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IvyMorgan -> RE: Grammar and spelling? (8/26/2008 9:46:47 AM)
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I used to be awful at spelling. I couldn't spell at all at age eight, and was in high school before I got of/off and does/dose sorted in my head. As a prolific reader, this confused the heck out of my teachers. I still get vowels confused semifrequently.
I will admit to judging people based on how they write. This in part includes spelling and grammar, but also the general tone, vocabulary used, ideas expressed and so on. We're on the internet for chrissakes, all I have to go on is the characters on a monitor, I have to judge you based on *something*, and I'd far rather it be what you typed that what your profile pic looks like.
I do like people who send to memos correcting your spelling of obscure words, and saying the fact that you used it correctly but spelled it wrong makes you look stupid. Whilst spelling the "five dollar" word they chose to use as a synonym for "stupid" incorrectly.
I use "long" words. I just do. They express the ideas in my head the way I want them expressed. I use them in my day to day conversation, I use them in my personal journal, I use them when talking to kids, much to the displeasure of my mother, but my theory is, they'll learn the words if I use them, and will understand them based on context or they can ask, the kids I talk to like this aren't stupid, and I'd far rather talk "up" to them than patronise. I also use foreign words, even when other people don't understand them, because they express the ideas I want expressed best. If I'm talking in person, this will be accompanined by much hand waggling in explaination. My hands do not waggle over the internet, so I tend to ditch the "meaningless" words. There's no point talking if people don't understand you.
I have an affinity for words beginning with the letter "p". For some reason, I use a lot of them. I've no idea why.
People who have "pet words", weird random words they looked up in a thesaurus one time and think make them look smart and that they therefore use in everything they write ever, even if it doesn't fit and has to be worked in, annoy me. It smacks of trying too hard. And always makes me giggle when I read the word.
As long as you make sense and I don't have to work overly hard to understand you, I'm fine. Though *constantly* making the same *simple* errors drives me batty. Like people who value "intelligent discussion" and can't spell intelligence (I think I have a journal about that one). Dyslexia is not an excuse for constantly screwing up the same word over and over and over. If you *use* it three times a sentence, because it's an important concept for you, ffs make a post it and stick it to the monitor.
/rant
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