spellchecker!

[dizzyblonde]

Can people please stop using text speak, and start using the Queens English when writing a post innit:rolleyes:.

It appears of late that there are rather a lot of either uneducated people posting, or people who are just too damn lazy to use a spellchecker.

I am really having difficulty reading a lot of posts on here lately and its really hacking me off:smt073



Please accept my apologies to those who genuinely have difficulty8-[.


RAAAAARRRRRR rant over;)

[Sally]

I always put (sp) after a word which I can't spell correctly :(

[Dan]

Innit, aiiiight (sp).

With you on this DB.

[Ed]

I always put (sp) after a word which I can't spell correctly :(

You lazy git. Have you no dictionary in your house:rolleyes::D

[Sally]

A french one sitting beside me..

Will that help? :)

[dizzyblonde]

I always put (sp) after a word which I can't spell correctly :(


But I can read and understand your posts8)

its the posts that i have to read a dozen times over, to actually understand that i'm getting hacked off with!

[fizzwheel]

agreed, its irritating the sh*te out of me.

[Sally]

Wot u mean?

i reli cnt undrstnd ur psts! :)

[the_lone_wolf]

I have a spelling chequer,
It came with my pea sea,
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye cannot sea.

When eye strike a quay, right a word,
I weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar wright
It shows me strait aweigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
I nose bee fore two late
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely, rarely grate.

I've run this poem threw it
I'm shore your pleased two no,
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

[dizzyblonde]

woop, DB starts a word war:smt110

I don't mind the 'lol' and the 'pmsl' etc.
Its great but FFS .......
what lyk if aye writ lyk dis, wuld anywun undastnand wot aye wuz sayin lyk!

[Stu]

agreed, its irritating the sh*te out of me.
Delete them from the thread & pm back to poster with a "Must try harder"

[Stu]

what lyk if aye writ lyk dis, wuld anywun undastnand wot aye wuz sayin lyk!
emmm, yes :smt102

[Ed]

Computers don't have predictive text:D

[Dan]

Computers don't have predictive text:D
Considering some of the meaningless texts I receive, that's probably a GOOD thing!

[DarrenSV650S]

nowt wrong with mine

my dads just rung and said

''I need a holiday

Just booked a week in Devon, Dylan want to come??''...(never pass up an oportunity to be child free for a week;-) )

Why yes, marvellous idea. :-)

Only thing is, its dads 60th on the Tuesday my parents are away.....hmmmmmm 250+ miles on me tod to Devon for a couple of days just to say happy birthday....hmmmmmm

wot a crap doctor. Go see another one in the surgery. And keep going until you get one that will actually do something for you.
your vaccin up so early?? who you expecting......the queen;)
bet the Mrs does it again a gazzilion times after that:D
Roadrash Jailbreak...lol. Think it were PS1.
Num-chucks, bikes, blokes wi beards shouting 'animal' class :-)

today, just got up :-) lazing, hanging the washing out, get rid of kid at grannies (tht just sounds mean, not meant to) drinking with Polish gang at work( well not at work, in a pub)
tomorrow, dunno
sunday, off to Squires to lunge at some strangers

ow dooooo:smt039

well my son would love to see his dad, but unfortunately he has vanished into thin air. He knows where we live. The negativity as you put it, is not my doing, but his fathers. I am thoroughly open with my son(at 7yrs old I may add) if and when he asks questions, which he does.
My will, still stands. TBH, and I hate saying it, but my son really is better off without him. Theres other issues that are involved that I won't post on a public forum

THank chuff fer than:kiss::smt038
you missed the bit where you open the door, step out and close it behind you:rolleyes:




ok I iz getting me coat now:silent:

ahh right wikid trikz..lol
Yeah Orange are in Halifax, back in the day, there was a whole bunch of teenagers riding them, as one of their elder brothers worked there and got massive discounts. Much needed considering the pricetags:o He had a Marin one too, which I used to nick to go round to see me mates on!
Can't believe that the retro ones still commision so much on ebay, I was astonished looking at them the other day
az you dun a 2 weeks long wheelie yet then ?
wot av we 'ere then?



:smt006 burd from oop ere:p
har har, they don't have a street thingy for my address yet, but I'll be sure YC's old crate is on the dirve instead of mine.
Funny thing is, we just googled Im Indoors old address and Suzy is sat on his drive....I must have been visiting!

:smt110

[dizzyblonde]

?? have you been stalking me or what??
:smt042

ps I actually studied English Language. I can spell perfectly thankyou......including this one



''flockynockynihilipilification''

so ner!

[DarrenSV650S]

?? have you been stalking me or what??
:smt042
No just like pulling up hypocrites;)

[Dan]

No, just like pulling up hypocrites;)

So do I. Corrected for you.

[dizzyblonde]

No just like pulling up hypocrites;)


fair point, everyone has an odd slip up. (and occasionally people write in a regional slang as they think out loud)

BUT, if you can honestly pick up slight deviations in how I write, surely you have picked up on how bad some people on here are recently?

[DarrenSV650S]

So do I. Corrected for you.
When did I say I was a perfect spelllllller? or grammererererer?:smt003

[the_lone_wolf]

''flockynockynihilipilification''

Did you mean floccinaucinihilipilification?;)

[Woz]

I can spell perfectly thankyou......including this one



''flockynockynihilipilification''

so ner!




Err, isn't that spelled flaucinaucinihilipilification ?

Unless I missed some intentional irony ;)

[DarrenSV650S]

fair point, everyone has an odd slip up. (and occasionally people write in a regional slang as they think out loud)

BUT, if you can honestly pick up slight deviations in how I write, surely you have picked up on how bad some people on here are recently?
I just notice your ow doo type accent of writing :lol:
But yeh I have noticed it.

[Dan]

When did I say I was a perfect spelllllller? or grammererererer?:smt003


You didn't. But one can't pick up on a hypocrite, unless certain one is correct oneself. ;)

[DarrenSV650S]

You didn't. But one can't pick up on a hypocrite, unless certain one is correct oneself. ;)
One can and one has.




one

[Dan]

One can and one has.




one

Not with a clear conscience, one can't.

[DarrenSV650S]

Not with a clear conscience, one can't.
yes one can

[Baph]

Cheers Darren, that was a good giggle. :)

[DarrenSV650S]

Cheers Darren, that was a good giggle. :)
One can't tell if your being sarcastic or not




one one

[dizzyblonde]

Did you mean floccinaucinihilipilification?;)


tha' un all:D

[gruntygiggles]

No just like pulling up hypocrites;)

And you gave me a right giggle.

Come on, we all do it and there are times when the odd miss spelling is done in jest or to go with the flow.

There have been posts where the word, "are" has been used uniformly in place of the correct, "our". That annoys me a little as I have to work harder to understand the sentence, but not everyone has had a decent education unfortunately.

however it does not take a genius to know that when you are writing something you should use proper grammar to show the start and end of each sentence or paragraph and a capital letter at the start of a place name or persons name and to construst your sentences so that people could read them out loud with enough full stops or commas to be able to breathe on a regular and therefore life sustaining basis and so on

Now, the odd gramatical mistake does not bother me too much, but to just write in text speak or fail entirely to use any grammar makes reading sometimes difficult.

[Baph]

One can't tell if your being sarcastic or not

one one

Suprisingly for me, it was entirely serious. Not a hint of sarcasam in that post.

This one however... :rolleyes:


There have been posts where the word, "are" has been used uniformly in place of the correct, "our". That annoys me a little as I have to work harder to understand the sentence, but not everyone has had a decent education unfortunately.

however it does not take a genius to know that when you are writing something you should use proper grammar to show the start and end of each sentence or paragraph and a capital letter at the start of a place name or persons name and to construst your sentences so that people could read them out loud with enough full stops or commas to be able to breathe on a regular and therefore life sustaining basis and so on


Now call me daft, but I would consider it a more "decent" education to be aware of grammar/punctuation/spelling, but not be too hung up on it.

My brain is fully capable of reading a sentence where the word "our" is replace with "are" incorrectly, and it's still easily understandable. Just as when I see a word where the first letter should be a capital, I can forgive the author for missing the shift key.

Also, when I'm reading aloud & someone hasn't used proper punctuation, I prioritise breathing over reading, so when I need to stop to breathe, I do.

Not having a pop, t'is just my tuppence. :) (sorry, couldn't resist)

[Ed]

I hate 'should/could/would of' instead of 'should/could/would have'

So ignorant:D

[Dan]

I hate 'should/could/would of' instead of 'should/could/would have'

So ignorant:D

Thank God it's not just me. Every time I see it, I am screaming. In my mind.

[DarrenSV650S]

I can't think of a sentence that would use "should of"

[Dan]

I can't think of a sentence that would use "should of"

That's because there isn't one.

'I should have punched him' - OK.

'I should of punched him' - Screaming.

[Baph]

I can't think of a sentence that would use "should of"

Should of gone to Specsavers? :rolleyes:

[DarrenSV650S]

I know that "should of" is wrong, but that's what I say when I'm talking. Just lazy habits I guess

[Baph]

I know that "should of" is wrong, but that's what I say when I'm talking. Just lazy habits I guess

Nah, when talking it becomes:

"Should av gone t'Specsavers."

HTH. :D

[DarrenSV650S]

No I say "should o' gone-tssspecsavers"

That from working in Dundee

[Dan]

Nah, when talking it becomes:

"Should av gone t'Specsavers."

HTH. :D

At least 'Should've gone', when spoken, is correctly punctuated, ironically.

[gruntygiggles]

I hate 'should/could/would of' instead of 'should/could/would have'

So ignorant:D

Ed, I think you just did a far better job at making my point!

Baphs comments on my post made me laugh and I feel the same. I am fully capable of understanding despite a lack of grammar, I would just rather the writer make a bit of an effort.

[Milky Bar Kid]

Some of our typists at work don't put any grammar in at all. Most fraustrating when one is trying to amend it.

[DarrenSV650S]

Why is everyone saying one so much.

One

[Milky Bar Kid]

Two.

[dizzyblonde]

but not everyone has had a decent education unfortunately.




Not everyone does, but, if a seven year old child has a better grasp of sentencing and spelling, than some of the 'posters' on here lately.......

.....where the flippin heck have they been spending their education:confused:
There is room for the odd slip up, keyboard stuck, wrong punctuation etc, but even those who have the odd guff up with spelling at least think about what they are posting.

[Milky Bar Kid]

Dizzy, I think you can be crowned as a fellow God. You can be the God of spelling, grammar and punctuation.

[dizzyblonde]

Dizzy, I think you can be crowned as a fellow God. You can be the God of spelling, grammar and punctuation.

no tar...think thats Darren:smt003

[Milky Bar Kid]

Thought it was you that was the OP?

[Baph]

Not everyone does, but, if a seven year old child has a better grasp of sentencing and spelling, than some of the 'posters' on here lately.......

.....where the flippin heck have they been spending their education:confused:
There is room for the odd slip up, keyboard stuck, wrong punctuation etc, but even those who have the odd guff up with spelling at least think about what they are posting.

http://gallery.roadbikereview.com/data/roadbike/500/Ziggy-ROTFLMFAO.jpg

Lou, I'm sorry...

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2168/seriouskm9.png

Carry on...

[DarrenSV650S]

Eh? No not me. I'm not as fussed about it as you dizzy

[dizzyblonde]

#thick mode on#

Baph...:confused:

#thick mode off#

[gruntygiggles]

Not everyone does, but, if a seven year old child has a better grasp of sentencing and spelling, than some of the 'posters' on here lately.......

.....where the flippin heck have they been spending their education:confused:
There is room for the odd slip up, keyboard stuck, wrong punctuation etc, but even those who have the odd guff up with spelling at least think about what they are posting.

If you don't know that what you are doing is wrong, then how will you know to amend it?

I am in total agreement with you though DB. There was a thread recently in which many .Orgers asked the original poster to use a spell check and the response was one of total indifference. That bugs me. If you know you are spelling something incorrectly and carry on, then that's just lazy and ignorant.

[Baph]

#thick mode on#

Baph...:confused:

#thick mode off#

define:Irony...

Irony is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is an or discordance between what one says or does, and what one means or what is ...

You're making me have a good laugh on my night shift, bless ya. :)

[dizzyblonde]

every 1 that has got an engin an even brakes all sayin cranks ****ed or badly worn


ok, I'll quietly go away and try not to read any sort of posts like this again then





:cry:

[Milky Bar Kid]

To be honest, I have only just discovered the spell-check button. Saying that, my spelling is normally ok, only problem is occasional typo's.

[Baph]

To be honest, I have only just discovered the spell-check button. Saying that, my spelling is normally ok, only problem is occasional typo's.

My web-browser auto spell checks everything I type, whether that be on the .Org or otherwise. Spelling mistakes are underlined in red, and I can click it to correct in a MS Office type way. :)

[hovis]

To be honest, I have only just discovered the spell-check button. Saying that, my spelling is normally ok, only problem is occasional typo's.

theres a spell check button?

:confused:

[gruntygiggles]

define:Irony...

Irony is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is an or discordance between what one says or does, and what one means or what is ...

You're making me have a good laugh on my night shift, bless ya. :)

Define: Condescending...

Baph

[BanannaMan]

theres a spell check button?

:confused:





+1
Wherzat?

[SoulKiss]

Huh! In a huff now.

What are you doing DB, starting a thread like this without inviting me...............

I think locking a thread with the reason "Incomprehensible" then deleting it 24 hours later is the answer.

I think we all can and do make allowances for any non-native English speakers, but if Fillipe whos Portugese can do a fine job of posting here, some "local" from Essex, Yorkshire or even South Wales can make the same effort.

[Swin]

I'm afraid it's a disease that's spreading, text speak is fine on a phone where it allows you to fit more into a message, but shouldn't be used anywhere else.

Grammar is just dying these days I'm afraid :(

[edit] One of the guys I work with types everything in upper case with very little punctation - try reading a block of that!

[Magnum]

+ 1 to OP. Lack of punctuation is the worst in my opinion. It makes solid blocks of text so hard to read.

*Refrains from making a joke thats probably been on every page of this thread*

[madness]

It's not just me then!

[hovis]

stuff........

wow, you took your time:smt079

[Scoobs]

Grumpy sods.

[cuffy]

there's a spell check button?

:confused:
There is young bread boy, unfortunately it doesn't pick up on punctuation. ;)

[dizzyblonde]

Huh! In a huff now.

What are you doing DB, starting a thread like this without inviting me...............



awww really sorry hun, I'll start again......

Soulkiss, my honourable friend, would you like to partake in a little debate about the general public not being able to string a sentence together properly?

RSVP
Theres a good fellow:D ;)

[plowsie]

Oh dear, lol at this.

If people have a problem with dictionaries, get Firefox. It has a spell checker (ohh look spell checker is two words ;)), albeit, a bloody US one on mine, so some of the stuff I look at and go "WTF doooood!"

[dizzyblonde]

so does google Plowsie.
:rolleyes:
Its the little box on the toolbar that says

ABC(green tick symbol) check :roll:

[flymo]

should of gone to specsavers? :rolleyes:

pmsl :)

[Speedy Claire]

I agree regarding the use of poor spelling and text speak but what irritates me more than anything else is people who say "me" instead of "I" ie. "me is thinking of coming with you" or "me might make this one". I think to myself "my god... is a toddler writing this"???

[flymo]

One had a similar debate on this subject recently at home.

I regularly hear things like "I seen Jane at the shops today". It drives me mad. I was tempted to buy a book about grammer that was for sale in HMV over christmas but then I thought "nah".

[The Guru]

It annoys me aswell, but at the end of the day some people have poor reading and writing abilities... and some people are just thick.

[plowsie]

It annoys me aswell, but at the end of the day some people have poor reading and writing abilities... and some people are just thick
I think that is rather strong and particularly harsh!

[The Guru]

Dizzy, I think you can be crowned as a fellow God. You can be the God of spelling, grammar and punctuation.

I've read some of your previous posts :smt108

:smt081

[The Guru]

I think that is rather strong and particularly harsh!

But true

[Dan]

It annoys me aswell, but at the end of the day some people have poor reading and writing abilities... and some people are just thick.

Exactly. These days, any child who doesn't apply themselves or performs badly academically is automatically given an excuse, whether it's a poor home life, undiagnosed Dyslexia, Autism or something else.

Now, I'm not disputing the existence of these issues/illnesses, and some children are without a doubt victims of bad luck when it comes to the gene pool, but there is to my mind a huge amount of over-use of these conditons as excuses.

When I was at school, there were academically gifted pupils, athletically gifted pupils and normal all-rounders. Everyone had strengths and weaknesses.

Then, some were just dense.

[dirtydog]

Bad spelling I can live with, poor grammar I can live with but text speak drives me mad!!!

[plowsie]

But true
No, I don't feel it is. Yes, people not spelling or making grammar read correctly is annoying for all you picky people.

But throwing insults at them that they are thick, I feel is slightly below the belt.

Has anyone just thought it may be lazyness (sp? Laziness(as per Firefox :lol:))?

[newts924]

so does google Plowsie.
:rolleyes:
Its the little box on the toolbar that says

ABC(green tick symbol) check :roll:

Thanks, I didn't know about the spell checker :rolleyes:

[SoulKiss]

Exactly. These days, any child who doesn't apply themselves or performs badly academically is automatically given an excuse, whether it's a poor home life, undiagnosed Dyslexia, Autism or something else.

Now, I'm not disputing the existence of these issues/illnesses, and some children are without a doubt victims of bad luck when it comes to the gene pool, but there is to my mind a huge amount of over-use of these conditons as excuses.

When I was at school, there were academically gifted pupils, athletically gifted pupils and normal all-rounders. Everyone had strengths and weaknesses.

Then, some were just dense.

Laziness goes by many names these days..........

[The Guru]

No, I don't feel it is...

Your entitled to you opinion :smt064

[Luckypants]

Has anyone just thought it may be lazyness (sp? Laziness(as per Firefox :lol:))?

Yes I often think it is laziness. They are either to lazy to make an effort to write an intelligible post or were to lazy to make an effort at school and now know no better.

In my opinion nothing makes you appear poorly educated or thick more than an inability to read or write to a basic standard. I know we all have to make allowances for those with genuine problems, but it seems to me (and has already been posted) that these conditions are bandied about as excuses for poor academic performance by those that just cannot be arsed.

In fact, after reading some posts on an undergraduate forum recently, I despair of the level reading and writing skills that is acceptable in schools currently.

[dizzyblonde]

It annoys me aswell, but at the end of the day some people have poor reading and writing abilities... and some people are just ignorant.

fixed for you;)

Exactly. These days, any child who doesn't apply themselves or performs badly academically is automatically given an excuse, whether it's a poor home life, undiagnosed Dyslexia, Autism or something else.

Now, I'm not disputing the existence of these issues/illnesses, and some children are without a doubt victims of bad luck when it comes to the gene pool, but there is to my mind a huge amount of over-use of these conditons as excuses.
.

I have to agree with you Dan. I do think its an over used excuse. My brother is dyslexic, he doesn't use it as an excuse, and for the record has a degree:cool:

I think I've officially joined the old gang or something.
Coincidently(and a sweeping generalisation) rather a lot of new members are below the age of 20, and its these members that are usually the ones with terrible posts, so what the hell is going on.
As someone already said, if our foreign friends on here make a huge effort to post properly, why can't our younger members? English is taught all over the world as a mutual second language, are their schools going to have to start teaching text speak as well, because the English are getting so damn lazy with their own language?


waits for the burning flames of hell to descend upon me:rolleyes:

[plowsie]

Your entitled to you opinion :smt064
Okay, so say, I called you **** at riding your bike because you didn't make an overtake that anybody could've made in a 3 seater armchair, I've never met you but I've just said that to you...

"**** you" would be my reply to me.

[The Guru]

Okay, so say, I called you **** at riding your bike because you didn't make an overtake that anybody could've made in a 3 seater armchair, I've never met you but I've just said that to you...

"**** you" would be my reply to me.

No, I'd probably agree :smt042

I ride like Im driving Miss Daisy

[plowsie]

No, I'd probably agree :smt042

I ride like Im driving Miss Daisy
:shock: Fair enough then.

[SoulKiss]

No, I'd probably agree :smt042

I ride like Im driving Miss Daisy

Hey nothing wrong with taking your Granny out on Pillion :)

[Dan]

I have to agree with you Dan. I do think its an over used excuse. My brother is dyslexic, he doesn't use it as an excuse, and for the record has a degree:cool:

Exactly. On the other hand, I worked with someone until a while ago who had been written off by many as being thick as mince, but I suspect he may have been mildly Autistic. He was like the ****ing Rain Man when it came to numbers, and was highly artistic, very inventive and a great creative thinker.

Just goes to show that it cuts both ways - some are diagnosed wrongly and never succeed as a result, some aren't diagnosed at all and do brilliantly.

[SoulKiss]

Exactly. On the other hand, I worked with someone until a while ago who had been written off by many as being thick as mince, but I suspect he may have been mildly Autistic. He was like the ****ing Rain Man when it came to numbers, and was highly artistic, very inventive and a great creative thinker.

Just goes to show that it cuts both ways - some are diagnosed wrongly and never succeed as a result, some aren't diagnosed at all and do brilliantly.

You should offer to take him to a Casino for a weekend...........

[Dan]

You should offer to take him to a Casino for a weekend...........

Who says I haven't already ;)

Seriously though, we were all stood around in his office drinking coffee one day and discussing his Rain Man tendencies, when someone pointed at the whiteboard and said

"Go on then, how many letters are on the board".

"271" he came back. So we counted. All the way to 279, and then we took the **** mercilessly until he said...

"There's a phone number on there too. You said 'letters' not 'characters'" :D

[SoulKiss]

Who says I haven't already ;)

Seriously though, we were all stood around in his office drinking coffee one day and discussing his Rain Man tendencies, when someone pointed at the whiteboard and said

"Go on then, how many letters are on the board".

"271" he came back. So we counted. All the way to 279, and then we took the **** mercilessly until he said...

"There's a phone number on there too. You said 'letters' not 'characters'" :D

Woohoo - Vegas here you come :)

I think its AMAZING that some people can do this kind of thing, and that its terrible that they end up getting judged as being "wrong".

They are just different, not better, not worse.

[gruntygiggles]

Yes I often think it is laziness. They are either to lazy to make an effort to write an intelligible post or were to lazy to make an effort at school and now know no better.

In my opinion nothing makes you appear poorly educated or thick more than an inability to read or write to a basic standard. I know we all have to make allowances for those with genuine problems, but it seems to me (and has already been posted) that these conditions are bandied about as excuses for poor academic performance by those that just cannot be arsed.

In fact, after reading some posts on an undergraduate forum recently, I despair of the level reading and writing skills that is acceptable in schools currently.

+1

And do you know what really gets my goat?????

When you have the government designing ad campaigns for school kids and using words like, "woz" and "ere" in some attempt to be cool and get down with the kids.

When did it become so wrong to want to keep the English language alive?

[madness]

It annoys me aswell, but at the end of the day some people have poor reading and writing abilities... and some people are just thick.

I think that a lot of the trouble these days is that some people just aren't bothered.

[Dan]

I think its AMAZING that some people can do this kind of thing, and that its terrible that they end up getting judged as being "wrong".

They are just different, not better, not worse.

Spot on. Excellent post.

[Dan]

I hate 'should/could/would of' instead of 'should/could/would have'

So ignorant:D

I've just thought of a few others that really get on my wick.

One being the use of 'been' instead of 'being'.

Another being the number of times I see people write 'I can' when they mean 'I can't'.

'Alot' instead of 'a lot'

'Breaks' instead of 'brakes'

[anna]

I understand the annoyances with text speak. It can be difficult to follow and, has only come about due to the mobile phone technology and the need for a short hand version of English.

All languages evolve whether it is a good thing or a bad thing who knows. It seems that currently English language is evolving purely down to the fact that the following generations are either too lazy or not being educated properly.

For myself I used to consider that I was taught to a reasonable standard of English after all I can read, and I can write English well enough to converse and have held employment in reasonable positions of needing language skills to negotiate.

However, it is only when I had to learn a new language that I realised that in fact my English education was falling seriously short and, what is more it is falling shorter than the education in European countries.

For example, the structure of English language was not taught to me in any great depth, which makes learning a new language incredibly difficult. Not only do I have to learn the terms for the grammatical differences that I am learning in the new language, but I also have to learn the same term in English and what it is. For example subjunctives, present continuous infinitives, present subjunctives. All of these elements of grammar make up a language and to learn another language I am finding that I have to learn in English how these terms work, and what they do before I am able to transfer it into the learning language.

This isn’t because I am stupid (oi!!! careful now!!) or that the younger generation is, it´s clearly a sever hole in our English education.

[lily]

I do suffer from dyslexia, but this wasn't discovered until I was 18 it was actually 1 week from sitting my final A-Level exams they did some test's and said yes actually the reason you find spelling and english difficult is that you are dyslexia. But its to late now to try and get extra time or mark's on your A-Levels. I didn't want to do that either and more to the point!!!!!

I made a decision when i went to Uni that I had got this far without their help why do I need it now.

The only time I used the But I'm dyslexi was to get the computer that my local LEA paid for, for students that went on to University that had a learning disability. I was prepared to pay for my own laptop for my work, but my dad made a point that he had paid council tax etc....... that why shouldn't I get part of the pot.

I could of got lots of extra help at Uni, my coursework to be looked at before submission and any mistakes to be corrected for me to then correct it. A covering letter to then go over the very same coursework to say that this student suffers from a learning disability do not mark down for poor grammer and spelling. But to be honest I didn't want to.

It sometimes takes me a while to post as I have to re-read what I have wrote and sometimes spell check words in Microsoft Word. Or if drew is with me I will ask him how you spell certain words. :rolleyes: But i try my best! :D and hope i don't upset any of you that have to try and read my post's

Now as for shorting of words........... :smt075 is what you get. I can get sent text messages from my cousions or mates that to be able to read what they say I have to read them out loud!!!

I notice a bit on here but kind of gloss over it (read it out loud) and then I know what they are on able! :rolleyes:

This is going to make me seem really old now (and i'm not!) But i think one of the reason's is a change of times. We received an email from a new employee the other day and me and mel (who work on the payroll) could not read what he had wrote. We read the 6 digets then 8 so we have figured that this must be his bank details. :smt011 That was a business email as well.

Anyway I think I have gone off topic and back on and don't think i answers the OP. But when do i!!!! :rolleyes:


EDIT: If anybody wants to quote this and amend any mistakes I would be most grateful...... as Drew is not here! :p;)

[SoulKiss]

I understand the annoyances with text speak. It can be difficult to follow and, has only come about due to the mobile phone technology and the need for a short hand version of English.

All languages evolve whether it is a good thing or a bad thing who knows. It seems that currently English language is evolving purely down to the fact that the following generations are either too lazy or not being educated properly.

For myself I used to consider that I was taught to a reasonable standard of English after all I can read, and I can write English well enough to converse and have held employment in reasonable positions of needing language skills to negotiate.

However, it is only when I had to learn a new language that I realised that in fact my English education was falling seriously short and, what is more it is falling shorter than the education in European countries.

For example, the structure of English language was not taught to me in any great depth, which makes learning a new language incredibly difficult. Not only do I have to learn the terms for the grammatical differences that I am learning in the new language, but I also have to learn the same term in English and what it is. For example subjunctives, present continuous infinitives, present subjunctives. All of these elements of grammar make up a language and to learn another language I am finding that I have to learn in English how these terms work, and what they do before I am able to transfer it into the learning language.

This isn’t because I am stupid (oi!!! careful now!!) or that the younger generation is, it´s clearly a sever hole in our English education.

Get Filly-pie to write that down for you did you?

:p :rolleyes::smt042