Right, is it just me....

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**Kanluwen**

Commas are fun. They're like a really long and awkward hug for your words.

**Slarg232**

Guys, stop making me laugh, my sister in law finally put her son to sleep and I'm laughing to loud

On topic; I don't care about the occasional Misspelling, and I also don't really care if English is your second language; mistakes are bound to happen if that's the case.

Its when stuff is wckd kool! that I have a problem with. Exchanging C's for K's only really works when your talking about Mortal Kombat.

Also, anyone else notice that English as a Second Language people usually have good spelling, even if they haven't grasped the grammer quite right yet?

**Grakmar**

I agree wholeheartedly with this thread. Seeing a post made up entirely of misspelled words and a complete lack of punctuation is very annoying. It's usually enough to make me just skip the post entirely.

But, the occasional misspelling or grammatical mistake isn't that big of a deal. I'd wager that if someone went through this entire thread, they'd only find one or two posts that are entirely proper.

And, yes, I can't wait for a week and a half from now, when schools start back up and the internet regains some of its sanity.

Slarg232 wrote:Also, anyone else notice that English as a Second Language people usually have good spelling, even if they haven't grasped the grammer quite right yet?

I totally agree. You can usually spot someone who is ESL because their spelling is near perfect, but some of the words aren't quite right, or a comma is out of place.

**kronk**

Slarg232 wrote:Guys, stop making me laugh, my sister in law finally put her son to sleep and I'm laughing to loud

On topic; I don't care about the occasional Misspelling, and I also don't really care if English is your second language; mistakes are bound to happen if that's the case.

Its when stuff is wckd kool! that I have a problem with. Exchanging C's for K's only really works when your talking about Mortal Kombat.

Not to sound like a Lovecraftian-Numerology Cultist, but Slarg232 speaks the truth.

A mistake here or there is nothing to worry about.

If I see more than a few spelling or grammar errors, I check the flag by their name. "Ok Mr. German. Your English is 1000% better than my English. No big deal."

My big annoyances are entire posts with not capital letters, huge paragraphs with no breaks, or "i th1nk you are c00l!!1!" posts.

I agree with the OP that it's time to break out the big stick and smack a few heads.

(Of course, school is now back in. We're probably going to have less of this for a few months).

**KingCracker**

Grabzak Dirtyfighter wrote:It can be a motosport like in your link, or it can just be a few people enjoying driving on wooded trails/ through the woods, both are pretty much called the same thing.

Erm no, thats trailing or trail riding. Mud bogging is sticking your 4x4 into a big ass mud pit, and bragging when you get out of it, or your friends making fun of you for getting stuck. Pretty big difference.

Blackskullandy wrote:I believe mud bogging to be a form of off-road motorised recreation activity... I was going to say motorsport, but i'm not sure that'd be accurate.

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link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_bogging

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Ok, so it IS a motorsport. I stand corrected

This is correct. And a hell of a good time let me tell ya. Also, you will never sleep as good after a day of that stuff.

**sarpedons-right-hand**

I agree with Chibi, there is no other country in the world where the signs look like they were scattered with consonants fired from a shotgun.....

**Grimtuff**

Courtesy of Cracked.com

Kids, never forget that anything you type on the internet can wind up etched in granite for the rest of eternity, for all to see. One impulsive post on Facebook can get screengrabbed and saved and passed around until long after you're in your grave. Keep this in mind when you are posting anything online, anywhere.

If later in life an employer decides to Google your name to find some free background on you, he or she has access to every little slowed thing you ever posted on Facebook or Twitter. It's not like having a conversation in Meatworld, where everybody will forget what you said by next month, or remember that you were drunk when you said it. Once it's in text, on the internet, every last word is there to read by anyone on the planet with a computer. There are even websites that archive web pages that have long since been deleted from their hosting servers years ago.

I've already broken my own rule here by cursing so much, and using the word "slowed" above. Uh, don't do that.

But curse words aside, learn your own goddamn language. Once upon a time you could get away with not knowing the difference between "their" and "they're" because in spoken conversation they sound the same. Online, everybody can see that you weren't paying attention in fourth grade when you mix up "your" and "you're."

Remember that text is going to be how you make your first impression over the internet; if every third word you type is misspelled, people will automatically assume that you're a moron. Even if the public school system fails you, there are browsers that come with spellcheck built-in. Me, I used Microsoft Word to type this article, simply because it checks my spelling as I type.

Also, keep texting shortcuts confined to your cell phone. Everybody understands when you use "2" instead of "too" because you were typing with your thumbs on a number pad. But you cannot let that habit sneak into your work or school emails or even message boards. And there's no reason for it, you have all the time in the world to construct and proofread your message. If you are so pressed for time that you can't spend the extra quarter of a second to type out the full word, you need to get up right away and finish your responsibilities. Don't even worry about closing the window - that would take almost a full second.

It matters. Once you type it, it's there forever.

Oh, and if you use "lol" in every sentence you type (and I've seen people who use it multiple times, ie, "lol I like dolphins because they're cute lol") I'm picturing you as this cackling moron. If you're really laughing out loud that much you need to be on some kind of medication.

Also, my sig.

**Cheesecat**

As long as it's readable then I'm cool with it.

**Skinnereal**

I've quickly had to get used to the mis-use of the word "then".
It isn't something I had noticed until coming to Dakka, but I'd only really spent time on Slashdot.org.

Generally:
"Then" is used for time-based comments.
"Than" is for comparisons.

The full stop is not used enough, either. A rambling sentence can usually make more sense when broken down a bit.

Spelling can be overlooked, but using the wrong word is worse. There's the usual trouble with "there/their/they're" issue, and "your/you're".

Not that it matters that much.

**SagesStone**

I'm not sure why so much trouble seems to come up with the usage of "there/their/they're", "your/you're", etc. I don't really understand it...

**Swordwind**

n0t_u wrote:I'm not sure why so much trouble seems to come up with the usage of "there/their/they're", "your/you're", etc. I don't really understand it...

cuz their nt usin it rit

**htj**

n0t_u wrote:I'm not sure why so much trouble seems to come up with the usage of "there/their/they're", "your/you're", etc. I don't really understand it...

Two bee fare, their ah sew men e homophones inn English that Mick sing them up off ten Leeds too confusion.

**SlaveToDorkness**

There are a few posters on here I have Ignored due to their lack of spelling/grammar. I just can't bother reading a post that someone can't bother to type.

The only time I pick at people for minor typos is when they are within a post ranting about other people's spelling mistakes. Irony is fun!

On other forums that allow adult language I usually embed a video of Samuel L Jackson from Pulp Fiction. The scene where he's questioning the guy and says "English Muthaf*&^a, do you SPEAK IT?"