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  • Chris
    Bad Monkey

    • Oct 2000
    • 838

    #1

    Can anyone here spell???

    For crying out loud people, is it too much effort to type the word "YOU" instead of "u", what about "YOUR" instead of "UR". I am so sick of wading through the sea of horrible horrible spelling. If you are incapable of spelling, there is a spell check feature...USE IT!!! Maybe if you take the time to spell words correctly, you will also think over what you are saying and not sound as much like a moron as you typically do. ARGH!!! This is part of the reason I think we are going down hill real quick. For all of you who think I am being too harsh, an Idiot, whatever your choice of words...Flame Away!

    -Chris


    Sorry Chris have to edit out the cursing and close call stuff - cphilip
    Last edited by cphilip; 02-05-2002, 09:46 AM.
  • Russ
    Senior Membrane
    • Jul 2001
    • 1935

    #2
    i can c wat ur sayin, b4 u flame me though, i jus want u 2 no i agree with u 100%


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    • cphilip
      Former Moderator

      • Jun 2026
      • 16216

      #3
      Yes, I hate the short hand stuff. I would rather miss spell than try and read that stuff.

      However you are wrong Chris... the spell check is no more...


      AGD, where we are so good we can do it with only ONE tube!

      cphilip.com

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      • Thordic
        AFTICA
        • May 2001
        • 5986

        #4
        It pisses me off too, but hey, what can you do. I'm a stuck up english major, though, so I suppose I'm slightly biased.

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        • Flamebo
          Registered User
          • Oct 2000
          • 1286

          #5
          I'm a lousy student and it bothers me too. There's really no excuse for having to decipher some of these posts like they're written in a foriegn language.

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          • gmag
            Lucid Dreamer
            • Jun 2001
            • 409

            #6
            I'm in total agreement. I try to keep the spelling and grammar of all my posts as flawless as possible. I hate trying to read illiterate crap.

            Total disagreement:

            This is part of the reason I think we are going down hill real quick.
            We are not going anywhere.

            ~Brett
            "Men think they think upon great politcal questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read its literature, but not that of the other side; they arrive at convictions, but they are drawn from a partial view of the matter in hand and are of no particular value. They swarm with their party, they feel with their party, they are happy in their party's approval; and where the party leads they will follow, whether for right and honor, or through blood and dirt and a mush of mutilated morals."
            ~Mark Twain

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            • the JoKeR
              Slightly disturbed member
              • Dec 2001
              • 565

              #7
              I just hope that the lack of grammar and spelling is due to people being green on the PC. Think what the preamble to the Constitution would be like if certain people authored it.....

              "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

              Would now be.....

              "Are govmnt is gona make life good fer pepl an make em more happy then b4."
              the JoKeR

              Tragically hip and criminally insane.



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              • ThePatriot

                #8
                Actually...with friends i usually use "ur" or "u" and sometimes here on AO. I have kinda been training myself not to though, because when you are typing school reports....lets put it this way, i got a C because i used U's and Ur's and all that shorthand and never even realized it. I do however happen to have a problem capitalizing my I's in the middle of a sentence. Sometimes i tend to do this...

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                • Jonno06
                  AKA Jon-no wang
                  • Jan 2002
                  • 4392

                  #9
                  I think that most people put "u,and urs" in thier posts,are becuase they are trying to save time.In a real hurry to get nowhere,and let me tell you what,they are getting there VERY quik.

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                  • cphilip
                    Former Moderator

                    • Jun 2026
                    • 16216

                    #10
                    Well this ain't grammer school. I tolerate a lot. We should not be jumping on people for lazy typing skills or spelling errors. MY fingers are dislexic some days too.


                    AGD, where we are so good we can do it with only ONE tube!

                    cphilip.com

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                    • Blennidae
                      an epileptic hummingbird
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 1920

                      #11
                      I can't say for sure, but I dont think its being lazy, its the "in" thing with the younger set. My daughter sends me emails with that sort of thing in them.

                      I'm old and lazy, but would never think of typing "u" for "you", as I would actually have to make a conscious decision to do that, where as typing you is not.

                      I don't know about the bad grammar. Some of the posts I have read sometimes leave me wondering what it was the person was trying to say.

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                      • Paintballer86
                        Proud E-Mag User
                        • May 2001
                        • 1000

                        #12
                        yes I can sphell...

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                        • MajorDamage
                          King of Polyester!
                          • Dec 2000
                          • 3141

                          #13
                          I usually don't use the "do u want 2 go 2 that place l8r" stuff here on AO, just on messengers lol

                          ENDO!
                          Oldskool

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                          • Thor the Mighty

                            #14
                            nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh! why u make big deel about it? its not like its a skill u ned four the futuuur!

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                            • Restola
                              Certificated Cloud Buster
                              • May 2001
                              • 2230

                              #15
                              nop not me

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