Hi Mich, Unfortunately, that's usually not the case. Just because a word sounds right doesn't mean it is correct. The English language is filled with words that change spelling based on context and meaning.
For example, none, as in nothing, and nun, a Cathlic woman who has devoted her life to God. There is hear, as in you listen to something, and here, as in a place. There is sight, as in vision, and site, as in you quote something from a source. There is seen, as in you saw something, and scene, as in a part of a play or movie. There are litterally hundreds of cases like this where the word might be technically spelled correct, sound right, but used in the incorrect context. thus being a spelling error. For instance, last summer my wife and I were out looking at yard sales. There were yard sale signs everywhere, and I remember at the end of this one road someone posted a large yard sale sign letting us know where the house was. Nothing unusual about that. What was wrong with the sign in huge letters they spelled the word sail, s a i l, as in the sail of a ship rather than s a l e, which is you are selling something. When a person who knows better sees something like that it just makes the person who wrote it that way look uneducated. Although, it is an easy mistake to make given that the words sound exactly the same, but are spelled totally different based on context. Anyway, to get things back on topic this kind of confusion makes it hard to play interactive fiction games because if you are playing a game about a ship and spell sail, s a l e, instead of s a i l you are going to get an error, and you might not know why. This is a case where close doesn't cut it. Either you know or don't know the proper spellings for things in games like that. Fortunately, with winfrotz, adrift, etc you can look at the screen to find the proper spelling for things if you get mixed up as to which spelling is correct. As Romona put it "which witch is which?" On 2/21/11, Mich <m...@ntl.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi to dark. Dark said "I tend to >> spell everything phonetically and because I don't tend to mind as long as >> it >> sounds right" to witch I say I do the same thing!!! and think the same as >> you do regarding if it sounds Wright then it must be. I am happy that >> there is another blind person who does the same thing as I do where >> spelling is concerned. well just putting in my 2 sense worth on this >> topic. from Mich. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.