BBC NEWS | UK | Bad spelling 'should be accepted'

This guy should be shot.

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The old saying "If it ain't busted don't fix it" comes to mind here. No matter whether the spelling doesn't meet phonetic standards or not if "ph" is pronounced "f" and "cough" and "plough" are pronounced differently it is all part of the English language ( not Langwije note). I am fed up with textese and abbreviated spellings being used on a day to day basis. If this guy wants to alter the way we spell and write then he should go and invent a new language - look how Esperanto went.

Don't get me going on this one please...

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I think this makes the point

We had a leaflet pushed through the door today (leaflet not letter) stating that the local Water people want to come and inspect all the properties in the ares due to serious drainage contamination issues. Please co-operate blah blah blah.

I counted 3 instances of poor punctuation and 2 spelling mistakes

My conclusion and that of Mrs Sooty? Bogus letter just somebody trying to get people to let them into their houses. No way they are getting in here.

Now tell me that poor spelling has little effect.

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You appear to have misspelled sh1t.

Whilst I disagree with the idea that bad spelling should be accepted rather than corrected, I do acknowledge that it is easy to make mistakes particularly when typing in a hurry, I have done it myself on many occasions. Yes spell check is there to help you avoid that, but in certain situations such as posting on a forum or sending an informal email, I do not tend to bother. I am intelligent enough to see the difference between someone who is being lazy with their spelling in their hurry to get the message across, than someone uneducated who habitually spells things incorrectly and sadly doesn't know any better.
I have used forums in the past where certain members have appointed themselves the "Spelling and Grammar Police" and will pick up on the slightest error, turning every thread into a discussion on the merits of correct spelling rather than the subject that was initially being discussed. Frankly I find this petty and irritating and can be particularly hard on new members who can get frightened off by this sort of militant attitude.

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I make typos all the time - but that is the difference. I know how to spell the words but my fingers move across the keyboard faster than my brain can work. If it is something official, work related or important I double check everything I type. On here if it doesn't get underlined as I type I don't check it. Lazy of me I know and I should.

I've been known to correct someone's spelling on a forum. I can't remember what it was but something so obvious an inbred chimp could have got it right. However my post had a typo in so I learnt the hard way about not correcting people on forums.

There are some things that really get my back up when it comes to spelling but I bite my tongue!

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Spelling is different to typing. I was taught rules how to spell correctly when I write letters in ink I have no problem because I see what I am writing. I was never taught to type (my school thought teaching me to conjugate Latin verbs would be more useful). So I watch the keyboard as I type with my four fingers and a thumb rather than the screen hence I don't notice the mis-keying until I have finished lines and lines of text.

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I do the same when typing. I use the middle finger of my right hand and the middle finger of my left hand together with my thumbs for the space bar. I only correct after I have finished typing to check my spelling and adjust. The screen might just as well not exist when I am actually typing and is only used for final checking and correcting. I am self taught on the keyboard like you but I find I can get a reasonable speed going once I concentrate.

Spelling is a different matter as is the use of punctuation. I am told that typing schools no longer teach punctuation as part of the courses and discourage the use of commas, semi-colons and other punctuation marks. They have even stopped splitting text up into paragraphs they tell me. Bloody lax that's what it is!