Do you lose respect for bad spellers?
 

I do.

If you can't read and write, you're a worthless piece of shit.

werd up! ;)

Depends on the context ... If it's in a forum and can easily be contributed to a typo, then no... Or if English is a second language for someone... definitely not...

However if it's not a typo (e.g. your/you're, their/there, etc...) Then well, you've had quite a few years to master the English language so either you just don't get it after all these years or you don't care and you're lazy.

Spelling wise, every browser now a days has a built in spell check it's just lazy if you don't bother correcting what you wrote...

I guess it comes down to the fact that I lose respect for lazy people :P

it all depends on how bad their spelling is. If it's a few small mistakes or English is not their main language it's not a big deal, but if almost every word that they type is spelled wrong that, in my opinion, makes them look dumb. Of course, I give people the benefit of the doubt. I wouldn't say that they are worthless though.

I do. Not simply because they are not smart enough to spell correctly, but mostly due to the fact that they are too fucking lazy to do so.

Exactly :thumbsup

If you see poor spelling in content on a website, you tend to trust that website less because it doesnt say a good thing about the management.

Word or phrase Abbreviation(s)
Account acc, acct or acnt
Address addy or add
And n, an, nd, or &
Anticipate ntcp8
Age, sex, location Asl or a/s/l
Alright aight or ight
Are you there? rut or u der
At the moment atm
As far as I know afaik
Awesome or+ or orsm
Be right back brb
Be back later bbl
Be back soon bbs
Because cuz, bcuz, bcz, bcos, bc, cos, coz or bcoz
Best friend or Boyfriend bf or b/f
Big fucking (or freakin') deal bfd
Best friend(s) for life bffl
Best friend(s) forever bff or bffe
Best fucking (or freakin') friend(s) forever bfff
Between btwn or b/w
Busting my brains laughing bmbl
Butter chizmo
By the way btw
Could I borrow a tampon? cibat?
Can't be arsed cba
Can't be fucked cbf
Comment me back cmb (usually used for social networking sites)
Could be keen (i.e. to go out) cbk
Cousin cuzin or cuz
Definitely def or deffo
Diarrhea badcrp
Don't dnt
Don't know dunno
Don't worry dw
Ducks and runs for cover (after cracking a joke for example) darfc
Falling off chair laughing focl
Forever 4eva or 4evr
For fuck sakes ffs
For your information fyi
Friend frend or frnd
Fuck my life fml
Fuck you fuk u, fck, fu, f u or .l.. <insert smiley here> ..l.
Good crib gc
Get the fuck out gtfo
Girlfriend gf or g/f
Got to go g2g or gtg
Great gr8
Have a nice day H.A.N.D.
Have a good day hagd
High as fuck (or frick) haf
Hold on hld on or h/o
Homework hw, hwk or hmwk
How are you hru
Hurry back hb
I can't remember icr
I don't care idc
I don't fucking (or freakin') care idfc
I don't really care idrc
I don't give a fuck idgaf
I don't know idk
I don't remember idr
I do what I want idwiw
I know aino
I know, right? ikr
I love you ily, luv u, ilu, luv ya, i wub u or i <3 u
If I recall correctly or If I remember correctly iirc
In my opinion imo
In my humble opinion imho
Jokes jks
Just for laughs jfl
Just joking jj
Just kidding jk
Just playing jp
Just to let you know jtlyk or j2luk
Know kno, knw or no
Kiss my teeth kmt
Kiss my ass kma
Later l8r or l8a
Laugh out loud lol
Lots of love lol
Laughing my ass off lmao
Laughing my dick off lmdo
Laughing my fucking ass off lmfao
Laughing quietly to myself lqtm
Laugh out loud (multiple times) lolliesm lulz or lolz
Love luv or <3
Love you ly, <3u, ilu or ily
Mate m8
Message (as in a text message) msg
My Dick is hard MDIH or wacko
Never mind nm or nvm (depending on context used, see also "not much" below)
No matter nm (depending on context used)
No problem np
No thank you no tnk u, nty or no ty
Not much nm (depending on context used, see also "never mind" above)
Obviously ovvi, obv or obvs
Of course ov cors or ofc
Oh My God omg or (comically) zomg, romg, wamg, omgz
Oh My Lordy Potato omlp
OK k
Oh really? orly?
On My Period omp
On My Way omw
Parents over shoulder pos
parents behind back pbb
Peace pc, pce, pece, or \/ (V sign)
People ppl, peeps
Pictures pic, pics or pix
Pissing myself laughing pmsl
Please plz, plez, plox or pls
Probably probz, prbly, prolly, proly, or prob
Quoted for truth qft
Really rly
Reals rlz
Right rite
Rocking/Rock (metal hands) \m/
Rolling on the floor laughing rofl or (comically) Roflcopter
Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off roflmao or rotflmao
Rolling On the Floor Laughing out loud rotflol
says ses or sez
See you/see you later cya, cu, or cya/cu l8er/l8a/l8r
Seriously srsly
Shit outta luck sol
Shut the fuck up stfu
Something sth, s/t, sumthin or summet
Son of a bitch sob
Sorry sry or soz
Scare the shit out of my self/Scare the shit out of yourself stsooms/stsooys
Talk to you later ttyl or t2yl
Ta-ta for now ttfn
Text txt or tx
Text back txt bck or tb
Thanks thanx, thx, tnx, 10Q or thnx
Thank you ty or thnk u
Thank you very much tyvm
The most ludicrous abbreviation ever tmlae
Thinking of you TOY
Tomorrow tom, tmw, 2moz, 2moro, 2mrw, 2mo or 2mara
To be honest tbh
Welcome back wb
Weekend wknd, w/end or w.e
Write back wb
What wat, wut, wht, whaz or wot
What you up to? wuu2
Whatever w/e, wateva, watev, watevr,wtvr,watevs or w.e
What the fuck wtf or wdf
What the hell wth
What's up sup
Would wud or wood or wufd (would you fucking dare)
You deserve it ydi
You there? yt

:2 cents:

I sometimes type too fast for my own good so typos can happen, and even the mistake here and there from a non-English speaker is of course okay (though sometimes the grammar mistakes get a little much). I get fumed when people type shit like "loose" instead of lose or "to" instead of "too"...I just want to beat them over the head with a dictionary.

I am a bad speller... doesn't mean I am lazy or retard.

I have a Learning Disabilities, unfortunately I can't spell I have horrible grammar but you know what.... Thank god for spell check!

I struggled all through school but I worked harder than most people and graduated top of my class, finished high school early and went to Purdue University. : )

Because of my Learning Disabilities I have to read my email twice and sometime I do not catch everything. It sucks. I am smart.... But on paper it may not appear that way.

Its a struggle but I have learned to get through it!

I can read and write 100% correctly in my native language, is this count? :glugglug

u hot so that dont count here

Yep... Someone's spelling and grammar on even a forum like this one says a lot about their attitude towards communication :2 cents:

not at all
I understand the fact that some people have trouble spelling, plus working online you run into lots of them who are from other countries so their spelling or grammar are not the best. You gotta keep an open mind, and not judge lightly

I'm GUILTY of the above ALL THE TIME, and it's not that "I don't get it" or that "I've never mastered the English language" I just tend to type too fast, and don't pay a whole lot of attention lol.

And when you use the wrong spelling of a word Spell-check doesn't catch it, cause although it might be the wrong word, it's STILL spelled correctly.

I don't consider myself lazy, and I don't judge anyone by the way they type... some people just can't express themselves via text as well as they can via voice.

My biggest problem, I hardly EVER use punctuation correctly lol

-Loki-

if the information is useful you will read everything and use the info doesnt matter how bad spelled it is! so fuck off with your hard words!

Lose respect? No. Think they should learn to either spell properly or use spell check? Yes.

On a forum it's not so much of an issue, although I do notice poor spelling and grammar. On a website, it's a different matter. Mistakes there make the site look unprofessional and I'm sure affects the probability that a surfer will sign up to that site. If English isn't your first language, or you struggle with the intricacies of the language, it's probably a good idea to get someone to go over it with you and check it reads well.

It's pretty shocking to me just how bad a lot of native English speakers are with spelling and grammar. It does make me think a little less of them to a degree, but I try not to let that form the majority of my opinion about someone, especially since a lot of these native speakers with bad grammar and horrible spelling are very successful in spite of their language deficiencies. For example, I remember in the early days how many of the scene synopses on BangBus.com were horribly mis-spelled. Maybe they still are. And look at all the people who say "would of", "could of" and "should of" right here in the forum- some of them are probably millionaires.

only if they obviously can't spell..

Richard Branson, Leonardo da Vinci, Erin Brockovich, William Hewlett, Walt Disney, George Patton, Tommy Hilfiger, Hans Christian Andersen, Jørn Utzon, Fred Epstein, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Ford, Nelson Rockefeller, Agatha Christie, George Washington

Non of them could spell. They were either dyslexic or traits associated with learning styles. And I am pretty sure all of them are very much smarter and more successful then you will ever be.

If you think less of people because their spelling is bad, its really YOU who are the bigger fool.

"mind, and"
:Oh crap ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,??????????????

"trouble spelling, plus working online you run"
:Oh crap duhhhhhhhhhhhh

"lots"
:Oh crap'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

"lightly"
:Oh crap .............

My reading comprehension is great, but I can't spell for shit! lol

No matter how hard I have tried I can not spell. I was tested in school a long time ago. I was reading 4 levels ahead but spelling and writing a level behind. No one really understood it. They just chalked it up to a learning disability... :Oh crap

hukt on fonix wurkt 4 me!

Justin
you're kung-fu are weak

I love getting responses to jobs I post with misspellings, lingo like 'sumptin, and of course my name misspelled.

Immediately fired. ; )

how many grammar, interpunction, spelling and other errors are in your post if given to an english teacher to be reviewed?

(c) 2009 interpunKtion police

(c) 2009 interpunKtion police error report

I wouldn't say lose respect, but I definitely think of their idiocracy. What really gets to me is the abbreviations, misuse or misspelling (ie. cuz or cause instead of because), people who can't cap the first word of a sentence, big blocks of text because they can't grasp the concept of a paragraph, poor punctuation, sentence structure, etc.

I could go on and on, but what is the point. It is all just another defining characteristic towards the road to "Idiocracy".

Although rarely, I too am guilty of the above from time to time.

No, I lose respect for people who feel the need to correct bad spellers.

:2 cents:

In a construction business, one of the best employees I had was the worst speller I have ever seen.
He could not spell at all, but all his work was concise and exactly as required. When I made him a supervisor, I hired a secretary for him, he dictated his reports and she typed them up for submission to the client.

sumptin, and

,,, & and are used in a non correct way

dub cracker

Ho Gevis A chit

"Your Kung Fu is weak" you mean ?

Grammar and spelling police are the worst people on earth. Especially when they have to resort to correcting those mistakes during a heated argument because they have no other comebacks.

Know what I see when people say they spell/write everything correctly?

People with less Search Engine traffic than me.......

if it's content in something official, like a pamphlet or a non-joke site, then yea. but anything else, who cares?

What annoys me is when someone is obviously on the losing end of an argument and switches to criticizing grammar and spelling instead of addressing points.

As if having, or not having your respect means jack shit

Personally I'd have more respect for a hard working illiterate man or woman, than someone who has nothing better to do than police others lack of writing or reading skills:2 cents:

Can you spell C O C K! :upsidedow:1orglaugh

Almost a perfect sentence.
I do miss the "but" between "No," and "I".
Or you could use a ". " after the "No" which would start a new sentence.

:thumbsup:thumbsup

Penis

:1orglaugh

this one is tricky for myself. sure some have noticed that i have not been capitalizing letters almost at all. i may also use some slang and or silly abbreviations. i also have been prone to a few spelling errors on this site with my posts.

The simple reason behind this is that I am visiting this site via my PDA while I am doing other things. I have only posted on here once of twice from an actual full sized keyboard. As you can see I could be typing in a normal fashion. It just is a pain in the ass on this tiny touch screen keyboard and my fingers.

so do expect to see me typing this way and i may occasionally make some spelling errors as well. i am often typing to fast to allow the word suggestion to select for me and i do not spell check before i post.

I know a lot of people who can spell...and I have zero respect for them...spelling is not something I base respect on...your attitude and ability to think for yourself is what I respect...

....your cash and your jewelry is what i expect

Amen... it's sad when you have to make yourself feel good by correcting someone else spelling or grammar! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh