Grammar Nazis - Usually Bad, Sometimes Necessary?

[benenglish]

OK, talking on a forum is like conversation. We flub words and we don't need grammar nazis correcting every jot and tittle.

OTOH, it would be nice if professional journalists (well, headline writers) could achieve minimal English language competence.

Stuff like this really irritates me.

When, in y'all's opinion, is the line crossed when misspellings and grammar mistakes rise past being ignorable and create unforgivable obfuscation?

I'd nominate leet-speak and most texting abbreviations. Further examples encouraged.

 

[Younggun]

What is leet speak?

 

[macshooter]

What is leet speak?

OMG U R teh dumb

 

[digitaltrip]

OK, talking on a forum is like conversation. We flub words and we don't need grammar nazis correcting every jot and tittle.

OTOH, it would be nice if professional journalists (well, headline writers) could achieve minimal English language competence.

Stuff like this really irritates me.

When, in y'all's opinion, is the line crossed when misspellings and grammar mistakes rise past being ignorable and create unforgivable obfuscation?

I'd nominate 1337-speak and most texting abbreviations. Further examples encouraged.

Fify

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

I've learned to accept most grammar errors when it comes to forums and such.

I hate seeing job postings with spelling and grammatical errors.

 

[TXARGUY]

What is leet speak?

1337!

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

Leet. 1337. Make no effin' sense to me.

 

[Wolfwood]

i read in a USA today this morning that a particular fighter squadron is "in the mists of training"

 

[Vaquero]

Leet. 1337. Make no effin' sense to me.

Ditto.

 

[TXARGUY]

Leet. 1337. Make no effin' sense to me.

Ur juz j3@10u5 o my m@d sk1115!!!1!

 

[Acera]

Ur juz j3@10u5 o my m@d sk1115!!!1!

LOL, read that with no issues, some of the other stuff not even close

 

[Charlie]

Folks can write or speak any way they desire. Conversation is generally perceived to mirror a person's intelligence. Old farts like me generally feel the reasons for someone butchering conversation can be; stupidity, ignorance, laziness, attempting to be "cool", expediency, or just plain dumbass idiocy. 'Just my take on it. Oh well.

 

[benenglish]

Fify

That was evil.

 

[benenglish]

Leet. 1337. Make no effin' sense to me.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

 

[benenglish]

i read in a USA today this morning that a particular fighter squadron is "in the mists of training"

Was that online or in a print version?

If it was a print version then it's particularly depressing. Those are supposed to still have copy editors.

 

[GlockOwner]

I got on the Mensa website to see if they had practice exams, cause I wanted to see how difficult it would be. At the bottom of their home page, they have text reading:

We offer 2 ways to practise:

I was thinking, "This is pathetic! A 'High IQ' club can't spell on their own website!". Then I looked it up, and over in the UK, "practise" is the verb version of the word, while "practice" is the noun version (eg. a doctor's practice).

 

[TXARGUY]

I got on the Mensa website to see if they had practice exams, cause I wanted to see how difficult it would be. At the bottom of their home page, they have text reading:

We offer 2 ways to practise:

I was thinking, "This is pathetic! A 'High IQ' club can't spell on their own website!". Then I looked it up, and over in the UK, "practise" is the verb version of the word, while "practice" is the noun version (eg. a doctor's practice).

I'm a member of Mensa (top 2%) and of Intertel (top 1%). What does that tell you?

 

[GlockOwner]

I'm a member of Mensa (top 2%) and of Intertel (top 1%). What does that tell you?

You're a really good/lucky guesser?

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

I'm a member of Mensa (top 2%) and of Intertel (top 1%). What does that tell you?

That it really is possible to care less, when I was sitting here thinking I couldn't. lol

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

 

[Greg_TX]

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

Or this...