duz reely pore spelign mak yoy luk stoopid?

After all this time on the Internet, I learned to ignore - sometimes very nice people type like that.

I notice that this poll doesnt have a "No" answer.

I'm the first to admit that my spelling is below par, and despite the fact that English is the only language that I can speak/ read/ write, I still make mistakes. At least I can say I try to get everything right when posting in the forums (though not so much in the VR).

C'mon Rideout ... Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me

(oddly enough am listening to Slade right now)

Peter Rideout wrote: Yes, the "edit" button is there, Spell Check is easy to use, etc. (I am thinking of those whose first language is English, of course.) To me, not even bothering to try to get it right (or at least edit a bit) is being disrespectful to yourself, and to your readers & fellow music fans. Do you care about how you are perceived? (If you don't think how you write affects the reader's perception of you, you are wrong.) We communicate with text here, and there are rules and conventions to facilitate better communication via text. (Really, why write lots, if you write very poorly?)

OK Professor, admit it - exactly how many times did you check your spelling before hitting the "Post New Poll" button, eh?

I'm a fairly accurate typist (the proud holder of a Pitmans intermediate certificate, I'll have you know), so my occasionally poor spelling cannot be blamed on the same disability my dear Canadian sausage-fingered buddy suffers from, but I do my best to check spelling, grammar and punctuation before hitting that "Post Reply" button. If I see a glaring error, I edit; if I dont spot an error, you can guarantee some smart-arse on the forum will make me aware of said error.

Call me an old fashioned grumpy-pants if you will, but I believe spelling, punctuation and grammar are important (even if I do frequently fall down on all three ) - even when I use my mobile phone to text, the same rules apply; I refuse to use text-ese ("CU L8er M8" etc).

There are way too many death metal singers out there slaughtering the English language (along with any available virgins, no doubt... or would that be suicide ?) without our allowing the written word to go the same way.

I don't mind bad spelling too much if people make sense. The worst thing is when someone types in something really stupid or offensive AND spells it wrong as well.

First option for me. As many may know by now, I am a stickler for spelling (that comes from having been a language teacher for over 15 years), and I am very proud of the fact that my English spelling is better than that of many native speakers (of course I can spell very well in Italian too, though I admit to having some problems with word stresses in French). Even if Italian is considered a phonetic language, therefore somewhat easier to spell than English or French, many native speakers (especially very young people) make appalling spelling mistakes. Now that spell checkers are available, there's no excuse for that any more!

Uh, Peter, I concur your howl of despair. To answer the poll question -- yes, of course (although I have no idea how to use the Spell Check...), though the most tempting option is "The United States is a European country"... There is great difference between typos and mistakes, and too many of spelling errors are the results of mistakes. I do make mistakes, of course, English isn't my native language, but most of them aren't in spelling but in (non-)use of articles (both definite and indefinite ones) and in sequence of tenses. But spelling? -- it is the easiest part, the easiest to be checked. It really infuriates, irritates, annoys me. In my native language especially. But the process is omnipresent (relating to some recent threads). By the way, can anybody explain me, what is the problem with the word "definitely"? This is one of the most common mistakes I see. It is misspelled in some different ways, mostly as "definat(e)ly". Where from do they derive this form? From "defination"??? 

Edited by Fassbinder - September 07 2006 at 01:29

Bern wrote: English isn't my first language but I do my best to avoid spelling mistakes. I have always been a defender of french and I encourage good use of the languages. (Let's hope there isn't any spelling mistakes in there.)

Cygnus X-2 wrote: It could just mean you type really fast and disregard checking what you write altogether, but for the most part I think really poor spelling just shows someone's inability to use a keyboard. So I guess in order to answer the poll, I'll have to go with... *closes eyes and chooses one randomly*... Are you talking about Hitler the 1st, or Hitler the 2nd?

haha, yes I was wondering if I made a mistake on that post because of the topic. I find it particularly humorous that common is comonly mispled



BTW the second one is on purpose