What do you think of....

[mh]

None of the above, I generally just ignore it.

English is not the first language of an awful lot of people in the world, and even of those for whom it is, there are many different regional varieties.

Languages evolve too; the English of today is very different to what it was 500 years ago, and appreciably different to what it was even just 100 years ago. Even txt spk is becoming a part of the living language and you can either accept that that's the way things happen or not.

Finally, not everybody is a good typist so some form of shorthand is quite acceptable in many cases.

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Edit: "English is not the first language of" ...

I'll let it stand.

[Mexicouger]

If Mh Spelled incorrectly, I think I wouldn't take him as serious as I do. That goes for everyone else. I mean, It is alright when you are instant messaging or chatting, but when you are posting on a forum, which can be globally seen, Then you should at least Try to spell. I personally think that people with good grammar, are a bit more mature. I will state that this is not true in some cases, But that is what I feel personally.

[Downsider]

I hate when people think they use proper grammar and ridicule others who don't, yet they also use improper grammar.

[Mexicouger]

I hate when people think they use proper grammar and ridicule others who don't, yet they also use improper grammar.

Same. I don't mind if they make an actual conversion, and a constant attempt to spell right. But if it is just an act, then it is very annoying.

[Downsider]

I hate when people think they use proper grammar and ridicule others who don't, yet they also use improper grammar.

Same. I don't mind if they make an actual conversion, and a constant attempt to spell right. But if it is just an act, then it is very annoying.

You're doing it.

[Mexicouger]

I hate when people think they use proper grammar and ridicule others who don't, yet they also use improper grammar.

Same. I don't mind if they make an actual conversion, and a constant attempt to spell right. But if it is just an act, then it is very annoying.

You're doing it.

How so? I have been spelling right for over 6 months. If it was an act, I would do it off an on, And I don't.

[leileilol]

off an on, And I don't.

Grammer isn't not the sames as speling, you, dolt

[Feared]

Six months of typing in English is not a very long period of time.
None of this matters, anyhow. This whole thread was directed to judge other's whom do not spell correctly.

There are certain circumstances where it's okay that the person cannot spell correctly. (e.g. A native Russian speaking in an English forum)
There are other times when people type in lingo or txt-speak, these people may be de-advancing the Human race but you're boiling everything down to not being able to speak English correctly when the problem is the people whom are using a butchered English language. (don't attack me England)

What I'm saying is, the question should be called "Who loathes purposely butchered alternative English languages aka txt-speak?"

[mh]

To be honest I think that anybody who gets worked-up over this kind of crap must have a distinct lack of real problems in their life.

[blubswillrule]

also, another thing I noticed, is that it's a lot more enjoyable to read things using correct grammar, but that's getting a little bit off subject


anyways, usually it is very easy to differentiate when English isn't someones native language, from when they just use incorrect grammar

for example, misspelling a word, like flat out misspelling, lets say you typed the keys wrong like this "I liek chicken", then you can tell the person knows how to spell it, even sees the little squiggly red line under it, but doesn't care to correct it.

however, if usually lazy people, however lazy they may be, always at least try to write out the words, so if a word is missing, it might mean that English is not native to them.

example- well, I can't really think of an example right now XD

[Feared]

To be honest I think that anybody who gets worked-up over this kind of crap must have a distinct lack of real problems in their life.

Thank you.
I have enough worries about Aliens abducting or reading my mind. I have to make enough tinfoil hats for my whole family and make sure to cover my home with ray blocking dishes. Seriously.

[mankrip]

To be honest I think that anybody who gets worked-up over this kind of crap must have a distinct lack of real problems in their life.

Agreed, which is why I limited my judgment to the context of working.

When it comes to personal life, I really don't care. By the way, I've noticed that anyone with poor writing skills who becomes friends with me tends to improve over time.

Also, helping women to fix their spelling and grammar mistakes can be a really nice experience which isn't possible when they write perfectly.

[revelator]

heh i actually have a degree in technical english. sadly its about 20 years old and i forgot a lot of grammar in the meantime.

i dont look down on people who cant tell me what a washer is as long as they know that you put it between the bolt the nut and whatever you want to keep together then that (flat dish like thingy) is answer enough.

thing is i wandered these forums a long time, and know quite a lot of
the people here. so i generally tend to slack a bit on writing everything as perfect as possible.

im sure it tells people a lot of who i am in how i write, but the whole story ? hell no.

i seen people with dyslecia whose iq was up in the league with einstein himself. even had a schoolfriend once who suffered servere braindamage which made him seem like a mentally retarded, but he was a freaking supercomputer on legs. what he lost in abilities he made up for by being able to solve any math formula in the head. funny thing today he works for a mortgage company and they cling to him like he was made of gold hehe.

[ceriux]

i personally ignore the bad grammar. as long as i can understand what the point they are trying to get across is, i generally dont care. everyone learns differently who ever the person is with the bad grammar may really suck at grammar, but who says they arnt a wizz at coding or modeling or any other subject i maybe interested in that im reading on that website or forum. i feel that people worry too much about other peoples grammar on the internet... you might as well just look at it as a speech impediment...

my take on it, as long as its not littered with l33t speak im generally ok with some spelling mistakes. the point got through and that is what matters

[jim]

I don't really care, unless someone speaks to me with the horrible grammar and words. Then it might get a bit annoying trying to figure out everything he/she says. Also I don't like the internet abbreviations. They're just stupid and make people stupid: I was in a game server that had words like fuck and so on not tolerated. I said fuck once and got warned there. Then I notice lots of people saying wtf in the server, which is what the fuck and since I know it is what the fuck, I read it as what the fuck. I think I started complaining about that and eventually got muted and forced into spectator mode.