At least TRY and spell, Please!!!

Well there are people from all over the world here and some are here to imporve their english and spelling so maybe if you offered a little help for some of the ones that are really bad that would be a nice thing to do and you could make some good friends if you wanted too.

Unfortunately, this is very true. However, We might want to take into account that some people ARE uneducated as well as English being a 2nd or sometimes 3rd or more language to them. I don't really mind broken english, as long as it's somewhat readable.

some times you can miss a typo which isnt their fault

I understand what you are saying but you have to understand to that there are some people that doesnt understand english well to,so i think thats why some are doing that.Then there are some who just dont care all about the $$$$

As an English teacher, it really gets my goat. I can accept the American spellings of words, having had therapy to help me get over that, but agree that some of the efforts are just bone idle, lazy and ignorant. Fortunately, when I log on, I am actually quite impressed to see some wonderful discussions, with good grammar, vocab and sentence formation. I am surprised that so many people do still use their brains!

I understand your frustration, but what you have to remember is that there are some people that are trying their best. Yes, there are the spammers and the cheaters, the copy and pasters, etc., but they are doing it on purpose. They don't care what they write, they just want to try to milk the system (unsuccessfully, I hope). But there are others, that are french, german, asian, indian, and arabian, etc, that are trying their best because english is not their primary language. I am a stickler for all things english, as I spent years editing people's work, but here on mylot, I refrain from lashing out at those that I know get better and better the more they try. Don't worry about the cheaters though, we have been working to get them out of here, and I am sure you have too.

I have a little education on English. I try my best on Mylot to make clear sentences for people to read. I understand people meanings, but not to concern about spelling. But sometimes it os hard for me to understand the start discussion from some one else. I read the answere, I know later.

that is fairly true, but we also have to consider the time constraints and everything. i mean, we can't expect everybody to have the same dedication like you to check every single word they are typing.

A lot of the time those people aren't capable of writing coherently. They are often from different countries and, despite how it clutters and detracts for us english speakers they insist on participating (perhaps when they aren't capable). Its all about money for a lot of people.

Very well said. Half the time I have no idea what these people are trying to say. I've seen some responses to discussions and I think 'what are you talking about'. We all make 'typos' at times but the majority of our discussions are coherent. Some people (a lot of people) give one word/one line answers and can't even string a single sentence together. It's very frustrating at times, especially when you also have to filter through the crap discussion topics like "what your favrit color?". Really, who's gives a sh*t what a complete stranger's favourite colour is? Sorry...just having a vent.

You are so right! I've only been on myLot a short time. I can deal with the broken English, especially if I bring up their profile and they are indeed from another country. I think some are pretty brave to post and risk ridicule. The ones I am having a hard time with are the ones speaking in darn cell phone text messaging language. I don't think it's appropriate here and its use should be banned here, unless myLot's use is not really what it is suppose to be.

You are right. Language has to be respected. I try in english.. but in my mother language are full of accuracy.

I agree. It gets very frustrating. Its like a lot of people cannot even be bothered to try. U no wot i meen? Ha ha, just kidding on the last part!!!

You're so right, I'm danish myself, but i try to spell and do the grammar correctly. Of course you can't avoid typos, but it's easy to spot a typo from a lazy person. Now you might say "What about the people from other countries?", true, it's not their fault, and they shouldn't be mocked at, IF they actually seem willing to try and get it as understandable as possible. If they're just the lazy type, just typing away and not caring about reading through it, then it's really annoying. Then there's the people using "txt spk", now those are the worst! When i see someone saying something like "omg i fnk u r dmb", i just ignore them. I even asked one why they actively torture the english language, his response was that it's faster.. I don't get it! How can it possibly be faster!? I would take ages to type a simple sentence, how can they remember all those different ways to screw up a sentence, it seems impossible to most people with a decently functioning brain. That's my own little rant, just thought i had to contribute..

Well we all must understand that there are people here from all over the world, and some have more difficulty to write good English, I sometimes get stucked in some word that I can´t translate ffrom my native language, Portuguese, so we all have to understand.

don't have patience

I agree. I don't expect everyone on this site to be a grammar professional. I wouldn't dare ever claim to be one myself. However, it is not that difficult to take the time to actually spell out all the words you're using. Not to mention the amount of time it would save the members trying to understand your posts. Coherent english makes everyone's lives easier. And personally, it would take me longer to type butchered english, than it would to just spell everything out correctly.

I hope you realize that are large portion of the MyLot population are not American or British. Since English isn't their primary language it's a little hard to express themselves. The only thing that I really do not like is the plagarism that is rampant in MyLot.

Infact, no once cares if the reader can judge what it is, so I dont think that we should waste time on such little things, however ur point is soooo valuable, infact I have a solution "Spell check anywhere" is a program through which u can use spell check feature every where, even here too !!!

I know when i get to typing real fast or want to answer a post quickly to answer a question one of the family members are asking me while i am typing i will slip up and mispell a word or two...If that counts then im sorry, but i also seen those "Is you o k" things and it does get annoying but then i wouldnt even begin to dream of trying to type in their language...