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Posted by Justin on 12/21/05 18:01
NunYa Bidness wrote on [Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:20:05 GMT]:
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:10:40 GMT, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
> us:
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>>Panzer wrote on [20 Dec 2005 08:07:26 -0800]:
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>>> Justin wrote:
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>>>> This is a text based medium, why are so many people unwilling to use
>>>> proper spelling?
>>> it saves time during a heated discussion, I dont know why people should
>>> have a problem with that.
>>
>>No, it doesn't. A keystroke here and there is nothing compared to all
>>the time spent deciphering the stupidity. There are 26 letters in the
>>alphabet for a reason, words have common spellings for a reason. It's so
>>that anyone can understand what you are trying to say.
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> Never in my life have I seen such a demented distortion of written
> communication.
>
> If someone is so goddamned lazy that they cannot write the entire
> word, and do so correctly, they have no business interloping their
> lame asses into a written forum to begin with.
If people who use English as a first language have a hard enough time
with some of these "shortcuts" just imagine the extra effort it takes
to try and understand for someone who has English as a second, third,
fourth etc. etc. language.
Shortcuts also don't work well between different dialects of English.
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