I've really noticed this on websites like Myspace.com and many blogs that I read. It is just unreal how many words are misspelled. Not that they might have hit the wrong keys on the keyboard, but over and over again the words are wrong. It just seems like they have no grasp on how to use words like "there," "their," and "they're."
And also I think the most misspelled word is "definitely." So is it true, that Americans are the worst at their own language?
2006-12-16 23:51:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well, so far, I have not seen anybody even worse. So, my answer would be that they are indeed.
Once I had a professor, graduated on Harvard University, whom the university commissioned to interview several graduates and observe their posterior evolution in life.
One of those graduates was the president of a corporation, and, according to my professor, the graduate told my professor:
Do you know how many people in this corporation can write a letter in English ? The secretary and myself, because not even the vicepresidents can do it
2006-12-17 14:38:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Americans are not the worse at spelling their own language. I publish articles in international journals. Americans believe the Internet is not so important. We are just so busy. Over 25 percent of Americans have a college degree. And over 3 percent have a degree that is at the doctoral level. (That includes JD, MD, etc.)
2006-12-16 23:59:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it very well could be true... i'm american and have noticed it as well. some people are just real dumb and ignorant about what they say or type and for some reason can't seem to differentiate "there, their, and they're", and some other words as well. i know they sound alike, but they're completely different words with different meanings
2006-12-16 23:59:58 · answer #3 · answered by c4n7_b3_ur_5up3rm4n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-05 10:16:50 · answer #4 · answered by murchison 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're pretty bad, especially the net code like prolly, shd, u, stuff like that really irritates me. I Think the Indians are a little worse than the Americans though.
2006-12-16 23:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by m-t-nest 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not true. It's your perception. How many languages do you know which would give you a basis for making this observation?
2006-12-17 06:31:54 · answer #6 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess we are. It makes me sick to say. I even have friends who don't know the their there they're, to too two difference.
That bugs me a lot, but what I most hate are the people who don't care.
I hate those people.
2006-12-17 00:59:11 · answer #7 · answered by Morgan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wot yu on bout, me speek guod eenglis, yu carnt speel guod, me guod tolkin pierson, yu krazie........
2006-12-17 00:06:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Germans are also bad at writing german...
2006-12-17 01:04:03 · answer #9 · answered by tine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, deftinaley!
2006-12-16 23:56:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋