How come nobody can spell or speak properly on Answers?

Question

I mean, SERIOUSLY PEOPLE!!

Answer 1

I am not one of those persons to whom you refer, of that I am certain.

(wink, wink - **tongue pushed firmly into cheek!**)

I do know just exactly what you mean though. OK, everyone can make a typo, it happens but some people are either too thick to know any different or just too darned lazy to care!

There was a question the other day which I had to read a couple of times due to the fact that one particular word was spelled wrong twice and it threw me! The word was "sign" but the idiot who posted the question had put "sing". So, you think, oh well, it was just a typing error and carry on. That is, until you get to the next sentence and there it is again! Duh! Get back to school, moron!

Answer 2

Poor educational system. Laziness. ignorance. Bad attitude about the language (which is after all, a fluid thing.)

However,

I spell correctly, I even use polysyllabic words and make sure that my punctuation is above reproach. What "nobody"? I am somebody, and while you mention it - I do also get irritated when these questioners use textese or telespeak.

But I am powerless over them, and even I sometimes write them an answer. i am old enough to be most of youse grandma.

Be blessed today.

Answer 3

I can and do.
Most can't or don't.
What they're taught in public lawschools isnot sacientific thought, isn't truelanguage and isn't suitab for expressing thoughts and discoveries concerning reality.

There are many reason why this is so.
Spelling is unimportant relatively. But using real actor nouns as doers of actions matters very much; the "there is" and other such onstructions exist so that one can talk about a fact without treating it as an active example of smeone's creative action when no such actor exists.

"There is a gas station on the corner of 30th and Park."
"Terrorists killed 30 people last night in Iraq." (Not "Violence broke out again last night in Iraq etc.)

Answer 4

"nobody"???? There are lots of us who can spell and/or punctuate properly! Typo's happen, but very few people bother to proofread what they've typed (lazy?). As for using text messaging, I understand it on a cell phone where it takes time to enter every word in its entirety, but when you're in front of a keyboard, use the darned thing properly!!

Answer 5

Why doesn't anyone spell or speak correctly on Answers?

For example:
wat or wot for what;
off for of; of for off;
write for right, rite for right,
right for rite, rite for write;
The list is endless. I blame laziness, lax standards, television, video game culture, ineffective testing, texting, verbal shorthand as well as the written kind, poor/nil reading skills. And here, I try to be consistent in NOT providing the requested answer, but rather I tell them to use a Yahoo, Google or other search engine (heck, they're ALREADY on the Internet!) and to type in 'dictionary' or 'thesaurus' or whatever relevant resource will help THEM to get the answer, rather than A, waiting here for an answer; and B, getting a bunch of half-assed, stupid and/or wrong answers...oh, maybe a correct answer occasionally, too..."my bad!" Grrrrrrrr.

Answer 6

I don't understand why people are hung up on that.
I mean it's slightly annoying but this is a game and I'm not checking to make sure that every sentence I'm writing is perfectly punctuated. Nor am I checking everybody elses.
I do that all day in the classroom,
To me this is like talking on the phone or text messaging. I'm not writing a term paper or a dissertation.

Answer 7

Laziness...plain and simple. They don't put any effort into learning the proper way of writing and spelling, nor do they see fit to put any effort into practicing said skills.

Laziness.

Answer 8

i do not spell properly because it is time. i hate to do it correctly because (cuz) everyone will know what i mean. if it bothers you so much STOP reading and complaining. There are things i can complain about you about. YOU ARE NOT PERFECT!!!

Answer 9

I know what you mean, my screen is covered in red marks from all the corections.

Answer 10

wut do u meen? r u 1 uv thos snobs whose 2 hung up on prpr speling? get a life!

Just kidding ... it's extremely annoying, but be prepared for some flames from people who inexplicably get offended by your pointing it out.