It's spelled: P-E-L-O-T-O-N

[hrotha]

I don't understand why good spelling and grammar isn't appreciated. "Who cares", "this isn't grade school", etc. If I went around posting failed math operations or mocking physics most people would change their tune.

 

[boomcie]

I don't understand why good spelling and grammar isn't appreciated. "Who cares", "this isn't grade school", etc. If I went around posting failed math operations or mocking physics most people would change their tune.

+1

It's a pestilence really. I can understand people making spelling errors, which I do all the time as well, but it's the "whatever"-attitude that bugs me.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

+1

It's a pestilence really. I can understand people making spelling errors, which I do all the time as well, but it's the "whatever"-attitude that bugs me.

to be fair I don't think prople mean to make errors, I know I don't
I certainly prefer to spell corecctly, but it is annoying when a user will attempt to belittle one poster because they made a typo rather then argue the actual topic.

However maybe some people do have a 'whatever' attiitude and I guess that can be frustrating.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is there a way to contact Eurosport?

They spelled it Peleton!!!!

Might've been the Polish media-people actually...

 

[bicing]

polish telecast just spelt it... P E L E T O N

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah... that's what I just said!

If they're trying to be all We're not writing on the French-Words bandwagon! why not use an actual Polish word? In TdS there was no issue with writing Feld so why not p.a.k.iet in this race?

Basically it should be a rule that either you spell peloton correctly or you simply use your own language's word for peloton!




Yeah... I used Google Translate to find the Polish word for peloton...

 

[Alpechraxler]

Spelling doesn't matter to me, but every tv commentator should know about the correct pronunciation, with is more close to "plöto" than to peleton <-I know it's spelled wrong..

 

[Barrus]

Spelling doesn't matter to me, but every tv commentator should know about the correct pronunciation, with is more close to "plöto" than to peleton <-I know it's spelled wrong..

It depends on the language in what manner the word peloton is pronounced. In Dutch for example the pronounciation is peleton, while the writing is still peloton

 

[Boeing]

add to spell check y'all

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I dislike the "what does it matter?" approach to spelling and punctuation. I mean, in the words of Calvin and Hobbes, why waste time learning when ignorance is spontaneous?

There are some very smart people here who will expend far more energy defending their right to be ignorant than it would have taken to make it look like they actually give a damn in the first place.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I dislike the "what does it matter?" approach to spelling and punctuation. I mean, in the words of Calvin and Hobbes, why waste time learning when ignorance is spontaneous?

There are some very smart people here who will expend far more energy defending their right to be ignorant than it would have taken to make it look like they actually give a damn in the first place.

Blablablabla.... see, I don't actually care if people make the odd spelling or punctuation mistake. 99% of the time you can work out what they are meaning. we also have to remember that people have different levels of education so their skills in punctuation could be below some others. I think it is a little nasty to make a big deal over such things.

 

[hrotha]

"Peleton" is simply the Polish form. 100% correct in that context.

Blablablabla.... see, I don't actually care if people make the odd spelling or punctuation mistake. 99% of the time you can work out what they are meaning. we also have to remember that people have different levels of education so their skills in punctuation could be below some others. I think it is a little nasty to make a big deal over such things.

Libertine is not talking about ignorance, but about the celebration of ignorance. We don't care if people make the odd spelling or punctuation mistake, we care if they don't care about getting it right. Think of the archetypical rural, semi-illiterate character who has to write a letter and apologizes in advance for the mistakes he knows he'll be making - he's barely literate, but he doesn't value ignorance. On the other hand, in this forum we have people who get all defensive when a mistake is pointed out to them in a friendly manner, even if it's a mistake they make all the time and getting it right would only help their academic career in the future.

 

[Met de Versnelling]

I apologise in advance for taking care to make sure my English is correct.

Damm, i'm Dyslexic, and i take pride in the fact that i ensure that i use correct grammar and spelling. Only way to make sure that i don't get caught short in the business world.

I'm with LS and the others, it's the "oh, i don't care i made an error or fourteen". No, but i bet your boss would. Why people find the need to be so completely lackadaisical about it is unreal, and quite annoying in all honesty.

Lrn2Spl.

 

[craig1985]

I for one, am annoyed that for years I got into the bad habit of saying and writing 'should of' etc. instead of 'shave have' etc., when I think of people like Barrus and hrotha, although fluent in English, it's not their mother language, and yet it's better than my command of English, and I have been speaking it every day for the last 26 years of my life!

I certainly care though, I pride myself in using the correct tense and spelling, and getting somebodies name tight as well.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

"Peleton" is simply the Polish form. 100% correct in that context.

Libertine is not talking about ignorance, but about the celebration of ignorance. We don't care if people make the odd spelling or punctuation mistake, we care if they don't care about getting it right. Think of the archetypical rural, semi-illiterate character who has to write a letter and apologizes in advance for the mistakes he knows he'll be making - he's barely literate, but he doesn't value ignorance. On the other hand, in this forum we have people who get all defensive when a mistake is pointed out to them in a friendly manner, even if it's a mistake they make all the time and getting it right would only help their academic career in the future.

It also reflects a certain amount of arrogance, immaturity and a lack of awareness when someone says that they don't care.

 

[Anonymous]

well throughout the Tour of Poland it was spelt PelEton constantly onscreen. You guys must have been throwing things at the Tv