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The purpose of standard spelling, as I see it, is to facilitate discussion by avoiding confusion. Most of the typos mentioned are easily recognized as typos, and their meanings are quickly understood.
Whether the spelling mistake is committed due to "intellectual laziness" or simply a slip of the mind does not change that. A "intelligent" person would merely ignore the mistake and attempt to understand what was meant--a task that is, more often than not, very easy (as you all have shown). It appears to me that the frustration with typos merely stems from the "if I adhere to the rules of proper spelling (an arduous task if you must know), then so must you" sentiment, or perhaps from the obsession with following rules, rules that were inculcated at a very young age. Or maybe people just get kicks out of identifying others' mistakes?
Regardless, it is obvious that the frustration is not an "intellectual" concern. On the other hand, I would consider usage errors and grammatical errors, which are more probable to cause confusion than simple typos, to be more justifiable sources of irritation.
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Ok dude, I don't care how fucking smart / intelligent you are, you send me an email at work saying "Your welcome" in a
formal, business setting with your boss and my boss on cc to the email, I'm still going to look at my screen and think how retarded you are.
... Outlook and Outlook Express really should have Grammar check included.
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