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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.

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And I did'nt even mention grammar.

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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 :P

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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.

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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 :P

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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 :P

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