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Lack of English skills from people whose first language is English is becoming scary (pg. 3)
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i see the then/than issue all the time... don't understand why some people would have problems with it |
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| tenor |
Like Eugene said, english prounouncing doesnt match the spelling. This is caused by having a long history of written material - while the pronouning changes quickly, spelling doesnt change all that quickly. Most US people here have read canterbury tales in school - it was written in the 14th century..
This is the reason why people who learn it from books, can usually spell it a bit better than the people who learn it by talking.
(however, this is shared by a lot of languages - depending on when it the syntax and grammar were laid down. There are also languages like chinese where spelling doesnt have anything to do with pronouncing.. ) |
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| DuMonde TrAnCeR |
| i knwo i can spell properly quite easily, but the fact of the matter is most fot eh tiem i cant be arsed, i have some dodgy nerve problem which means my fingers just press the worng keys for no reason, i suppose i cant write neither, oh yeh and i dont exactly talk proper english hehe :D |
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| drinkyourmilk |
| quote: | Originally posted by apri_peel
and i think those ppl should be ashamed of themselves. it doesnt take that much longer to spell out the whole word. |
Uhhh.. ppl? *cough* :p |
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| G K Murray |
| quote: | Originally posted by DuMonde TrAnCeR
i knwo i can spell properly quite easily, but the fact of the matter is most fot eh tiem i cant be arsed, i have some dodgy nerve problem which means my fingers just press the worng keys for no reason, i suppose i cant write neither, oh yeh and i dont exactly talk proper english hehe :D |
Ste, you have what you call 'SAUSAGE FINGER TYPING'. You hit about three keys everytime you need to hit one. I find it funny though:D
Why should ppl type correctly? It's only typing. These days we use TEXT all the time, so we're bount to use SHORT TEXT cos we can't be arsed typing full words, we use abreviations and why not? |
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| Eugene |
| quote: | Originally posted by lMIlk
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^^^ :D |
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| brunette |
It's not really a question of typing as much as accuracy of grammar and language overall. If you've just written a huge post, you're not going to bother reading it over just to correct typing mistakes, it's not a school paper.
Broken english can be cute, but not by a person whose first language is English! |
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| TiestoInTheMix |
| this one pisses me off the most: what in the freaking hell is an ARSE???? is that like an Irish version of an "ass"? well, then you'd have to use "foocking" too....:stongue: |
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| Miss Proximus |
How about:
know / now :rolleyes:
definitely / definately
and other "big" words.....I mean jeezz.....at what age do they stop teaching you people to spell?
On the other hand, I know A LOT of Dutch people that can't spell correctly..and you know what bothers me? Since I speak/write so much in English I keep forgetting the Dutch sayings and I mix them up :D Or I just know what to say in Enlgish but I forgot the Dutch word for it :D
What a blast :) |
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| tu_face |
i wud say im 1 of the worst 4 it... but i only do it becoz its quicker... plus alot of the time its colloquial slang, just u guys dont know it as that :)
for instance, how many people get wot i mean when i say "av a gud un!"?
we english have a right to write in slang! :p:)
one thing that is scary is the growing use of english slang by canadians... not that im complaining becoz its better than yank slang :p
and arse is the BRITISH version of ass. ass is a word. arse flows better :) im gonna start a petetion to ban the use of ass and replace it with arse :D |
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| webmeister |
Well I'm a trained journalist and I work in data entry. So I write professionally and can sustain typing at 80+ words per minute for long periods.
But I still throw in all the net shorthand .. ur, u, etc :)
That's mainly because I'm lazy :D
But if I'm trying to make a point or an intelligent post I'll dot all the I's and cross all the T's :)
Doesn't stop me throwing smilies in everywhere though :D |
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