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By *arlo82 OP   Couple
over a year ago

the gym and random places

Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

It annoys me. I try to keep it on the inside.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ? "
youre getting old, dyslexia is a common problem these days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No i have no grammar i like it that way my thoughts are faster than my thumbs thats why i short stuff up

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow


"Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ? "

I am older than you, if your getting old then so am

I

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I struggle to read things that aren't punctuated properly, but ai appreciate that we are all different, there are people out there that might have a learning dis such as dyslexia. So I just scroll on by and not let it affect me

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

Txt spk rools innit?

I'd have thought if you were getting old you'd have a hard copy dictionary and thesaurus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Given that Fab has a spell-check built in there's no excuse for spelling mistakes really and 'text speak' just looks like you can't be bothered.*

*of course, if someone has dyslexia or some other such condition which impacts on someone's writing, then that is a different matter.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I also speak very bad englands

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sometimes you have to, to fit in everything you want to say on your status.

Guilty as charged

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By *arlo82 OP   Couple
over a year ago

the gym and random places


"Txt spk rools innit?

I'd have thought if you were getting old you'd have a hard copy dictionary and thesaurus "

Who says I don't

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By *arlo82 OP   Couple
over a year ago

the gym and random places

Obviously dyslexia or dyspraxia excluded... I mean in general terms

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"Txt spk rools innit?

I'd have thought if you were getting old you'd have a hard copy dictionary and thesaurus

Who says I don't "

I do. In four languages

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's not deliberate. That's folks best effort at writing something.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham


"Txt spk rools innit?

I'd have thought if you were getting old you'd have a hard copy dictionary and thesaurus

Who says I don't

I do. In four languages "

I have 3

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It bugs me. More than it probably should

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By *oneyBear100Couple
over a year ago

Gatwick area


"Obviously dyslexia or dyspraxia excluded... I mean in general terms "

There are a lot worse things to get het up about

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By *ottpair243Couple
over a year ago

Wakefield/Leeds


"I struggle to read things that aren't punctuated properly, but ai appreciate that we are all different, there are people out there that might have a learning dis such as dyslexia. So I just scroll on by and not let it affect me "

This!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dsnt bover me.

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By *arlo82 OP   Couple
over a year ago

the gym and random places


"Obviously dyslexia or dyspraxia excluded... I mean in general terms

There are a lot worse things to get het up about "

I'm not het up....I just find it irksome.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Text speak and dyslexia are very different.

I can’t abide text speak but understand dyslexia well, as my daughter and her son are affected by it

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By *orny IrishMan
over a year ago

Rural Wiltshire

I does annoy me but then I stop and think that I myself struggle at times with my dyslexia. And we do not know if the others who make these types of errors have similar issues.

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By *uciferLingerieMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ? "

It's just plain lazy...and text speak is even worse, though I guess the latter is definitely an age thing! Bad grammar also makes things difficult to read. I must admit though, I do sometimes use 'lol' and 'btw' even though i'm not keen...youve just gotta stay wi the times though innit!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

It’s disappointing unless unavoidable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ? "

It worries me. Not text speak or typos. But grown adults who cannot spell basic words. I'm not talking about dyslexia. I'm talking about an inability to construct a sentence.

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By *ezmanyorksMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

Lazy typing bugs me a bit, but I do get that some people do struggle with spelling and the English language

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By *ire_thornMan
over a year ago

no comment


"Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ? "

Op... Eye dew knot no whut ewe r tlkn bout

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

Barring some obvious impairment as mentioned, i'm not a fan of text speak and to me it implies laziness.

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By *ssex_tomMan
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Bad spelling can be because of auto spelling or bad grammar..

It doesn't bother me unless it's ridiculous rambling..

Not everyone had a great education or have other issues but there is a spelling police eager to pounce

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By *nto My ArmsMan
over a year ago

Herts/London

The Skills for Life survey on the early noughties had a figure of just under half the adult population with literacy skills below A*-C GCSE, as it was then. (Over 50% for maths.)

Given that in these social media days we probably see more of people's writing than ever before, then it's not a surprise to me that we see many people here with poor literacy skills.

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

I am not liking it wen dey spell reely bad but a small bit bad okey.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ? "

Yep. I mean FFS how hard is it to use real words instead of abbreviations? IDK

FML

A

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes

I must be old too then

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By *ire_thornMan
over a year ago

no comment

There are some cultural spelling differences as well... I spell favorite.. Most on this post will spell it favourite

Just one example.. And talk to text can be painfully funny..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ? "

Sometimes it annoys me. I work hard on my English, and it's a difficult enough language in the first place. My current dislike is "T's and C's". What's wrong with saying or writing "terms and conditions"? It's really not that difficult! Saying that, most languages evolve, and words change their meanings over time.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"The Skills for Life survey on the early noughties had a figure of just under half the adult population with literacy skills below A*-C GCSE, as it was then. (Over 50% for maths.)

Given that in these social media days we probably see more of people's writing than ever before, then it's not a surprise to me that we see many people here with poor literacy skills. "

Yes. We're just much more aware of how badly education systems have failed some people, and how lazy others are.

(Of course dyslexia, dyspraxia, and various other learning disabilities and neurological differences exist, but it's a fraction of those whose writing is difficult to decipher)

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills


"It annoys me. I try to keep it on the inside."

Why did obtuse thoughts come slightly quicker than normal.

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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East


"The Skills for Life survey on the early noughties had a figure of just under half the adult population with literacy skills below A*-C GCSE, as it was then. (Over 50% for maths.)

"

Yes, I remember seeing a statistic that something like 44% of people leave school with the reading and writing skills expected of an 11-year-old.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does it annoy you seeing things deliberately mistyped or shortened? Should spell checker come as standard or am I just getting old ? "

Simple spelling mistakes annoy us. When you mistype or can't spell the town you live in..... But the absolute worst is people selling stuff "I brought this last week but it doesn't fit".

No, you BOUGHT it...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do try to keep my pedantic tendencies under control as I'm aware a lot of people post from their phones, and phones have a habit of sabotaging spelling!

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Late at night, with a very dim screen and tired eyes, my posts must be terrible.

I'm largely fine with others on the forum, though tons of text speak in mail reduces interest in meeting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Actually half the time it's spellchecker that screws it up...winds me right up as often I post message without re reading it to find spellcheck has altered something..bugger

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

I hate street talk, but find myself using words like 'innit' in a sarcastic manner.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The Skills for Life survey on the early noughties had a figure of just under half the adult population with literacy skills below A*-C GCSE, as it was then. (Over 50% for maths.)

Given that in these social media days we probably see more of people's writing than ever before, then it's not a surprise to me that we see many people here with poor literacy skills. "
i walked out the exam when they let us have a smoke break

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wouldn't say it annoys me and the odd word misspelt rarely bothers me but if a sentence is littered with them or text speech I quickly switch off to someone and will end a conversation and move on.

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