Proper spelling - is it that important?

EDIT

I had a perfectly reasonable response to Sass but after reading all the dumb shit about weeaboo-ism on a thread discussing "is spelling important in the English language," I had to stop.

The answer to the opening question is yes. Spelling is important. It can evolve to accommodate how language is used (i.e., behavior as opposed to behaviour), but not to accommodate lazy students and their equally lazy professors.

And to those arguing Japanese usage of language and kanji forms in retrospect to English spelling and grammar, you are posting and presenting your arguments on a wrong thread. Please kindly go back to Animespot and continue your blabbering there.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Bigblah

What the fuck? The people who are doing that are the ones posting according to conversation flow. Or did you just glance over the lover's spat between Scarlet and Dhsu and assume that everyone is talking about lol animu?

I apologize, first for the delayed response, and second of all if I had misinterpreted them and offended them in anyway. I did read the long extensive arguments, just didn't think it was that applicable to the question on hand.

Comparing Japanese to English is like comparing oranges with apples. It's nice to be able to point out similarities in the importance of being able to use and apply the language properly, but the thread doesn't necessarily call for extremely detailed examples of Japanese grammar implications or correct Kanji configurations to illustrate how important it is to know the ENGLISH language and be able to write it properly.

I appreciate that they both went far and beyond to exemplify that example but it was getting further and further away from the main topic, "ENGLISH: is spelling important?"

I work with both of these languages in order to feed myself and all I really have to say to the matter is, "YES, any language needs to be used correctly;" I don't feel the necessity of explaining in great detail why certain words needs to be configured in the right kanji otherwise someone can read it differently. The knowledge of knowing how to use the kanji correctly has nothing to do with spelling English words correctly other than that they both need to be applied and used properly.

At least it's easier to correct your work in English; spell check or a kanji usage checker doesn't really exist in Japanese application for Microsoft Word or Outlook, last time I checked. (I usually have my managers that transferred here from the Tokyo office check and read my emails to the Japanese clients make sure my grammar/kanji/tone usage is correct)

There's nowhere I can't reach.