Time for a spelling lesson

[AskaRay]

I think the lower hanging fruit was instead of second and as an incomplete sentence, with a capitalized or, and finally with incorrect punctuation.

See, this person gets it.
Contractions are an accepted part of language, so those don't count.

[Noxifer]

Soooo does that mean that people have the right to ignore everything that you have to say because you are not taking the time to spell out "I am" instead of "I'm" or "do not" instead of "don't"? or "it is" instead of "it's"? What are we texting?

Mind you it is always nice when people try to spell out whole words in steady of using shortened versions but um.. yeah.. not many people actually do that because shorter words are shorter

It's not a matter of not using contractions or shorter versions of words. "I'm" is a perfectly correct version of "I am". On the other hand, "que" is not a correct version of "queue", no matter how you look at it. But sure, it's up to you whether you want to ignore what people are saying =)
Personally, I'm much more inclined to listen to (and take seriously), someone who uses correct forms of there/they're/their and types out "you" instead of just going with a "u". I can understand poor language skills if it's not a person's first language, and I can understand if there's another reason for it (such as dyslexia), so it's not that I don't sympathize with trying your best. It's when people don't seem to even bother that I have a difficult time overlooking bad spelling and/or grammar.

"Theirs a really long que over they're. Wat do u think there waiting 4?" I mean... what? >.<

(Of course, too long words and rambling sentences just make things tedious, too. If only Urianger could learn to use shorter words, I might actually listen to what he has to say instead of zoning out while he's talking...)

[Mael-bess]

If only Urianger could learn to use shorter words, I might actually listen to what he has to say instead of zoning out while he's talking...

Oh thank god i'm not the only one. When he start his glorious conversations with "thy shy bla bla yada yada", i mean what?i'm not even capable of paying attention to any of it xD

[missybee]

And you know what? I'm stilling going to say "que."

Why? Because people still know what you mean when you say it.

People know what you mean when you use the wrong "your" and "you're," or "to, too, and two," but that doesn't mean that it is correct.

I just can't understand why you would willfully forego the correct spelling.

[Krissey]

People know what you mean when you use the wrong "your" and "you're," or "to, too, and two," but that doesn't mean that it is correct.

I just can't understand why you would willfully forego the correct spelling.

Yeah but sometimes it takes reading the sentence two or three times to sort it all out.

[missybee]

Yeah but sometimes it takes reading the sentence two or three times to sort it all out.

As the sagely David Burge once posted, "Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though."

[myahele]

Did someone say que?


I agree, we must needs learn how to spell correctly

[MaeIsMean]

Did someone say que?


I agree, we must needs learn how to spell correctly

Bahahahahahahahaha!

[RamothElggur]

WEll t be fair i sometimes do thsoe misstypes too but then again.. im not english or english is not one of my main language ... i can speak and spell it but misstypes still happen to me every now and then though... shouldnt be that bad if someone accidently misstyped something or doesnt simply know how to type it right.


dont be that picky though no reason to.

[AskaRay]

WEll t be fair i sometimes do thsoe misstypes too but then again.. im not english or english is not one of my main language ... i can speak and spell it but misstypes still happen to me every now and then though... shouldnt be that bad if someone accidently misstyped something or doesnt simply know how to type it right.


dont be that picky though no reason to.

It's okay if English is not your first language

You're exempt from knowing or caring simply because English is awful