reely bad spelling

Dave_C_2

moneyuser wrote: »

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

See my post number 18
Dave

edenbank6

To add for the OP

to / too

When speaking "to" can be contracted to "t" but "too" [= as well] cannot so...

If "too" must be "two" [the spoken sound] then two is what you need.

edenbank6

moneyuser wrote: »

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

But this only works when one has a mother-tongue level comprehension of the base language. Try the same experiment with another language you know reasonably well but not completely fluently and the brain cannot interpret the gobbledegook. In our international world it's stupid to do anything which increases the chances of misunderstanding.

Although they are often taken as equally important I would suggest that poor grammar is potentially much more problematic than poor spelling.

giantmutantbroccoli

lol u guize crack me up

I'm sure you're all aware that the ability to spell (or lack thereof) is not an accurate indicator of someone's IQ, nor does it tell you anything about their level of education. It might tell you that they spend too much time on Facebook or Twitter, or possibly that they're dyslexic, but that's about it.

That said, I really do hate it when people use txtspk in forums. It's a forum, you don't have to worry about character limits, and the extra seconds you save by typing l8r instead of later are offset by the many minutes you then have to spend fielding comments about your bad spelling and "the youth of today".

And while we're talking about spelling, how annoying is it when your spellchecker keeps reverting to American? Every time I open my browser I have to reset mine. Grumble!

pineapple

moneyuser wrote: »

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Dear oh dear this is so predictable. Whenever this subject comes up you can guarantee that someone will post a load of garbage then sit back smugly as if to say 'you can understand it so point proven'.
The reality is that poor spelling and grammar do detract from communication and personally I couldn't be *rsed to have an online conversation with someone who consistently posted like this.
As for text speak, I would never date a man who used text speak shortcuts when he had use of a full sized keyboard. As they say in the States - go figure...

Azari

giantmutantbroccoli wrote: »

I'm sure you're all aware that the ability to spell (or lack thereof) is not an accurate indicator of someone's IQ, nor does it tell you anything about their level of education.

I disagree.

Intelligent people understand the importance of clear communication and will always strive to communicate as clearly as they can.

They will also tend to have a belief that if you are going to do something you might as well do it to the best of your ability.

Further, learning the rules of correct English will not really be much of a challenge to them.

The less intelligent are often quite happy to be lazy and not bother to put in the effort - and for them it may actually be a real effort.

If someone says: "I'm an intelligent person and I can't be bothered to remember it's 'etc' rather than 'ect' or the difference between yaw, yore, you're and your", I tend to think they are overestimating their own intelligence.

Azari

giantmutantbroccoli wrote: »

And while we're talking about spelling, how annoying is it when your spellchecker keeps reverting to American? Every time I open my browser I have to reset mine. Grumble!

There should be an option to make proper English the default.

Which browser are you using?

Dave_C_2

giantmutantbroccoli wrote: »

And while we're talking about spelling, how annoying is it when your spellchecker keeps reverting to American? Every time I open my browser I have to reset mine. Grumble!

I use Firefox with the British English dictionary add-on. Works a treat without any need to reset.

Dave

tony222

Next time you have the news on TV, any channel. Listen out for the incorrect use of "there's" Every reporter or presenter seems to do it. "There's people" for example. "There's cars", "There's MP's"

"There are" seems to have almost disappeared. Strange because if you try it the other way round it really does sound like you doing an impression of Wurzel Gummage.

"there's people I live next door to" doesn't sound half as thick as saying "there are a man I live next door to" but they are both equally incorrect. Maybe I'm just getting used to it and it's another example of the evolution of the English language.

Dats it, I gotta miss, get me?

Azari

pineapple wrote: »

Dear oh dear this is so predictable. Whenever this subject comes up you can guarantee that someone will post a load of garbage then sit back smugly as if to say 'you can understand it so point proven'.
The reality is that poor spelling and grammar do detract from communication and personally I couldn't be *rsed to have an online conversation with someone who consistently posted like this.

Yes, it's an amusing thing to do for a couple of lines but if you tried to read a whole book written like this you would be exhausted after a few pages.

The reason why literate people find it hard to ignore the errors that others seem to find so unimportant is that every time they encounter one their brains 'throw an exception' - to use computer speak - and it requires a few tens of milliseconds to work out what's going on and continue.

So reading an illiterate sentence goes something like:

"Their are (wat?) two few (wat?) people who know you're name (wat?) for yew (what?) too (what?) be considered famous.

(Notice that you often cannot detect the error until further words have been read which worsens the situation.)

It's makes what should be a quick, smooth, process, into a slow, jerky, one and, whether you want to or not, detracts from the message the writer is intending to convey.