Albertan_J Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 A friend of mine used to correct my spelling mistakes when i used to write to him when he was is in Prison!So i added a few more mistakes just to give him somthing to do..................... :blink: Ha that's brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan_J Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I unfortunately suffer with dyslexia and the thought of someone on here pointing out the odd spelling mistake would not help me at all. i find it hard enough to reply to posts on here without some smart **** telling me ive made a mistake. :blink: Whoa there that's a bit intense. I've never corrected your spelling have I? I've just made a general statement that the amount of topics on here with text message typing is shocking. Never attributed text speak to dyslexia I just thought it was a lazy way for people to type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the running man Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Totally agree :blink: People will always make the odd mistake here and there. We're not perfect. What really gets me is the lack of any punctuation in some posts, making them almost incomprehensible. I don't bother reading posts I can't understand. totaly agree with my fellow forum members,what the hell difference does it make,its the message that's important.you're post is not in the spirit of info sharing that this forum is about, I think you may have a little too much time on you're hands to be criticising others use of our mother tongue.......that chastisement over,if u ever go on an american forum u see very little in the way of grammer/spelling mistakes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I blame the immigrants. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 totaly agree with my fellow forum members,what the hell difference does it make,its the message that's important.you're post is not in the spirit of info sharing that this forum is about, I think you may have a little too much time on you're hands to be criticising others use of our mother tongue.......that chastisement over,if u ever go on an american forum u see very little in the way of grammer/spelling mistakes!!! The message may well be important, but it's next to useless if it's written in a way that it makes no sense. Far from having too much time on my hands, I don't have enough time (or patience) to read posts 3 or 4 times over so they make some kind of sense. As I said in my original post "People will always make the odd mistake. We're not perfect". (I would include myself in that statement). It just seems to me that some people make more effort than others to get their point across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I blame the immigrants. What have cormorants got to do with it? :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artley air Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Is it just me,but whenever I send a text message it is always written in full,never using shortened wording,always punctuated and using correct grammar?........but then again I am nearly fifty. :blink: If I receive a "txt spk" message I reply without spaces or punctuation,so the other party has to make an effort to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 We see this type of thread nearly as much as the threads about police knocking / immigrants / what do you do for a living and how did you get your username threads. Lots of mickey taking about folks spelling and grammar will end in a dummy being spat, everyone sympathising with the dummy spitter (probably a dyslexic) , maybe a bit of name calling and the thread will be closed. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 It is also one of the most often repeated threads in the whole wide web. There is somewhere on the web a post that predicts exactly what normally happens to this thread, and when. Of course that may have already been posted, but once I saw the title I didn't bother to read the replies.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 totaly agree with my fellow forum members,what the hell difference does it make,its the message that's important.you're post is not in the spirit of info sharing that this forum is about, I think you may have a little too much time on you're hands to be criticising others use of our mother tongue.......that chastisement over,if u ever go on an american forum u see very little in the way of grammer/spelling mistakes!!! Exactly, but when the message is in a long paragraph of imcomprehensible gibberish I don't bother reading it. The worst culprits are those who post with a question written in text speak. If they can't be bothered clearly stating the question then I can't be bothered trying to work out what it is before trying to help them. I think this is mostly down to schools over the last 20 years or so when there's been less emphasis on what you write being grammatically correct and spelt right and more on the content. This is why 'youngsters' object so strongly when they're brought up about spelling/grammar, they aren't used to it. When I was at school it didn't matter what you were writing it had to be spelt properly and make sense or you'd lose marks. Nial (old-ish ***). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 YAWN.......... Next up will be a picture with a fox at a rifle. ...or which is best? .177 or .22? Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigt1754 Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 what i don't understand from the posters that have dyslexia (and I do sympathize) is that misspelled words are normally underlined in red. right clicking will give more options. don't get me started on text speak!! :blink: Again I'm not perfect, but I do spell check when posting on the interweb, just seems a lot more people have less pride in their presentation. bigt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 YAWN.......... Next up will be a picture with a fox at a rifle. ...or which is best? .177 or .22? Nige No, no, no. We've got to introduce Nazis, Hitler and fascism (sp?) into this thread........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the running man Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Yes I see a pattern here myself! Dunk and others are dead right we need some stimulating new topics,something fresh,let's all get together and discuss plato over a game of backgammon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snozzer Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Typos, punctuation, grammar and the odd speling mistake (sic) are fine, what I hate with passion is text speak and chav speak, which I believe are just different dialects of the same... My personal hate list m8 innit you know like r u Bredren (Chaav speak for Brethren) The word "whatever" when used as a punctuation mark, or as a reply when the person using having lost the argument is uanble to find any intellect to form a coherent response. kewl cuz l8r What is wrong with wanting to communicate well, frankly it's embarrasing how little respect for education and our National language people have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8landy Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 TYPINGINGCAPTIALSWITHNOSPACESISVERYANNOYING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I don't really care what people write any more. If it looks like ****, I just don't bother to read it. If they can't be bothered learning the language, I won't waste my time reading their scribblings. It seems to be a sad fact that there are those who seem to take a pride in being semi-literate I never read text speak. If I look at a long sentence and there is no punctuation, I don't bother reading it, it's bound to be sheeeyte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 There is hope. My 9 yr old son is being taught how to use full stops, commas etc, and to put capital letters at the start of sentences. He's not finding it all that easy, but he is making progress. My plea to aid legibility would be for line spacing. It makes a post a lot easier to read even if the spelling/grammar is not 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 My plea to aid legibility would be for line spacing. It makes a post a lot easier to read even if the spelling/grammar is not 100%. Totally agree with you on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shot shot Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 No, no, no. We've got to introduce Nazis, Hitler and fascism (sp?) into this thread........ there it is some boffin worked out that the longer a thread goes, the more likely it is that hitler will be mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonySmith Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 www.iespell.com For those who like to correct their spelling, like wot I do..... Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 It is quite amazing that the semi illiterate seem to have the ability to learn text speak, and can probably type it with their thumbs at about 30 words a minute. Yet they are not able to grasp the basic punctuation and spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 personally I'm amazed how many employers let semi literate people near computers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Totally agree with you on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotttomo Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 (edited) In addition to my earlier reply, I think that if you make the effort to write a sentence/statement in normal writing rather than txt speak, it shows your willing to be a mature coherant forumite and are therefore taken more seriously. If I had a topic up asking for help on a permission and someone replied in txt speak & someone replying normally (spelling mistakes or not). I'd favour the second reply just for the effort put into it. Scott Edited September 9, 2010 by scotttomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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