Proper English

So do books that use broken english to emphasize accents bother you too? Sometimes it makes reading the book harder, but then you really get to dive into that character.
I know it doesn't have a whole lot to do with this topic, but I wonder if that bothered you too.
Personally, I can deal with most typos, but having to decipher lazy typing is really annoying. I think it comes from too much cell phone texting where you pay for the letter. That really sped the butchering process up.
In a sense, it wasn't being lazy, but trying to be creative in saving a buck that spawned the fad. Just sad really.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Rydia

It just seemed like it required more effort than simply typing normally. I never understood it myself.

I think it came out of trying to grab attention in Ebay auction titles. ANYTHING to get noticed. All caps, no caps, lots of spaces, and the misplaced caps type.
Technology has certainly allowed many new ways of botching language!

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Originally Posted by EmpyreanHorizon

Very true. What's even sadder is that when non-english speaking people get their english-texting skills from people who 'txt lyk dis 2 dem' they actually think it's the correct way to write a sentence. The proof is in their papers and they don't even know it's not grammatically correct until they get it back with a red note saying, cum is spelled come, etc.

My advice is to stay away from people who don't put in any effort to use a language in its true and beautiful form. It may influence you little by little and before you know it, you're not only writing it badly but speaking text language as well.

Damn man, better leave GFF then! *runs*
In all seriousness though, properly typing, writing, and speaking English needs to be practiced just as much as a sport or an instrument.
I have noticed myself downgrading my vocabulary while speaking at times since I've joined all of these forums.
This is the only forum that really requires me to type out complete sentences. Otherwise I'd get flamed, ignored, or disregarded faster than I could type 1337!
Of course, that's why I post here more often than, oh, say Nintendo Forums or GameFAQs.

How ya doing, buddy?

I'm normally a very good typist and put effort into grammar, but when it comes to typing out something like a resume or something I instantly go to pot.
I ALWAYS make some random idiotic error on my resume, even if I revise it over and over.
Just a tip kids: Always have someone else look over your resume. For some reason some people are completely unable to do it themselves.

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