What in the name of God has happened to the spelling ability of the human species?

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 02-08-2019 06:34PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Its not just my spelling I think now English is my second language because my grammar is so bad.

I think i am even getting an accent!

There are many saying that their is no real grammar, I seen this online, I dont no if there right.

02-08-2019 08:58PM

Loadsa peeple koking a snuuk on dis tred.

Dis tred's gonna Xplode.

Beanntraigheach · 02-08-2019 09:18PM

If Ingglish wer spelt mōr fonetikalī speling ererz wud oker much les frīkwentlī.

branie2 · 02-08-2019 09:21PM

I know the feeling

03-08-2019 04:58AM

Tred's becum uttr discraze + cumplit mess now.

ILoveYourVibes · 03-08-2019 05:17AM

I have come to the horrible conclusion that the only way to reverse this monstrosity, is to proof your own posts.

ILoveYourVibes · 03-08-2019 05:18AM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

There are many saying that their is no real grammar, I seen this online, I dont no if there right.

Wow all grammar is imaginary!

suicide_circus · 03-08-2019 05:32AM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

this is what happens when you move away from the church and stop battering kids, they can't spell and are poor at mental arithmetic!

back in the day people could spell but they carried massive mental baggage and scars

I think this is more accurate than we realise!

Hobosan · 03-08-2019 05:51AM

Interestingly, poor spelling is what led to Witch Hunts in bygone eras.

As we all know, Witches take spelling very seriously. So, in times of rampant illiteracy, it became easier to identify them.

So there you have it. We should embrace our cacography in order to extripate Witches!

03-08-2019 06:06AM

Hobosan wrote: »

Interestingly, poor spelling is what led to Witch Hunts in bygone eras.

As we all know, Witches take spelling very seriously. So, in times of rampant illiteracy, it became easier to identify them.

So there you have it. We should embrace our cacography in order to extripate Witches!

That is quite interesting..

Graces7 · 03-08-2019 06:17AM

Greyfox wrote: »

Why bother? Only a grammer nazi would care about a tiny and almost silly thing like a comna on a message board. I'd nearly prefer to put it in the wrong place just to show how little I care about small errors

Huge difference between a comma and an apostrophe!

As a former English teacher in the days when these things mattered.. I still have my " red biro" mentality.. I have someone close to me who is dyslexic and I know that that is her problem so that is fine but ...

It is about courtesy and good communication. Says a lot about the writer..

ILoveYourVibes · 03-08-2019 06:21AM

Hobosan wrote: »

Interestingly, poor spelling is what led to Witch Hunts in bygone eras.

As we all know, Witches take spelling very seriously. So, in times of rampant illiteracy, it became easier to identify them.

So there you have it. We should embrace our cacography in order to extripate Witches!

That's true particularly in Slavic countries, there merely reading on it's own was associated with witchcraft.

People often pretended to be dumb particularly women.

Hobosan · 03-08-2019 06:25AM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

That's true particularly in Slavic countries, there merely reading on it's own was associated with witchcraft.

Seriously? I was just making an over-elaborate 'spelling' pun!

I suppose the whole Witch hunt nonsense was so stupid, it makes sense the dullards would make a virtue of their brand of incompetence, and a vice of its opposite.

This is like the time you joked to me about Irish slaves in Jamaica being the reason for their accent!

(Jamaicans are, in fact, 25% Irish due to slavery)

ILoveYourVibes · 03-08-2019 06:48AM

Hobosan wrote: »

This is like the time you joked to me about Irish slaves in Jamaica being the reason for their accent!

(Jamaicans are, in fact, 25% Irish due to slavery)

What I never said that?

You have me confused with someone else. I don't really even know anything about the history of Jamaica.

Yes orthodox church in Russia and other regions tried to dissuade literacy for commoners. They burnt way more men though. But poor women who could read well and spell correctly would have been unusual and therefore suspicious. Men had a little bit more access to education. But anyone in the peasant class who could read was suspicious because it was unusual and a challenge to their authority. Knowledge is power.
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199578160.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199578160-e-21

https://journals.openedition.org/monderusse/8234

In the country where the level of rudimentary literacy was extremely low (3‑5 percent) and hard to control, the written word was taken as a menace by authorities. Concerning this, I would like to add that this fear of magic of written word makes Russian witchcraft cases differ from other Eastern European cases, such as Ukraine.

In a country where only 3% of people can read you would stand out if you were one of those and understand a lot more of what was going on in your country.

Hobosan · 03-08-2019 06:58AM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

What I never said that?

You have me confused with someone else. I don't really even know anything about the history of Jamaica.

Yes orthodox church in Russia and other regions tried to dissuade literacy for commoners. They burnt way more men though. But poor women who could read well and spell correctly would have been unusual and therefore suspicious. Men had a little bit more access to education. But anyone in the peasant class who could read was suspicious because it was unusual and a challenge to their authority. Knowledge is power.
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199578160.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199578160-e-21

https://journals.openedition.org/monderusse/8234

In a country where only 3% of people can read you would stand out if you were one of those and understand a lot more of what was going on in your country.

Crap, I did confuse you with someone else.

Similar happened during 'The Great Leap Forward' a few decades back. Anyone with glasses was executed, as you'd only need them if you read.

03-08-2019 07:00AM

We could wipe out bad eyesight in a couple of generations..

ILoveYourVibes · 03-08-2019 07:03AM

Hobosan wrote: »

Crap, I did confuse you with someone else.

Similar happened during 'The Great Leap Forward' a few decades back. Anyone with glasses was executed, as you'd only need them if you read.

****ING HELL!

Hobosan · 03-08-2019 07:03AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

We could wipe out bad eyesight in a couple of generations..

And reduce the state pension budget in the process.

03-08-2019 07:05AM

Hobosan wrote: »

And reduce the state pension budget in the process.

Funnel it into the arts..

ILoveYourVibes · 03-08-2019 07:09AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Funnel it into the arts..

What arts we can't spell?

Hobosan · 03-08-2019 07:11AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Funnel it into the arts..

The dark arts have been neglected in recent times.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 03-08-2019 07:12AM

Hobosan wrote: »

Crap, I did confuse you with someone else.

Similar happened during 'The Great Leap Forward' a few decades back. Anyone with glasses was executed, as you'd only need them if you read.

There’s a Marxist philosophy behind that.

03-08-2019 07:13AM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

What arts we can't spell?

Our punctuation is questionable at times too..

But the visual arts obviously..

With our new keen eyesight, it would probably experience some kind of renaissance..

Noo · 03-08-2019 07:18AM

An engineer, two doctors, a statistician and a medical research assistant take part in a table quiz....you think any of us could spell?

No.

The handwriting was also atrocious.

Hobosan · 03-08-2019 07:18AM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

There’s a Marxist philosophy behind that.

It's a shame he's not alive to witness the fruits of his labour.

03-08-2019 07:22AM

Noo wrote: »

An engineer, two doctors, a statistician and a medical research assistant take part in a table quiz....you think any of us could spell?

No.

Is it really too much to ask?..to attempt to use the language correctly?..

Like, if one was programming a computer for instance, spelling would be important..

Letting the language just degenerate because you can't be arsed will probably turn out to have been a mistake..

Pherekydes · 03-08-2019 01:23PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it really too much to ask?..to attempt to use the language correctly?..

Like, if one was programming a computer for instance, spelling would be important..

Letting the language just degenerate because you can't be arsed will probably turn out to have been a mistake..

That begs a question.

What are all the extra periods for?

03-08-2019 01:39PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

That begs a question.

What are all the extra periods for?

I'm trying to build tension/suspense..

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 03-08-2019 01:48PM

Most of the least literate people I know are older people. Their spelling and grammar are far worse than those of younger people.

tuxy · 03-08-2019 01:51PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Most of the least literate people I know are older people. Their spelling and grammar are far worse than those of younger people.

I seen it with young people too and I always point out what they done!

What in the name of God has happened to the spelling ability of the human species?

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