Ironically, I have a hard time reading my own hand writing.

I can see where proofreading before a send would aid in communication. To understand another and to be understood are both good things. I think Carolyn Wonderland says it best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsVMfARmqaI

Carolyn Wonderland, Misunderstood.

I think Alice of Wonderland would be proud of Carolyn.

I half put an effort, this damn auto correct is irritating. I got an iPad and it changes all my stuff. I'm still figuring it out. I know how to spell and I know what I mean so grrrr to autocorrect.

Mingle started out as an opportunity for me to practice my marginal typing skills after a traumatic head injury that made cordinateing handwriting very difficult so even though I can when necessary write at collegiate level it just is not a priority to me to bother in what I consider casual conversation on a keyboard to "go through the drill" of editing.

Perhaps it is my personal experience with powerful people who may have marginal English or writing skills being able to communicate effectively and do great things in other areas that I don't equate necesarily coloring with in the lines as that critical.

Yes structure, gramemer, and spelling may give a certain air of respectability credibility, or even authority but some of the most devious dangerous people I ever met could write perfectly. And enjoyed manipulateing people into a lulled sense of safety by doing so.

I think demanding perfect English or what most of us speak "american" smacks of eliteism and and bigotry that the only way is the "english" way. Funny when the majority of American's do NOT speak English as a first or home language much less that only a small percentage of the world does. And this is the world wide web. .

Hmmm it varies... I think giving care to what you write, and how you write, shows how much respect you give to the reader, plus it tells something about your ability to communicate... I'm not talking about the odd typo, or a grammar mistake, but what I want to see is someone giving care to what he/she says, and try to give back the same... I'm not a native English speaker, so maybe it is even harder for me to mix with someone who shows a basic inability to use this language correctly (and I make a WHOLE lot of mistakes myself, I'm sure - but I try, and I hope that shows).

That problem lessens a lot when you are engaged in a quick, laid back conversation, like in a bar... I use "No, I ain't" when asked if I'm thirsty at a bar; if I'm engaged in a more formal conversation, I just know that I have to take the time to say "No, thank you, I am not!". Knowing this difference is... well, kind of style, and the question for ME is more often than not "What kind of style do I want to (or wanna) mix with?" So showing your abilities actually widens the possibility for contacts...

I'm sorry, I don't really want to mix with people who are unable to write a decent profile text, for example... If I read like this: "I am caring person who taking caring my children and getting along who like to bowling and movies and out to eats. I want to have fun with the person i meet. We can be friend and maybe more", from a person that claims to be a native English speaker, I want to get a pen to mark the mistakes, not become friends with that person... Hey, this text has had TIME to write, it is meant to appeal to persons - if THIS is what comes out when someone had time and rest to actually write an advertising for himself, I don't even want to know what he will say when he's in a hurry...

Sorry... the snotty German again, I presume... But sometimes I can't help, and sometimes I don't even want to...

I think there is no point in communicating, verbally or in writing, if you dont care whether you are understood.

I try to use spelling and grammar that will make it easiest for others to understand me. I also was raised in a home where education, reading, writing, math,,etc,,, were all very important so its usually second nature for me to pay attention to the words I use the way I use them.

This thread wasn't about demanding perfect English. I'm not demanding anything from anyone. People have the choice to write the way they want. However, if I cannot understand them well enough, it will affect my ability to get to know them, since we use writing as the form of communication here.

Why does the size of the keyboard matter?

It's not so bad :). I have an iphone and type out all the words in text messages.

I actually do care what I write. My problem is that I lose my wi-fi signal sometimes half way through my letter or post. After having to re-type something over I have learned to type as fast as I can and then send or post quickly. That means that I usually end up editing later or re-explaining in a letter if something didn't come out the way I meant it.

I just bought a pen which writes what I think.

My thinking is almost effortless

A Quick-Quote Quill, like Rita Skeeter has?

COOOOOOOOOOOL :D

..i've opted for the vulcan mind meld,altho i have found women to be apprehensive when i attempt it holding their breast,they say "i didn't know it could be done this way" i usually respond by telling them they have to remain quiet and pretty soon they'll get the message..when they slap the hell outta me ..that's when i figure they got it..whatta ya know it really does work..

I pretty much write what I am thinking at the time. If it doesn't come out right that's a bit of a bummer, I don't use the best punctuation, but I wasn't really taught it, so if I put a gap in my speach I figure that's pretty much where something should go.

Spelling, yep well that's a problem, not cause I can't spell most of the words, just that I may hit a wrong button and when I go back and have a sticky beak at it the mixed letters don't seem to register in my brain.

So basically i try my best, but it doesn't really worry me if I bugga it up a little.

u bummer girl...

Hey there Prashant.