My mother, who was a career high school english teacher, sent me an email this morning correcting a misspelling in one of my recent blogs. If you are a regular reader of this blog and spotted my error, props to you. It’s not Chickens on the Lamb, It’s Chickens on the Lam. Who knew? Not me.

This got me to thinking about my own eagle eye when it comes to misspellings. There is no doubt that with texting and tweeting and the world moving so swiftly, there are more and more spelling errors in the ether. When I managed a fairly large team of sales and marketing folks earlier in my career, I was often surprised at the number of youngish folks who did not have solid writing skills. It feels like our world has gotten a bit sloppy. I don’t want to sound holier than thou or judgmental, but I was an English major in college and I read a lot of books. This has given me an eye that spots typos and misspellings frequently. Sometimes it feels like they literally leap off the page. What’s a girl to do? I try not to judge.

That is not always easy as I do generally think sloppy writing is disappointing, particularly if it is coming from someone who needs to communicate clearly. A recent email from a local non-profit comes to mind.

And what of the verbal communication that we are seeing from the highest office in the land? Really? Seriously? Not to sound like a liberal elite which of course I am, but get a grip Mr. President. You’re making all of us look bad. Maybe Mr. Trump was never coached to “use your words” when he was a whippersnapper. Maybe his brain is just so overloaded that he can neither think nor speak clearly. This, I would actually understand. I mean he does have a big job. But surely the people around him should be trying to rein in his incessant blabbing. He apparently speaks at a 4th grade level. Okay fine. But even fourth graders want to understand what the other person is saying to them. Maybe there should be a new job at the White- the human speech checker instead of spellchecker.

But back to the human spellchecker. I invite all of you to correct me with vigor. I’m sure there are grammar rules that I have slipped on and an occasional misspelled word, although I hope not. How are we supposed to do better and be smarter if we don’t get good feedback? So have at it. And I’ll do the same.