Good point.
I wonder if it isn't:
A) the inner perfectionist in each of us; we can't fix the error, so we get annoyed and come across as mad when we make a comment about it, or
B) we're just short with each other because we have 12 days to do months of building, coding, welding, animating, whatever.
I don't make any comments about spelling errors myself; I know I'd be annoyed if someone made fun of my spelling. The only time I'll mention it is when I get the occasional post:
pls hlp us whit teh pwm. (not an actual post)
If the mechanical errors make the post unreadable, I will say something. But if I get what you're saying, I'm not going to even bring it up.
BTW, download Mozilla Firefox. The latest version spell checks anything you enter and puts a Microsoft Word-esque red dotted line under anything not in its dictionary. Makes you look more intelligent than you are...
I think this should come as a message to everyone. Don't snap at people for dumb reasons. If there's something genuinely hurtful about a post, PM that person and let them know. But don't negative rep/PM/even post back about bad spelling...what a waste of time, energy, and bandwidth.
JBot