Thread: To Spell or not to Spell :-)

Originally Posted by stevo68

I absolutely concur in respect to spelling Nazi's, however if you put yourself out there and your spelling and grammar is that appalling, so much so that my nine year old son find's it hard to read, then that is a different situation (ie like my example). It has nothing to do with lightening up, as it doesn't send me stark raving mad.

It does however on occasion annoy me when some people murder the English language, and this is an English Language Forum..........about Land Rovers . Like most things, it is an opinion, right or wrong, and general opinion is that most people-70% + find spelling and grammatical errors slightly to highly annoying based on the current poll.

I would also point out that most of the thread content in this topic has been well delivered and easily understood,

Regards

Stevo

Hey Stevo, in your example it is clearly a case of delibrate and specified errors ("txt" spelling as mentioned by others) - yeah, it is kinda annoying to me however... I do feel that all this talk about bad spelling (especially in other threads) has been a little bit of a misrepresentation of what you are trying to say...

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Your question was "Does it annoy you to read threads with poor spelling and grammar?". Without reading the rest of the post I respond with "who gives".

After reading the rest of the post is seems to me that what you should be asking is...

"Does it annoy you to read threads (emails, etc.) that have deliberate spelling shortcuts, errors and/or bad grammar?"

What do you think? Just a thought - I think it would've helped a bit ;-)
Then again, this may not be at all what you mean and your example has lead me in the wrong direction.

Chosen

We should also remember that not all contributors to this forum have english as their first language. I am sure we have more than just the occasional new Australian as members of AULRO.

I was thinking hard for a responce to this trivial matter, but i couldn't find the words to describe what i thought, so this smiley will do

OK
I bit on the other thread and as directed read most of this one.
1 Minor spelling is no issue and I will probably not even see it.
2 On a forum it's ok but the example given at the beginning is painful to read.
3 Bill board's, Magazines and the like where it is written by a professional and supposedly proof read and even I can see it "NO!". They are paid so should be able to fix it first.


Don't worry trying to correct my spelling and punctuation as there won't be enough red pens in the world.

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?

I could find a 100 other examples,

Stevo68, where did you find this example?

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.

Can you back this statement up?

Firstly yes I am smart enough, degree qualified and running my own business, would be a reasonable indicator.

Please elaborate. The reader is left wondering if you completed a degree in 1980 on Information Technology and are now running a fruit stall outside your house.

I agree with alot of the other responses here, I couldn't really care about the odd spelling or grammar error - I'm sure I make plenty of them myself!

But when you get a post that is so badly written that it's a struggle to work out exactly what the person is trying to say, that annoys me. My pet hate is people who jumble a whole post into one big sentance, with a complete lack of commas and/or full stops. Very irritating!

As with alot of the responses here I couldnt really care about the odd spelling or grammar error I'm sure I make plenty of them myself but when you get a post that is so badly written that it's a struggle to work out exactly what the person is trying to say that annoys me my pet hate is people who jumble a whole post into one big sentance with a complete lack of commas and/or full stops very irritating

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

I'm lucky that my mac browser has a smell checker in it. So it picks up all of the obviously ones, but tends to only miss the occasional context related error.

It obviously doesn't work

Well, well, post is still going strongly, even a couple of indirect goes at myself , BRING IT ON, I say . Ok to clarify and answer a few questions, not forgetting as I have stated previously that it is simply my opinion. Over time I have read threads here and other forums, where the spelling and grammar is terrible, very difficult to read and understand. In other words, sometimes having to go back and re read to get an understanding of the thread. In this day and age, most people should have a reasonable grasp of the English language. Again, most, we can all find variances i.e Billy Bob is a newcomer etc etc.

Again, I am not talking about the odd error etc, I make them myself, I am not necessarily talking about txt speak either, just poor grammar and spelling in general, as per the example. It surprises me to be honest the level that it is, whether deliberate or not. If one writes, you are writing for an audience, whether it be one or more. Personally I would like to think that when I communicate something in writing, that in the whole it is generally understood, that is because I make an effort to do so.

Now to you Traveler, since you have come at me head on...................this example was from another 4WD forum site. Can I back up my statement? No need to, that is my formed opinion. In this day and age if you are not able to read and write that is a choice, as there are many options to learn to do so. As with many things in life, it is all about choice. If you are able to spell and use grammar and choose not to and instead let loose with a load of unreadable drivel, that is laziness. And as for your last smartaz comment, I have a Bachelor of Commerce, commenced as a mature age student at 30, whilst going through a divorce and having my children 2000kms away, who were at the time 8mths and just over 2yrs old. I could give you my whole resume, more than happy to PM it to you, but I run my own successful finance brokerage business hence why I get to drive a D3........anything else??

Whether you agree or disagree with the context of this thread, think it is trivial or annoying, like anything that is all opinion and one is entitled to it. I'm not professing to say I am better than someone else because I can spell and use grammar, not at all, guilty as charged on occasions, but with 70%+ at last count feeling along the same way, surely that says something?

Regards

Stevo