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Hello
i was wondering why do some people seem to hate single misspellings while others use text talk
for example
misspelled:i was wndring wi do som peple sem two hat singl mispeling wile othrsus text talk
text talk(the really annoying un text sort):eye was 1dering y some pe0p1e h8 51ng13 3155p3111ng yeyel 0243r5 use txt talk
both of the above come from the second line i mean misspelings annoying text talk should be punishable by a life in prison but some people seem to pik out the the most insignificant errors and that is what annoys me the most people like that if somthing is ridicoulusly spelled much like ridiculously as i spell it then i understand but the the really small things why do people do that i dont get it.

Being dyslexic I have noticed these people. And I don't know why, if they can understand what is being said (and text talk doesn't come under that imo) then who cares. Some people get the feeling the english lagnuage is being destroyed by people not bothering but that's kind of pretentious and William Shakespeare and the like would have a field day picking at their 'perfect' english.

I can't speak text, and I don't want to!

But on a separate but similar train of thought, How long until writing in games is in text speak?

What do you mean by writing in games is in text speak
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(i am now trans lating to text speech)

whatwhat wrote:Being dyslexic I have noticed these people. And I don't know why, if they can understand what is being said (and text talk doesn't come under that imo) then who cares. Some people get the feeling the english lagnuage is being destroyed by people not bothering but that's kind of pretentious and William Shakespeare and the like would have a field day picking at their 'perfect' english.

QFT

oohh text talk! I used text talk. i also didnt capitalize my last I, and didnt put an apostophe in "didn't". Some people are just anal and like to grip whenever given an opportunity. Feth em. As long as it is undrtandibidle that is the purpose of communification, right?

It doesn't bother me so much. I'm not going to call anyone out on their spelling; I'll just think less of them and move on.

Why think less of them.
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Because it's easier/more pleasant to read a well thought out and formatted post with correct spelling than text walls with no punctuation other than commas and full stops? Some of us take the time to make our posts nice to communicate our ideas to others. If you don't feel the need to then don't. We won't mock you for it, but we will think less of you.

My issue with spelling and the modern generation's poor grasp of it is this:

Less than a hundred years ago a big part of the population were still illiterate. Being illiterate basically means that people who can read & write have power over you. This includes such sections of life as the government & religion, you have to take their word for it. Ok we have new media, but you still find that getting to the truth involves doing research and reading, very difficult if you can't read.

All that effort over the last few hundred years is being eroded, leaving people to be conned, tricked and lied to. If that's not bad enough we have the tabloids in the UK who cater for this level reading, making stories basic and simple to read.

foor301 wrote:What do you mean by writing in games is in text speak
34a2 d0 you 33an bi 3r12146 1n 6a335 15 txt 593a4
(i am now trans lating to text speech)

Except that is 133t (leet) speak, not text speak.

Text speak would be me saying "u good m8? wubu2?" (are you good mate? what you been up to?) in order to make a text below a certain number of characters.

Ktulhut wrote:Because it's easier/more pleasant to read a well thought out and formatted post with correct spelling than text walls with no punctuation other than commas and full stops? Some of us take the time to make our posts nice to communicate our ideas to others. If you don't feel the need to then don't. We won't mock you for it, but we will think less of you.

Often those well thought out posts take so much time to construct, edit, and analyze for grammatical correctness that you might be two pages into the thread you wanted to post on before you finally hit enter, and if it is a hot thread, that means you want to make yourself understood as quickly as possible in order to keep up with the discusseion. I myself type one-handed because I have a gimp arm, so if I have the occasional typo and someone wants to talk gak about it instead of talking about what I actually posted, understandable and mispelled and all, then they can just suck it with their anal asses. As long as we can be understood we should be accepted.

Take into account also that foreigners who don't speak native English or AmerEnglish are on here and post too. Who is the ass the one with the poor grammar and bad spelling or the one making a big fething deal about it even though they completely understood what was attempted to be comunicated?

Actually, it doesn't take long. (although with only one hand I can see why you couldn't be bothered)

And nobody's making a big deal out of it except you, bud. No one has said that you have to spell any way other than the way you feel like spelling at any given moment.


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And I don't think I've ever seen people to whom english obviously isn't a first language mocked or even corrected here. That's the nice thing about the flags next to the names, lets you know who's new to the language and who just can't be bothered.

You just posted saying you think less of people who make spelling and grammar mistakes. That's a fairly pretentious attitude. Pretentiousness being a common trait in asses.

Me, I will right click whatever shows with a red line underneath it on the spell checker but I'm not going to proof read the dam thing. It's a wargaming forum not a job application.

OP, you're lucky, your "Leet" speak is wrong
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I see it as a way of being lazy/"cool". Fight the establishment and what not. I don't know how I picked it up as I don't use it, but somehow I did >_>


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whatwhat wrote:You just posted saying you think less of people who make spelling and grammar mistakes. That's a fairly pretentious attitude. Pretentiousness being a common trait in asses.

Maybe I was unclear.

PERFECT spelling is nearly impossible in online forums, as you type quickly without thinking very hard, so it's stream-of-thought most of the time.

I think less of people who don't even try to make the effort to spell correctly or use grammar, because their posts are harder to read and they generally come off like an excited 12 year old.

Dakka insists on proper spelling and grammar because it is easier to read and understand, especially for users whose native language is not English.

I have to agree with others that insist on proper spelling and grammar. I am a firm believer that any message is only as good as the means you use to convey it. So, if your post looks like it was typed by a crack-addled monkey humping a coconut I'm probably not going to pay it much mind.

That being said, if you make honest mistakes in your writing that's an entirely different story. We all have varying levels of education and not all of us speak English as a native language.

IAmTheWalrus wrote:So, if your post looks like it was typed by a crack-addled monkey humping a coconut I'm probably not going to pay it much mind.

Sorry, all I could find was this crack-addled lobster:

Coconut crab FTW!

Ktulhut wrote:PERFECT spelling is nearly impossible in online forums, as you type quickly without thinking very hard, so it's stream-of-thought most of the time.

This isn't a chatroom. You have plenty of time to go over everything you have written, and you can spend as much time as you please correcting your spelling and grammar mistakes. Spelling has never really been a problem for me, but I do find myself having to reword sentences because I use some words too often. I proofread my posts even after I've posted them, and will edit them numerous times until I achieve my desired result for every single post I leave on the forums.

Shouldn't proofread be proof read not sure about that thoe
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The basic notion is that the effort you put into communicating your ideas is linked to the effort you put into considering and developing your ideas. If you can't be bothered, then it's probably not worth reading for content, and it's certainly not worth reading for style.

As mentioned, this isn't a chat-room, this is a message board.

To further clarify:

The Rules of Dakka Dakka wrote:

Please remember that posting and reading online is a visual format and as such the spelling, grammar and look of your posts is the only way others understand what you are saying. Therefore, in order to be polite, all users are expected to make an effort to use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation and should refrain from using internet shorthand or other distracting methods of writing, such as writing a post completely bolded, with capital letters, in a strange color, etc.

whatwhat wrote:
Pretentiousness being a common trait in asses.

This can also be considered a pretentious attitude.

Frankly, I enjoy the English language and I get angry when I see shop signs that forget apostrophes (think 'Samirs Kebabs').

As for online, how am I supposed to know anyone is dyslexic? I'm afraid it applies to foreigners too: You could be a brain surgeon or a professor, but if you type in bad English then I am afraid my natural reaction is to just assume you are stupid... It's probably the wrong attitude to take but it's my natural one nonetheless.

I read for the ideas in the content and, so long as it is understandable, really don't care about 'correctness'. We aren't writing professional articles for a magazine, or presenting a resume. We are discussing things for fun to waste time.

That being said... whutevva

Henners91 wrote:As for online, how am I supposed to know anyone is dyslexic? I'm afraid it applies to foreigners too: You could be a brain surgeon or a professor, but if you type in bad English then I am afraid my natural reaction is to just assume you are stupid... It's probably the wrong attitude to take but it's my natural one nonetheless.

It's fairly easy to tell when someone is speaking English as a second language, and when someone makes no active effort at trying to spell correctly whatsoever.

I refuse to believe that misspelling 'writing' in the topic was accidental. That would just be too funny

Long as it's english, uses letters, and is legible, I have no issue with it to be honest

dogma wrote:

whatwhat wrote:
Pretentiousness being a common trait in asses.

This can also be considered a pretentious attitude.

I think at least in any society I want to be a part of looking down on those you can label an ass should be generally accepted.

My ass is so pretentious that it waxes its moustachios.