oldnavy wrote:
jeepcrd wrote:
oldnavy wrote:
Man you would never know that I taught HS for several years by the way I write in these forums. 
That's for sure!

Goes to show that the old saying "if you don't use it, you loose it" is ever so true.
Man I have 2 degrees and can't spell crap, do but 1/2 stupid puncuation, I have started using run on sentences like crazy. And all this thanks to military abrevations, spell check and chat forums. I remember arguing with fellow instructors (HS & college) that the chat forums and e-mail would bring back writing skills, and instead it has worsened the problem and to add insult to injury it has even had that negative effect on me. The one good thing is we are at least widing our cirle of people we talk to, but on the other hand are we loosing our in person ability to deal with people and isolating ourselves more then normal since maybe the early frontier days of this country.
If you think spelling is really important check out this email I got awhile back.
If you can read this, you have a strange mind too
Can you raed tihs? Olny 77 plepoe can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset c an be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.
Try sending a letter to someone written like that. Takes forever to write but gets a good laugh.