  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just think if ya had a nickel for every time they spelled it wrong

    Steve

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2018 10:48PM

    @OldEastside said:
    Just think if ya had a nickel for every time they spelled it wrong

    Steve

    I might :)

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  • jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And I thought it was nikhul.

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sents !!! ;)

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    Covfefe

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  • WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 26, 2018 12:30AM

    Pure Idiocy starts and ends at the top.

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭

    @aus3000tin said:
    Why are people spelling it incorrectly ??

    Just a pet peeve since we are coin collecting numismatists.

    Chris

    As long as folks know what they are referring to, what difference does t make?

    Seriously, exactly what difference does it make towards their question or statement?

    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,799 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "You're" versus "your". This one makes me grind my teeth occasionally.

    And the greengrocer's apostrophes everywhere. Generations of deceased English teachers are twirling in their graves.


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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :)

  • drei3reedrei3ree Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭✭

    Good to know and a great thread!

  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

    I immediately went to the Bill of Rights to resolve this matter once and for all and well I gave up after the first sentence...Congrefs

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  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Had a teacher once who parodied the error by calling them "NICK-lees." Never have had any problems with misspelling nickel since.


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have long since buried my frustration with chat board spellings and grammar.... It was either tolerate it or leave chat rooms completely. Cheers, RickO

  • CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 26, 2018 7:25AM

    I Agree with ricko...there's no longer any hope for these: there/their; its/it's; to/too; then/than; effect/affect and the worst of all: regime/regimen

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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't worry ... there is help. The support group for 'nickel not nickle' group meets every Tuesday. That's right after the 'cent not penny' meeting. ;)

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  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @astrorat said:
    Don't worry ... there is help. The support group for 'nickel not nickle' group meets every Tuesday. That's right after the 'cent not penny' meeting. ;)

    I'll sea you they're.
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  • toyz4geotoyz4geo Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fun with phonics :#

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1. That's what matters. The melting point in Fahrenheit degrees. Or 1455 Celsius. As for me, I'm partial to the overdates in 1918 and 1943. Why don't we call them "underdates" ?

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :D

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  • PipestonePetePipestonePete Posts: 1,955 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have noticed a trend of incorrect usage of decimal points and dollar signs. Instead of using "$.49" or "49c (cent sign) some of our local businesses are using ".49c (cent sign). I'm tempted to take our local Dairy Queen up on their offer of getting a hot dog for 49/100ths of a cent (with the purchase of any shake) and then asking for my 1/2-cent in change.

  • david3142david3142 Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Type2 said:

    @19Lyds said:

    @aus3000tin said:
    Why are people spelling it incorrectly ??

    Just a pet peeve since we are coin collecting numismatists.

    Chris

    As long as folks know what they are referring to, what difference does t make?

    Seriously, exactly what difference does it make towards their question or statement?

    You might not realize it, but your brain is a code-cracking machine.

    For emaxlpe, it deson’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod aepapr, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pcale. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit pobelrm.

    I hope you had autocorrect turned off for that.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,378 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Type2 said:

    @19Lyds said:

    @aus3000tin said:
    Why are people spelling it incorrectly ??

    You might not realize it, but your brain is a code-cracking machine.

    For emaxlpe, it deson’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod aepapr, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pcale. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit pobelrm.

    Interesting.

    I sometimes try to mess with friends by text by using different words that say what I want to say phonetically, but are confusing when read. Not the best examples off the top of my head, but: Watts knew? Wear due ewe want two meat?

    In your example, bad spelling can be overcome pretty easily by the brain, but when different but legitimate words are used incorrectly, the brain stumbles a bit.

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had a 6th grade teacher that would make you donate a penny ( :D ) to a pot on her desk if she heard you say the word "ain't". It's a good thing she never heard my song about it or I wouldda went bankrupt!

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @david3142 said:

    @Type2 said:

    @19Lyds said:

    @aus3000tin said:
    Why are people spelling it incorrectly ??

    Just a pet peeve since we are coin collecting numismatists.

    Chris

    As long as folks know what they are referring to, what difference does t make?

    Seriously, exactly what difference does it make towards their question or statement?

    You might not realize it, but your brain is a code-cracking machine.

    For emaxlpe, it deson’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod aepapr, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pcale. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit pobelrm.

    I hope you had autocorrect turned off for that.

    Ha ha yes I had to. It kept messing it up it was a sea of red.



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  • Rich49Rich49 Posts: 191 ✭✭✭

    Don't get me started on the Lincoln Cent calling it a Penny >:)

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,378 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think I'll go to England and use the word "cent" in place of the word "penny" or "pence" and see what happens. :p

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Double" die instead of the correct doubled die bugs me, as does most of the others mentioned.

  • GotTheBugGotTheBug Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 16, 2019 4:19AM

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  • OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @aus3000tin said:
    Why are people spelling it incorrectly ??

    I think it's because it rhymes with PICKLE. Funny how nobody spells that wrong. PICKEL.....nope, nobody does that.

    @aus3000tin said:
    Doing a quick search shows 1000+ postings of the incorrect spelling.

    OMG really? That's terrible. I guess not many spell it correctly. Maybe we should take a stand and make all new members spell it until they get it right. N-I-C-K-E-L

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