Bad spelling

[Geoffrey S]

On the internet lousy writing seems to be endemic, often filling sites with the kind mistakes which should be inexcusable. This constantly annoys me. Which kind of mistakes do you hate the most? Not just on the net either, any bad spelling goes.

For me it has to be confusion between their, there and they're. Honestly, it's not that hard!

[Duke Malcolm]

All of them. I hate it. I was recently reading some of the regiments' websites on www.army.mod.uk; the spelling was atrocious, and the grammar even worse. I go through things in my mind correcting bad grammar and spelling. I once went through a friend's English essay, marking in punctuation and spelling mistakes...

[LeftEyeNine]

A language should be spoken and written the way it should be..

I just hate the chat stuff in general, however nothing annoys me more than that crappy invention : lol

You hit the bullseye with some sense of humor but the replier is as lazy as to spare you no more than these three letters: "L", "O", "L". Sounds annoying, dull, insincere and stupid to me..

(Whoa, I just discharged!)

[Dutch_guy]

I just hate the chat stuff in general, however nothing annoys me more than that crappy invention : lol

Yeah I know what you mean, I don't like it too.

I have never used the word and never will..

[Craterus]

Hmmmm, the most annoying thing is generally posts where people cannot be bothered with capital letters. I'm pedantic enough as it is but posts like this annoy me (I have made it up, it's not a quote):

i agree wit u, but i fink that the gaul are a harder campign than the julii even tho they have babrian units tht r teh gr8est!!!!one1111!!!!

[Tricky Lady]

I have seen this one often on forums: "I of"
I suppose it's meant to be "I have"? It took a while before I understood what those people tried to say, until I read the sentences aloud.

[Kekvit Irae]

I have said it before and I'll say it again, AOL was the death knell of the English language as we know it.

[Reverend Joe]

Bad grammar really bug me too.


(Is he joking? )

[Mikeus Caesar]

What do you expect? The internet is flooded with bad spelling because the idiots who mainly use it are kids who haven't paid attention in school, or are fat people too lazy to make a little effort to spell properly, and probably look like this:



Morons.

[Sjakihata]

the confusion about their and there. This is (most?) often seen at native english speakers - I wonder if it's because our (non native english speakers) grammar teachers pounded our heads with the difference?

[Kaiser of Arabia]

I cna Splel! LOLerskates! <--- You guy's worst nightmare, huh?

Ha! Well, I can. Really. Just a few typos here and there. So I win.

[caesar44]

What do you expect? The internet is flooded with bad spelling because the idiots who mainly use it are kids who haven't paid attention in school, or are fat people too lazy to make a little effort to spell properly, and probably look like this:



Morons.

Oh dear...

[Geoffrey S]

the confusion about their and there. This is (most?) often seen at native english speakers - I wonder if it's because our (non native english speakers) grammar teachers pounded our heads with the difference?

Exactly. A lot of native English speakers make that sort of mistake, whereas with a little thought it's easy enough to avoid. The occasional typo or clumsy sentence is understandable but consistent mistakes of a basic kind (particularly in native speakers) are inexcusable.

A lack of capitals is also annoying.

[Flavius Clemens]

the confusion about their and there. This is (most?) often seen at native english speakers - I wonder if it's because our (non native english speakers) grammar teachers pounded our heads with the difference?

Very probably. Most of the grammar I ever learned at school was in French and German lessons.
A few weeks ago I had to look over some CVs for some people from our Mumbai office coming over to the UK for a short term assignment. I commented to my boss that they had the odd error, but nothing unreasonable for someone with English as their second language, and she assured me they were far better than most of the ones she saw from recent UK graduates.

[Reverend Joe]

That man made me cry. Unfortunately, it's probably true. After all, they never move, and they just waste their minds jabbering nonsense.

By the way, waht the hell does IIRC mean? I see this all the time, and it never seems neccesary, because it just appears in a complete thought. It makes less sense than AOI.

[Craterus]

IIRC = If I Recall Correctly/If I Remember Correctly

What's AOI?

[Sjakihata]

A lack of capitals is also annoying.

i tend to always write in lowcaps, whether it's english, german (where nouns have to be in BIG) etc - simply a lazy style I have. probably a bad habit -however, in school assignments, of course, I use the formal grammar.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Sometimes bad spelling does get on my nerve as well, but you have to consider a few things when ranting.

1) Some people aren't ignorant about spelling, they just type really fast and sometimes make mistakes.

2) I learned an important lesson from Gregoshi about people on these forums. They come from all around the world and all they want to do is join into our wonderful discussions. They just don't speak english, but they try hard I'm sure.

3) Some people are young and spelling is just hard for them.

Now, I will not lie, when I'm rushing or just feeling lazy I may get a homophone error, but it's not that bad is it?

That's just my opinion.

[Craterus]

I'm fine with the odd typo, and to be honest, it shouldn't really annoy me as much as it does. Let's all try and be a little more tolerant

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Agreed!

[Reverend Joe]

What's AOI?

The letters AOI appear over a hundred times in the Song of Roland; nobody knows what they mean. What makes it even more frustrating is that they are randomly placed after scentences and paragraphs. That's how I feel when I look at some of this "l33t/pwn/iirc" crap.

[Mouzafphaerre]

On the internet lousy writing seems to be endemic, often filling sites with the kind mistakes which should be inexcusable. This constantly annoys me. Which kind of mistakes do you hate the most? Not just on the net either, any bad spelling goes.

For me it has to be confusion between their, there and they're. Honestly, it's not that hard!

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That and your/you're. Also its/it's and a grammar one, should instead of must in cases of estimation but that's tolerable. I also hate the nylon I wrapped over my keyboard that stratches the O key somewhat too much and causes lts f wrds withut s.
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[Reverend Joe]

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That and your/you're. Also its/it's and a grammar one, should instead of must in cases of estimation but that's tolerable. I also hate the nylon I wrapped over my keyboard that stratches the O key somewhat too much and causes lts f wrds withut s.
.

Why do you have nylon on your keyboard?

(Please don't say sperm guard, please don't say sperm guard...)

[Mouzafphaerre]

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To protect the poor thingie from spilling food, tea and well, you know...
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[Mongoose]

wutz rongd wit mi engi5|-|?1on!one!!!11!!!!!11!111!!11



Joking aside, incorrect spelling dosen't really bother me. what annoys me is when people speak leet or just don't even bother. Sentences like this should not be allowed IMO.

"hey i plyd gal n day r t3h sux0rz h3l9 9lz"

Gah!

[Kongamato]

The problem seems to be writing the word as it sounds and not how it is spelled. Perhaps there is not enough reading and writing in today's school curriculums. I find that these mistakes can be remedied by reading anything properly written.

[Kagemusha]

When i type fast. I make spelling errors all the time.I think it´s mostly because in my native language the words are pronounced the same way they are written.

[Sigurd]

Bad spelling can be annoying, especially for us who are not native English speakers.
If someone is writing a difficult word and spells it horribly,the meaning is lost to us who doesn’t know all the English words.
We try to find it in a dictionary but to no avail. We then have to decipher what it really should be spelled like to get the meaning.
If someone like Pindar should misspell words in some of his more tongue-twisting posts, the meaning would be totally lost.

[Viking]

I can`t stand posts without capitals. People know how to use capitals, yet they don`t use them.

wutz rongd wit mi engi5|-|?1on!one!!!11!!!!!11!111!!11



Joking aside, incorrect spelling dosen't really bother me. what annoys me is when people speak leet or just don't even bother. Sentences like this should not be allowed IMO.

"hey i plyd gal n day r t3h sux0rz h3l9 9lz"

Gah!

The only place where I have seen such spelling is on the Org. Mostly by you and Mikeus, the ones annoying themselves over such.

[Mikeus Caesar]

The only place where I have seen such spelling is on the Org. Mostly by you and Mikeus, the ones annoying themselves over such.

If you're on about our little bit of private entertainment in the watchtower, we're just joking about.