Incoherent posts

[RedHedd]

"It adds an abc 'wich' check mark right on"

????

That was the app I was talking about. ieSpell would have caught that little "wich"

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I find "young people speak" very hard to follow at times

[Randi]

Slick... LOL!

And while we're at the subject, here's an American-British dictionary.

http://www.travelfurther.net/diction...an-british.htm

This one is handy as well, and acually a releif for me to see. I sometimes spell the american way and sometimes the english - and sometimes totally bollocks, but I'm sure you forgive me. http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/american.html

[Argranade]

I sometimes make spelling mistakes but not on purpose, if I do notice I made one I just edit the post and fix it, although some people may have a msn habit of typing so it could take some time before they learn to get better at it, ya know lol *ahem*.

[kitten645]

????? Exhibit A. What is a msn habbit?

[Argranade]

????? Exhibit A. What is a msn habbit?

Oh bang bang, I did make some spelling mistakes and with Karens help I fixed them.

An msn habit is when you type in a slang way like sry,pls,ur,tmrow,w/e ect..

[RICHARD]

????? Exhibit A. What is a msn habbit?

It's the outfit a nun from Microsoft wears?

[Twisterdog]

Ah, a thread after my heart, this is.

I have a mental list of posters that write like a six year old, and I never open their posts. Sadly, the list grows constantly.

I am continually fascinated by the fact that these people presumably either have graduated or will graduate from high school. We now get diplomas when we cannot spell a five letter word, do not know the meaning of punctuation and think "u r prolly gunna b " is a perfectly proper, valid English sentence? Wow. I'm truly frightened.

[Laura's Babies]

I thought that I was just easier confused lately. I sometimes can't make sense out of some post at all. I read them and read them and sit here scratching my head trying to figure out what in the world they were even trying to say..and most of them were in full written words. The ones in that instant message garb, I just don't even bother with.

I suggest you take time to read and re-read what you are posting and ask yourself some questions like;

1- Will this make sense to other people?

2- Was I clear on making my point?

3- How hard will this be for others to understand?

[cyber-sibes]

I am simply delighted to find this thread! I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one here who gets incredibly peeved at

peoplewhotypelikethis and don't use caps or even just a simple period for pete sakes and i even pmed one of them and asked her to use punctuation but of course she ignored me so now i don't read her posts do you think that was mean of me or did i do the right thing well we all have our own way so don't bug me

on and on and on!
Phew! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest! Yes, I think proper English is doomed, it's just a matter of time before all the rules get thrown out. Hmmm, do they still teach Grammer in school? Maybe the English programs got cut...

[kitten645]

I think the hardest thing is the punctuation and capitalization. You have no idea where one thought ends and the other begins. One can generally sound out a misspelling but when the entire post hasn't any punctuation or capitalization, that really throws me for a loop! Even when comma's are or aren't used appropriately, it takes several reads to figure it out and frankly who has that kind of time?

[kuhio98]

Hmmm, do they still teach Grammer in school? Maybe the English programs got cut...

I have a friend who teaches 3rd grade English. She was instructed not to correct the student's spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. when the students have a creative writing assignment. Seems all that marking up and red ink would "damage their fragile self esteem" and "impede the creative process". So, now we have a generation of kids who can't write, can't spell, can't form a complete sentence but who think they are just perfect and wonderful. They have no idea what the rules are and could care less. Just another example of the dumbing down of the system. Classes are now geared for the slowest/common denominator. We have 3 family members who are teachers (grammar, middle and college). All of them are very frustrated and feel like their main job is to babysit. Not teach.