Horrible typing on the forum

[Reno_eNVy]

I don't want to start a war but it bugs me that "oh I'm on an iphone" is an acceptable excuse. But I'm not blaming the users, I blame the company that charges an arm and a leg for a device that spurned the creation of a website solely dedicated to it's crap autocorrect function (damnyouautocorrect.com)

A lot of my posts are made using a swype keyboard with zero issues.

 

[WilliamWS]

Fixed

You're right. It did need another comma before "but". The comma before "too" was correct, though.

 

[KNOTSANE]

I don't freak on someone's poor grammar or spelling, but the last time I checked most phones and computers are equipped with spell check. If everyone enabled this feature on whatever device is being used, this post would not have even been started. Plus drinking homebrew while surfing the forum could account for many of these errors.

 

[Diver165]

I don't want to start a war but it bugs me that "oh I'm on an iphone" is an acceptable excuse. But I'm not blaming the users, I blame the company that charges an arm and a leg for a device that spurned the creation of a website solely dedicated to it's crap autocorrect function (damnyouautocorrect.com)

A lot of my posts are made using a swype keyboard with zero issues.

Nobody said it was "an acceptable excuse". I was just saying if you drink enough beer, autocorrect will probably make it worse. It was a silly half attempt at making a joke.

Again, as long as I can get the general idea of what is being said I don't care. I'm not their mother nor their 5th grade English teacher.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Oh sorry I wasn't singling you out... my bad. I just see that phrase a lot.

 

[Yooper]

I appreciate a paragraph once in a while much more than proper spelling or grammar. If I see one massive block of text, I will often just skip it.

Me too! I also skip questions that say "Wat wud U do?" or anything that uses "U" for you.

If you can not be arsed to type two more letters, than I can't be arsed to type out a lengthy response about how to gauge fermentation activity.

Iphone or not- if you want to know the answer to a question and expect people to give you an answer that is well explained, then ask a proper question. It's usually not Iphone users, though- it's people who think that textspeak is forumspeak.

Part of this is age- very few 40+ year old members do this- so I sort of understand. But since I'm older, I don't "get" all the abbreviations. It would be like me replying in beertalk acronyms or old military acronyms and expect everybody to just deal with it.

The best part is- I just can ignore all the stuff I don't want to reply to. Until I get a PM saying "I no getting answers 2 my ?s cn u hlp me plz".

 

[kh54s10]

Not everyone on this forum went to college. Not everyone sits in front of a computer and types all day. I don't write at all at work and have been out of school for 25 years. I could care less if someone mixes up there, they're and their. If it bothers you that much I think you need to take a look at your self.

It doesn't keep me awake at night but that is not college.... more like 4th grade!!!!!!

I look at myself in the mirror every morning and realize that I know the difference between their, there and they're and I like what I see.

 

[Diver165]

Oh sorry I wasn't singling you out... my bad. I just see that phrase a lot.

No problem, I do know what you mean. I just try to over look it and help out where I can. People come from all walks of life on HBT. If their post is so messed up even I can't make heads or tails ... I move along. LOL

 

[Diver165]

I look at myself in the mirror every morning and realize that I know the difference between their, there and they're and I like what I see.

LOL!!! I don't know why, but that struck me as funny!

 

[Diver165]

Me too! I also skip questions that say "Wat wud U do?" or anything that uses "U" for you.

I'll have to agree on Yooper there! THAT irks the crap out of me! I don't equate that on the same level of not knowing when to use your, you're or there, their, they're. I equate that to being too lazy to fuction normally.

 

[mistercameron]

Me too! I also skip questions that say "Wat wud U do?" or anything that uses "U" for you.

If you can not be arsed to type two more letters, than I can't be arsed to type out a lengthy response about how to gauge fermentation activity.

Iphone or not- if you want to know the answer to a question and expect people to give you an answer that is well explained, then ask a proper question.

Part of this is age- very few 40+ year old members do this- so I sort of understand. But since I'm older, I don't "get" all the abbreviations. It would be like me replying in beertalk acronyms or old military acronyms and expect everybody to just deal with it.

The best part is- I just can ignore all the stuff I don't want to reply to. Until I get a PM saying "I no getting answers 2 my ?s cn u hlp me plz".

I'm I my early 30s and I can't stand this kind of stuff. I have teenage cousins that type like that and I seriously wonder if they could even write properly if they had to. As a programmer I also run into this sort of thing quite a bit when people, often non English speaking, post comments to blogs and forums. I can understand the need in a short text message, but not anywhere else. It kills readability and comes across as lazy, as you mentioned. I'm sure we come across as curmudgeons, so that doesn't help resolve anything.

Now if you don't mind, I'm going back to watering the proverbial lawn that I would like everyone to get off of.

 

[dfc]

Not everyone on this forum went to college. Not everyone sits in front of a computer and types all day. I don't write at all at work and have been out of school for 25 years. I could care less if someone mixes up there, they're and their. If it bothers you that much I think you need to take a look at your self.

It's "couldn't care less". I'm just saying.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

It's "couldn't care less". I'm just saying.

Thaaaank you!

Also, irregardless (oh man it makes me sad to find out that "word" is in my phones swype dictionary)

 

[JJL]

Meh, we could still figure out what he said. (I thought he was either trolling or being ironic.)

But, the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

I actually studied quite a bit about this when I was in college. The brain has an incredible ability to take in, organize, and decipher information even when it's completely disorganized or missing. Although, it also causes use to make mistakes, since the brain uses previously learned information to fill in gaps. It's really cool stuff.

 

[bottlebomber]

It's "couldn't care less". I'm just saying.

He means he COULD care less. In other words, he cares! Yay!

 

[lschiavo]

He means he COULD care less. In other words, he cares! Yay!

He may only care a little bit though. That's still better than nothing.

 

[Diver165]

He may only care a little bit though. That's still better than nothing.

You must be a lawyer. LOL

 

[lschiavo]

You must be a lawyer. LOL

Just trying to be realistic. Don't want anyone to get their hopes up

 

[DarthMalt]

Not everyone on this forum went to college. Not everyone sits in front of a computer and types all day. I don't write at all at work and have been out of school for 25 years. I could care less if someone mixes up there, they're and their. If it bothers you that much I think you need to take a look at your self.

So this is an excuse for ignorance? Maybe I misunderstood...


It is the English language we all agree to speak and write. Why not do it properly?

 

[dfc]

That's the thing I don't get. If it's your native tongue how can you be so bad at it? You've been practicing your whole life!

 

[clamflats]

It amazes me how people people apply for a job using text, then wonder why they aren't called or hired. All this grammar that you are talking about was taught grades 1 thru 4. Todays newspapers are written at somewhere between the third and fourth grade level,

 

[dfc]

it amazes me how people people apply for a job using text, then wonder why they aren't called or hired. All this grammar that you are talking about was taught grades 1 thru 4. Todays newspapers are written at somewhere between the third and fourth grade level,

Hmmm.

 

[jmendez29]

Is it just me, or did anyone else notice that "time" was misspelled in the grammar nazi pic?

Me too! I also skip questions that say "Wat wud U do?" or anything that uses "U" for you.

If you can not be arsed to type two more letters, than I can't be arsed to type out a lengthy response about how to gauge fermentation activity.

Iphone or not- if you want to know the answer to a question and expect people to give you an answer that is well explained, then ask a proper question. It's usually not Iphone users, though- it's people who think that textspeak is forumspeak.

Part of this is age- very few 40+ year old members do this- so I sort of understand. But since I'm older, I don't "get" all the abbreviations. It would be like me replying in beertalk acronyms or old military acronyms and expect everybody to just deal with it.

The best part is- I just can ignore all the stuff I don't want to reply to. Until I get a PM saying "I no getting answers 2 my ?s cn u hlp me plz".

One of my happiest achievements...

My son got his first cell phone about a year and a half ago from his mother. He immediately got into texting since everyone he knows does it. When he would text me with those stupid a$$ abbreviations, I would never respond in kind. I ALWAYS spell out my entire message with a very few basic exceptions such as LOL. When he asked me about it one day, I explained to him that I consider people important enough to take the time to spell it out correctly.

A few months ago, he expressed his frustration over other people who use text-speak for everything. He's even trying to convert his girlfriend.

 

[Yooper]

You must be a lawyer. LOL

Almost as bad. He's an engineer.

 

[passedpawn]

Is it just me, or did anyone else notice that "time" was misspelled in the grammar nazi pic?

Copy-paste fail.

 

[passedpawn]

Almost as bad. He's an engineer.

Uh, that's not true! Lawyers = friction. Engineers create. (but I'm just a stamp collector)

 

[lschiavo]

Uh, that's not true! Lawyers = friction. Engineers create. (but I'm just a stamp collector)

I only play engineer at recess.

 

[passedpawn]

I only play engineer at recess.

That's when I'm playing stamp collector! Meet me under the maypole!

 

[stevedasleeve]

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total fkcuing mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.

FWIW

Steve da sleeve

 

[Northjerzyg]

The way I see it, I'm not handing these posts in for grading, so no , I don't care about spelling, grammer, nouns adjectives, conjuctions, predicates or any of the other English class bull!!