Does bad spelling bother you?

Answer 1

YES, YES, YES and then YES some more!
It bugs the hell out of my. It leads me to believe the writer is not very educated, intelligent or they do not care how they come across to others.
Scarier, though, is how many of these people are not just High School graduates (shouldn't accurate spelling & grammar be a basic requirement BEFORE you even enter high school?), but college gradutes.
I do not place the blame solely on the education systems, however. I believe students, parents and societies lackadasical attitude should carry much of the responsibility.

Answer 2

It does.

As a non native speaker it took me a long time to be able to speak and write more or less correct English so I don't understand why some native English speakers are abusing their own language like this. They should be more proud of it.

Spelling was invented for a reason. Bad spelling distracts attention from what you're actually trying to say. Why would I take someone seriously who doesn't even bother to phrase a question correctly?

The only possible excuse is being dyslectic but even then you can use a spelling check.

Answer 3

It bothers me to no end. I mean, I can handle one misspelled word (I probably just misspelled misspelled...how humbling) but when there are many errors, it makes me want to rip my face off or something.

I think bad grammar is even worse, though. Bad grammar can totally alter the meaning of a sentence, and even if the writer has an interesting idea, it gets lost in the garbled syntax. At least a misspelled word can be deciphered - bad grammar can be like another language altogether.

Unfortunately, these two issues are almost always wed and then I just get depressed about the state of our education system which puts people through 13 years of mandatory schooling yet frequently produces graduates who have only a limited command over the one language they are expected to be able to speak.

Answer 4

No not really. Two ofmy ex boyfriends couldn't spell at all, the only time it ever bothered me was when they sent me cards and i wanted to show them off to friends at work and family, but the spelling was terible. Other than that is was never a problem. On the other hand, eating with your mouth open or talking with food in your mouth, are two of the things that bother me most. I was raised with four other children and we all were taught good table manners. This is something i value and i will enforce in my children also.

Answer 5

Yes, it does. Just a personal little pet-peeve thing. Some people are blessed with an innate spelling ability, some have to really work at it, and some don't care enough to. Poor spelling takes away from the message because it tends to reduce the writers credibility.

Answer 6

It drives me up the wall!!!! With spell check and every other tool available, it is inexcusable. Yesterday in comp class, work-shopping an essay, we were handed a paper to critique. OMG, unbelievable error city! I asked the prof what the heel, all he said was, "well, some people don't have the extra time..." He defended the paper, and didn't say ANYTHING about the atrocious spelling and grammar. Are you kidding me?!. No wonder this world is in a mess...

Answer 7

Well, actually, bad spelling is part of what keeps me employed. I'm an editor.

It would certainly bother me in correspondence from another editor--particularly a job application or resumé (I saw one recently in which the applicant claimed to be an excellent editor, but he misspelled "manager" as "manger")--or from anyone else who's supposed to be an English expert, such as an English teacher.

But any other time I see bad spelling, grammar, and the like, I just remind myself that such carelessness "spells" J-O-B S-E-C-U-R-I-T-Y for editors.

Answer 8

Yes it certainly does...especially when there is a
spelling checker right above this Answer Block on
the right hand side. Bad spelling tells me that the
author either does not care enough to use the
simple features that Yahoo has provided, or has
no clue about the English Language.

Answer 9

I should be used to it by now, having been on YA for a little while now. I have never seen such spelling especially as there is a spell check option. At the risk of sounding "anal" as I have been called, it bothers me terribly.

Answer 10

It does bother me. Maybe I am more prone to it, because English is not my native language. I usually use spell check. I also do not like very much the writing like: how are u?, any1 here? When reading this kind of writing, my mind stops to think a bit and it disturbs me.