The written word

[Muz]

I'm not entirely sure if this post is on the correct forum but I am just curious as to why a certain percentage of people who place posts on this site appear to have great difficulty in spelling words correctly. Is it a culture thing or is just laziness. Like I said, just curious that's all.

Cheers

And I did'nt even mention grammar.

[Duncan]

Originally posted by Muz

....did'nt....

I think the reason for the poor spelling and grammar is that most of the forum goers haven't started school yet

[Muz]

Thanks Duncan and I also left"it " out of a sentence as well. However I do think you are correct but never the less there are some exceptionally good ideas put forward.

Cheers

[Guest RedLineGTR]

i think it come's down to people being lazy...but sometime's it's not that hard to figure out what people are about.

[akeenan]

laznes

[hippy]

its just a forum ... no need to take it so seriously ..

[Chef_32]

yeah, CBF

[Muz]

Ok, no problems I was just curious. My curiosity has been solved.

[predator]

pure laziyrsness... and the fact that you wanna type as damn quickly as possible Some people obviously have atrocious english skills however - its kinda hard to understand and you feel like holding up this sign...

[Duncan]

LOL, I was having a heap of trouble decyphering a post just before, thanks for sharing that one!

Reakon Prank should add it to the forums :bahaha:

[ONYX]

warts rong wid my speeling mayte.... i fink my speeling and graymer is purrfect!!!!

[Spook's_Skyline]

who cares?

we arent being graded on our spelling

as long as the message gets across

the spelling and grammar on this forum is easily the best ive ever come across

[2rismo]

wot getz me iz wen dey typ lyk dis n it pisses me of...

(yes the "of" was deliberate. should be an "english, engrish or nothing rule!!!"

Adrian

[Pva_Glue]

for me? its lazyness and cant be f@rked to do so...

[BOOSTMEISTER]

This is quite funny actually, the other day I was reading a letter (typed) that my boss had just written. The amount of errors was amazing...thing is that he types on forums and in-game so much that it carries over to his work.

I doubt it is laziness in all of you, you still have to type the word so why not spell it right, as mentioned above a lot of the time it is when we type fast so we can answer before someone else, this is when we mess up. My personal favourite/problem is "The" normally I spel it like "teh" .

Its all good though, besides it gives us something to do...first work out what the person is saying then work out if it will work

[Gradenko]

BOOSTMEISTER's right, it's not laziness. It's a combination of ignorance and illiteracy. Why does it matter? Because English is how we communicate on this forum, not teen speak or l33t speak or whatever the **** it is some people try to pass off as english. You aren't being graded on spelling and grammar, but you will come across as a dumkoph if you can't get the simple things right.

Tolerance is important of course, people for whom english is a second language can be forgiven, but a lot of native english speakers need to put in more effort.

[Shell]

as long as it makes sense then it's all good...

i tend to type in all lower case, and also not in "proper" sentences on forums... but you can still read what i'm saying.

but when ppl write like 2rismo said:

"wot getz me iz wen dey typ lyk dis n it pisses me of... "

well, I really cbf trying to work out what they're trying to say half the time

[Aurora]

In my line of work, i am typing for seven and a half hours straight, for government departments and private sector clients also, and i have to be correct, and fast. If not, i get my ass handed to me. So i find that now when typing anything, from forums to instant messages, my grammar, and spelling are almost perfect. Compared to "type it out as fast as i can, who cares if it's right", where i was before i started working here.

But as others have noted above, as long as it is semi-coherent, and not just a mish-mash of letters, it's all good to me

[Timmy G]

my friends who hang out on the silvia forums noticed that too (both here and on the silvia forum).

i'd put it down to laziness but then you get people who use the wrong spelling of a word, i think they are the kids who haven't started school yet

e.g. their/there