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Did you all really go to school?

I did year 12 and got a B in Exams.

If you know(this is another killer word)the spelling is the right way, then why do it the wrong way?Doesn't make sense.Apart from typing mistakes from failing to check back on what you type or write.
The whole internet thing just doesn't screen or qualify anyone.If you have given up learning well I feel sad for you.
Not been able to get a job?Perhaps your resume is thrown in the bin for bad spelling or grammer.They are ruthless to those ones!

Dr Bullshit you are missing the point.....you don't have to talk (or write) like a full on tosser, but as I was trying to point out in the first post of this thread...just use the correct word in context. Is that too hard, or to hard, or two hard?!

BTW... Sorry to TC2 for misreading your post :-)

I have worked with people who have sent work-related emails to clients with that sort of "ur" and "2moro" nonsense.

I don't know how people can spell differently depending on whether its on the internet or anywhere else. That seems like more effort and confusion in deciding which is which. I would have thought that everyone understands and uses the same spelling and grammar regardless of where it is. Abbreviating words like 4 (for) and ur (you are) are abbreviations and don't count as spelling errors when the intention is to abbreviate. However, a lot of errors arise out typing errors and don't necessarily mean that the person can't spell.

I want to know when it was decided that the internet doesn't require proper spelling and grammar. Who decided that? Why should the internet be different to any other form of communication? When will the "no grammar/spelling" rule come in to play in to other forms of communication, like writing job applications or reports for your employer? Why should someone who wants to write things correctly all of a sudden be in the wrong when they do things the proper way?

At the end of the day, it doesn't affect me. It's just annoying that it's considered acceptable and some people defend being incorrect by saying "but it's the internet!"

I'm never fazed much by poor spelling and grammar on this or any other forum. Why? I was a journalist for nearly 40 years who was not an expert but who cared about correct spelling, grammar and geography (and was continually amazed by people who didn't know the difference between north-west and north-east). About 25 years ago, I was asked to guest-lecture some first-year students at the former SACAE (now UniSA) School of Journalism. I marked their exercise papers, and gave the best one about 7 out of 10. The rest got well below 5, mostly for poor spelling and grammar. They could hardly string three words together. On receiving my assessments, the staff lecturers told me I had taken the exercise "too seriously." So nothing I see here bothers me...it's usually a bit better than I experienced on that occasion.

I don't think anyone has a huge issue with typos - it happens to everyone from time to time. Guessing how a word is spelled is just lazy, especially with all the available resources for you to learn from.

The worst though is when someone corrects someone else, or mentions that they find a post to be illegible or poorly written, and the offender with the inferiority complex jumps up and down with the usual responses of "who cares its teh intrenet" or "you think your so much smrter tahn every1 get a life moran". Why can't they just accept the advice that has been given with a thanks, and move on?

I always put spelling mistakes down to quick typing e.g when sending txt messages you type 4 instead of for or 2 for to(o) or ur for you are. Hey Spinner why don't you get Isaac to put a spelling check program onto the site if it bothers you that much?

Yeah I think I went to school. Can't remember really. I blame it on the drugs and that rock n roll. But it was a while ago. Since then alchohol and dementia have fixed that problem. Now I spell real good and grammer is as it sounds. Caught up with the modern times.


Um proof read b4 posting usually works. ;-)

WE'RE all a little upset at the failure of this last season because WHERE we should have won games we lost them and all because the team decided to WEAR red instead of blue as they WERE the previous season.

Isaac, please amend the thread title to 'Didnt none of youse guys goto skool?'

thanks issac spinner your a looser

later I sat in college .. on a phony scholarship that I never had.
I flunked out of science for refusing to watch a frog die
I failed out communication class for callin' up every day and sayin' I couldn't come.
I did OK in Spanish though I'd done that before
I moved in with two girls from South Dakota in a two-room apartment for two nights.
I fell hard for an actrees girl who kneed me in the guts an' I moved in above a bookstore that also sold bad hamburgers and basketball sweatshirts.
That's pretty well my college life......

(part of Bob Dylan - No Direction Home)

Spelling is one thing but when people type their entire post in one breath with no punctuation what a joke how are we meant to read it grow up.