would you assume someone was thick if they couldn't spell?

Answer 1

No, I've known lots of highly intelligent people who couldn't spell. It was an assumption I used to make, but I've learn to look past spelling now. That doesn't excuse laziness however!

Answer 2

Probably lazy or a non-native speaker rather than 'thick'.

If the sentence structure and content was good, then I'd challenge my own assumption. If not, then I'd probably need to hear that the writer had dyslexia, a bad spell checker or was writing in a second language before I'd change my initial thought.

Keep in mind though, this processing would take only take a moment. I guess we'd all jump to fewer conclusions if there was more time to take the most common decisions.

My thought - learn to spell correctly or get used to being judged for it.

Answer 3

No. my partner is Chinese, has a job to spell the smallest words. It doesn't matter how I try she just can't learn, I think it's to do with her age. But she makes up for it in everything else, and she came home this evening from work, with two big certificates for health and safety and a hygiene one. She can remember anything and only has to be told once. Made a British Citizen in '89 and has never been out of work since.

Definitely not thick, and gave me an excuse to buy a TomTom.

Answer 4

No, not being able to spell doesn't make you thick. Some people are very intelligent and have a very strong set of views and opinions it is just difficult for them to get them down on paper. It works in reverse too, personally I am good when I am writing stuff, it's when I am speaking or have to spell a word out loud that I have a problem

Answer 5

Not necessarily. They could be dyslexic. Dyslexics tend to be intelligent but have problems with reading and spelling. Many dyslexics are also very creative.

Famous dyslexics include: Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Cher, George Burns, Henry Winkler, Whopi Goldberg, Walter Elias Disney, Alexander Graham Bell, Leonardo DeVinci, Thomas Alva Edison, General Patton, Woodrow Wilson.

For further information, search for Famous Dyslexics online.

Answer 6

No you should never judge someone on such a small problem like that. Many people these days have what's known as dyslexia where they have trouble distinguishing letters in spelling, writing generally and reading. If forced to read allowed this can prove to be potentially embarrassing. Aftre all nto evry oen is prefect

Answer 7

They could just be lazy.

Or perhaps the ideas come so fast they feel that they just have to get them all down and to hell with the spelling.

Although personally I like to spell-check. It's my way of making sure that what I have written is what I mean. It's also my way of being courteous. Sometimes it's hard work trying to interpret what on earth people mean, so I think it's kinda nice to save my readers some trouble!

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Answer 8

No I would be more apt to think they were lazy and did not really want to take the time and make the effort to learn how to spell, I am not the worlds best speller by I do try hard and use the spellchecker

Answer 9

yeah, i'd definitely assume it. i mean one of my best friends is a horrendous speller and she's smart, but if i didn't know her than yeah you tend to think that people are dumb. spelling is just a basic skill that people should have. i'm not saying you're stupid if you can't spell really hard words but overall most of what you write should be spelled right. actually all of it. basic words at least.

Answer 10

Absolutely not. Some people with dyslexia find it difficult to spell letters in the order they should be written down in to make a word. that has nothing to do with their level of intelligence