Does a questioner lose all credibility when he or she doesn't take the time to even spell the name of your faith (or lack of faith) correctly?
2007-10-28 04:06:31 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Spelling isn't that improtent anymore, I thimk.
2007-10-28 05:24:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not really, just shows he's not very educated in my religion. Not a bad thing, but kinda gives you a preview of what types things he might ask (as in basic Q's or Q's based on rumors that he heard). Now, when it's an intentional misspelling with an intentional insult within the word (you've probably seen a few of those), well that just shows me that the asker is not only ignorant, but a. looking for attention, b. not really asking a question but looking for attention, and c. not really worth the time and effort spent on trying to give an accurate answer or correcting his misbeliefs.
2007-10-28 04:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by hayaa_bi_taqwa 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Heh.
I don't like to make typos myself, but if people misspell the title commonly used for my lack of faith, to me, it does not reflect upon their intelligence or credibility, everyone makes spelling errors sometimes (some people here do it often...no names, hehe).
I would have to exchange/discuss with such person or read their point of view before judging if their info is credible to me, or not.
Same applies to any other topic, besides religion.
2007-10-28 06:07:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is rather amusing when a questioner does not spell correctly, does not use capitalization or punctuation correctly, and switches verb tenses or uses incorrect subject-verb agreement, yet at the same time accuses Christians (or atheists, as the case may be) of being "illiterate" and "dumb."
2007-10-28 04:13:42 · answer #4 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Although at work, I'm very detail oriented and it drives me nuts to find typos, on Y!A, the message is more important to me than the spelling. When I see people just dismiss others on here by commenting solely on their grammar or spelling, it does nothing to enhance communication. To me, that is a communication blocker.
2007-10-28 20:15:54 · answer #5 · answered by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When there is a spell check available yes. Some people, like myself, have forms of learning disabilities which affect our spelling and I personally would not like to be judged over something I can't control when no spell check is available.
2007-10-28 04:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not all credibility. I have noticed a lot of people don't speak English natively so I am willing to let it slide. Also, I try to remember that not everybody is as anal about grammar as I am. As long as I can understand what they are saying, I try to ignore misspellings.
2007-10-28 05:37:11 · answer #7 · answered by Linz ♥ VT 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bad spelling in any category will lose some credibility!
2007-10-28 04:10:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some misspelled questions have been the best questions asked. Some of our most gifted people had a sixth grade education. Education is over rated.
2007-10-28 04:19:02 · answer #9 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it could be that he or she misspelled it accidentally. Except for the Moslem part, but then Moslem are sometimes acceptable, according to Wikipedia, some just find it offensive.
2007-10-28 04:16:17 · answer #10 · answered by juliette 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you cant take the time to correctly spell something your passionate about then how much do ya really care about it right?
2007-10-28 04:11:42 · answer #11 · answered by Not a Good Role Model 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋