Kin Amuricuns spell? This survey sez NAW.

The Washington Times ^ | 2/10/09 | Jennifer Harper

[lakeprincess]

Spell me embarassed. Embbarrassed? Embrassed. You and two thirds of the nation can't do it, prompting some to suggest we dumb down the language and spell um like we say um.

[IYAS9YAS]

Double plus ungood.

[blastdad51]

Ever seen peoples text messages ?

That should tell you all you need to know .

[Dahoser]

[Proud2BeRight]

Like uhh who cares dude like uhh we cant no stuff like englsh math an scinance when uhh we gots like mor importint stuf to lern in govmet skool.

[theDentist]

I’ve always found spelling errors were directly related to speed of typing. The faster I type, the more likely the errors. Unfortunately, once my train of thought gets going, I have to type faster lest that thought be derailed.

[ozark hilljilly]

OMG!
ROTFLMAO
IBTZ?
-jk!

; )

[theDentist]

PS: note my tagline

[OneWingedShark]

>Ever seen people’s text messages?
>
>That should tell you all you need to know.

Fixed and agreed.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

[anniegetyourgun]

Meanwhile, people who can spell, write, and speak standard English, go unemployed. You would think it might be a minimum standard.

[Just another Joe]

And spell checker isn't going to ALWAYS do you any good.

Eye have a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight for it to say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lee ever wrong
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased to no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer told me sew

Go ahead, run it through your spell checker. LOL

[absolootezer0]

hukt on fonix rilly werkt fur mee!

[TheRightGuy]

Ever seen peoples text messages

That should tell you all you need to know .

My son is a prof at Mizzou and he says that "text message" spelling and usage in showing up at an alarming rate, even in formal papers. The kids don't even seem to realize it's wrong. He most assuredly penalizes them severely.

[stayathomemom]

I'm a terrible speller. I have always attributed it to the illogical nature of the spelling of English words and the fact that they were teaching the "look-say" method of reading when I was in the early grades. It is not for lack of reading - I love to read, or an inability to memorize. My husband, a wiz at spelling, says “Just look at the word in your mind and spell it out!” The problem for me is what I see in my mind is always fuzzy. I always use spell check and frequently check the dictionary to double check for spelling errors.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

My sphel chucker iz bustid!

[paulycy]

I’m stuned.

[garyhope]

Don't get me started.

I have to werk, I mean work at it. Thank God for spell checkers and my online dictionary. I refer to them all the time. By the way, what is the proper spelling of "online" and "internet"? Should they be capitalized? Hyphenated? Is there any consensus on this?

I've got lots of supposedly well educated friends who can't type or write a simple, logical, declarative sentence. I'm shocked by their inability to do so.

[al_c]

According to a study released Monday by the London-based Spelling Society

'Nuf said. They don't spell anything ending in "or" correctly. And that can't pronounce aluminum.

[IYAS9YAS]

Go ahead, run it through your spell checker. LOL

I did. Marques and chequer were said to be unknown to Word... Of course, so is Obama.