Does bad spelling...

[adrianh]

A nice ADD quote

You must not forget to remember, about the reminders, that you use to remind you, to remember about the imporant things, that you should not forget..

[AndyD]

To quote " "Wish you were her" instead of "Wish you were here"."
That is the confusion I would like to avoid.

Reminds me of some time I spent in Thailand during my mis-spent youth.

Poor spelling is a blessing if you're trying to work out if what you're reading is Nigerian spam or not :-)

It used to annoy me but I've become immune to it after frequenting international forums for several years. I'm just happy that everyone tries to communicate in English even if it is the broken variety.

I used to associate good English and correct punctuation with credibility and being knowledgeable amongst other things but not so much nowadays. I think the internet and 160 7-bit character Short Message Service ('SMS' or 'text message') were the nails in the coffin for Queens English.

[Dave A]

I believe with some it's just a case of fingers being clumsier than the mind.

We have some clearly talented contributors here on TFSA who's strength isn't in the typing/language department. While I pay some care in the final result of my own posts, I feel it would be disrespectful to interfere with the product of other members' efforts.

I may be old fashioned, but in the end I've got quite comfortable with paying more attention to the content of the message than the perfection of the delivery. Except where it tickles my sense of irony, of course

It's also interesting to see how some member's writing style evolves over time. At the risk of giving offence where none is intended by singling someone out, I believe tec0 deserves a special mention in this. His writing style has really come along in leaps and bounds over the time he's been a member here.

In fact, I'm mildly curious as to whether his participation here has been part of this...