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A lost Art

jsvez Posts: 112 Joined: 2003/09/23	2004/08/19, 12:41 PM What ever happened to proper spelling? Is it just me or is there anyone else scratching their heads while reading posts on any bulletin board these days. Just needed to vent a bit of frustration. :angry:

yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/08/19, 12:45 PM I'm with ya... U c, when I try 2 read that stuff, I realize I have 2 translate it 2 English... b/c it's 2x as difficult 2 read... j/k.... I heard English teachers were getting papers written that way... woo... man... t -------------- Tim I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. - Aristotle You have the power to change a life right in your own hands. - Paul Brandt
	2004/08/19, 12:46 PM i don t no wot u meen. b4 ikam heer i cudnt rite ne thing. -------------- Waterskis with buffalo Charlie
Damselfly Posts: 128 Joined: 2004/06/27	2004/08/19, 01:04 PM Face it you're OLD ; ) Really, the way some of these kids write (and it pains me to use the word kids for 20 somethings, makes me feel so damned old) I have to wonder just where our society at a whole will be when they are our age. THEN I remember.....my parents thought the same thing about me and my generation. Lost art? Probably, then again with all the slang we use compared to our parents it was lost way before now. :( ============ Quoting from jsvez: What ever happened to proper spelling? Is it just me or is there anyone else scratching their heads while reading posts on any bulletin board these days. Just needed to vent a bit of frustration. :angry: ============= -------------- Damselfly Whoever said that sunshine brings happiness never danced in the rain. \"unknown\"
	2004/08/19, 02:29 PM On this board the problem often isn't even the slang. Seems like many people are just too lazy to take 10 seconds and proofread their entry. -------------- OSU Law Rugby....specializing in personal injury and pain & suffering.
bobosensei Posts: 194 Joined: 2004/06/15	2004/08/19, 02:39 PM I have to say that from a linguistic standpoint any language is the culmination of slang words which slowly become part of the "official" and "standard" usage. Look at the Oxford English Dictionary, it's interesting to see the evolution of words. I am not one for numbers used as letters though. I just don't like the way that it looks. As far as poor spelling, blame spell check. When you are used to writing in Microsoft Word that can autocorrect everything for you, you don't want to bother checking things by hand. In the defense of some, you can tell people try to sound it out as they type. The hooked on phonics just isn't working so well for them :)
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2004/08/19, 02:41 PM The fact of the matter is that Phonics screws everything up!! I was a great speller up to 3rd grade when they started integrating phonics, and after that it was all downhill. Luckily my love of reading saved my spelling, but seriously..telling an 8 year old that phish is really fish...what are they thinking! :cool:
fsdsk Posts: 959 Joined: 2003/11/30	2004/08/19, 02:46 PM C'mon people, we are a generation in need of spell check everywhere we are forced to type something. -------------- There is no substitute for hard work
	2004/08/19, 03:12 PM B4 I 8 I hav 2 see my m8. Somtimes you need a calculator too. -------------- Waterskis with buffalo Charlie
Damselfly Posts: 128 Joined: 2004/06/27	2004/08/19, 04:20 PM LOL Charlie! For them it's shortening the English language, for me it's like trying to read a foreign language I have no idea how to read. Takes me forever to get through a post sometimes lol ============ Quoting from charlie826: B4 I 8 I hav 2 see my m8. Somtimes you need a calculator too. ============= -------------- Damselfly Whoever said that sunshine brings happiness never danced in the rain. \"unknown\"
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/08/23, 08:56 AM bump