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Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.
I totally agree. It is sad that a great many people will read what you have said and not understand why there are quotation marks around the propers.
The issue I've seen most often these days is homonyms in writing. "I love are new couch." "Their going to the mall to get and apple." It is mind boggling how many people have issues with common homonyms. It is also amazing how many there are in the english language. Continuity is also a major issue. I've read many a story or paper that starts out in one tense and then switches to another and ends in yet another. I also see so many people who can't spell. (Inless, emitate, imulate)
I don't know many people who, like me, would rather spell correctly even in text messages for the most part. Ppl. typ lik dis so mch dey 4get dat englsh stl xist. On NPR there was an author who said that new media was the best thing ever and should replace old media (newspaper). Imagine having to read all the news in barely intelligible twitter/txt speak.
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the first one isnt even a homonym. the second one irks my nerve to no end, and the third doesnt make any sense.
and whoever came up with that internet speak is a hot mess. its one thing to shorten words, but to put "ii" and "y" ad "ee" in all sorts of places, then take letters out - its obnoxious, and i feel like that in itself is like learning another language (written anyway, more like a dialect?)
my mother texts me in that speech. its ANNOYING. everything is "i c u l8r" and "im cumming now." really mom? really?
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