To Spell or not to Spell :-)

[stevo68]

G'day All,

Rather than take over someone else's thread, it would seem I was mildy chastised for making comment that it annoy's me when I have to read through threads where, I feel, people are generally lazy when it comes to spelling and grammar. In fact that I even maybe discriminatory. Now I'm not talking the odd error made in speed, we all do that. What I am talking about is the likes of this:

k so what does every1 reckon was tlkin to a mate about it and it got me thinkin!
what do u guys do think when it comes to building your rigs do u rather go out and give some1 ure check book and say go ahead i want this this and this done or would u rather make/buy all the parts yaself and put them on ureself and any mod do it ureself?
i no for one i would so much rather prefer build it myself than get some1 else to do it as you get to learn about your car and know whats what and so on and the feeling of knowing you did it ureself is just so much better but this might just be because they way ive been bought up alwayz been working on cars with me old man and brother and just love it and it saves u **** loads of $$
so what u guys think build or pay?

Now if someone can tell me that is OK, and that perhaps I should feel "sorry" for someone who obviously hasn't taken the time to spell correctly, well come and lash me alive

Regards

Stevo

[scrambler]

It's not spelling error, it's textspeak. My sister, who is old enough to know better and a teacher to boot, writes emails like this - she's a rabid texter.

It all makes sense if you let your pants sit a little lower ...

[stevo68]

It's not spelling error, it's textspeak. My sister, who is old enough to know better and a teacher to boot, writes emails like this - she's a rabid texter.

It all makes sense if you let your pants sit a little lower ...

I could find a 100 other examples, that don't necessarily fall within the guidelines of texting. And yes it is spelling error, 100%, everyone is not spelt "every1", do that in an exam and you would be marked incorrect. And thanks pants are at correct height

Regards

Stevo

[ivery819]

The sole purpose of correct grammar and spelling is to accurately communicate an exact meaning !

If one doesn't care about accuracy, the communication simply becomes noise !

I'll leave that to the Politicians !

[Rosco]

G'day All,

...... making comment that it annoy's me when I have to read through threads where, I feel, people are generally lazy when it comes to spelling and grammar. ......

Regards

Stevo

Is that possessive tense ....

Cheers

But I tend to agree ....

[vnx205]

Is that possessive tense ....

Cheers

But I tend to agree ....

No such thing as possessive tense.
I assume you meant possessive case.

[stevo68]

Is that possessive tense ....

Cheers

But I tend to agree ....

Firstly , but I am not talking about being pedantic, i.e. the odd word here and there, or a missed comma etc. It is when the whole response is littered with errors. In this day and age, if one is genuinely "illiterate" that is most likely by choice. Otherwise it will generally be due to lazyiness, as it really isn't that hard to spell correctly...........if you really want to. Plus the whole point of putting something in writing is to communicate, so therefore shouldn't you make it as pleasant as possible for the receiver?

Regards

Stevo

[cookiesa]

Here Here! Drives me nuts, little mistakes here and there who cares, but paragraphs of dribble give me the sh***

[Quarks]

I said "I hate it", but only because it slows my reading down. But that said, so do long paragraphs of good spelling!

What I look forward to is for txt-language to die the death that telegram-speak (or whatever ye olde lot call it) died. As I understand, it was developed to work around the limits of the technology. There are no such limits here, so there is no reason!

Heck, give Ron a txt-to-English dictionary and let him SuperMod it!

[vnx205]

Plus the whole point of putting something in writing is to communicate, so therefore shouldn't you make it as pleasant as possible for the receiver?

Regards

Stevo

I think this may be another example of the sort of cost-shifting that is becoming so common. You know, the sort of thing where head office used to send out enough copies of the latest policy document for all the staff. Now they send an electronic copy and each branch has to print enough copies for all the staff, so the time, effort and cost have been shifted to the recipient.
The sort of mangled spelling and grammar in the examples offered does a similar thing. Instead of the writer taking the trouble to use the language carefully enough to make reading it a breeze, the reader has to do all the hard work of trying to make sense of the communication.
I think it is a bit of an insult to send messages like that. It is the equivalent of saying, "I am not prepared to put in the time and effort to help you understand this message. I expect you to do all the hard work."