Amature

[Don Ellis]

The second step to becoming an intermediate, accomplished, expert or professional photographer -- after reading the manual -- is learning that the word is spelled "amateur."

While it can mean "lacking professional skill or expertise," amateur just as often means someone who takes photos as a hobby, meaning without pay.

I saw one too many "amatures" today and thought I would get that spelling lesson off my chest. :D

Cheers,

Don

[Ikinaa]

The second step to becoming an intermediate, accomplished, expert or professional photographer -- after reading the manual -- is learning that the word is spelled "amateur."

While it can mean "lacking professional skill or expertise," amateur just as often means someone who takes photos as a hobby, meaning without pay.

I saw one too many "amatures" today and thought I would get that spelling lesson off my chest. :D

Cheers,

Don

Perhaps people wanted to write immature. :cool:
Or a combination : amature = amateur + immature ? ;)

[tim]

From the thread title I was thinking of part of a disk drive.

[Ikinaa]

From the thread title I was thinking of part of a disk drive.

Which part of the disk drive is called amature?
I can think of the french word 'armature' (brace ?)

[Andy_T]

Actually, I was looking for advice on getting a new faucet for my bathroom, when I opened this thread :lol:

Best regards,
Andy

[RinkRat]

OH, I thought we were talking about Aperture.


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[sdommin]

While it can mean "lacking professional skill or expertise," amateur just as often means someone who takes photos as a hobby, meaning without pay.

I especially like the origin of the word, which translates as someone who does something because he loves to do it, not because he gets paid to do it. In that sense, I am proud to say that I am a complete and total amateur.

From a dictionary: "Etymology: French, from Latin amator (lover), from amare (to love)"

[cmM]

haha, good one, Don!

...This is just like the common "lense" mistake

[FlipsidE]

haha, good one, Don!

...This is just like the common "lense" mistake

That one is actually legit

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=lense

Amature isn't though

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=amature

Edit: As a follow-up, you have no idea how many times I've wanted to post threads like these on more than just this message board. Granted, we all make our typing and spelling mistakes. But, if I am, at all, unsure about the spelling of a word, I jump over to www.dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com). If you don't spell the word correctly, they always offer dozens of suggestions of possible correct spellings.

While I don't always walk what I talk, I am one of those who would be considered a "grammar ****" or a "spelling ****" (though I'm sure there are people that could rip apart all of my sentences and find errors). That said, though, I have to keep in mind that there are quite a few people on this board whose primary language is not English. So, I can overlook it w/out a problem.

FlipsidE

[cmM]

CDS is gonna delete this thread and ban everybody involved :-P

[aam1234]

I'm like FlipsidE, though my 1st language is not English. Often I type something here then copy&paste it in MS Word to check for spelling errors if I don't have "ieSpell".

[CyberDyneSystems]

CDS is gonna delete this thread and ban everybody involved :-P

I keep reading it over and over and can't seem to see what Don is complaining about?

What spelling error?



;) :lol:

[PacAce]

CDS is gonna delete this thread and ban everybody involved :-P
He-he. Good thing I didn't respond to this thread, then. :)
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:rolleyes: I think I just got busted! :rolleyes:


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[steven]

I'm just glad that this is a phot site and not a spelling site:)
I would be kick out so quickly.

[Scottes]

I keep reading it over and over and can't seem to see what Don is complaining about?

What spelling error?

Ah, so we finally find out that CDS's dictionary was written by an amature, which explains things a bit.

[chris.bailey]

I kind of thought maybe amature was the US spelling :-)

[cactusclay]

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[Avalonthas]

manual, what manual? I didnt know there was such a thing. Although it is weird how Canon ships firewood with there cameras though, although i have nothing to complain about :P

[KennyG]

I kind of thought maybe amature was the US spelling :-)

Another presidential slip maybe? :)

[CyberDyneSystems]

"Stratiegery"
"Nucular"
"potatoe"

[lost]

I kind of thought maybe amature was the US spelling :-)

Funny, I thought it was the UK spelling. :D :D

[neil_r]

This is funny, cos I am an armiture.

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[pradeep1]

The root of amateur is the same word for love. Amateur is some who does it for the love of it.

[Claire]

I never spell check when posting on the board. I'm far too lazy for it! So, sorry for all my previous and future spelling errors.

/Claire
p.s. I blame it all on being a English not being my 1st language. Besides, I tend to mix up British and American English at times.

[Ikinaa]

I never spell check when posting on the board. I'm far too lazy for it! So, sorry for all my previous and future spelling errors.

/Claire
p.s. I blame it all on being a English not being my 1st language. Besides, I tend to mix up British and American English at times.

This excuse can be used by a lot of people, myself included, but I noticed that it's not the non-english-native-speaking-people (is that correct) that make most errors, but those who claim english (and american) their mother-tongue.

I for example work in a mostly german-speaking company. If I make errors in german (very few), sometimes people correct me in a special way (not the one to help you). My answer then is : 'If you speak my native tongue as good as I do yours, then we can discuss again'. That normally shuts them up.

[chris.bailey]

I blame Bill Gates (seems fair to me). If Word didnt have a smell check in it I would reed what I writ a lot more than I do. It shud just come up with a pop up saing "looke it up in Dicktionari dummie" insted of correvting all yor mistaces for you :-)

[neil_r]

I blame Bill Gates (seems fair to me). If Word didnt have a smell check in it I would reed what I writ a lot more than I do. It shud just come up with a pop up saing "looke it up in Dicktionari dummie" insted of correvting all yor mistaces for you :-)

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