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skipcronin aka Skip Cronin is a boy, has been a member since May 29, 2005, has scored 49394 submissions, giving an average score of 1.85.

Jul 31 '05 by skipcronin

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Spelling - how do YOU vote when shirt text is misspelled?

What to do (re: voting) when the text actually ON the shirt is misspelled? Recent blog comments lean towards focusing only on the design and not to worry about placement or shirt color... but do we go as far as "forgiving" the spelling, figuring that it will be fixed if the shirt is chosen?

Torn on which way to go since I have seen great work with error-filled text on it that was submitted an extra minute faster than it would have been had the text been run through a spellchecker.

They won't hold their future designing job for long if they submit an ITS/IT'S mistake to the printer.

Choices... zero it and berate them... or ignore the error, give it a 5, and politely suggest they pay attention more in Miss Jensen's English class?

Yes, petty topic... but seriously... what's the best approach?

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tesko on Jul 31 '05 at 7:29pm

I don reely cair. Mistaks kan bee corekted

thatsnotnormal on Jul 31 '05 at 7:38pm

buyt iff teh itz misspeeld than peepel wil proably vowte it loe no matter wut

tesko on Jul 31 '05 at 7:40pm

tru. butt iz nott a spelin bee iz it?

(BTW can't really spell 'it' wrong, maybe 'eet'?)

skipcronin on Jul 31 '05 at 7:41pm

there's maybe the fine line i'm curious about... if text is part of the design, is bad text like bad design? or do we hold it a league apart from the art work of the design?

thatsnotnormal on Jul 31 '05 at 7:42pm

ey no. itz vurry hawrd two mispeel sumtymes wen ur uset to speeling write awl dae.

tesko on Jul 31 '05 at 7:48pm

Yeh, butt eets veri libarattin.

tesko on Jul 31 '05 at 7:49pm

somettimes si like to just typwe as fast as i bcan

thatsnotnormal on Jul 31 '05 at 7:49pm

fur shure.

thatsnotnormal on Jul 31 '05 at 7:49pm

ok ill have to try itahts some time

thatsnotnormal on Jul 31 '05 at 7:49pm

(not too bad)

pseudonymjones on Jul 31 '05 at 7:52pm

It's hard to say. Usually I bump it down a point or two because you're supposed to be putting effort into these designs. The least you could do is spell check them. Naturally, exceptions are to be made in the case of great designs.

It doesn't really matter, though, because text generally means a low score whether it's spelled correctly or not.

TFMdesign on Jul 31 '05 at 7:54pm

falsh mx desnt supeort speal cehck

tesko on Jul 31 '05 at 7:55pm

I lick thes blogg

TFMdesign on Jul 31 '05 at 7:57pm

NWO ervry oen is giong to strat talkign worng lyieke thsi, condrats tesko yuo strated a nwe trned!

MorganF195 on Jul 31 '05 at 8:18pm

ah this blog is driving me insane to try to read

loserbeech on Jul 31 '05 at 9:30pm

If I really like the design, I'll just score it as I would if it was spelled correctly. If it's not that great and I'm in a crappy mood, I'll knock a point or two off. I'm not sure if that's because I'm an English student, or because I'm a bitch.

Jaycee on Jul 31 '05 at 10:59pm

if you mark down a design because of a typo or simple mistake, you're one harsh bastard. something like that can be corected in a second. mark the design for what it is, not the minature flaws.

karena@magicjelly on Jul 31 '05 at 11:07pm

If it's a good design, I wouldn't penalise them due to a typo...but it's just so sloppy & unprofessional...how hard is it to run it through a spell checker?

plankton on Jul 31 '05 at 11:18pm

Wutteferr....

little_hobbit_feet on Aug 01 '05 at 12:05am

I haven't seen a design with a typo good enough to overcome the error. Because it makes me mental that they didn't put forward the effort to proofread it or get somebody to help edit, it gets a zero from me.
Or it has every time, anyway.

natemcleod on Aug 01 '05 at 12:07am

yea i usually give a zero if it is a ridiculous spelling error, that obviously wasn't intended. i think if you're going to put text on a design you should put the effort in to make sure it's spelled correctly.

ICD2k3 on Aug 01 '05 at 12:30am

I know that some of the designs (quite a few of them unless I'm mistaken) go through slight tweaks after they are choosen... take the subtraction of the fish from the cement shoes IFC shirt... If the design is good anough and if they explain in the comments about the mistake they made in the submission I wont take off points.

illustraTom on Aug 01 '05 at 1:33am

Incorrect spelling drives me up the wall, too, however...

Sometimes a quick jaunt over to the designer's profile will show that english might be a second language and hence the error could be one of translation rather than sloppy spelling. I'd point out the correct spelling and rate the design for its artistic merits.

Economos on Aug 01 '05 at 10:53am

I don't "mark off" for spelling. Obviously it can be changed b4 going to print... even the design itself (such as The Fast Supper) can be changed b4 going to print. Then again, very few that have print get high enough scores to worry about the issure anyhow.

Economos on Aug 01 '05 at 10:54am

i mean, "very few that have TEXT get high enough..."

themidtownkoala on Aug 01 '05 at 10:59am

I will almost always give a zero for spelling or grammar errors. For me, it's a respect thing. You want people to do you a favor and vote for your design, but you don't make sure to get someone to proof it? No way. The worst I've seen so far was for the Eisley contest. The designer actually wrote the band name as "The Eisleys." AHHHHHhhhhh!!!

eskimokiss on Aug 01 '05 at 11:11am

I agree with illustratom.
There are many great designers submitting that have english as a second or third language. It's just wrong to vote low because they translated poorly.

RaeKuusou on Aug 01 '05 at 11:48am

it depends.....when the mistake is small i'll let it slide...but if it's a text based design and half of it is spelled wrong, then i will mark off a point. i mean sure, there are lots of users on this site where english is not thier native language...but if i was going to create a shirt with french text, i would do everything i could to make absolutely sure that what i was posting would be accurate.

but i don't mind the english (as opposed to american) spellings of words. thats cool since it is another way to spell the same word.

RaeKuusou on Aug 01 '05 at 11:49am

^oh and it doesn't bother me if the spelling mistakes made on puropse for the design.

jayseeca on Aug 01 '05 at 12:01pm

if the spelling mistakes are purposely done, i don't care... but if the person just can't spell and didn't bother to spend 5 seconds more to check it, then they're grade goes down a down.

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Ellsswhere on Jan 30 '06 at 10:58am

Lmao, well ummm i guess i would forgive them and hope that they change it... Im editing it right now.

cambert on Jan 30 '06 at 11:12am

If I get the feeling it's due to sloppiness, I'll mark down, even if it's a great design. The point of this site is to earn money from design work - it's a competition for a commission, if you like. I think that demands the same amount of professionalism you'd bring to any job. If you're planning on earning a thousand bucks from a piece of work, put the effort in to get it right.

Your point about ignoring the shirt colour and placement is interesting. I'd say the idea here is to design a tee-shirt, not just draw a cute picture. Colour and placement are part of the shirt design because they're the context for the 'picture' bit. The good designers here are clearly thinking about the whole garment, because it's what will showcase their work.

.moto. on Jan 30 '06 at 11:14am

mine had loads of typos in the submission. got picked, changed them, missed one.

Zalo on Jan 30 '06 at 11:14am

depends on the design, if i reaaaallllly like it it has no effect. otherwise -2 or a flat 0

if they can't spell check obviously they don't think their own design is worth the effort, so it's not worth the effort i had to put out to make money to buy it either

phones on Jan 30 '06 at 11:24am

some people find it endearing if it sounds pidgeon English.

if its good its good.

catdogpigduck on Jan 30 '06 at 11:38am

i need more infomashun!

OlliRudi on Jan 30 '06 at 11:40am

i voet jist de sahm

zimfreak on Jan 30 '06 at 11:59am

katdogpigduk, dont you meen infomation?
thats how they spel it on the Grass shirt

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spacerobotfive on Mar 01 '06 at 11:48pm

If you can provide a passage from teh Bible to support your claim on the "Is There Life On Mars?" comments, I'd be interested to read it.

spacerobotfive@hotmail.com

Thanks!

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skipcronin on Mar 26 '06 at 7:10pm

i make a "claim" that the bible says that there is no life on mars and you want me to back it up? nah, too much work.

Lavina on Mar 26 '06 at 7:12pm

I say give them a zero and destroy their keyboards!

Kaleidoscope*swe* on Mar 26 '06 at 7:14pm

i dont really care if they spell something wrong, i mean it can easily be fixed by threadless if they decide to print it. I also find it pathetic when people give 0 just because someone forgets to add a ' to it's or something in that direction.

ResonantFish on Mar 26 '06 at 7:32pm

If they can't be bothered to do it right, I can't be bothered to vote positively.

letum on Mar 26 '06 at 7:35pm

Smoe tpyos lkie gasrs: ntuoiitranl imnoiratofn saty eevn wehn petrind!! So I mghit be inlinced to dcok smoe ptonis.

FionaB on Mar 26 '06 at 7:39pm

I really dont care about spelling, because most of the people who look at it wont look hard enough to see a spelling error

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fuchsboi on Dec 18 '06 at 9:27pm

Wow! I just ran across this blog. It really is as bad as I thought. People have just embraced ignorance. They just don't seem to care how moronic they come across to others. It makes me very sad. Personally, I think an unintentional spelling error on a submission deserves a "0." Clearly, they didn't care enough about the art to pop over to Webster's online dictionary and check the spelling. If the artist doesn't care about the design, then neither do I.

MrDomino on Dec 18 '06 at 9:42pm

I am of the opinion that good design is a long series of very deliberate choices. In a good design every element, to the smallest detail, is directly tied to the overall concept. Errors in spelling, grammar, and typography are all things that separate a conscious creation from random drops of ink on a page. It's sloppy and very unprofessional.

But, I think a lot of the regular submitters are not sending things to Threadless as a full-time job. I know I face restrictions in the subs I put in and that I have to compromise between what I want with what I can feasibly do. I'm willing to overlook some errors if a design warrants that allowance. I'm more disappointed when a design gets through the printing stage with errors intact. That's just unacceptable.

fuchsboi, get over yourself.

fuchsboi on Dec 19 '06 at 10:38pm

I am honestly shocked by MrDomino. I didn't intend to come across as elitist or self-righteous. I absolutely agree with what MrDomino has stated, so I am even more confused. Why is the exact same opinion only okay after he stated it? Seriously, I am offended.

little_hobbit_feet on Dec 19 '06 at 10:54pm

Spelling is just such an easy fix. You take your text, drop it into a word processor that has some level of spelling check and ding, you're done.
And I'm with fuchsboi: didn't you just absolutely restate what he said and then tell him to get over himself?
Confusion!