ot: Thought this was funny as hell.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Okay stop.

As one of the token liberals here I have to call bullshit.

That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.

(Or the more contemporary version: the guy who drives his $30k hybrid to a wine and cheese soirée on poverty.)

While English is–lignustically– the most horrific frankenstein language on the planet (like we have different definitions for “bath”, “bathe” and “bask”), it is perfectly reasonable to expect people to learn it without the benefit of second language.

Not all of us went to La Jolla Country Day.

[Coronita]

[quote=CBad]I got a good chuckle out of many of these!

But sadly, I see plenty of these same spelling and grammar mistakes on emails and documents from supposedly intelligent co-workers all the time. And anyone who reads this site has to admit that you’ve seen them on this board as well. But not from me of course because, I am so smart, SMRT.[/quote]

I think it’s a combination of a few things.

1) Email/blogs/message boards/textin are not viewed as “formal writing”. As such, they don’t get the same sort of scrutiny/review as normal documents.

2) Unfortunately, because of the things in #1 have become so prevalent, we’ve become use to these shortcut means of communication for which speed takes precedence over gramatical accuracy. As a result, more traditional formal writing suffers from all these habits.

3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.

[Coronita]

[quote=CBad]I got a good chuckle out of many of these!

But sadly, I see plenty of these same spelling and grammar mistakes on emails and documents from supposedly intelligent co-workers all the time. And anyone who reads this site has to admit that you’ve seen them on this board as well. But not from me of course because, I am so smart, SMRT.[/quote]

I think it’s a combination of a few things.

1) Email/blogs/message boards/textin are not viewed as “formal writing”. As such, they don’t get the same sort of scrutiny/review as normal documents.

2) Unfortunately, because of the things in #1 have become so prevalent, we’ve become use to these shortcut means of communication for which speed takes precedence over gramatical accuracy. As a result, more traditional formal writing suffers from all these habits.

3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.

[Coronita]

[quote=CBad]I got a good chuckle out of many of these!

But sadly, I see plenty of these same spelling and grammar mistakes on emails and documents from supposedly intelligent co-workers all the time. And anyone who reads this site has to admit that you’ve seen them on this board as well. But not from me of course because, I am so smart, SMRT.[/quote]

I think it’s a combination of a few things.

1) Email/blogs/message boards/textin are not viewed as “formal writing”. As such, they don’t get the same sort of scrutiny/review as normal documents.

2) Unfortunately, because of the things in #1 have become so prevalent, we’ve become use to these shortcut means of communication for which speed takes precedence over gramatical accuracy. As a result, more traditional formal writing suffers from all these habits.

3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.

[Coronita]

[quote=CBad]I got a good chuckle out of many of these!

But sadly, I see plenty of these same spelling and grammar mistakes on emails and documents from supposedly intelligent co-workers all the time. And anyone who reads this site has to admit that you’ve seen them on this board as well. But not from me of course because, I am so smart, SMRT.[/quote]

I think it’s a combination of a few things.

1) Email/blogs/message boards/textin are not viewed as “formal writing”. As such, they don’t get the same sort of scrutiny/review as normal documents.

2) Unfortunately, because of the things in #1 have become so prevalent, we’ve become use to these shortcut means of communication for which speed takes precedence over gramatical accuracy. As a result, more traditional formal writing suffers from all these habits.

3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.

[Coronita]

[quote=CBad]I got a good chuckle out of many of these!

But sadly, I see plenty of these same spelling and grammar mistakes on emails and documents from supposedly intelligent co-workers all the time. And anyone who reads this site has to admit that you’ve seen them on this board as well. But not from me of course because, I am so smart, SMRT.[/quote]

I think it’s a combination of a few things.

1) Email/blogs/message boards/textin are not viewed as “formal writing”. As such, they don’t get the same sort of scrutiny/review as normal documents.

2) Unfortunately, because of the things in #1 have become so prevalent, we’ve become use to these shortcut means of communication for which speed takes precedence over gramatical accuracy. As a result, more traditional formal writing suffers from all these habits.

3) Third, formal documents no longer undergo scrutiny as much as before, because it is assumed there are technology tools to automatically correct, such as a spell checker. Unfortunately, spell checkers/grammar checkers can’t always detect “theire” as “their” or “there” and ends up making educated guesses sometimes. When you see your MS Word document without any more red underlines, you sort of assume it’s “ok”.

[Rich Toscano]

[quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?

[Rich Toscano]

[quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?

[Rich Toscano]

[quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?

[Rich Toscano]

[quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?

[Rich Toscano]

[quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Okay stop.

As one of the token liberals here I have to call bullshit.

That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.

(Or the more contemporary version: the guy who drives his $30k hybrid to a wine and cheese soirée on poverty.)

While English is–lignustically– the most horrific frankenstein language on the planet (like we have different definitions for “bath”, “bathe” and “bask”), it is perfectly reasonable to expect people to learn it without the benefit of second language.

Not all of us went to La Jolla Country Day.[/quote]

Dan: “Lignustically”? Dude.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Okay stop.

As one of the token liberals here I have to call bullshit.

That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.

(Or the more contemporary version: the guy who drives his $30k hybrid to a wine and cheese soirée on poverty.)

While English is–lignustically– the most horrific frankenstein language on the planet (like we have different definitions for “bath”, “bathe” and “bask”), it is perfectly reasonable to expect people to learn it without the benefit of second language.

Not all of us went to La Jolla Country Day.[/quote]

Dan: “Lignustically”? Dude.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Okay stop.

As one of the token liberals here I have to call bullshit.

That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.

(Or the more contemporary version: the guy who drives his $30k hybrid to a wine and cheese soirée on poverty.)

While English is–lignustically– the most horrific frankenstein language on the planet (like we have different definitions for “bath”, “bathe” and “bask”), it is perfectly reasonable to expect people to learn it without the benefit of second language.

Not all of us went to La Jolla Country Day.[/quote]

Dan: “Lignustically”? Dude.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Okay stop.

As one of the token liberals here I have to call bullshit.

That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.

(Or the more contemporary version: the guy who drives his $30k hybrid to a wine and cheese soirée on poverty.)

While English is–lignustically– the most horrific frankenstein language on the planet (like we have different definitions for “bath”, “bathe” and “bask”), it is perfectly reasonable to expect people to learn it without the benefit of second language.

Not all of us went to La Jolla Country Day.[/quote]

Dan: “Lignustically”? Dude.

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