Not very nice about his spelling are they?

[geoff]

 

I can suffer that,, seeing as there is a glimmer of truth to it!

 

Felix,did you forget my medication the other day?,I'm slipping back to where I was before they put me on it.

[felixthelogchopper]

I can suffer that,, seeing as there is a glimmer of truth to it!

 

Felix,did you forget my medication the other day?,I'm slipping back to where I was before they put me on it.

 

[Taupotreeman]

Just to step back in to the conversation here; I don't have too much of a problem with people who's spelling or grammar isn't great. Lord knows, mine isn't always smack on. I know a few people who left school early to go and earn a living so their reading and writing is good enough to get by but no greater. One particular individual has been consistantly world champion in his profession but yet never finished his schooling and isn't that well spoken (although when he says something he is big enough to ensure you listen). I also have a cousin who is dyslexic so understand that particular issue. What does press my cider is people who can spell and punctuate properly but insist on text speak in emails on forums etc. Just a bug bear of mine which is why I keep mentioning it but it just makes stuff so hard to read that I give up.

[PeteB]

I had a chap who worked for me who could barely write legibly and whose written grammer was poor, but, what a chess player and he could work out a percentage without looking up from the Daily Star! He was a brilliant worker who respected his co-workers and those who were paying us to work for them. Give me that type of person over a workshy, disrespectful educated person anyday!

 

Mick lost his legs in a diving accident some years ago and hasn't worked since which is a terrible shame.

[Daniël Bos]

I left school at 16.

I have no "A", "O", or other "levels".

I have recieved no formal education since then.

I live in a country that is not my own, and speak a foreign (to me) language, I've have lived here since 2004.

Maybe it's because I live with a foreign language that makes me look at it more closely but I am often baffled by just how bad people's spelling and grammar is.

The use of the word "of" instead of "have" (I would of....), the complete lack of punctuation and what often looks like a complete lack of effort....

 

I understand that there are medical conditions that mess with one's ability to read and write, but all the people I know with dyslexia (my cousin could still not read at 13!) either avoid words they are not sure of, put in massive effort to get it right, or get help.

 

I don't mean to offend anyone, and those ebay "questions" are bang out of order, but to me it seems like most spelling and grammar misstakes are due to lack of effort.

Re-read what you've just written, and again if you're not sure, use a spell checker!

 

As far as "text-speak" is concerned, it should be banned in forums etc, like swearing. When I recieve a text like that I tend to ignore it.

[Steve Bullman]

I've deleted text speak posts many a time before now

[PhilBeech]

Rover, it should be three dots after 'effort'...

 

 

:-p

[PhilBeech]

My wife is a copy writer for the BBC so I get constantly slammed!

[Le Sanglier]

I had a chap who worked for me who could barely write legibly and whose written grammer was poor, but, what a chess player and he could work out a percentage without looking up from the Daily Star! He was a brilliant worker who respected his co-workers and those who were paying us to work for them. Give me that type of person over a workshy, disrespectful educated person anyday!

 

Mick lost his legs in a diving accident some years ago and hasn't worked since which is a terrible shame.

 

You have to think with his work ethic, problem solving brain AND decent literacy skills he could have got a decent job, plus reading the Daily Star did not help.

Edited September 28, 2011 by Le Sanglier

[Daniël Bos]

I've deleted text speak posts many a time before now