Originally posted by RICHARD


I know people who are Third, fourth and fifth generation Americans that have been to school, graduated and they cant speak or spell a lick....
Sadly, I have to admit I'm one of those Americans who can't spell...and I majored in English!

The internet isn't helping with 'chatspeak' and 'l33t speak.' (I think I got l33t the way they say/spell it...I'm so glad Pet Talk doesn't allow that kind of spelling on their boards.

I saw a siggy one time that said, "You: It's a pronoun, not a letter. Savvy?" I just loved that because I'm so sick of reading posts that say things like 'u r so kool.' Maybe it's cute to some but it doesn't help that someday they will be out in the 'real' world and if they don't learn to speak and write clearly now, they will never get ahead.

Sorry, but chatspeak just ANNOYS me to no end! It's the English major in me coming out!
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(I hope I didn't spell any words wrong in this post; that'd make me feel really stupid, wouldn't it? )