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[Deleted member 26715]

My experience through social media and eBay purchasers is that the ability to spell, use appropriate capitalisation or grammar, and write an effective sentence has collapsed. It's atrocious and a six year-old could spell better in most cases.

Does that mean they peak at 6 & go downhill from there?

 

[stephec]

My English has gone downhill since being on CC. It's got to the stage where I don't even bother with capital letters when searching on Google. Quite disgraceful.

Good lord, standards dear boy, standards!

 

[stephec]

I have a quite elderly friend (I've never asked, but I bet she's in her 70's) who sends me messages in 'text speak'. I just cannot fathom out some of her written gibberish words! She had a job in administration at Blackburn hospital, so she's quite clued up about words etc, so why she feels the need to send me stuff like "av you been in cemy today? If so av they cut grass yet"?

She's down with the kids.

 

[Accy cyclist]

She's down with the kids.

No, it's da kiddzz!!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Good lord, standards dear boy, standards!

I must admit that despite my problems, I will never not use capitals, unless specifically for something like the 3, 4 or 5 word game.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

No, it's da kiddzz!!

Wikd!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Wikd!

Innit just!!

 

[wiggydiggy]

off unt

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Innit just!!

Innit?!

 

[classic33]

"I am immune to their hate, their malice.
I will not accept their guilt or their intolerance.
Their words and thoughts are no bane to me."”

"As this mirror reflects back the light of this candle
so shall these things be reflected back to their sender(s)
and as the mirror neither adds or detracts from the reflection
I shall add no malice to nor subtract any from that which I send back.
As it comes to me so shall it return to them.”"

My spelling is much the same.

 

[wiggydiggy]

strd rtrd drkk


of.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

"I am immune to their hate, their malice.
I will not accept their guilt or their intolerance.
Their words and thoughts are no bane to me."”

"As this mirror reflects back the light of this candle
so shall these things be reflected back to their sender(s)
and as the mirror neither adds or detracts from the reflection
I shall add no malice to nor subtract any from that which I send back.
As it comes to me so shall it return to them.”"

My spelling is much the same.

...Except for when you are wrong!

 

[slowmotion]

I must admit that despite my problems, I will never not use capitals, unless specifically for something like the 3, 4 or 5 word game.

Even late at night, alone, behind a locked door....?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Even late at night, alone, behind a locked door....?

Yes, I have standards! 😆

 

[mistyoptic]

One tries, always, to lead by example. Sometimes it is desperately hard to restrain oneself from correcting the perceived errors of others.

On ve uvver ‘and, it’s easier, innit, to just go wiv the flow, like