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Post by Rishi Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:35 am

ask marilyn Marilyn vos Savant December 18, 2010
K.C. of Atlanta, Georgia, writes:

Marilyn: Do you ever misspell words? Can a genius be a poor speller?

Marilyn responds:

I hardly ever misspell a word that is in my speaking, writing, or reading vocabulary. If I'm unsure of the spelling of an unusual word--say, a scientific term--I always know that, so I look up the word before I write it down. I don't misspell esoteric words.

But that's just me. Plenty of intelligent people aren't good spellers for one reason or another. However, if a person is an extremely good speller (not counting people who study spelling, such as spelling bee contestants), that person is likely to be quite intelligent.

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Post by confuzzled dude Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:42 am

Let's see..

An extremely good speller is likely to be quite intelligent, OTOH, many intelligent people aren't necessarily good spellers.

-- Extremely confuzzled now.

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Post by Petrichor Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:51 am

I am guilty of looking down on other bad spellers:

1.a. Generic bad spellers - they just make careless spelling errors, I get irritated.
1.b. Inconsistent but generic bad spellers - they use the same word twice in a paragraph,spelling it right once and wrong the other time, in that case, I classify them as 'not dependable'.
2. Selective bad spellers - they err with esoteric words, I mildly chuckle and classify as 'wannabes'.

Of course, the above rubric applies on a points system - 3 strikes and you are out.

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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:16 pm

Rishi wrote:ask marilyn Marilyn vos Savant December 18, 2010
K.C. of Atlanta, Georgia, writes:

Marilyn: Do you ever misspell words? Can a genius be a poor speller?

Marilyn responds:

I hardly ever misspell a word that is in my speaking, writing, or reading vocabulary. If I'm unsure of the spelling of an unusual word--say, a scientific term--I always know that, so I look up the word before I write it down. I don't misspell esoteric words.

But that's just me. Plenty of intelligent people aren't good spellers for one reason or another. However, if a person is an extremely good speller (not counting people who study spelling, such as spelling bee contestants), that person is likely to be quite intelligent.

I never mispell any word ever. Dispel that thought. What(ever) I type is the the right spelling....and that solves that problem for me.

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Post by Rishi Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:27 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:Let's see..

An extremely good speller is likely to be quite intelligent, OTOH, many intelligent people aren't necessarily good spellers.

-- Extremely confuzzled now.

However, if a person is an extremely good speller (not counting people who study spelling, such as spelling bee contestants), that person is likely to be quite intelligent.


Read it closely.

The key words are extremely good speller.

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Post by gone Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:29 pm

All spelling and grammar tell you is whether a person is book smart. It doesn't say much about their street smarts or their EQ.

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Post by Nila Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:45 pm

I can write nothing without auto spell corrector on. Blame it on technology.

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Post by Vakavaka Pakapaka Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:38 pm

Ay missspell alt tha thime.

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Post by b_A Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:41 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:Let's see..

An extremely good speller is likely to be quite intelligent, OTOH, many intelligent people aren't necessarily good spellers.

-- Extremely confuzzled now.

All squares are also rectangles. But all rectangles are not squares.

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Post by garam_kuta Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:01 am

b_A wrote:
confuzzled dude wrote:Let's see..

An extremely good speller is likely to be quite intelligent, OTOH, many intelligent people aren't necessarily good spellers.

-- Extremely confuzzled now.

All squares are also rectangles. But all rectangles are not squares.

but isn't there atleast one square in every rectangle ? Cool

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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:05 am

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:I am guilty of looking down on other bad spellers:

1.a. Generic bad spellers - they just make careless spelling errors, I get irritated.
1.b. Inconsistent but generic bad spellers - they use the same word twice in a paragraph,spelling it right once and wrong the other time, in that case, I classify them as 'not dependable'.
2. Selective bad spellers - they err with esoteric words, I mildly chuckle and classify as 'wannabes'.

Of course, the above rubric applies on a points system - 3 strikes and you are out.

how do u categorize me ?....

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Post by Petrichor Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:14 am

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

how do u categorize me ?....

you are your own category. i have not seen you misspell. but you more than make up for it with your google-chip implanted in your brain.

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Post by Seva Lamberdar Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:23 am

Rishi wrote:ask marilyn Marilyn vos Savant December 18, 2010
K.C. of Atlanta, Georgia, writes:

Marilyn: Do you ever misspell words? Can a genius be a poor speller?


Marilyn Vos Savant, possessor of the world's highest recorded IQ (228.), according to Wiki.
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