Wot R U so werked up about ?

>>> Do people not realize how uneducated ...

prolly not. or they dont care - or they are non english spanking.

Hope you enjoyed my little blog/reply

People are idiots, especially if they use the English language. (Such as myself

I've ranted about the effects of such a lazy society of "l33t" chatters and those too darn stupid or ignorant to do it right.

It shows a total lack of respect in themselves and shows the type of person they are. Corner cutting cookie-cutouts of a lazy society trying to identify itself by being 'cool'..where what cool is, is being a moron.

And to make sure these poor uneducated people understand I am talking to them:
If you dislike what I have to say about your poor typing habits, phuck u.

And you can quote me.

Vive Le Lunaticus!

Just a personal preference...

To those who choose to madly criticize and throw rocks: cheer on for the educated derelicts. While many people with little education at all, but will good attitudes, and positive outlooks, excel and contribute something useful to this world.

Dharmagrl - since you are a teacher, I understand you may actually may be taking some action since you potentially have a very strong influence in the lives of your students. And I'm not arguing that spelling is not important, take a look at the vocaubulary of the average person today, I believe it is less than a fourth of what it was two generations back! The art of conversation no doubt as lacking as less. I just put higher value to how much a man believes in himself than how great his spelling is.

It shows a total lack of respect in themselves and shows the type of person they are. Corner cutting cookie-cutouts of a lazy society trying to identify itself by being 'cool'..where what cool is, is being a moron. And to make sure these poor uneducated people understand I am talking to them:If you dislike what I have to say about your poor typing habits, phuck u.

In fact Lunaticus there are many methods of reading a person. For instance, does he lean to the negative side of a matter or the psoitive? Does he cut another man down when he errs or does he empathetically lift him up? When emotions are high, does he let his tongue loose and speak without first standing in another persons shoes, or does he hold back and first calmly consider a situation?

I'm in agreement with one man

Trinitie

I don't mind if somebody spells poorly, unless they claim to be intelligent.

It's one thing to misspell in a chat, but when you're trying to present a decent argument, misspelling words will only undermine it. Who's going to take somebody seriously when they argue against a topic they can't even spell correctly? Also, although there are individuals here with whom English is a second language, I highly doubt that the majority of the bad spellers fall into that category. I also doubt that they're dyslexic.
It's also funny how some people act as if spelling correctly is some impossible chore. Maybe I'm some type of Super Mortal with an IQ level above three million, but spelling correctly does not take that much effort for me. I do have trouble with some words, such as "their", but I actually have to try to misspell many of the other words commonly used in discussions.
I also do try to ensure that my posts have no errors because it also shows that I care enough to think about what I type. Besides, who in here doesn't ridicule Bush and Quayle for mispronouncing and misspelling simple words?

I teach elementary school children and I spend a lot of time trying to impress on them the importance of good spelling.

I think that it is especially important for people to use good spelling when they're presenting an argument. I usually quit reading any blog once the spelling errors begin to mount. If the blog in question is presenting an argument about a position that I may not necessarily support, I am even quicker to "dump" the article on account of spelling and grammar mistakes.

If I may add one point: run-on sentences, and lack of paragraphs are also serious problems in the blog-verse.

It used to really irritate me... then I realized that they have a God-given right to make a fool out of themselves. So I just chuckle in a "this world's going to h__" kind of way, and move on.

Et leased ai all wais spel rite.

~Dan

I have been wondering the same lately. It seems that half of my peers here at the University of Michigan can't spell worth a damn. Not only that, but they insist on using "words" like 'u' and 'r' for "you" and "are" (respectively). The latter, especially, gets on my nerves. Nothing worse than hearing "How r u 2day?" when someone IMs you (instant-messaging is also another semi-necessary evil); I mean, really, what is that saving? A massive 4 or 5 keystrokes?

Please, take the extra couple milliseconds it takes to spell. Please.

i dun no how spellin lyk dis kan be konsiderd evolution.

Also, I guess if it's such a crime to demand that people spell correctly (which is taught in the first grades of schools, which is what makes it even more pathetic not to be able to do), shouldn't we also stop criticizing people for their grammar?  Maybe me want to are typing like this for me are evolutionizing the industry.

Yup, it's arrogance to expect people to know basic grade school stuff.

Let me understand this... When I use bad grammar and spelling, it's wrong, but when others do it, it's correct and anybody who disagrees is closed-minded?

Also, why is my spelling "jumbled"? Why shouldn't night be spelled nyt instead of nite? Why shouldn't like be spelled lyk? Don't being spelled dun would be much easier to say, as it would roll off the tongue with phrases such as "I dunno" rather than "I don'T know". I guess misspelling words is only right if done your way, eh? Any other way is "illogical" and "outrageous". After all, nite's perfectly all right for night, but nyt? !

Ebonics, and AOLspeak. Looks like speech and writing to me.

"In fact Lunaticus there are many methods of reading a person. For instance, does he lean to the negative side of a matter or the psoitive? Does he cut another man down when he errs or does he empathetically lift him up? When emotions are high, does he let his tongue loose and speak without first standing in another persons shoes, or does he hold back and first calmly consider a situation?"

This post isn't about reading people's profiles from their level of cynicism or what they say, but how they say it. You clearly understood my point and knew what message I was conveying, regardless if you disagreed with the fashion statement I was making. I bothered to type everything out, I didn't fall back on my ebonics training. Rather I made sure to put forth the effort. Even if I totally dislike what you say or have zero regard for you as a human being, I had enough respect for myself. I put my best foot foward to be clear and concise. I EVEN "translated" my message into "moronese" so as to communicate better with the masses.

In other words, u go 2 hell..Translation? "My mother sucks goat eggs".