Stop destroying English

[JaggedEdge]

Why is it cool to spell things wrong on purpose? I'm bad at spelling, but I don't spell things wrong on purpose because "itz c00l." What the fuck is up with this? I thought it was just a phase at first and only an American thing. But nope I see it from posters who claim they are from canada and Europe as well. The funny thing is, no one realizes how much they are fucking themselves over in the future. Very few people can even write and speak their first language well. What the fuck... the said thing is most of the younger generation can't seem to switch it off anymore. When I was younger I used and still use the short hand lol, brb, ttyl, etc but I can write correctly if I have a damn paper due for class. Reading over some younger relatives papers, I constantly have to correct mistakes they shouldn't be making at their level. I mean come on. Granted I usually post before I read over what I write on chat boards, I'm not talking about simple word misplacement. I'm talkin bout spelin evrything wrong bcuz itz so fuckin sweet. All it does is make me and many others not read what you have to say.

I was talking to a graduate student at my university the other day and he was grading some English 101 papers. He showed me a few and I was shocked how bad many of them were. Some of them actually had slang and words spelled wrong in the same annoying way I see them here. With a "z" replacing an "s."

I'm convinced the internet and AIM are helping make America and other nations dumber than we already are.

Oh and bling bling and bootylicious are now in the dictionary. WTF? :(

[MyMARYJANE]

i know what you mean, but its not really a big deal if you do it online or on a message board. I do it to shorten some words bc i get lazy typing... but that whole "z" thing (ex:bluntz) pisses me off a little lol but w/e im not gonna knock it.

[slipknotpsycho]

lol you know you're going to be flamed for posting about correct english on a potheaded website right? actually there's already been a post like this and it got closed...

and i think they do it just to be different, 1337 5p34k 533m5 70 h4v3 b3c0m3 v3ry p0pul4r.

personally i think it's a waste of time, not only does it take 2x long to read, it takes 3x as long to type.

[Reefer Rogue]

*yawn*

[LIP]

Things like that annoy me too, although i do tent to do it for certain words.

And your too damn right, kids talk like this all time, and CANT turn it off.

Even when im texting someone on my phone i write every word out in full.

I can understand it, but dont like it.

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

Spelling is the best, but L337 spelling rocks :p on occasion .. funny to see people get dissed in it lol :p

[Cassiopiea]

I do it texting because I have gigantic fingers and im not very dextrous (I lack dexterity). Aart fro that if im really tired and cant be arsed to type properly I wil, or if im stoned.

[cambam]

It was me pulling someone up, pissed me off something rotten, and got the thread closed.

Its next to no effort to have even the basic grammer skills, just so people can easily understand what you are trying to say. Unless it comes out in mumble jumble, like I just did, lol.

[Psycho4Bud]

IF this thread is going to continue some people better chill out a bit.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Psycho4Bud]

Why is it cool to spell things wrong on purpose? I'm bad at spelling, but I don't spell things wrong on purpose because "itz c00l." What the fuck is up with this? I thought it was just a phase at first and only an American thing. But nope I see it from posters who claim they are from canada and Europe as well. The funny thing is, no one realizes how much they are fucking themselves over in the future. Very few people can even write and speak their first language well. What the fuck... the said thing is most of the younger generation can't seem to switch it off anymore. When I was younger I used and still use the short hand lol, brb, ttyl, etc but I can write correctly if I have a damn paper due for class. Reading over some younger relatives papers, I constantly have to correct mistakes they shouldn't be making at their level. I mean come on. Granted I usually post before I read over what I write on chat boards, I'm not talking about simple word misplacement. I'm talkin bout spelin evrything wrong bcuz itz so fuckin sweet. All it does is make me and many others not read what you have to say.

I was talking to a graduate student at my university the other day and he was grading some English 101 papers. He showed me a few and I was shocked how bad many of them were. Some of them actually had slang and words spelled wrong in the same annoying way I see them here. With a "z" replacing an "s."

I'm convinced the internet and AIM are helping make America and other nations dumber than we already are.

Oh and bling bling and bootylicious are now in the dictionary. WTF? :(

I know where your comin' from but fact is that some are better at some things than others. As for myself, I'm more into math than english.....as I'm sure alot of my old teachers would confirm.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Acouwaila]

lol I was just asking a question man....what the hell

[Psycho4Bud]

lol I was just asking a question man....what the hell

It wasn't the question but the statement at the end. I'm not one to play press your luck with dude. Just chill.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Acouwaila]

k sorry

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

I didn't read the first post, but I got the gist of it!

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

Oh no! 'Tis the grammar police!

You bet your ass pal!!

:D

[JaggedEdge]

I know where your comin' from but fact is that some are better at some things than others. As for myself, I'm more into math than english.....as I'm sure alot of my old teachers would confirm.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

Look I suck at math, I know this. But I'm not going to change the way I write a math problem just for the hell of it. I understand some people aren't good at writing a paper, I'm not making fun of those people or anything. It's the ones who do it on purpose that annoys the hell out of me. Changing a "s" to a "z" is shorter in no way. I understand writing a few things shorthand on the internet, all I ask is that the post be readable.

And someone said I will prob get attacked for posting this on a cannabis site? Why can't smokers form a sentence that is easily readable? If your stoned off your ass, ok, there will be a lot of mistakes. But when I see posts with 90% of the words spelled wrong on purpose, it makes me think we should change our language into giant picture books. ;)

[slipknotpsycho]

might as well arrest me now then lol.... i can have perfect grammar, spelling, and punctuation if i want to, but eh, why bother right? as long as people get the point of the post, and can read atleast read it, doesn't really matter.

[slipknotpsycho]

Look I suck at math, I know this. But I'm not going to change the way I write a math problem just for the hell of it. I understand some people aren't good at writing a paper, I'm not making fun of those people or anything. It's the ones who do it on purpose that annoys the hell out of me. Changing a "s" to a "z" is shorter in no way. I understand writing a few things shorthand on the internet, all I ask is that the post be readable.

And someone said I will prob get attacked for posting this on a cannabis site? Why can't smokers form a sentence that is easily readable? If your stoned off your ass, ok, there will be a lot of mistakes. But when I see posts with 90% of the words spelled wrong on purpose, it makes me think we should change our language into giant picture books. ;)

lol i just said that cuz i've been around for awhile and people always do get attacked for posts like this, not because i think we're all just a bunch of stoners who don't give a fuck to take the time to type right or anything, just because i've seen it happen over and over.

[JaggedEdge]

Agreed, what you just posted didn't bother me in the least.

[MegaOctane12]

I don't think it has alot to do with people not posting with readable grammer, if someone wants to type like that, most people, I know I do, make a subconcious note of that person and their post and you kind of end up putting people in the lower brackets in your estimations, because you think, oh no, can't be assed reading that shit. Really some people do type alot of shit and I think that if you have something to say that's worth saying, regardless of the format, it will have its impact. Everyone's selective when they read posts in a similar way, you find something with an appealing subject title, you click it, some you never both with. Lifes just like that.

[4gan2ja0]

i agree, its annoying when people spell most of the words wrong, but if its just to shorten words down and it doesnt happen every second word its fine in my opinion. i can see where youre coming from too, when speaking a language, we should be typing correctly, just seems right to me. if you dont want to, thats cool but at least make it legible to the rest of us.

[crudemood]

like they'll go out of the way to spell things wrong
we have short hand so its easier for us to spell
for me ive seen MEEH. why would you do that. its longer..
or lawl for lol... wtf!

i mean i understand to some point but this is just getting silly.

[slipknotpsycho]

like they'll go out of the way to spell things wrong
we have short hand so its easier for us to spell
for me ive seen MEEH. why would you do that. its longer..
or lawl for lol... wtf!

i mean i understand to some point but this is just getting silly.

lawl isn't for shortening, it's just to be different from the lol we've seen for years and years.

[buddymyfriend]

Im guilty of the above t2!! Im just lazy sometimes when it comes to posting. Aslong as it's readable, I don't see a prob!

Peace

Buddy

[RedLocks]

the English language is retarded, keep destroying it, or in the least point out the fool who decided hey lets make a bunch of words that sound the same but have completely differnt definitions so i can kick the crap out of him. I mean, wtf, how did read and read seem like a good idea for two words...

[buddymyfriend]

the English language is retarded, keep destroying it, or in the least point out the fool who decided hey lets make a bunch of words that sound the same but have completely differnt definitions so i can kick the crap out of him. I mean, wtf, how did read and read seem like a good idea for two words...

So true mate! English must be so hard to pick up as a second language! Where, wear, there, their.....you gets the picture!

[RedLocks]

to two too!

[slipknotpsycho]

lol i'm sure there are other launguages that have words with more than one meaning, i don't know any other languages so i can't say yes for sure, but i'm sure there is....

[RedLocks]

i speak english, german and spanish, and none of them suck as much as english