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Poor spelling and grammar are major pet peeves of mine. But I do not believe they are indicative of bad character, and not necessarily of low intelligence, either. My best friend is extremely intelligent and has one of the most creative, inventive, beautiful minds of anyone I knew. His spelling is absolutely horrendous. I edit for him all the time!
I agree with the above posters.. I get really turned off by the "u" or "r" type of message fluff.. it speaks volumes when someone can put words down into a forum that speak to you. If they only half-care to begin with, it reflects in their post.
Bad spelling due to carelessness shows a lack of education, due to dyslexia is one thing, or just.. not having the time to care about how you present yourself to the people you are talking to.. ick, why should we want to hear what you have to say when you have only a shred of intent on expressing yourself clearly?
Poor spelling and grammar are major pet peeves of mine. But I do not believe they are indicative of bad character, and not necessarily of low intelligence, either. My best friend is extremely intelligent and has one of the most creative, inventive, beautiful minds of anyone I knew. His spelling is absolutely horrendous. I edit for him all the time!
I agree with this 100 percent. I'm a grammar, spelling and punctuation snob, but they don't have anything to do with a person's character. It's a reflection of education and whether the person reads a lot and pays attention to words. I have an amazingly wonderful sister-in-law who can't spell to save her life. But there's nothing wrong with her character.
I was very interested in the whole what does bad spelling indicate at two distinct times: when I was engaged to be married to a man who is a terrible speller, yet he is also very brilliant and educated (PhD in physics, advanced degrees in mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering), working at prestigious university. I was intrigued because clearly had nothing to do with intelligence. Spelling had always come easily to me with no effort, I just figured it was because I read a lot. But he read a lot too, and we both were very educated.
Then when I had children all three were very smart (really, not just a mother bragging : ) ) but one was also a terrible speller. So I looked into the studies and research and found it seems that spelling is something you either have or you don't for the most part. It can't be "learned" although people can use things like spell check. This made sense to me in what I saw in both my children and their dad. Both of them tried very hard with very little improvement in spelling. I never put any effort into it and it came easy.
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I'm a little suprised by some of the reactions on here. I was not trying to say that my view was right, however, wondering if anyone had similiar thoughts.
For those that say there is no logic, well, would you go after a perfect 10 (in a dating way, 10 meaning their phyiscal apperance), if they spelled like a 1st grader?
I did not think so.
Actually, what's also more disturbing than misspellings is people mixing up their homonyms. For instance, not using the correct forms of:
it's/its
you're/your
they're/their/there
affect/effect
advice/advise
to/too
then/than
My boyfriends works at a performance car shop and he cringes when someone misspells "tuning" as "tunning".
Actually, what's also more disturbing than misspellings is people mixing up their homonyms. For instance, not using the correct forms of:
it's/its
you're/your
they're/their/there
affect/effect
advice/advise
to/too
then/than
My boyfriends works at a performance car shop and he cringes when someone misspells "tuning" as "tunning".
Personally, I don't discriminate when it comes to the nyms I use. I am confident in my choice of nyms I favor, and I won't be labeled homophobic.
Spelling doesn't make much of a difference to me. It's more "overall content" and ability to express oneself that is important, IMO.
My BF uses "u" and "ur" when chatting. And, honestly, I've never really given it a second glance. Now, if that were combined with other things that made me go "hmmmm", it would probably be different. But, if it's just little things like that, it doesn't concern me too much.
Actually, what's also more disturbing than misspellings is people mixing up their homonyms. For instance, not using the correct forms of:
it's/its
you're/your
they're/their/there
affect/effect
advice/advise
to/too
then/than
My boyfriends works at a performance car shop and he cringes when someone misspells "tuning" as "tunning".
You have more than one boyfriend? Bad joke. I couldn't resist though.
thats a big mistake and you can make your judgment based on that alone lol
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I can distinquish the difference between rampant and just a few mispelled words, like when someone leaves out a letter due to typing errors. There is this one girl, who I have serious doubts about, spelled hockey, hokkee.
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Bad joke. I couldn't resist though. 
