Learning How to Spell

Ahaha stuff is spelt wrong XD

Oooo…the irony. D:

Unless it was intentional…then I feel like an idiot. :P

come on. we are people from everywhere in the world. our english knowledges are not all the same. and as soon as we understand each other there is no reasen to hate anything.

(i hope everything is spelled as it should)

swissbob, i agree with you. i’m just annoyed by people who have spoken english all their lives and refuse to spell correctly even though they know how.

@swissbob: Speaking (or typing) English as a second – or in some cases, third or fourth – language is one thing…misspellings are going to happen. As NimbleMarmoset said, its the amount of net-inspired lazyness that causes native English speakers to misspell or excessively shorten words for no reason that get on my nerves.

Languages evolve. We have the same discussion in the German speaking countries. What’s proper German? There is a (some say to big) influence on the way the kids speak nowadays German by their mates with immigrant parents. I think the youth invent always his own slang to contrast with the former generation. That’s normal. With the internet the possibilities to do so have improved.

I have not a problem with evolving languages. I think there is a difference between evolving languages and text speak, however.

bla bla bla philosophical bull-shit!

Text speak is the bane of my existence.

@swissbob: Being from germany, I see a decline in possibilities, possibilities that is, to articulate the world and oneselve. Slang only works in small, simple and homogeneous subcultures. Part of it’s function is not to communicate but to exclude outsiders and this is what we see in many places, on- and offline. A bit contrary to the general purpose of language it seems. But isn’t spelling a question of manners? Surely will a lady be able to open a door herself, but it’s courteous if a gentleman does it for her. Surely will you be able to recognise a misspelled word, but it’s an unpleasant experience – when you have to do the work, that the writer should have done. Non-native speakers as myself, will most certainly make blatant mistakes in spelling and grammar, but if one at least tries to make a text readable, then I’m sure this effort will be appreciated by native speakers. And that will help the good vibes.

I like that post, belacqua.