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8th August 2008, 2:19pm
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#1 | | is Elseworlds
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| Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7546975.stm
The next logical step here is accepting the wrong answer to any given question. Seriously, if you're thet much of a moron that you can't spell properly you should get fucked for it, not applauded.
Thoughts?
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8th August 2008, 2:20pm
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#2 | | 33 Rounds Per Minute
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
It's not like you can't fucking learn.
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8th August 2008, 2:20pm
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#3 | | Larger Than Life
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Originally Posted by Prof  Seriously, if you're than much of a moron that you can't spell properly you should get fucked for it, not applauded.
Thoughts? | I think you mean THAT much of a moron.. 
Oh.. the irony..
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8th August 2008, 2:20pm
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#4 | | Loa Of Death
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
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Originally Posted by Prof Seriously, if you're than much of a moron that you can't spell properly you should get fucked for it, not applauded. | If ever there was a post to be sure and proof read... 
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8th August 2008, 2:21pm
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#5 | | LAST SONG KILL AUDIENCE
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I don't believe in what has come to be known as dyslexia, for every one child with a genuine learning disability there are ten children who just haven't been taught to read properly and have fallen through the cracks in the education system.
Just thought I'd throw the deplorable state of education in there. | 
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8th August 2008, 2:23pm
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#6 | | Go Away!
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
Irony aside, with exceptions such as Dyslexia etc, no, it shouldn't be accepted.
Just no.
Learn like the rest of us had to.
Like I had to google 'Dyslexia'
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8th August 2008, 2:25pm
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#7 | | Lady Of War
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
I don't think spelling incorrectly should be accepted, especially by lecturers, aren't they there to ensure people go out in the world with an education??
How many employers seriously want an employee with poor spelling ?
bet i've spelt at least one thing wrong in this in a fit of irony!
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8th August 2008, 2:25pm
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#8 | | Should Be Working
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
Who decides what the "correct" spelling is?
Language evolves, useage alters, meanings adapt, spelling changes.
The linked article refers to the most common mistakes should be accepted as "variant spellings". Well yeah, I agree.
If I'm in Australia giving a presentation to an international audience is 'color' wrong or is 'colour' wrong? . | |
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8th August 2008, 2:26pm
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#9 | | Registered User
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
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Originally Posted by Witch
How many employers seriously want an employee with poor spelling ?
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I'd rather have an employee who did things right and well and whos spelling might not win them awards than someone who could spell really well but were hopeless at their job. | |
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8th August 2008, 2:27pm
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#10 | | LAST SONG KILL AUDIENCE
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
Thats not really what they're asking though, you might as well say "I'd rather have an employee who could do his/her job right than one who stinks." Lots of fundamental qualities (Diligence, hygiene, communication skills, timekeeping, the ability to function well under pressure, presentability etc etc) are desirable in an employee. Quote:
Originally Posted by Woolies Who decides what the "correct" spelling is?
Language evolves, useage alters, meanings adapt, spelling changes. | Common conscencus, but you have the freedom to makeup your own language and insist in communicating in that if you please.
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8th August 2008, 2:28pm
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#11 | | Experimental stooge
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
You know all he's suggesting is the most common mispellings be adopted as varient spellings.
Its not in the slightest bit about "rewarding" poor spelling but more about recognising that language moves on. We don't walk around saying thee or thou anymore do we?
On the flipside, as Mono points out, the situation has probably arisen because of problems in the education system. But that said I've never thought the important part of language was prescriptive rules and structure more the meaning conveyed. | |
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8th August 2008, 2:29pm
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#12 | | borte, ikke glemt
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
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Originally Posted by Witch I don't think spelling incorrectly should be accepted, especially by lecturers, aren't they there to ensure people go out in the world with an education??
How many employers seriously want an employee with poor spelling ?
bet i've spelt at least one thing wrong in this in a fit of irony! | At first glance you've got a few lower case letters where there should be capitals
Also not sure if the grammar in your first sentence is correct. Maybe "I don't think incorrect spelling should be acceptable, especially by lecturers..."? 
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8th August 2008, 2:29pm
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#13 | | tired and emotional Editor
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
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Originally Posted by Witch I don't think spelling incorrectly should be accepted, especially by lecturers, aren't they there to ensure people go out in the world with an education??
How many employers seriously want an employee with poor spelling ?
bet i've spelt at least one thing wrong in this in a fit of irony! | He's arguing that we shouldn't look on this as "poor spelling", though. So, in the culture he's trying to create it wouldn't matter to employees.
He has a point, language is plastic by nature. We don't write and speak the same as we did a hundred years ago because spellings and meanings change.
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8th August 2008, 2:33pm
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#14 | | is Elseworlds
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
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Originally Posted by Prof http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7546975.stm
The next logical step here is accepting the wrong answer to any given question. Seriously, if you're thet much of a moron that you can't spell properly you should get fucked for it, not applauded.
Thoughts? | FIXED! At least the wrong word had the correct spelling.
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8th August 2008, 2:34pm
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#15 | | LAST SONG KILL AUDIENCE
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| Re: Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
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Originally Posted by endless psych You know all he's suggesting is the most common mispellings be adopted as varient spellings.
Its not in the slightest bit about "rewarding" poor spelling but more about recognising that language moves on. We don't walk around saying thee or thou anymore do we?
On the flipside, as Mono points out, the situation has probably arisen because of problems in the education system. But that said I've never thought the important part of language was prescriptive rules and structure more the meaning conveyed. | That meaning is lost if we all have a different word for everything. Hampering communication between people who speak the same language should be a crime.
Of all the methods that people use to communicate, language is the most evolved and yet its given only the scantest respect by those who use it every day. I'm not saying we should all stick to one proscribed dialect, but encouraging poor communication skills is not something we can really afford to do with literacy in general as low as it is. | |
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