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Does bad spelling put you off
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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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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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