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meltingpot -> RE: Ignored by slave (6/10/2012 1:49:03 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Endivius
I don't know how it is possible anyone over the age of 10 is incapable of typing in coherent sentances.
people should be more careful when they play grammar-nazi and get in a tiff about writing skills.
also.. dyslexia.. funny word,.. it describes a degree of inability to read and spell.. and it's about the most difficult word to spell they could come up with to describe it. it has various degrees and at lower levels often goes undiagnosed.
also, different mother tongues... yes, this website is mostly populated by americans.. but not only.. and not everybody has the advantage of an advanced education, also, not everybody in the States uses english as their primary language. Some people had to drop out of school early and ever since engage in jobs that don't require a high level of literacy.
Just throwing it out there for people to consider that occasionally there are reasons for lower levels of literacy.
Does that make them in any way worthless or "less of a potential master/dom"?? Maybe yes, if it comes down to a personal preference, but not necessarily so.
I myself am picky and would not approach a girl that uses textspeak or can't string a sentence together.. (unless it's jessica alba.. I don't care if she's literate[:D]) Why? because she wouldn't be suitable for me, because most likely we don't share the same interests and would have very little in common to begin with. a certain degree of education and, more importantly, love for reading, writing and.. well.. other experiences that would breed literacy, are part of what I appreciate in a woman, so if I can't find it in her profile, I'll move on.
however, I'm not going to write petulant notes to her regarding her punctuation and I'm sure that there's someone out there who finds her adorable the way she is, despite her lack of punctuation.
As for the forum, if a post is unintelligible and I don't care about the subject, I move on. If I do care, I point out that I can't understand what's being said and ask for clarification/an effort. If spelling in itself has no bearing on the subject at hand, I tend to forgive mistakes (even though I do form a judgement about the individual, there's no point in rubbing his/her face in the fact that I spell better than they do).
If it IS relevant to the content of the thread/query, then yes, it is worth pointing it out.
In this case? I don't think it is, actually.
Most likely we're not talking about a guy who wrote jumbled phrases to an adult woman with a higher education or who has a completely different level of.. depth of dialogue.
He's clearly been talking to a girl that is young enough to still be working on her education and who most likely uses textspeak or is otherwise perfectly aligned with the OP's style of comunication (or she wouldn't have replied to him in the first place).
So no.. spelling and grammar have nothing to do with this case, IMO... and people should stop judging the interactions between other people according to their own standards and understand that there is a wide world out there with plenty of people who don't comunicate the way they do, and don't have a problem with a less than perfectly formed sentence.
If you care enough to want to help the guy, it helps to want to look at things from his perspective and that of the other girl.. instead of from your. If all you care about is affirming your values and personality..then you're not helping anybody and you might as well ignore the thread and move on.
P.S. sorry endivious, to pick on your reply..but it kinda illustrates the point I am making to perfection.
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