Topic: When chatting with a potential friend/significant other
madamx7316's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:14 PM

Yeah, it matters. When someone types, "your so funny u kno that", I just want to cringe and I can't help but think, "She never passed 3rd grade English.".

That could be the anal-retentive English major in me, though.... <shrug>


u so crazy u no dat?

Brenda_Darling's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:14 PM
to a point...i try my best..but i cant spell for anything..so i let them know in the beginning my spelling sucks..but grammer i try to be good with

Peccy's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:15 PM


So serious tonight...'cept my Hiker and Madam...:heart:



im always serious laugh :tongue: noway drinker smokin bigsmile
I beg to differ, just slightly though! laugh laugh devil devil devil drinker drinker smokin

andreajayne's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:16 PM
To an extent it is. I am a horrible speller, but I atleast try to make my writings legible. No one is perfect though, so minor typos are alright, but what I hate is the abbreviations for sentences that make me think about what is said.

itsmetina's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:16 PM
doesnt matter its how they treat me and i dont like alot of cuss words

madamx7316's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:16 PM



So serious tonight...'cept my Hiker and Madam...:heart:



im always serious laugh :tongue: noway drinker smokin bigsmile
I beg to differ, just slightly though! laugh laugh devil devil devil drinker drinker smokin


who? what? me? not serious??? devil laugh :tongue: smokin drinker bigsmile

Rose41's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:17 PM

hell i dont care, as long as the point gets across. i think people put too much emphasis on the proper grammar thing. its chat for goodness sake, not a term paper!
TOTALLY AGREE

Winx's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:18 PM
Nails on a chalkboard to me - "We was".

Peccy's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:18 PM




So serious tonight...'cept my Hiker and Madam...:heart:



im always serious laugh :tongue: noway drinker smokin bigsmile
I beg to differ, just slightly though! laugh laugh devil devil devil drinker drinker smokin


who? what? me? not serious??? devil laugh :tongue: smokin drinker bigsmile
well ok, in a dungeon atmosphere maybe

madamx7316's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:19 PM





So serious tonight...'cept my Hiker and Madam...:heart:



im always serious laugh :tongue: noway drinker smokin bigsmile
I beg to differ, just slightly though! laugh laugh devil devil devil drinker drinker smokin


who? what? me? not serious??? devil laugh :tongue: smokin drinker bigsmile
well ok, in a dungeon atmosphere maybe


things are always serious in the dungeon hahaha

hikerchick's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:20 PM

Yeah, it matters. When someone types, "your so funny u kno that", I just want to cringe and I can't help but think, "She never passed 3rd grade English.".

That could be the anal-retentive English major in me, though.... <shrug>


love love love love love

JaceKnows's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:20 PM
Typos are one thing... genuinely not knowing the difference between "too, two, to" and "there, their, they're" and "your, you're", etc, is something else entirely.

I can usually tell when someone's just typo-ing away or they really don't have a clue.

I'm big on conversations, not text messages. (=

robinlynn42's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:20 PM
i try to spell decent but if i can't i abbreviate what i can.or try cheap wording.

no photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:22 PM
It depends on the person. I don't like to be misunderstood and have to repeat myself. What can I say.. I'm lazy that way. So..in order to communicate, I accommodate my style as best I can.
I also am lazy when trying to hear or read... Conversations that are filled with 'Huh?' 'Come again?' 'WTF?' 'What does that mean?' 'Where did you learn to write and speak?' Can really get old, fast.

I've had more then a few conversations with people who live overseas and they barely speak my language, I don't speak theirs. Yet somehow we manage to be way more clear in our conversations then many I've had on here, with folks who are native born to an English speaking country.

TheShadow's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:23 PM
Well I guess if my friends thought that of me. That it was that big of a deal. then I they would of missed out on a really good friend. When i see people say that it bothers them, to each is own I guess, but have they ever though that even though someone might have a problem spelling. Does that make a person and who they might be? I'm sure besids peoples spelling, there are things far worse to worry about.....

Single_Rob's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:23 PM
It doesn't matter to me. I do not make a point of using every hyphen, and spell check when I am chatting. To be that serious in life must truly make a person uptight in my opinion, and not someone I would want to expose my true weaknesses to. If you cannot be comfortable with who you are while just chatting, can you imagine living with that person? Save the grammer police/spellchick routine for the business place, and just relax while talking to someone you enjoy chatting with. Just how I feel, flame on laugh

no photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:23 PM
It matters to me -- if I wanted to deal with people who had third grade reading and writing skills, I'd go be a teacher in the Chicago Public School System and fix cars in my spear time. (That's a reference to a profile I saw on another site.)

Illiteracy is not attractive....






hikerchick's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:24 PM



So serious tonight...'cept my Hiker and Madam...:heart:



im always serious laugh :tongue: noway drinker smokin bigsmile
I beg to differ, just slightly though! laugh laugh devil devil devil drinker drinker smokin


oooh I love it when guys beg!!devil

JaceKnows's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:25 PM

Well I guess if my friends thought that of me. That it was that big of a deal. then I they would of missed out on a really good friend. When i see people say that it bothers them, to each is own I guess, but have they ever though that even though someone might have a problem spelling. Does that make a person and who they might be? I'm sure besids peoples spelling, there are things far worse to worry about.....


Shadow, you're right... it IS an individual thing. Like the woman who said she couldn't date me because I'm NOT a smoker... that's her preference. We all have those little give-and-take quibbles that make us unique. And yeah, there's always something else worse to worry about... (=

hikerchick's photo
Wed 02/13/08 09:26 PM

It matters to me -- if I wanted to deal with people who had third grade reading and writing skills, I'd go be a teacher in the Chicago Public School System and fix cars in my spear time. (That's a reference to a profile I saw on another site.)

Illiteracy is not attractive....









Grammar is sexy!!!