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!
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.
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
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!
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
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » That's true particularly in Slavic countries, there merely reading on it's own was associated with witchcraft.
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)
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.
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-21https://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.
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.
[Deleted User] wrote: » We could wipe out bad eyesight in a couple of generations..
Hobosan wrote: » And reduce the state pension budget in the process.
Deleted User wrote: » Funnel it into the arts..
[Deleted User] wrote: » Funnel it into the arts..
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » What arts we can't spell?
Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: » There’s a Marxist philosophy behind that.
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.
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..
Pherekydes wrote: » That begs a question.What are all the extra periods for?
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.
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