am i the only one?

[Silverwolfthorn]

People keep posting on here or asking me that they want to become a Wicca, at first i thought this was a typo but they repeat it. Am i the only one shouting at the comp screen, its Wiccan! and no you cant be one until you remember the N!

[Xirian]

People keep posting on here or asking me that they want to become a Wicca, at first i thought this was a typo but they repeat it. Am i the only one shouting at the comp screen, its Wiccan! and no you cant be one until you remember the N!
I see what you mean, but no it doesn't upset me in the least. I know what they mean. Perhaps if I were Wiccan, it might upset me more and perhaps not.

[DixieWitch]

I tend to ignore it. If they can't get right the first 50 times, then eventually they'll give up and move on because it's not something they're really that interested. Imagine having your puter set up for MW@work where Pagan is replaced with People!! ~lol~ that'll mess you up!! (I'm not at work btw...I'm at my parents!)

[Lunacie]

Sometimes I correct them, sometimes I don't bother. That's not the only thing people do, leaving the "n" off Wiccan. An awful lot of people don't bother capitilizing it (or Pagan) as if they aren't proper names. If I can see that is their style of typing (no grammar or punctuation - ick) then I don't usually say anything. Otherwise I gently let them know that they are proper names and legally recognized as valid religious paths.

[Xirian]

Imagine having your puter set up for MW@work where Pagan is replaced with People!! ~lol~ that'll mess you up!! (I'm not at work btw...I'm at my parents!)
They actually do that at your work place? I must be in a fairly liberal town, because I know that a couple of friends (who work in different places), don't have that restriction on their work computers. I'm really surprised.

[Lunacie]

Actually it's a program that Mol added to MysticWicks so members can read/post stuff here without someone looking over their shoulder realizing that this is Pagan-friendly forum.

Look in the bottom left corner of your screen, see the drop down menu?
You can choose
-- normal
-- small font
-- large font
-- MW@work
-- monochrome

If you select MW@work ~ then every time you read or type the word "Pagan" it will come up "People". ;)

[DixieWitch]

They actually do that at your work place? I must be in a fairly liberal town, because I know that a couple of friends (who work in different places), don't have that restriction on their work computers. I'm really surprised.
actually, I don't work. Well I do, but I don't get paid for it!!! ~lol~ My workplace is at home!!! But in other news....yeah I'm not quite in a liberal town! Ilive in the home of the 10 Commandments fight in a court house!!

[Xirian]

Ah, okay. :)

[RainInanna]

Nah, I usually let spelling mistakes or typos like that slip, unless the person is simultaneously going on about how smart they are and what an idiot I am. I've known too many wonderful people who can't spell worth a lick, including a few who are dyslexic, such as my dad, to really be bothered by that sort of thing. It's not like they've left a spelling mistake on their resume or on a formal report, just on a message board.

[wolf]

Leaving off the "N" isn't so bad ... my mother uses Wiccum and Wicker interchangably. I gave up.

[HungryJoe]

Now I'm paranoid, did I spell it wrong...ever?

[Xirian]

Leaving off the "N" isn't so bad ... my mother uses Wiccum and Wicker interchangably. I gave up.
That's funny. My mom says K-Mark and Wal-Mark. My brother and I had a great time giving her a hard time about it. lol

I suppose I see a lot of misspelled words or words that are used in the wrong tense or whatever. I know I make those mistakes as well and am willing to give the person the benefit of the doubt as long as I can understand their point. My job is typing medical seminars and conventions, sometimes they are 5 hours long and I have to proofread them myself after listening to doctors misspeak and use improper tenses and horrific grammar. After that I'm usually not so judgemental about the way people actually type.

[bshore]

Actually, that's how Gerald Gardner used the term. It may be correct to use Wiccan now, but that wasn't always so.

[angle kitsune]

I dont really notice much when the 'n' is left out or its not in caps. but then agean my gramer is shot and my spelling is well they tried teaching me with a out dated system that is now baned in schools all over the state and in some of the lower 48 as well. no really,less I memorize each word itself I will spell it wrong over and over and over in a way that makes sence to me. All I care about is if people can understand it and so far I have ben lucky here. I really get touchey when people bring up my spelling and sometimes it gets to a point where I wont let anyone read something I have written by hand and not typed becuse of how bad I spell things. really,english class my teacher wants to kill me cuz I never switch essays to have them edited and cheaked over. and yet with sometimes 20% of the words misspelled I still manage a low A on essays. so I guess eather she cuts me some slack or I just can write essays well...but yah I tend not to bring upspelling if I can undestand it less im talking to a really good friend and then its just pokeing fun at eachother when we are typing to fast and hitting keys at the same time out of order and all that jazz.

[cheddarsox]

I always used to use Wicca, because that is what the high priest and priestess of the local coven told me was correct. They said there is no such term as "Wiccan", so out of respect (I figured they knew more about it than me, I'm not Wiccan) I used Wicca, even though it sounded akward. Then, hanging out online with lots of pagans and members of Wicca...I saw most people using Wiccan, so now I swing both ways.

I don't know who gets to decide what is the "correct" way, when different members of the religion have different opinions. Is Wicca organized to the point where there is a council or something that makes decisions like that? My understanding is that it is not....so I guess some will go one way and others the other...maybe I need to type it like this...Wicca/n...to show respect to as many as possible. Like most language issues, use over time will eventually decide this one.

cheddar

[Lunacie]

I thought it was a simple rule of grammar (which Gardner may have gotten wrong eh). The religion is Wicca, the people who follow the religion are Wiccans. Like I live in Kansas but that doesn't make me a Kansas, I'm a Kansan.

Although it's really not that simple. My niece who moved to Arkansas (pronounced Ar-can-saw) says she's an Arkansan (Ar-kan-san) instead of an Arkansawyer (Ar-can-saw-yer) which I think is more common.

[Windsmith]

People keep posting on here or asking me that they want to become a Wicca, at first i thought this was a typo but they repeat it. Am i the only one shouting at the comp screen, its Wiccan! and no you cant be one until you remember the N!Oh, jeez, yes. But I'm a hard-ass about spelling. I am merciless.


Leaving off the "N" isn't so bad ... my mother uses Wiccum and Wicker interchangably. I gave up.My mom spells it "Wicken." So, yeah, I guess it could be worse....

[David19]

Actually, that's how Gerald Gardner used the term. It may be correct to use Wiccan now, but that wasn't always so.

I agree with you, 'cause, technically, Gardner was the one who called Wiccans 'the Wica', Wiccan is, i think, a modern spelling.

So, i guess, technically, those that spell it Wica are more accurate.

But, it doesn't bother me, maybe 'cause i'm not Wiccan.

[sarabethv]

Why make an issue out of one letter? The fact that they are asking for knowledge should be met with enthusiasm. I am an English teacher at a community college and while spelling/grammar and punctuation are important; I find that content is even more so. I also have my BA in Anthropology and from that I have been able to come across many dialects and different ways of saying and doing things. As someone already mentioned in this thread; "who gets to decide what is right?"

[noxtwice]

Nah, I usually let spelling mistakes or typos like that slip, unless the person is simultaneously going on about how smart they are and what an idiot I am. I've known too many wonderful people who can't spell worth a lick, including a few who are dyslexic, such as my dad, to really be bothered by that sort of thing. It's not like they've left a spelling mistake on their resume or on a formal report, just on a message board.

same here, i just go for the meat of the communication. if i can understand the intent behind the words then that's good enough for me. i don't use capital letters very often, don't know why it's just a bad habit of mine. so in that regards i don't feel the right to become a grammar or spelling nazi. plus i have dyslexia so sometimes my letters get all jumbled so spelling/grammar nazis irritate the living hell outta me.

again, i look for whether or not the person was capable of communicating their thoughts in a way i could comprehend it. anything after that is just being picky.

not to mention i use both terms wicca and wiccan. i study wicca, i am a wiccan. if that's "wrong" i dont' really care. besides, the dictionary seems to think that "wicca" is a real word, so why wouldn't i?

[Agaliha]

I've noticed some people leaving off the "n" too. I don't really care. If I can correct them I will, but I don't let it bother me.


not to mention i use both terms wicca and wiccan. i study wicca, i am a wiccan. if that's "wrong" i dont' really care. besides, the dictionary seems to think that "wicca" is a real word, so why wouldn't i?

That's not the context the OP was mentioning. It was when people use Wicca instead of Wiccan in this context: Example: I am a Wicca. I want to be a Wicca.
When nowadays it's more common to say: I am Wiccan. I practice Wicca. My path is Wicca and I am a Wiccan.
See the difference?

Saying you study Wicca is fine and not what the OP was refering to. And no one said Wicca wasn't a real word from what I saw.
Just saying.

[noxtwice]

I've noticed some people leaving off the "n" too. I don't really care. If I can correct them I will, but I don't let it bother me.



That's not the context the OP was mentioning. It was when people use Wicca instead of Wiccan in this context: Example: I am a Wicca. I want to be a Wicca.
When nowadays it's more common to say: I am Wiccan. I practice Wicca. My path is Wicca and I am a Wiccan.
See the difference?

Saying you study Wicca is fine and not what the OP was refering to. And no one said Wicca wasn't a real word from what I saw.
Just saying.

oh i got it, but again, i guess it just doesn't really bother me one way or another.

::shrugs::

and what i meant by using a dictionary reference is that my dictionary lists wicca as not just a belief system but also:

"n. A believer or follower of Wicca." so many people use Wicca and Wiccan interchangeably.

[EJ1096]

Actually it's a program that Mol added to MysticWicks so members can read/post stuff here without someone looking over their shoulder realizing that this is Pagan-friendly forum.

Look in the bottom left corner of your screen, see the drop down menu?
You can choose
-- normal
-- small font
-- large font
-- MW@work
-- monochrome

If you select MW@work ~ then every time you read or type the word "Pagan" it will come up "People". ;)

he he thats awsome. I never knew that till just now. I'm defanatly going to use this function at work. THANKS MOL! always lookin out for our well being