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- nouman1989, on 09/06/2009, -9/+88yes i can't even spall correctly
- riverstyx, on 09/06/2009, -3/+66WhAT i ReALly CaNt StAnD Iz PpL WhO TyPE LiEK DiS oN ThEIr MySPaCE..
- thezoner, on 09/06/2009, -3/+65texting is compounding the idiocy. no wat i mean?
- BooLag, on 09/06/2009, -1/+63Join the Derek Zoolander foundation for kids who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too.
- Blinker1315, on 09/06/2009, -2/+58Well, of course it's a drawback. While there is no "generation of dummies," people are smart or not regardless of the era, over-reliance on spell-check is a fool's errand. For example, spell-check doesn't differentiate between "their" and "there," or "two" and "too," which results in inadvertent typos in either term papers or simple correspondence.
- palehorse864, on 09/06/2009, -2/+42Go back to Chaucer's time before printing presses were widely used. There really wasn't one proper spelling for a word because dictionaries weren't in abundance. You could spell some words five different ways, and Chaucer, in the Canterbury tales, sometimes spelled words in two or more different ways within the same short story.
With our resources now, it's definitely a boon to you to learn the proper accepted spelling, but I don't think it reflects intelligence, especially since some words are just memorization and the spelling that makes logical sense based upon other pronunciation rules is wrong. People with English as a second language can be intelligent, but watch them logically apply a spelling rule they have learned to conjugate a verb or something where that rule doesn't apply (Even though it should based upon how other words are used), and see how fast Diggers go nuts.
Remember, English isn't just a language the brits came up with. It's a hodge podge of latin, greek, french, anglo saxon, etc. - biofriendlyblog, on 09/06/2009, -4/+38It's true, kids (and adults alike) tend to be more careful when they don't have spell-checker. However, many of they can't spel or uses corect gramer without them. ;)
- zzfive, on 09/06/2009, -0/+33Weight you spelled spell incorrectly
- NikoKun, on 09/06/2009, -2/+34I don't know about other people, but for me, I learned how to spell BY USING a spell checker. The methods uses to teach me spelling in school, never worked as well.
Every time I spelled something wrong, the checker would give the red underline, which forced me to go back and spend time fixing it. So for convenience, I would simply memorize the correct spelling right then and there, or from simply repetition/frustration. Getting it right the first time is much faster.
I never would have learned to spell half as well as I can now, without it. And I rarely use it at all now. - premiumballin, on 09/06/2009, -2/+32I can't stand people with a Myspace...
- inactive, on 09/06/2009, -0/+28Yes but wait until someone figures out how to do a contextual spellcheck. Then we're really screwed.
- solidsnake1298, on 09/06/2009, -0/+25Only for people who choose to use text lingo. Some of us choose to spell correctly when we text.
- consonance, on 09/06/2009, -0/+24Ignorance and stupidity never go out of style.
- shiftyroach, on 09/06/2009, -7/+29your a moran if you think it isn't
- ShingoEX, on 09/06/2009, -1/+21Spell check is grate four words, butt knot four context.
See? Not a typo in that sentence... - Nicoon, on 09/06/2009, -2/+21No.
They were stupid to begin with. - mareksoon, on 09/06/2009, -3/+22I don't need spell check. I'm an excellent poofreader.
- lead2thehead, on 09/06/2009, -0/+18Do people still do that? I thought that went out of style like 8 years ago.
- quirkopatra, on 09/06/2009, -0/+18An argument could also be made that spellcheck is educational. I always had trouble with "necessary"...using two c's. And then you decide, "I'll use vital instead of necessary..."
When the spell check takes note, I do, too. - atomic811, on 09/06/2009, -4/+21They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back it was on the news this mroing a mother in ar who had kill her three kids . they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his chrilden ; i am truley sorry for your lots
- inactive, on 09/06/2009, -3/+19I have to admit my spelling has fallen into the crapper ever since I started using compters and spellcheck.
I remember as a kid seeing adults using calculators to do simple math and thought they must be stupid. But it's basically the same thing. All the automation in our lives makes us soft, whether its physically or, as in the case of calculators and spell check, intellectually. - SkinnerBox, on 09/06/2009, -0/+15I use full, proper spelling and punctuation - unless I bump up against a character limit. I'll admit to throwing in a "tho" or "u" in those cases.
- StigNordas, on 09/06/2009, -2/+16I'm completely dependent upon spell check, and to make matters worse I'm also hooked on autocomplete. If spell check were smart it would slowly ween you off.
- ProfessorRiffs, on 09/07/2009, -0/+13/contemplates the possible meanings of "butt knot"
- idbjoshm, on 09/06/2009, -0/+11"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." -Andrew Jackson, when he wasn't out making indian lives miserable.
- Inceptious, on 09/06/2009, -0/+10Blinker1315, have you never used Word?
- fxu1989, on 09/07/2009, -0/+10Mostly girls and 10-14 year old boys.
- vdesai, on 09/06/2009, -1/+11Actually I think spell check strengthens the spelling of our youth today, because they do not need to go look in a dictionary to find out how to spell a word correctly. I believe that by reducing the number of common errors spell check has slowly fixed the common spelling mistakes. I know from my own experiences that I tend to remember how to correctly spell a word if I am corrected by spell check. The fact that grammar check can make incorrect suggestions so one must stay on his/her toes to avoid becoming a correct green squiggly zombie.
- borez, on 09/06/2009, -2/+12"Spelling and grammar are archaic anyway."
No, no they're not. - unhg, on 09/06/2009, -0/+9I remember I wrote "sim" instead of "sin" on my essay. Since they were both nouns and used correctly, Word didn't pick up the error. Don't over-rely Word, Inceptious.
- baileysmooth, on 09/06/2009, -2/+11The unified spelling of words is quite new. Shakespeare spelled his name differently on different manuscripts. Was he a dummy?
- AnalogAssassin, on 09/06/2009, -0/+9"wean"
- TheInformer, on 09/06/2009, -1/+10It's sad to say that fake grammar and/or spelling for the purposes of humor, aren't.
- thezoner, on 09/06/2009, -0/+9You sir, are one of the few. I do commend you for that.
- halo3d, on 09/06/2009, -0/+8This message is free of spelling errors courtesy of Firefox spell checker. Thank you and have a great day!
- therealkid, on 09/10/2009, -2/+10Also for the fact that when you spell correctly, it shows you're aware of what you're writing/typing and that you made an effort to both learn and the use correctly. So, yes, it is an indicator of intelligence. (Granted, there are many types of intelligence and this is just one facet)
- VincentThomas, on 09/06/2009, -1/+8You are using "properly" reduntantly.
- Moralogic, on 09/06/2009, -0/+7If it wasn't for Firefox there would be a lot of words I would have never learned how to spell correctly. That doesn't mean anything for my grammar though. I think it hurts people who would normally end up being very good at spelling, and helps people who would normally suck at it.
- cyrix, on 09/06/2009, -1/+8IDK my bff jill?
- OmNomNomBACON, on 09/06/2009, -1/+8Your trying two hard.
- greenmartian, on 09/06/2009, -1/+8Are we talking about spell check in apps like Word or spell check functions in browsers? If it's the latter, it actually helped me with my spelling. Though I was a pretty good speller to begin with, there were always those few words that I had trouble with. Now that I get the little red squiggly line underneath a misspelled word, I go back, see how I ***** up and boom. Never again is that mistake made.
- premiumballin, on 09/06/2009, -1/+8If a word of mine is misspelled and detected by a spell-check program, I go back and try to type the word the proper way within using the program's instructions.
Essentially, I use the program as it was intended: as a spell-check. - inactive, on 09/06/2009, -10/+17No.
Spelling is not an indicator of intelligence. (Like the old "even Einstein couldn't spell!" quote contends.) Grammar, however, is. Too many kids are confusing their your/you're, there/they're/their usage, to/two/too. Spellcheck can't fix that. Only intelligence and effort can. - themastersb, on 09/07/2009, -0/+7Your all doing it wrong.
- java5isfluff, on 09/07/2009, -0/+6Txt spk is only a problem when performed out of the proper context. Texting on phones makes sense. It literally fits the medium. However, txt spk in a presentation for a new 4 million dollar R&D budget is a problem.
Now the question becomes do most individuals know which to chose and when? I think they do. If they don't, I have no idea how they got into a position for requestion 4 million in R&D. - jimrooney, on 09/06/2009, -1/+7Yeah, I don't know where these guys are coming from. My spelling's gotten loads better since the advent of the red underline style of spellcheckning.
(The old "check everything" button's didn't do squat for me btw.) - norman619, on 09/06/2009, -3/+9Poor spelling does not reflect how intelligent you are. Only a fool believes that.
- kenthorvath, on 09/06/2009, -2/+8Spellings naturally evolve over time to reflect the opinions of the population as to what makes the most sense, both aesthetically and logically. The differences in British vs. American spellings (e.g. colour vs. color, metre vs. meter) can be attributed to this effect. As newer spellings are invented and embraced, words will change over time. Variance, thus, is the ground upon which natural selection occurs.
The result of spell check is to enact a selective pressure on a single, standardized spelling within the population, irrespective of aesthetics or logic, in favor of conformity and clarity. The English language could be greatly simplified by removing archaic spellings and unnecessary characters, which I believe would likely result over time (simple and clear spellings would be better, especially as the world increasingly relies on English as the standard common language of international commerce). However, ubiquitous spell checking retards such natural evolution of language.
This is neither good, nor bad, in my opinion. But it is certainly not a question of intelligence. - wassim2k, on 09/06/2009, -0/+6That, and bad grammar, would eliminate 80% of Digg posters.
- teemingvoid, on 09/07/2009, -0/+6Its a little difficult to discern whether your sentence fragment is intentionally ironic.
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