Terrible Spelling

[monster_monster]

I start threads here in the hope i might start some form of intelligent debate and it can be quite frusturating to see the same
people consistently jump in and fill up the threads with utter shite, some of these people have thousands of posts and out of
all those wouldnt have started a dozen decent threads. When this is pointed out to them ure told tis all a joke and lighten up
well i fail to see the funny side to be honest

unfortunately ber, as there are certain people on this site that think it's funnier to wind up others and try to troll you then post anything of interest, then you will be subject to this nonsense constantly. It's like the DON'T BUMP thread by NGAN, certain posters thought it would be "hilarious" to keep this on the front page, FFS even mods we posting in there as they wanted to piss him off, they should be fucking ashamed of themselves and stripped of their crowns.

Then when something of interest starts a lot of these people will try to go off topic asap, including mods or if real back and forth debate ever gets going you have one of them post something moronic like "can we all play nicely", FUCK OFF!!!!!

[jessie]

Don't need to jump Kelso, Ber's troll comment was not aimed to you.
There is some gent here taking the piss all the time with his obnoxious comments.

Jessie

ber i dont know you and i dont care what you think about me
but
dont ever call me a troll
i dont know why you are so sensitive this evening but i fail to see how this
post is being met with an accusation of being a troll ffs
a retraction is in order!
but there again, i couldnt care less

[MatureJane]

I have to agree. I don't even answer emails or text messages if the spelling is bad. It simply is a turn off.

[anon361]

I agree that the age of technology has definitely highlighted our bad spelling with predictive text and error correction built into most phones and word programs but I think we always had a problem in this society with spelling, technology has only exacerbated what was already there.

Most young people that use abbreviations a lot can spell if they choose to but what a lot can't do and it was mentioned earlier is use proper grammar and punctuations, you only have to look at "they're" or "you're" and how many times people miss use them and put "there" or "your" instead...

I'm not saying my grammar is perfect, without the advances in technology I too possibly would be terrible but as a whole I agree grammar and spelling is worsening but like I said already had a dodgy foundation to begin with..

[City Gent]

Don't need to jump Kelso, Ber's troll comment was not aimed to you.
There is some gent here taking the piss all the time with his obnoxious comments.

Jessie

Morning Jessie just to let you know if you read the thread properly the comment wasn't aimed at me either lol


CG

[rover]

Is the terrible standard of spelling an indictment of our education system ?or is
it the direct result of technology, txting, abbreviations being used in chatrooms
on social networking sites and twitter etc. Poor handwriting seemed to be the
bain of educated people in the past now it seems to have graduated to their
spelling

Don't u worry about it Ber, is it that important, the content is more 2 what we r interested in, just accept that some ppl can't spell and what the fuck.

[Doozer]

Just in here to defend myself, not only can I not spell, or type but I am also dyslexic. But I am getting by doing the best I can

[rover]

Just in here to defend myself, not only can I not spell, or type but I am also dyslexic. But I am getting by doing the best I can

Don't mind em Doozer, you are one of the best posters in the place, 2nd to me of course.

[Doozer]

Don't mind em Doozer, you are one of the best posters in the place, 2nd to me of course.

Cheers Rover

[Banjo]

It is a statistical fact that literacy rates are on the decline, a worrying trend. And all reasons above in this thread are valid.

I would not be too sure though if it's the standard of education that's at fault. I think it has a lot to do with the youth of today not giving a crap and maybe even purposfully not doing it correctly because it's "cool" to be a rebel. Texting does have a lot to do with it to be sure.

About those whose first language is not English. You frequently find that they have a far better grasp of the technical side of English than native speakers because they've had to study it as opposed to a native speaker who learnt it by sound from those around them. Grammer, punctuation etc. can be much better because it's more of a science to them that they've had to study.