Do Speeling errers drive yu nutz?

Their, they're, there
To, too, two
You're, your
^THESE DRIVE ME NUTS!

It's lose weight, not loose weight.

i cant stand when people do like h8 for hate and kewl for cool like the IM lingo

Yes it drives me nuts - however I really don't understand why people get so nasty. Everyone wonders why people have self image issues now day. Personally I think it is because at some point it became "ok" to say really mean things to people because it is "true."

I've never heard of self image issues over not knowing correct grammar...hahah.

On a public forum or on any online site, nope.

In an academic setting or in a "respected" journal, yes.

Life is far too short to get bent out of shape over misspelling or grammar mistakes. While English may be someone's native tongue, English has a slew of commonly misspelled words as well as some crazy *kitten* "rules" that make it a fairly complex language. But to each their own.

I HATE spelling and grammar errors. They drive me absolutely insane! It's also irritating when people shorten words. For instance, "kno" instead of "know." Is it really THAT much of a short-cut to not type ONE extra letter? People are just lazy! Seriously.

The topic of the original poster was speeling errers, not grammer, so I'll just speek to that first. Ok, I'll admit, it used to drive me nucking futs. But over time, and as I've gotten my @ss literally handed to me by AutoCorrect, I've become, shall we say, more tolerant of misspeelings...TO A POINT. Typos, I'm more likely to forgive when I know the person knows better and is intelligent enough to know the correct spelling....but continual, misspellings (OK, I had to type it correctly that time because the squiggly red lines are driving me nuts now :laugh:)...but continual errors where I've come to the conclusion that the person doesn't know any better still make me crazy and I can't take it.

(Note: In case it wasn't obvious, all the previous mispellings were intentional for effect. *SMH*)

Now grammar and usage errors, they're a little harder to overlook more than a time or two and those reflect poorly on the author and have the following effect on me....

I'm with you guys...it makes me nuts! I am constantly correcting my oldest when he makes spelling errors, even in his journal for school! My youngest is only seven, so he's still learning to spell; I don't get on him about it too much. I don't even use chat speak and such in instant message or text message programs. (oh, and for the record, it's 'sending a text message', NOT 'texting')

My favorite misspelling story comes from my ex husband. We were recently going through a very ugly custody battle and he sent a letter to the court claiming that I am an abusive and neglectful mother. The judge took one look at it, looked at him and said, 'you wrote this in chat-speak? Seriously?' The judge then crumpled the letter and threw it away. He told my ex that if he couldn't even present a decent-looking complaint, he wasn't going to follow through with an investigation. Funniest damned thing I'd ever seen.

Also, FYI, my ex has had me investigated before, and all charges have always been dropped. Just wanted to clear that up. haha!

This crap is my life. I want to punch babies when I see this stuff.

http://www.happyplace.com/3645/the-best-obnoxious-responses-to-misspellings-on-facebook

OMFG!!! I just read the linked article and I almost coughed up a lung laughing at "shart week"!



That's all the further I got...I'll have to try reading the rest another time.

These are internet forums, I don't see the big deal.

i don't mind so much spelling errors, i just hate thoze stoopid werds ppl use that are no quicker to type than the actual word.

I can forgive a bad spelling, but not an idiots!

I think its rude of people to point out in public, public forums or facebook, peoples spelling mistakes. if you feel the need to correct them do it privately, other wise your just doing it to make your self look good.
I've known and worked with some lovely people who have difficulty with spelling, and its something they are ashamed about. I know I even get some words wrong, and even typos.. actually alot with the typos. I also see alot of spelling mistakes and typos, but i dont need to boost my ego and tell these people they made a mistake, and make them feel like crap. its amazing how some people can be tolerant of those around you whilst on MFP and encouraging them to keep on going, and yet belittling them for something so trivial.

And for the record, I suffer in silence and rarely point out other's mistakes....unless the typo is accidentally hysterical and I know the author will also have a good laugh over it.

some typos are funny, but i have had friends point out when i've spelt something wrong on facebook.. and they will make a point of showing my mistakes.. .. and to this friend i told him, i was sensitive about my spelling and would have liked him to have pointed it out privately... you can usually spot a spelling mistake is a spelling mistake and not a typo...

i've had some funny typos myself.. where its the wrong letter in the wrong spot,... they are great in pm's, as you generally dont get a chance to read before you press enter... ..... i know what your saying.

And for the record, I suffer in silence and rarely point out other's mistakes....unless the typo is accidentally hysterical and I know the author will also have a good laugh over it.

some typos are funny, but i have had friends point out when i've spelt something wrong on facebook.. and they will make a point of showing my mistakes.. .. and to this friend i told him, i was sensitive about my spelling and would have liked him to have pointed it out privately... you can usually spot a spelling mistake is a spelling mistake and not a typo...

i've had some funny typos myself.. where its the wrong letter in the wrong spot,... they are great in pm's, as you generally dont get a chance to read before you press enter... ..... i know what your saying.

The two AutoCorrections I always* have to watch out for are:

- 'things'....A/C tries to change it to 'thongs'
- and 'hugs' as in *big hugs*, *huge hugs*, *massive hugs*.....A/C always wants to change 'hugs' to 'jugs'.

bet i dontz mines da speeling errrs!

HA! :0