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the people who use it wrong are mostly native english speakers, never understood that

You mean they write it, not say it. The pronunciation is identical.

p.s. "wtf" is not a word

This thread is confusing me :Oh crap

I know the difference but since I type super super fast sometimes I mess it up.

I honestly don't get why people have such a pet peeve about it online. It seems silly to me to care about something so trivial.

In a professional letter or legal document I can understand. But on a messae board, quick email or text I let it slide. The Charlie Sheen thing seems like short hand texting. I do that all the time.

It has nothing to do with typing speed, you either know or don't know when to use each. :2 cents:

Short hand texting is annoying as hell too. With predictive text on phones, there is no excuse to use 'gr8 h8 u2 2' etc...

When I worked in an office with a bunch of twenty-somethings, I was amazed at how lazy and bad their spelling and grammar was. We were using an email client that didn't spell check, and it was pretty funny to see some of the hotshot kids around the office who thought they were smart misspell the easiest words and use botched grammar.

Its the spell-check generation.

Sorry disagree 1000000%. I completely know the difference and sometimes when I'm typing really fast I accidentally miss the apostrophe and realize it when I reread. Sometimes I fix it and sometimes I don't. People that know me know I speak a mile a minute. My mind is always racing and I type the same way.

Not all phones predict words right. It's a lot faster to type gr8 instead of great. Not to mention you're LIMITED on how many lines of text you can send. If I have a lot to say I do short hand so it doesn't get cut off. Especially if I'm in a hurry or I'm out and about. Who has time to text something all perfect. I'd rather get my point across in the least amount of time.

What it comes down to is some people are anal and get all pet peeved over this and others look at the big picture and don't stress off the small stuff.

Haven't you ever met someone that is extremely book smart but totally lacking in social skills? And sometimes people that don't have the greatest book smarts on the other hand end up doing really well in business making a ton of money because they have the social skills to pull it off.

So If I had to choose between being a brainiac with perfect spelling working for others just getting by OR running my own business making $$$ but not having the highest book smarts and bad spelling.. I'll take being a rich bad speller.

BUT I agree it's bad if you genuinely don't know the difference. Just typing too fast and not caring is one thing. Honestly not knowing the difference is kinda sad. But if you suck at spelling but are great at other things that make up for it then so be it....

probly
prolly
probaly

The word you mental geniuses are scratching in the dark for is probably.

The good news is it's only 2 or 3 letters longer than the brilliant shortcuts you've been posting.


There, I said it.

Girlfriend says: "hey honey let's go to the bedroom"
Boyfriend says: "One sec, i need to finish this business biz related txt to a coworker"

Sorry... when you're in a hurry those 3 letters make a difference, lol.

I think what everyone here confuses is the difference between not knowing how to spell and purposely doing it for speed convenience. And if proper spelling is THAT important 24/7 all the time without exception... well to me that's silly.

I know people that have made there money all ready and now just manage big business through their cell phone all day long. They don't want to read long emails and prefer short quick to the point texts even if they include short hand.

When posting on message boards, grammar and spelling kinda goes out the window for me (but I don't write ebonics). At my day job, I need to write well and produce clean documents and email correspondence. When I'm posting on GFY and other boards, I want to "get away" from the grind of work, so I'm not gonna get in "work mode" and flip out over whether my writing complies with the Chicago Manual of Style.

If it makes you feel like a genius or feel better about your life correcting other people's grammer or putting them down cause of it. Go for it. At least your not sitting in some tower with a rifle or shooting elected officials

I'm with Meloman on this one, this is a message board, this is about as informal as it gets... relax... I have issues with people who ALWAYS use the wrong spelling too but I can live with it. Those of you who can't and need to shoot down others? This is borderline psychosis, and you probably need to see someone about it. ;)

PS even the best Writers have and use editors...