Poll: Does bad spelling on the internet bother you?

[Catchy Slogan]

I double check my own from time to time, but it doesn't bother me as long as I can still read their comment.

Also, I'll just leave this here:

 

[Dr_Horrible]

mixing up there and they're is just plain stupid, but accidentaly misspelling onomatopoeia isn't.

It's funny, in this context you present "onomatopoeia" as your example of a word that is fine to misspell, yet this particular word is like "Aluminum" a bastardized American degeneration of the original word, (Aluminium/ Onomatopoetica) created by a large population basically "giving up" trying to teach it's original spelling and instead just rewriting the language.

This kind of laziness is much to prevalent in America.

I guess my point is, don't throw rocks in glass houses.

I wouldn't call it a degeneration, and more of an evolution. The Queen's English and American English are, to me, two distinct languages and while neither is better than the other they have been allowed to change and grow separately. So while the Queen's English still uses Onomatopoetica, I see onomatopoeia a equally valid, due to there being two languages.

Anyway, as for rocks and houses, there is a huge difference between a word that has been officially changed in our dictionaries and simply misspelling and using poor grammar.

 

[schiz0phren1c]

I'm a total spelling Nazi,
I can't help it,grammar doesn't bother me so much but misspelling makes me cringe,
its becoming so common nowadays that I'm starting to feel like the grumpy guy's from the Muppet Show,
seeing a shitload of spelling error's in a newspaper or news website is appalling to me,
one or two mistakes in a personal post is fine,but anyone who writes for a living should know better,
and the whole "YOUR" being used for "YOU'RE" thing REALLY bugs me.

 

[HaMSt3rBoT]

It does irk me to no end but I keep in mind that everyone with access to the internet and sites I frequent aren't fluent in English, or AT ALL, for that matter, so the literary skills of people on the internet isn't THAT much of an issue to me. Unless it's a person CONSTANTLY talking in of those "Awh, kawaii, u so desu, do u lke 2 b frenz?" sms or lolcat languages (whichever suits it best), when they most certainly do possess the brain functions to comprehend decently written English. I like it when such writing is used patronizingly or when people troll, for the lulz, but that's just about the limit.
This GrammarNazi status is a personal pet peeve I've developed as I've become more and more obsessed with the language.

But what REALLY ticks me off is when people/gangstas/Capies (come over to my home country, South-Africa, you'll know immediately what I mean!) have every capability needed to enunciate and converse in fluent and intelligible English or Afrikaans, yet they slaughter their linguistic prowess with these subculture-created dialects, for status points with the other intellectual black holes they accompany, which has almost brought me to the point of homicidal rage! (not really, though. I live with one such a sibling, so I have weathered my conditioning towards it, but it really is frustrating to hear.)

Tho I doo plai along 4 t3h lulz wif teh lulcat landvich!!1!, when I REALLY don't want to be taken seriously.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

I don't really care if you have bad grammar or not. Partly because I'm terrible at grammar, so it just wouldn't be right for me to judge.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Typos here or there are fine, but someone who makes tons of errors about things that should be fairly common starts to irritate me.

 

[brinvixen]

I'm not so big on grammar, mainly because I can't tell "good grammar" from "bad grammar". Plus, I routinely ignore my green lines in Microsoft Word because hell, if I like this sentence, then I like this damn sentence!

But the red lines? Bad spelling? They drive me bananas. I don't even text in text talk. The most I will do is "lol" or maybe other shortenings of that type. But that's mainly because those types of shorthand have become damn near close to being their own actual words. They have their own meaning, and when I type them, it's universally understood by readers. If I write something completely off base (as seen by the many examples already presented in this thread) how is anyone supposed to know what I'm saying?

Also, misuse of words is misleading. Saying "they're" when you meant to say "their" is disorienting. Saying "waste" when you meant to say "waist" is disgusting. Take the time out to create the best message possible. That way when you do make a mistake, people won't harp on you for it. But just being indifferent and typing whatever makes you look foolish.

 

[TimeLord]

Yes because plug-ins for Firefox and Google Chrome itself tell you when you spell something wrong. So unless you are using a browser that doesn't have a spell checker then there should be no excuse.

 

[Dyme]

I wish people on the internet would actually care about English. If I misspell a word, I want to know it, to correct myself and improve.

 

[magnuslion]

It only bothers me when someone is trying to sound smart and prove a point. Ridiculous amounts of spelling and grammar issues in that scenario puts my hate-o-meter way up.

 

[Podunk]

If you don't care enough about what you're saying to write clearly and correctly, then why should I care about it? Small typos and grammar faux pas are one thing, but more than that does tend to lower my opinion of the writer somewhat.

 

[Slash Dementia]

It bothers me, but not to the point where I'll get mad or anything. I do give up on reading someone's post or anything if they just butcher the spelling and leave it incomprehensible. I can't take someone seriously if they're not putting the effort to have me understand it.

I'll understand, though, if the person is from another country and English is their second language.

 

[Podunk]

Also, this should be here to be viewed:

 

[glyphseeker]

i care not if i can still understand it

Doesn't stop me from being grammatically correct though

 

[Unhappy Crow]

Half of the time when I see the same person who doesn't bother using the EDIT button for his/her post.

For some people, including myself, I let that slide. But for myself, I would take the time to edit anything misspelled on the day I made that post and it boters me.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

If your spelling is okay and I know what you want to say, I don't care. I hope for the love of god that you use periods at the end of your sentences though. That bothers me.

 

[Kenami]

Yes. Yes it does.

 

[NitehawkFury]

I'm not as concerned about spelling, per sé, (except for myself, because I'm kind of an idiotic perfectionist), but what bothers me most is the use of "Text-Speak" in forums or in actual speech. Things like "LOL, or ROFL, or LMAO" just piss me off. You would never use the phrase "Laugh Out Loud" to actually respond to anyone ever, because you would sound like an idiot:

"Hey, Jimmy just tripped over that banana peel and fell into the pool!"

"Laugh Out Loud!"

"What did you say? Are you feeling okay?"

So, in short, I don't really mind bad spelling. We all make minor mistakes here or there, and that's just the way things are. But please, can we grow up and stop with the stupid abbreviations of phrases that just make no sense in sane conversations?

Thx.

And that was a joke.