Question for guys about women who spell badly (child, friend, message)

[srjth]

So I have noticed a trend among women who do NOT spell badly - well, they are turned off by men who spell badly*. I am wondering now if men who do NOT spell badly are turned off by women who spell badly?

Thanks in advance for your answers, guys!

*Assuming the language they are writing is their native language.

[ja1myn]

Yeah it's a turn off to me. Makes the chick sounded stupid. I have a female friend who spelled "taught" as "tot". I had to re-read the message like 14 times until I finally got it because I don't pronounce it as "tot", I pronounce it as "tawt".

[John13]

If it's habitual, yes.

To me it's a sign of low intelligence and that would be a bad match for me.

Obviously I would excuse someone who is not yet fluent in the English language.

[srjth]

lol@ Ja1myn

Is consistent bad spelling really a sign of low intelligence though?

[DrEarth]

I give her a spelling test on the first date. Noo, I really don't care, but I'm not a great speller. However, I don't like text speak.

[CSD610]

Originally Posted by ja1myn

Yeah it's a turn off to me. Makes the chick sounded stupid. I have a female friend who spelled "taught" as "tot". I had to re-read the message like 14 times until I finally got it because I don't pronounce it as "tot", I pronounce it as "tawt".

Is that a small child or a tater?

[CSD610]

Originally Posted by DrEarth

I give her a spelling test on the first date. Noo, I really don't care, but I'm not a great speller. However, I don't like text speak.

I absolutely hate text speak and unfortunately my 72 year old Mother has picked it up from my Niece, aarrrgghhh.....

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by srjth

lol@ Ja1myn

Is consistent bad spelling really a sign of low intelligence though?

It may not be a sign of low intelligence, per se, but it's definitely a sign that the person doesn't read. Readers have a better sense of what words look like and how they're used.

[monemi]

I keep text speak to texting and try to spell properly everywhere else. But it's hard to remember not to use texting when writing. It jst becomes a habit n S hrd 2 remMbR nt 2 ux it.

[Raena77]

A few hard words I understand. But if you can't spell simple words like (night,knight,we're, where, them, deer, dear, son, sun, see, sea, to, too, their, they're,ect.