FabSwingers.com forum: Spelling

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

Is it me or has the spelling of words changed or is due to laziness and does it bother you?

What-Wat

You-U

Good-Gud

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

written language is an evolving thing and as long as I can understand it I don't really have a problem.

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

"Is it me or has the spelling of words changed or is due to laziness and does it bother you?

What-Wat

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Laziness and text speak.

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

Nope dosent bother me at all cause I do it so can't judge really xx

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

Some people are lazy

Some people are doing their best

You can't assume which based on small samples.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

obviously in a professional context I would have issues with using text speak or if I was a teacher.

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

Text language on here is a pet hate of mine. I'm worth the effort of a well worded message. To me it says laziness.

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By *lik and PaulCouple
over a year ago

cahoots

It's pure laziness but I tend to live with it now unless I can't understand the message at all....which happens quite often.

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

"It's pure laziness but I tend to live with it now unless I can't understand the message at all....which happens quite often."

I'm finding that at the moment it's hard work sometimes

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By *uperock99Man
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

They should of spent more time learning at school and paying attention to the teacher rather than on Facebook etc etc

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

We are horrible. If the spelling is terrible we tend to avoid the writer. It's a product of our pre-text speak age I guess where grammar and punctuation was beaten into us.

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

"They should of spent more time learning at school and paying attention to the teacher rather than on Facebook etc etc

Should have...

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

Were beaten into us. See ... we all screw up.

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

"Is it me or has the spelling of words changed or is due to laziness and does it bother you?

What-Wat

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Text speak the bane of good English

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

Sharp dressed man ... glad to meet another pain in the ass.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

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

I think there's a difference between laziness and habit tbh ( see habit lol) and some people really just struggling with spelling or Dam autocorret lol xx

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By *lan157Man
over a year ago

a village near Haywards Heath in East Sussex

And when did a message comprise of one sentence in a contact situation.

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

Some terrible spelling and spellers on here,not just text speaking

One yesterday was...'wat wood happon'...think he meant to be 'what would happen'

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

"Sharp dressed man ... glad to meet another pain in the ass. "

In fairness, I apply a lower expectation to the forums, where we're all typing quickly - similar to a pub where the back and forth of conversation inevitably leads to more casual English than a CV (for example).

However, if one is going to criticise others, one opens oneself up to the full force of the Grammar Police! I tend to save it for when Mr Seeside is getting posts criticised, and let out all my pent up OCD at those individuals

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

"Some terrible spelling and spellers on here,not just text speaking

One yesterday was...'wat wood happon'...think he meant to be 'what would happen'"

Haha I find them quite hilarious

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

Being able to use a mobile keypad is always causing mistakes and of course predictive text. I do try and make sure I use proper English though.

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By *r_PinkMan
over a year ago

london stratford

Im dyslexic.

So anyone who complains about my spelling can cuck my sock!

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By *iolet2000Woman
over a year ago

Ormskirk

Lazy. Text speak or bad spelling means delete more often than not for me.

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

"Im dyslexic.

So anyone who complains about my spelling can cuck my sock!"

Is your grammar fair game?

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

Reading some of the profiles on this thread

I love this site.

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

Don't like text chat if I'm honest - it's a pet hate of mine

Kinky

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

"Text language on here is a pet hate of mine. I'm worth the effort of a well worded message. To me it says laziness."

This

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By *arrasicMan
over a year ago

birmingham

Someone who cant spell probably better at lots of things we're rubbish at enyone want to let us know what thay can't do were all different good thing we are

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I'm often criticised for over long sentences and poor sentence construction. I have no idea when to use a colon and semi colon. My knowledge of apostrophe placement is minimal. I was about 35 before I realised it was "thank you" not "thankyou". It's a question of degree really.

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

"My knowledge of apostrophe placement is minimal."

...and I suspect as a result you wouldn't judge others' usage thereof?

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

Personally dislike it, but tend to "try" not to be judgmental about it.

But do admit to pondering if by insisting on the "proper" way to spell, are we not suppressing the evolution of language?

I mean, I wonder if, as we evolved from pictograms on cave walls to scrawling letters on stone or slate, people thought the same?

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

Infact, isn't just shorthand?

And that's considered quite a skill in certain proffessional circles?

Just understood by a hell of s lot more people...

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

" I'm often criticised for over long sentences and poor sentence construction. I have no idea when to use a colon and semi colon. My knowledge of apostrophe placement is minimal. I was about 35 before I realised it was "thank you" not "thankyou". It's a question of degree really."

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"My knowledge of apostrophe placement is minimal.

...and I suspect as a result you wouldn't judge others' usage thereof?

I try not to, mainly because in some cases I wouldn't know if they were right or not

I do smile wryly to myself when I pass a green grocer proudly advertising "tomatoe's"

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

As long as I can understand the message I don't really care that much. Could be laziness, could be dyslexia, could be a number of things. My pet hate is spelling and grammar Nazis.

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

"As long as I can understand the message I don't really care that much. Could be laziness, could be dyslexia, could be a number of things. My pet hate is spelling and grammar Nazis. "

Snap!

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

"They should of spent more time learning at school and paying attention to the teacher rather than on Facebook etc etc

"Should HAVE" no "should OF" - sorry pet hate.

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

I can't fuckin stand no shit gramma and nor real bad spellins and stuff like that, cos it shows erm like real lazy ness like u ain't asked bout it n shit. Gotta learns gud inglish... cos wen u do in real world it's well sick n u gets nuff respec !!

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By *ffanotdykeCouple
over a year ago

Telford

I think sandman24 says it all. If only I could understand what that was. (That sentence implies a question so should it have a question mark or will the full stop be sufficient).

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

"Text language on here is a pet hate of mine. I'm worth the effort of a well worded message. To me it says laziness."

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

"written language is an evolving thing and as long as I can understand it I don't really have a problem. "

I agree

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By *BW star and DocCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

See it doesn't bother me. I only write proper because I have predictive text and it doesn't recognise slang words and text speak. In my era, we all learnt text speak to save on texts as we were charged per text wasn't we lol and then it sticks. Like someone else said, it's habit. I never judge people on the way they message. If we get on, we get on.

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

I think the main thing is that they are genuine . If get that many messages that your picking someone on there spelling, then happy days to you .

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

Not particularly arsed about it here, with many reasons for spelling mistakes (small keypads +fat fingers, dyslexia, rushing) I don't really judge. In a fab context, it's not really a big deal.

We're here to meet and shag others, not pass an English exam.

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

"They should of spent more time learning at school and paying attention to the teacher rather than on Facebook etc etc

Oh the irony.

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

"written language is an evolving thing and as long as I can understand it I don't really have a problem. "

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

If it's a message that I struggle to read then yes, it does bother me. I'm not particularly anally retentive about it but in order to find someone attractive I have to like all aspects of said person and think we'll get along. If it's the sort of person who only writes text speak and feels that any other who uses slightly longer words and the correct spelling of them is arrogant? We won't be compatible.

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

"Im dyslexic.

So anyone who complains about my spelling can cuck my sock!"
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lol

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

Perfect

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By *4tCouple
over a year ago

warrington

could be predictive text, however, words like "are" for our infuriate us.

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

Personally I'm not a fan of poor SPAG, I don't know why but when someone can't type properly it just puts me off.

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

I found it rather amusing the other day...when another fab user was having a moan about other people's spellings on her status but had spelt it all wrong as well

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

I wonder if William Shakespeare would have the same opinions of writings from 20 years ago?

Language evolves over time. We just need to evolve with it!

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

"Someone who cant spell probably better at lots of things we're rubbish at enyone want to let us know what thay can't do were all different good thing we are "

Bad punctuation is worse, since without punctuation, strings of words are meaningless; i.e.

"Someone who can't spell [is] probably better at lots of things [that] [we're] rubbish at[.] [A]nyone want to let us know what thay can't do[?] [We're] all different[.] [It is a] good thing we are[.]

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By *eaboy2010Man
over a year ago

Portsmouth & South

Now that's ironic, on the thread below the guy has misspelt missionary ... doh !

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