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Originally Posted by God Apprentice
I can see if the person was dyslexic but they stated they type that way because of an excessive text messaging habit.
In The Q&A rules thread by Savio:
*Please use punctuation, sentences, and paragraphs in your posts. We need to be able to read your post first before we can answer it. If you have trouble spelling or using punctuation well, you should check Public Spell Checker and Punctuation.
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One will note that I very much agree with that, I listed dyslexic as one condition that would mitigate bad spelling/grammar - there are others (English as a second language is a great example). I'll even buy that your browser doesn't support a spell checker, where I used to work I was "stuck" in an obscure browser (due to the OS we used - I'm a software developer so I sometimes use very wonky hardware/software) so I had no spell checking. I can assure you that if Firefox didn't helpfully underline misspelled words and allow me to right-click for the correct spelling my posts would contain anywhere from 5-10 grossly misspelled words unless I follow a very long process to catch them (as is, I re-read each post at least three times - though that only does so much good due to being dyslexic).
Very lazy isn't really an excuse. Some amount of lazy can be - Yea, when I was using the above mentioned browser I could copy/paste my reply into e-mail, reboot to windows, download e-mail, copy/paste to word, spell check, copy/paste to e-mail, reboot, download e-mail, re-open to where I wanted to post, copy/paste, press "submit". Yet I doubt many would consider not doing that as truly "lazy" and be fairly accepting. By the same factor I can easily catch 99% of the grammar mistakes in any post I write if I save it and wait 3-5 days before I proofread/post it, yet I bet most would prefer they just notice that I tend to type "you" when I really mean "your" and other simple grammar mistakes that I have a really hard time catching. That's a much smaller problem than constant thread necromancy
But, as you point out, purposely posting in the same shorthand you use in text messaging isn't remotely the same thing. You should be able to tell that I try in my posts, yet you can also tell that the OP makes no attempt whatsoever at it. As I said, as long as someone is *trying* I could care less.
There have been a few times I've joined in hammering someone who ended up being an English as a tertiary language person (usually someone new to learning it), even though it appeared as if it was someone who wasn't trying. I still feel bad when I do that and I probably always will (for one thing. I am terrible at learning spoken languages) . Usually one can trace it down to a decent portion of those peoples "learning" coming from reading people who are typing like they are text messaging or have very poor written skills coupled with truly lazy. I would like to say I have learned my lesson there, and while somewhat true I still occasionally get it wrong - ah well, at least I apologize afterwards, I actually somewhat look up to people who speak/read/write a few spoken languages or those that work hard and overcome disabilities.