Intelligence...judged by grammar and vocabulary?

[Markass]

Is it wrong to judge an individual's overall intelligence based primarily on their grammar and vocabulary? I mean, isn't that the basic indicator?? I know it's only a part of overall knowledge, but to me for some reason it really seems to say a lot depending on how well someone can spell and speak..

thoughts, anyone?:stoned:

Markass Reviewed by Markass on 11-28-2007. Intelligence...judged by grammar and vocabulary? Is it wrong to judge an individual's overall intelligence based primarily on their grammar and vocabulary? I mean, isn't that the basic indicator?? I know it's only a part of overall knowledge, but to me for some reason it really seems to say a lot depending on how well someone can spell and speak.. thoughts, anyone?:stoned: Rating: 5

[greenhorngrower]

It is the most basic indicator of an educated person.. but education and potential intelligence are two different things.. many people can solve sophisticated mathematical equations in their head, but cannot spell if thier lives depended on it.. and so goes the opposite..

[Markass]

hmm...this is why I wanted to post this...good way of looking at it...

[DaZeDShAdOw]

A lot of geniuses have a lot of speech impairments, I would think that it would not be a good way of telling if you are educated, or have intelligence. More like ignorance to the person that judges. But that's just my opinion.

[WEsmokeED]

Intelligence should be based on the ideas contained within a persons' words.
Not how these words are spelled.

[DaZeDShAdOw]

Agreed, wesmokeed.

[Markass]

but how I compare spelling and intelligence is moreso I guess the ability to be able to read through an article of something and be able to understand it without wondering what those 'big' words mean...those big words being things like reputable, scrutiny, malicious, resistant...when someone twice my age asks me what those words mean, it kinda draws a flag to me for some reason..

[snowblind]

i think in written it is slightly different as there is a chance to look back on it, correct words, alter grammar and structure. but all this does contribute to the presentation of someones intelligence. whilst its true you shouldn't judge a book by its cover as it were, if it looks like a book, smells like a book and can be read, it probably is a book.

i think it is more important though in spoken words, its ok if your hanging out with your mates as most groups have there own language or adjectives for certain things. but often people can apper to me completely stupid by the way they talk, anunciate and the colloquialisms they use.

i judge people all the time on how they speak.

if your a retard and you give me any prove of this ill tear you to pieces for it.

i hate stupid people. uneducated is fine aslong as you have common sense. stupid is unforgivable.

my 2 cents though

[greenhorngrower]

i hate stupid people. uneducated is fine aslong as you have common sense. stupid is unforgivable.

my 2 cents though

no offense snowblind, but that in it self, is a stupid comment...

[j4k3z]

I was going to type a response but this sums it up for me:

Intelligence should be based on the ideas contained within a persons' words.
Not how these words are spelled.

Sometimes people can get pretty wild with their posts (newbies) and I either think english obviously isn't their first language or they don't understand that ghetto slang doesn't make it's way onto the internet lol. But I always try to understand every post at least and base their intelligence on what their trying to say..