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I make an effort to spell words in full, correctly and with appropriate punctuation. I am sometimes a bit triggered when people don't make an effort but a good pair of breasts put lazy messages into perspective. |
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By *eejay2015Woman 13 weeks ago
somewhere in Buckinghamshire |
What triggers me is when I've introduced myself by name yet when whomever writes back they don't spell it properly.
That happened at work too, I'd had the same manager for years but she always mispelt my name in letters and emails. Bloody ignorance!!! |
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By *t2010Man 13 weeks ago
Stockport |
Not really, but some things I see tells me enough.
Getting been and being is an odd one. Same as our and are.
The 3 theres and the your I just think some just don't know. It's not a problem though |
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By *am450Man 13 weeks ago
Sidcup/Bexley |
I find the keypad on my Samsung phone makes creating loads typos inevitable. Any message/email or text I type needs to be checked and my spelling has never been great which doesn't help. Might finally cross to the dark side for my next phone and get an iPhone. |
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Dosser spelling put me off,
Tuk r chezni rnd me m8ts🤑🤑🤑I'm not a snob or posh in the slightest,and make spelling mistakes but that 👆 is wrong especially when she's 40 odd,sorry but that is a fucking dosser |
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By *ocktowerMan 13 weeks ago
North Wales and Bulgaria. |
"There's definitely a difference between being dyslexic (me) and pure laziness
If I offend you with my grammar errors, I don't think you would be the type of person I would ever want to meet 🤷🏻♀️"
Yes I totally agree with people being lazy with there gramer I'm also dyslexic and we don't do it on purpose . |
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By *ocktowerMan 13 weeks ago
North Wales and Bulgaria. |
"Its not spelling as such that gets me, more this modern use of using a bunch of random letters - while assuming everyone knows what it means instead of proper words."
Idk
Sorry just my little joke I hate bit as well and I only found out yesterday when idk was meant to be. |
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"Its not spelling as such that gets me, more this modern use of using a bunch of random letters - while assuming everyone knows what it means instead of proper words.
Idk
Sorry just my little joke I hate bit as well and I only found out yesterday when idk was meant to be."
Keep asking my daughter what that means, she don't know either! |
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I have noticed that I hit the P instead of the O in many messages. I type fast, have fat thumbs and rarely proof read before posting. Not so much in the general forums but with people i chat often with, I imagine it must be like an anagram puzzle sometimes trying to work out what the hell i'm on about.
Is that lazy ? Maybe. As Miss Licla said above, if it bothers you that mich I doubt we are that suited to one another.
I also seem to struggle with i and e placement. The whole I before E except after C is untrue and is no longer taught in schools. |
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I don't mind some mistakes as I make them myself. I was never good at English in school and it never interested me but I do try.
Just because I make mistakes shouldn't go against me as it has no real bearing on who I am.
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"What triggers me is when I've introduced myself by name yet when whomever writes back they don't spell it properly.
That happened at work too, I'd had the same manager for years but she always mispelt my name in letters and emails. Bloody ignorance!!!"
whomever is wrong in this example. I only point it out because of the nature of the thread. I/He/She/Who/Whoever DOES something. Something is DONE to or with Me/Him/Her/Whom/Whomever. Importantly, it matters not if one is accompanied so "Tarquin invited me to the club" is correct (but unlikely - I know no Tarquin) as is "Tarquin invited her and me". Many would erroneous use "She and I" because of a prevailing ignorance in those who should know better beating the error into us as children. |
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"Lazy spelling, yes. Poor spelling attributed to dyslexia or English not being their first language, no."
I'll have this answer please.
Obvious lazy spelling and things like text speak do put me off. |
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It doesn't necessarily put me off. But without correct spelling and grammar I do often find it difficult to understand, and that would put me off from the perspective of just not having the patience to pursue the messaging.
Also, when people just drop a stream of consciousness in a message without you 'knowing' the way their mind works. That's a huge turn off for me. I mean if I have to ask for a translation or explanation every time that's waaaay too much effort for likely too little reward. |
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It doesn't put me off at all as I'm aware that others maybe dyslexic, fat finger texting, in a rush etc.
I myself, am a fastidious speller & will automatically correct the spelling in my head but would never openly correct others as nobody is perfect. |
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Spelling doesn’t. But how they express themselves can be a turn on or turn off.
My hands are quite big and I struggle with being accurate with the phone. My phone also has an opinion on the type of conversations I might have on fab, and tries to apply a lot of sanitisation lol |
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By *on_20Couple 13 weeks ago
Manchester and Cardiff |
I don’t mind others doing it but when I spot my own after the event (particularly in sent emails or letters) I let out a loud blood curdling scream. I hate it!
I once mixed up “principle” and “principal” and I still cringe from embarrassment when I remember it |
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Text speak yes, bad spelling I suppose it depends on how bad - the occasional difficult to spell word no, but a whole paragraph full of spelling errors possibly.
I appreciate I'm throwing stones whilst living in a glass house here, my grammar and spelling could do with improvement occasionally  |
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There's a spectrum of bad spelling. Pobody's nerfect, casual communication demands less precision, and I'd never want to criticise when it's a case of dyslexia.
But sometimes it's laziness, sometimes people write things that are genuinely unintelligible. It takes work to decipher really mangled text.
It bothers me when it makes my life harder, I allow some grace for it, but after a certain point, it is going to grate. |
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Depends on the what, where and why of it.
Texts no, but profile and static things yes.
Texts you fire off quickly and can't always correct (looking at you fab).
But the other you can take time over and fix stuff at any point.
So one is just a 'whoops' and the other is a 'don't care' which tells a tale. |
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I've been diagnosed with ADHD, and I'm forever missing out words, or the odd letter, here-and-there as I'm typing without noticing. Same for just hitting the wrong letter on the keypad without noticing 'cause I type too bloody fast, so it'd be hypocritical of me to get annoyed when it's things like that, dyslexia, etc.
I feel feels like that you can usually sense when reading whatever it is, but for some reason, I do get a wee bit annoyed when folk just aren't even trying to understand and are just using the wrong words, grammar and punctuation all the time.
That gets me  |
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By *oomlMan 2 days ago
Fareham |
Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marks four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye Have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew. |
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It used to.
But after working with so many people whose first language isn't English I've stopped instantly assuming bad spelling/grammar is the work of a moron.
People that rely on text-talk too much tend to give me a bad impression of themselves though.
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At a point, yes. Not if you're misspelling the odd word or whatever, or if you use slang (so long as I can pick it up). And I don't care about silly rules like double-negatives or whatever else - people express themselves in different ways and the language is big enough for all of us.
If you're consistently misspelling/mistyping/whatever then it comes off as if you don't care - at least read back what you wrote to ensure it makes sense, for example. |
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Spelling. No. I actually have a terrible habit on here of not reading my messages for mistakes before sending, so spelling mistakes happen.
I can't stand long, running sentences with no structure or punctuation. I shouldn't need to give myself a headache to read someones message. |
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. |
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It maybe a generalisation but the majority of users will be doing the fab thing on a phone, with a dictionary or a laptop with a thesaurus which will point out any obvious errors, to me it’s bone idleness of the highest order, no excuses not to use your brain, intelligence is sexy and we have the technology to make us all look it |
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."
All very well and true, but I'm still judging a poorly spelt profile or message and likely binning it off unless there's a really powerful USP to keep me interested. |
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By *4bimMan 2 days ago
Farnborough Hampshire |
no because if i have an interest in someone my first question isnt to ask 'can I hAve A samPle oF yOuR haNd wriTIng pleaSe' and then check it like some professor.
look. people who go around spell checking and pulling people up on grammar were bullied at school and do it because it makes them feel superior. truth is half of them are posting a reply in their mums house with trousers around the ankles.
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Typos - not too bothered, they can be funny!
When predictive text goes wrong - no!
The wrong their, there or they’re - hmmm!
Pacific and specific - 🤣🤣🤣
I do always feel silly when I post something that has bed spelling or grammar! |
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If it's not done on purpose then it doesn't really bother me as I know it can be a struggle for some people and don't want to judge and some words are fucking tough to spell! It could also be an auto-corrext issue where they're brain is faster than they're typing as it can look a bit weird.
If it's deliberately done text speak, then I'd see it as a bit of a lack of effort and it can put me off. |
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"I guess the title says it all "
Generally speaking, no, as long as it is readable. I have ADHD, so my fingers struggle to keep up the racing thoughts in my brain, resulting in regular typing errors. It’s annoying, but I can’t help it. |
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As a dyslexic teenager, I had to sit English O level 5 times to get a pass in the days when every spelling mistake lost a mark. As a result I had to learn the hard way how to write properly.
So now two or three spelling mistakes in one 10 word sentence is irritating. But recently it has got worse. WTF is "YOUS"??? "You" is both singular and plural. It does not need an extra "s". 😡
Statistically 10% of people in Britain are dyslexic and 80% of those people are on Fab. 😂😂 |
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"As a dyslexic teenager, I had to sit English O level 5 times to get a pass in the days when every spelling mistake lost a mark. As a result I had to learn the hard way how to write properly.
So now two or three spelling mistakes in one 10 word sentence is irritating. But recently it has got worse. WTF is "YOUS"??? "You" is both singular and plural. It does not need an extra "s". 😡
Statistically 10% of people in Britain are dyslexic and 80% of those people are on Fab. 😂😂"
“Yous” is just the way many people, especially working class, speak in West Central Scotland. |
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"As a dyslexic teenager, I had to sit English O level 5 times to get a pass in the days when every spelling mistake lost a mark. As a result I had to learn the hard way how to write properly.
So now two or three spelling mistakes in one 10 word sentence is irritating. But recently it has got worse. WTF is "YOUS"??? "You" is both singular and plural. It does not need an extra "s". 😡
Statistically 10% of people in Britain are dyslexic and 80% of those people are on Fab. 😂😂
“Yous” is just the way many people, especially working class, speak in West Central Scotland. "
They say yous to distinguish the plural "you" from the singular, a gap in standard English. It is likely borrowed from Irish English, and adds an "-s" to clarify a group is being addressed.
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I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England. |
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"I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England. "
Nothing to do with class at all. There are people on here mispelling 2 letter words.
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"I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England.
Nothing to do with class at all. There are people on here mispelling 2 letter words.
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I disagree. Are you denying classism and snobbery exist in the UK, and that it shows in different ways? A shitload of research and personal experiences prove otherwise.
Typing errors occur. Having ADHD, it a common occurrence for me. |
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"I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England.
Nothing to do with class at all. There are people on here mispelling 2 letter words.
I disagree. Are you denying classism and snobbery exist in the UK, and that it shows in different ways? A shitload of research and personal experiences prove otherwise.
Typing errors occur. Having ADHD, it a common occurrence for me."
You're the ultimate working class warrior. Bet you're a fan of nonce fc. You can just tell that you have a dislike for the English and it comes from you being a plastic paddy. |
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"I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England.
Nothing to do with class at all. There are people on here mispelling 2 letter words.
I disagree. Are you denying classism and snobbery exist in the UK, and that it shows in different ways? A shitload of research and personal experiences prove otherwise.
Typing errors occur. Having ADHD, it a common occurrence for me.
You're the ultimate working class warrior. Bet you're a fan of nonce fc. You can just tell that you have a dislike for the English and it comes from you being a plastic paddy."
Excuse me? How dare you try to speak to me in that manner! It’s bang out of order. If you must know, my ancestry is Scottish, Ulster Scots and English. My family was in the Orange Lodge for years, and my ex-boyfriend, who I’m still close to, is English. Get your facts straight in future! |
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"I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England.
Nothing to do with class at all. There are people on here mispelling 2 letter words.
I disagree. Are you denying classism and snobbery exist in the UK, and that it shows in different ways? A shitload of research and personal experiences prove otherwise.
Typing errors occur. Having ADHD, it a common occurrence for me.
You're the ultimate working class warrior. Bet you're a fan of nonce fc. You can just tell that you have a dislike for the English and it comes from you being a plastic paddy.
Excuse me? How dare you try to speak to me in that manner! It’s bang out of order. If you must know, my ancestry is Scottish, Ulster Scots and English. My family was in the Orange Lodge for years, and my ex-boyfriend, who I’m still close to, is English. Get your facts straight in future! "
Haha. Dead on. I won't reply to you anymore. It's hanging out of you.
Have a good day. |
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"I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England.
Nothing to do with class at all. There are people on here mispelling 2 letter words.
I disagree. Are you denying classism and snobbery exist in the UK, and that it shows in different ways? A shitload of research and personal experiences prove otherwise.
Typing errors occur. Having ADHD, it a common occurrence for me.
You're the ultimate working class warrior. Bet you're a fan of nonce fc. You can just tell that you have a dislike for the English and it comes from you being a plastic paddy.
Excuse me? How dare you try to speak to me in that manner! It’s bang out of order. If you must know, my ancestry is Scottish, Ulster Scots and English. My family was in the Orange Lodge for years, and my ex-boyfriend, who I’m still close to, is English. Get your facts straight in future! "
Some “plastic paddy” I am, eh? 🙄
Keep your own obvious sectarianism to yourself. |
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"I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England.
Nothing to do with class at all. There are people on here mispelling 2 letter words.
I disagree. Are you denying classism and snobbery exist in the UK, and that it shows in different ways? A shitload of research and personal experiences prove otherwise.
Typing errors occur. Having ADHD, it a common occurrence for me.
You're the ultimate working class warrior. Bet you're a fan of nonce fc. You can just tell that you have a dislike for the English and it comes from you being a plastic paddy.
Excuse me? How dare you try to speak to me in that manner! It’s bang out of order. If you must know, my ancestry is Scottish, Ulster Scots and English. My family was in the Orange Lodge for years, and my ex-boyfriend, who I’m still close to, is English. Get your facts straight in future!
Haha. Dead on. I won't reply to you anymore. It's hanging out of you.
Have a good day."
You won’t reply because I’ve called you out on your nonsense. |
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"I’ve noticed that a majority of those who appear to have massive Issues with grammar and spelling errors are middle class, and are often snobbish and condescending. Not everyone, but such people do seem to be disproportionately represented. Perhaps it’s another way to look down on the “uneducated plebs”. Snobbery and classism in Britain is unfortunately still a huge problem, especially in Southern England.
Nothing to do with class at all. There are people on here mispelling 2 letter words.
I disagree. Are you denying classism and snobbery exist in the UK, and that it shows in different ways? A shitload of research and personal experiences prove otherwise.
Typing errors occur. Having ADHD, it a common occurrence for me.
You're the ultimate working class warrior. Bet you're a fan of nonce fc. You can just tell that you have a dislike for the English and it comes from you being a plastic paddy.
Excuse me? How dare you try to speak to me in that manner! It’s bang out of order. If you must know, my ancestry is Scottish, Ulster Scots and English. My family was in the Orange Lodge for years, and my ex-boyfriend, who I’m still close to, is English. Get your facts straight in future!
Haha. Dead on. I won't reply to you anymore. It's hanging out of you.
Have a good day.
You won’t reply because I’ve called you out on your nonsense."
I’m also not a Scottish Nationalist. You may want to sit down for that one. |
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