going retarded, can't spell for f*ck...

[Deckx]

Due to job change 6 months ago , spend a lot of time on the computer, need to write a lot of bullshit emails and reports..
Anyway can't believe how bad my spelling is, sometimes its so fucked up "spellcheck" doesn't even know what the f*ck i'm trying to say.... definately think my brain is slowly going numb the older i get ..

thou one could trick i have learned is when i'm writing something, i right click and hit "sunonyms" and replace the word with something that sounds more intelligent... hopefully passing that impression on to the reader

anybody else think their brain is slowing down as they get older, (i'm 33 )

[UnknownStuntm...]

Yeah I feel the same, but if a different situation: buttons. I mean like TV remote buttons, like I've had for years and know where they all are but when I want to do something like 'Program Guide' I have to stop, look at the remote for what seems like a fucking WEEK then pick one button to slowly prod. Like a giffer!!

And my mobile phone. Jeesus, all I wanted to do the other day was edit a contact and I kept pressing totally the wrong button.

And for the record, I'm an IT Engineer so it's not like I could be a technophobe. Just going nuts I reckon.

Now pass me my bifocals so I can 'Preview' or 'Submit' this.....

[pa_broon74]

I'm also 33 and get slagged off for not being able to work my phone/dvd player etc etc etc. The thing is, these young whippersnapper types think its because I'm old and unable when in fact i'm old and perfectly able, I just can't be arsed.

My spelling is still on average better than most young folk, (check out the way they text for example.) While I'm quite happy to help them out with it I'm also content to be labelled a dozzy old git if it means I don't have to fiddle around with some daft thing that has buttons like pinheads when I have fingers like sausages.

One thing bugging me right now is Digital TV boxes, I can work them, but they're just so crap. The remote controls are tiny, you need to have kid's fingers to press the buttons: Can Fisherprice not bring one out?

That is all.
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[ncrn]

Since my exams in June I've hardly used a pen at all, I haven't needed to. Now I'm at uni I can hardly use a pen.. well to be fair my hand writing has always been terrible and I've never been very good at writing anyway, but I've gotten worse.

Also my spelling has totally gone to hell, I think when you stop doing things over and over you lose the ability to do them at all.
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[JonB]

For spelling...read books, lots of em. Worked for me when I was slipping from not being in education for a while.
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[stezzer]

Similar story re the spelling...when you have not had to write anything for years its amazing how rusty you get. Anyway, I cured my bad spelling [to a large extent] by not relying on spellcheckers. My spelling wasn't improving with spellcheckers...what worked was this; create a word document and save it on your desktop. call it 'spell' or something...then everytime you come across a word that you have spelled wrongly, look up the correct spelling [dictionary.com etc] and add the word to this word document. If you divide the document into half a dozen columns you can get hundreds of words on one page. Every now and again 'select all' and order them a~z.

What you end up with over time is all the words that you can't spell all in one place...all spelled correctly. This sheet becomes your dictionary. Over a few months of doing this you will find that you can spell all of your previously commonly mis-spelled words.

It worked for me anyway.

[Itchy]

Exercise your brain by reading alot more and I don't mean BCF which sometimes has terrible spelling.
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[ram_doom]

Definately read more early horror and science fiction books sort of 1870's to victorian era. Some interesting new words I've learned are "miasmic", "adoxography" and "jentacular".
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