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Can People Spell?
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| It's been a while, so I checked the latest threads in the anime section. And I've noticed about ten to twelve threads were misspelled. I can understand that if the person's first language is not English, but I don't think anyone's spelling is that bad to write "lyke" for "like". Perhaps it's just my pet peeve, but isn't it rather annoying? |
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I'm afraid that this dialect belongs to a group of people I refer to as "n00bs who don't care". People like Stoned_Azn never bother to spell out anything, and many people (often including Gendou) don't bother to use capitalization. Grammar also seems to be a difficult concept for them to grasp as, quite often there is no hint of it in their posts. |
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by Jad [Alt] Kaizer
on 2006-01-24 08:16:34 (edited 2006-01-24 08:20:05)
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Well, that bothers me a little though, since I will have some hard time trying to figure out what the 1337-5p34k3r5 are saying. :P 'Lyk' is one of the words that I find disturbing, since it looks and sounds a lot like 'lick'. And well, if I see anyone replacing 'come' with 'c - u - m', I'm gonna troll on the spot. :P (Hmm, wonder if I get the ban if I write that... scary~)
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| I came to the conclusion years ago that over 90% of internet users can't spell and has a poor command of Engish, even if English is their first language. |
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every time someone types "azn", an angel dies. 
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by Jad [Alt] Kaizer
on 2006-01-24 11:21:44
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No-no Gendou, everytime someone types "azn", a small chunk of my soul dies and fades away into the wind like ashes. I was embarassed to soul-death.
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by S-a-c-h-i-e-l
on 2006-01-24 13:14:04
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If what Gendou says is true, than I must punch stoned_asian five or six times, and anyone else that dares to type it! *notices gendou's last post says it* *and Jad [Alt] Kaizer's* *gives both a whack, though Gendou's whack is weaker ^_^* Seriously, how hard is it to spell stuff correctly? It only takes a second or two to check, and if you're not sure on how to spell it then let someone know and they can spell it right for you ^_^ *checks post for typos*  |
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Some people are just to lazy to actually write a whole word. They think that by leaving some letters out of a word theire going to type faster. Poor ignorants. 
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by 嬰 å…’ æ«» 桃 女 å©
on 2006-01-24 15:49:17
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hey dont you think you are all going a little far with this post I mean come on.. i think that the shortening of words shows character... it gives an Idea of the persons personality through their writing... and picking on stoned_azn whn he is banned and can read but not stand p for himself is just cruel!! h read it all so you all know. s2 Naom!
hmmm... cant b stuffed making 1 at 10:30 pm... will do it laterz...
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on 2006-01-24 16:48:06 (edited 2006-01-24 18:06:16)
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I do check the spelling on my longer posts, and since my dad is a English teacher I pretty good at writing mechanics. I also was brought up by a English major, so I have a good background. 嬰 å…’ æ«» 桃 女 å©, He was actually annoying, his posts were to the point of idecyperability, when your post reads like this- {y does mah lvl keep goin down???i dun fink i did anifin wrong did i??? T-T sachiel...wanna gimme some merit pointz??? ^^ } This gives me a headache trying to pick words out of that mess. |
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on 2006-01-24 16:55:04 |
| Yes, I think people can spell! If they are from a different country and came to the USA, it would be very hard for them to learn English! >_< But even people from differene countries can at least pronouce some works and spell some words, too! Nobody is dumb anough to know nothing!! That's my opinion about this subject/thread! ^_^ |
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i think that the shortening of words shows character... it gives an Idea of the persons personality through their writing I fail to see how shortening of words show character. Your style of writing is defined by the words you choose and use, varying sentence lengths, etc, NOT by the length of word. Shortening words that are like five letters long does not show character, but instead shows ignorance and illiteracy. Typing two less letters save you what, 0.1 seconds? Dictionary was invented for a reason. Please use it. And I am well aware that many users here do not speak English as their first language. My rant is directed mainly towards those that know English as their first language, yet for some reason, choose to type like the monkeys they are. |
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by S-a-c-h-i-e-l
on 2006-01-24 18:01:13
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Sorry, I can't give out merit points, ninja. And I can't ban anyone, either T.T And I can not see how typn lyk tis defines character -.-; |
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| Whoops sory that was part of Stoned boy's post not mine should've set in brackets. Sorry for the confusion. |
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ppl r jus lazy an dun wanna typ out hole wrds. i alwys haf bad spelig wen i use mesanger bcuz i m a slo typr an ned 2 kep up wit de fas typrs. But I always make sure to have good spelling and grammar, when I'm posting in a forum. It helps get my point across better.
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Despite the fact that there is usually a spelling error or grammar error in every one of my posts, I at least try to do stuff correctly. Damn commas and semicolons, I keep learning and then forgeting when to use them. I have a good feeling about this post though.  Jomunga eats your avatars. |
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by Jad [Alt] Kaizer
on 2006-01-24 20:14:11
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*massages bruised eye* Thanks for that. -.@ Uh, Euphony, I think what 嬰 å…’ æ«» 桃 女 å© said was kinda right. Indeed it shows character. The character of being lazy. :P
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I blame poor spelling and grammar on spending too much time on instant messaging programs. :) I have to admit, I take shortcuts when using them too. |
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on 2006-01-25 05:59:25 (edited 2006-01-25 06:07:27)
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i am a filipino and english is our second major language. but i'm not really into it. i don't have english subject back in college but our reading materials are in english (we've been studying socio-political and socio-economic theories that's why). i had my background only from elementary and high school and then self-study. and, i still prefer our very own language, i knew everyone does to. patriotism, you know. thus, i do have problems sometimes with my grammar (or most of the times); i don't know, i'm not sure, no one is to check. i didn't came from a wealthy filipino family that uses english as their major language at home or anywhere. nonetheless, i am always conscious with my english grammar. but when i learned about this forum where i see a lot of people who really don't mind about it, i thought i saw a place where i could be free of those grammar-worries. not knowing there are members like you guys. why should you be bothered when you can ignore? i've had a hard time understanding their shortcuts and the wrong grammars too, but it's not a big deal. it feels good that at least some people wanted to be understood with their attempts to use your language. about capitalization, i really don't capitalize in this forum. this ain't any formal letter. ryoko, you have wrong spellings in your post. dirtyninja, it should be an english teacher not a english teacher. should be i am not i pretty good. i'm sure you don't want your threads to have these kind of posts. furthermore, you can't tell whether someone is really bad in spelling and grammar with the posts in every thread here as your sole basis. as for the raised question, of course people can spell. some are just incorrect. problem with the context, should be 'can people spell correctly?'  |