Is there one guy writing a lot of fake reviews?

[Guest]

Why else would there be so many reviews which, when asked if you would hire the escort again, say "DEFINATELY" istead of "definitely"?

[+ deej]

Because the literacy level in the US is abhorrent.

 

Kids graduate college without basic spelling skills.

 

I hang around in a lot of technical forums online. I correspond routinely with people writing software to control nuclear reactors or air traffic control systems. Basic spelling is absolutely beyond them.

 

They're smart people. But they just don't care about spelling, and they have no idea why they should. If those rods get in and out of the reactor the way they should, they've done their thing.

 

<shrug>

[Guest Fin Fang Foom]

>If those

>rods get in and out of the reactor the way they should,

>they've done their thing.

 

 

Are you referring to workers in the nuclear industry or are you talking about whores?

 

ba-da-BUMP! Thank you and goodnight ladies and gentlemen!

 

Playfully yours,

 

FFF

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

English as a second language

 

It is all these escorts born elsewhere writing their own reviews....

[Guest Thunderbuns]

>Why else would there be so many reviews which, when asked if

>you would hire the escort again, say "DEFINATELY" istead of

>"definitely"?

 

I can understand why the word is spelled incorrectly. My spelling is the shits too. Thank God for spellcheck and wouldn't it be great if this site had one?

 

Thunderbuns

[Guest Cliff]

I have a possible explanation why a recurring mispelled word could be present in an escort's reviews.

 

{I know this ONLY because I was privy to the review submission form when I had a client who was miserably inept at his computer, even worse than I! ...and he really wanted to submit a review of me, but was frustrated at his own failed attempts. After weeks of coersion, he finally convinced me to help him submit one... mind you, (he had previously made numerous unsuccessful attempts to follow the instructions to the "T", and consequently all his attempts were rejected by the system.) }

 

When you're filling out the review form, doesn't the software do that thing where it detects the beginning of a previously used word, then lists possible suggestions for you to choose from... if a reviewer isn't paying attention, he may choose a word that a prior author used but mispelled. Does this make sense, and am I explaining it right?

 

Lastly, this would explain why my email address was listed for a few weeks last year as "[email protected]" or something like that. Also, before anyone thinks that I wrote all my own reviews based on the story above: that's absolutely false. (I only wrote #s 1, 3, 5 through 11, 14, 16 through 22 and 27.)

 

I hope you know I'm kidding... god I shouldn't even joke like that!

 

ciao.

Cliff

[liubit]

>Because the literacy level in the US is abhorrent.

 

Yes! English is NOT my mother tongue, and I am appalled at the constant confusion between THEIR THERE and THEY'RE or, even more frequent and probably worse, between IT'S and ITS....I shriek maybe because I have to make an extra effort to get the language right. You native English speakers DEFINITELY have it easier! ;-) ;-)

[+ deej]

>When you're filling out the review form, doesn't the

>software do that thing where it detects the beginning of a

>previously used word, then lists possible suggestions for

>you to choose from... if a reviewer isn't paying attention,

>he may choose a word that a prior author used but mispelled.

> Does this make sense, and am I explaining it right?

 

Not quite. The browser MAY (depending on your settings) give you a dropdown of entries YOU have previously made, but it cannot know what others have previously entered. That would be physically impossible given the current technology.

 

One thing that does happen often (I do it too) is people will copy information from previous reviews such as the height/weight/contact information etc. -- this would account for your e-mail address being wrong several times in a row. I don't normally take notes when I meet with an escort, and I'm *horrible* at guessing age, height and weight, so it's easier to copy that information.

[+ deej]

>the constant confusion between THEIR THERE and THEY'RE or,

>even more frequent and probably worse, between IT'S and

>ITS

 

[blockquote]

"In America, they haven't spoken English in years."

-- H. Higgins, "My Fair Lady"

[/blockquote]

 

YOUR and YOU'RE is another of my pet peeves. :-(

 

I never would have guessed English is not your native language.

[liubit]

>I never would have guessed English is not your native

>language.

 

Thanks for the compliment, deej. As a native Spanish speaker, I do try harder :) :)

[liubit]

How about the incorrect TO LOOSE instead of TO LOSE when one wants to refer to the infinitive form of the past participle LOST? Or, in the same family, LOOSER instead of LOSER when one intends to mention somebody who LOST something? Ethan, where are you, pumpkin? :9 :9

[Guest DCeBOY]

i feel just like sally field!

 

awww... liubit, you charmer, you!

i'm glad someone appreciates my efforts.

too many people caterwaul when i correct someone's spelling (or other) errors, so i've stopped.

[liubit]

RE: I just LOVE Ethan!

 

Yes, yes, I just LOVE Ethan! Opinionated, smart, charming, witty, intelligent, cultivated, articulate, exacting, flawless writing, even more flawless spelling (although I DID catch the mediocHre thing, remember?): he is the whole enchilada! I have never met him, but would just LOVE to...because, on top of everything, he is damned cute! Too bad he doesn't kiss.... Nonetheless, I am one of your discreet biggest fans, DC boy! (and I am NOT a native English speaker: I admire your way with words!)

[Guest DCeBOY]

LHOQ (under the mona lisa)

 

bonus points if you know to what my subject line refers.

anyway, thanks liubit! it is good to be appreciated! :7

the added H is just my way of showing that even the best of us can be mediochre i guess. i'm kidding. i don't know why i always put the H in there; i just do. it is the only thing i habitually mis-spell. i'm not above the periodic typo or mistake, but mediochre & mediochrity are just hard-wired to be WRONG with me.

 

thanks for your nice words, liubit. you're a sweety. i've also found that people who STUDY english as something other than a first language often speak it better than those of us who are native speakers--especially we american native speakers. english isn't taught properly, particularly in the US!

[Guest Ruben]

RE: LHOQ (under the mona lisa)

 

Rereading Matthew Hayden's e-mail to HooBoy of May 1, 2002 indicates, if Matthew's writing is typical of his generation, that New Zealand, too, has a problem in teaching English in school.

 

Matthew has at least ten errors in an e-mail message of less than three lines.

[Guest Thunderbuns]

RE: I just LOVE Ethan!

 

>Yes, yes, I just LOVE Ethan! Opinionated, smart, charming,

>witty, intelligent, cultivated, articulate, exacting,

 

I'm surprised you forgot to add neurotic.

 

Thunderbuns

[BewareofNick]

RE: I just LOVE Ethan!

 

My favorite:

 

Using 's to make a word plural instead of possessive. Why do people have such a hard time with that?

[Guest YFSC]

RE: LHOQ (under the mona lisa)

 

>you're a sweety.

 

try "sweetie"

[Guest DCeBOY]

why?

 

2 words: public school. }>

it annoys me as well, nick. truth be told, there are lots of things that make me crinkle my nose.

 

on another note: i think i'm mellowing. maybe i have a tapeworm.

[Guest DCeBOY]

RE: LHOQ (under the mona lisa)

 

nope... the term is slang--colloquial at best. you're welcome to spell it however you wish. i'm sure i've used both VARIANTS at one time or another. i'm sure i'll use each at various times in the future.

[Guest YFSC]

RE: LHOQ (under the mona lisa)

 

>nope... the term is slang--colloquial at best. you're

>welcome to spell it however you wish.

 

I'm afraid NOT.

 

>i'm sure i've used both VARIANTS at one time or another.

 

They are not VARIANTS. They are not even variants.

 

.....sweetie - n., colloq. A sweetheart.

.....sweety - n., chiefly Scot. A sweet or confection.

..........-- Webster's New International Dictionary - Unabridged

.................(smaller dictionaries do not even list "sweety")

 

I will refrain from speculating on whether you were calling liubit "a sweetheart" or "a piece of candy in Scottish dialect." I will also refrain from speculating on whether you are of Scottish ancestry or a speaker of Scottish dialect.

 

And "slang" or "colloquial" doesn't mean "you get to spell it any way you want."

 

>i'm sure i'll use each

>at various times in the future.

 

I'm sure you will, if only to show that you can. But that doesn't make it correct.

[Guest DCeBOY]

RE: LHOQ (under the mona lisa)

 

i'm afraid so. have a nice day.

[Guest YFSC]

RE: LHOQ (under the mona lisa)

 

>i'm not above the periodic typo or

>mistake, but mediochre & mediochrity are just hard-wired to

>be WRONG with me.

 

mediochre - "a medium shade of yellowish-gold"....(???)