Is it just me?

[Bruce M. Morris]

Originally Posted by dbphotos

Ok, I have noticed for quite some time now (more since my 14 year old got a cell phone and got into texting) that our kids (and some adults) are either illiterate or have become so lazy when it comes to spelling that they don't care. Now I'm not a perfect speller, but I certainly attempt to be literate in my communications. If I see my son using text shortcuts in any other part of his life he gets a lecture that I'm sure he is tired of hearing and threatened with losing his phone.

Wasn't it Daniel Webster that said, " I have no respect for a person that can only spell a word one way"?

[Jenny Z]

Originally Posted by Daniel Bates

With acronyms, WYSIWYG, unless you're talking about the USAF, USA, USN, or USMC (and I suppose the USCG too) - in short, the entire DoD. Case in point: I am currently TDY in OK to learn the MRBS part of a SOMS-B V2. Today, we installed the DRASH, which should keep us dry for the rest of the week.

BTW, TTIWWP.

CUL!

That drove me nuts about the military. I'm glad I've forgotten most of that

(Though the other day, I thought to myself that I needed to PMCS my vehicle, and I kicked myself...)

[dbphotos]

Originally Posted by Bruce M. Morris

Wasn't it Daniel Webster that said, " I have no respect for a person that can only spell a word one way"?

Yes, but the key word is spell. I would like to think that implies "to spell correctly" and to "use in correct context".

[Toad]

Originally Posted by Daniel Bates

I think you meant, the cream always rises to the top...

No... I meant creams. There are more than one of us.

Toad

[David_3]

Originally Posted by Bruce M. Morris

Wasn't it Daniel Webster that said, " I have no respect for a person that can only spell a word one way"?

I believe it was Mark Twain who actually said: "I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way."

And Andrew Jackson one said: "It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word."

[dbphotos]

Ok, I promise this is my last rant on this issue. I just had to post this one last update.

I'm not going to point out the grammar, just the misspelled words. You can read it for yourself. I sure hope she's not going to home school her new child.

"My Future Husben was like babe we need to hire a photographer to take pictures of the baby when he is born. I wanted to slap him. What was he thinking. I will take all the pictures for my baby. Man Men Are crazy some times. You may call me crazy my self but i have all ready started buying for the baby and I dont even know what it is yet. I have botten bottles, the Dr. brown ones and dippers.Yea they are expencive. I have made tones of baby Blanets.
I Really don't want to stop but I wanted to get peoples appion"

I don't even know what "dippers" are but apparently they are "expencive" and what about those baby "blanets", are they located in the universe somewhere? Sorry to harp on this, it just seems to be getting progressively worse, in my "appion".

[toverman]

I don't know if it's getting that worse, it's just the power of the Internet means we can see how bad it's getting firsthand. Before, these were just little notes written on paper.

[Duffy Pratt]

Originally Posted by Toad

No... I meant creams. There are more than one of us.

Toad

Ah, but then you meant to say that the creams rise to the top, not that they "rises". Either way, you lose...

[bigdealguy]

And I am one.

I am not fond of misspellings and bad grammar but I know some posters who are, simply put, illiterate or semi-illiterate.

They have their excuses in some cases in that they had to drop out of school or they simply did poorly.

Some of us write more than others and we are more experienced and more comfortable than those who get little chance to practice and perfect their written skills.

Sadly, I know of one person who is in the military serving our country who is absolutely terrible when it comes to expressing himself when writing.

He is very embarrassed about his lack of training but he has other things to do and it's not a priority for him to work to improve.

People do make fun of him and jump all over the mechanical mistakes to the point that he rarely contributes.

He is on the outside looking in and his thoughts are no less important or intriguing as anyone else's. He is not of low intelligence or stupid

He is only one example.

I believe that every poster should be treated with dignity and respect and that his post should be examined for content rather than form.

The man is not mentally retarded - he just can't express himself very well in this medium.

I have worked hard to boost his ego and self esteem by telling him to simply post and I have asked people to accept the faults and weaknesses and work to grasp the meaning of the man's post.

We who are gifted with education are also intelligent enough to figure out the meaning and intent of a butchered post.

What that means is that the task of "communicating" works.

And that, my friends, is what we all gathered here to do - communicate.

I know I stand alone in this, but I urge each of us to refrain from criticizing sentence structure, spelling and grammar and move on to absorbing the ideas and opinions of people who have something to contribute regardless of their ability to be elegant in the process.

[mccls1030]

No, it's not just you. A little more care could be taken, even though shortcuts are the quickest ways to get things done. Proofing (especially for informal messages etc) has just gone by the wayside.