.....That don't impress me much!
Ah so what is this post about?
A spell checker? Those wiggly red lines on a Microsoft document? (and my dislike for American English) , The teacher who used to mark spelling mistakes with red ink? -- Nope.
The further away we are moving from being consciously aware of our spellings as we type out more than we write? -- Partly. Didn't realise this until I began mis-spelling words and using a right click to correct them , rather than bother to re read and correct!
And contrary to the title lines of this post, mostly on how I base my judgement of people on whether they can spell or not. Of being put off by bad spelling and more so by bad grammar.
Some say that its the beauty of the English language that it is so fluid, others seem bent to give the language a runny nose!
Of late have noticed people writing their names online in all small letters. Instant put off. Some would argue its convenience. But its your name! You just don't do that to it! Ah and if someone says 'He don't' instead of 'he doesn't' then I would have instantly written him off! Okay. well not that drastic. But the good books are closed :P
Language is by no means a measure of the nature of a person. You might have a heart of gold or be a genius and still be horrible at spellings.
But language sure is the world's window to a person, one which allows us to take a peek in and form an impression. It is his presentation to the world and then some more. I daresay even a measure of how sophisticated and cultured a person is. Definitely more than the clothes he wears or the brand of his footwear - The very shallow hallmarks of judgement these days.
Had read somewhere that bad spelling is worse than body odour. Here is me vehemently nodding my head in agreement!
Ah so what is this post about?
A spell checker? Those wiggly red lines on a Microsoft document? (and my dislike for American English) , The teacher who used to mark spelling mistakes with red ink? -- Nope.
The further away we are moving from being consciously aware of our spellings as we type out more than we write? -- Partly. Didn't realise this until I began mis-spelling words and using a right click to correct them , rather than bother to re read and correct!
And contrary to the title lines of this post, mostly on how I base my judgement of people on whether they can spell or not. Of being put off by bad spelling and more so by bad grammar.
Some say that its the beauty of the English language that it is so fluid, others seem bent to give the language a runny nose!
Of late have noticed people writing their names online in all small letters. Instant put off. Some would argue its convenience. But its your name! You just don't do that to it! Ah and if someone says 'He don't' instead of 'he doesn't' then I would have instantly written him off! Okay. well not that drastic. But the good books are closed :P
Language is by no means a measure of the nature of a person. You might have a heart of gold or be a genius and still be horrible at spellings.
But language sure is the world's window to a person, one which allows us to take a peek in and form an impression. It is his presentation to the world and then some more. I daresay even a measure of how sophisticated and cultured a person is. Definitely more than the clothes he wears or the brand of his footwear - The very shallow hallmarks of judgement these days.
Had read somewhere that bad spelling is worse than body odour. Here is me vehemently nodding my head in agreement!
11 comments:
Heh...
Actually I don't think I can spell ;)
But I kinda get what you mean!!!
It ticks me off no end when people go "plzd 2 mt u!" or something like that :D
PS: What ticked you off so much?? ;)
PPS: "Had read somewhere that bad spelling is worst than body odour"
is this correct grammar? :P
Oh, you got your English alright I am sure :P
hehehe... I was afraid something like that would happen :D Corrected sir!
* coughing the modest cough modestly *
Vicks ki goli?
Sab tarah ki khich khich mitaye including modest coughs :D
In my defense it is past 3 in the night, so bad jokes and a small grammatical error are both pardonable ;)
ncie one .... i msut say!!! :-P
Nice one... chats and shoutboxes and the like have murdered our language... and MS-Office is the machines' way of ensuring people stay dumb and make the PC do everything so when the machines get sentient they can take over quicker... :)
Agreed... :) .. Though I wonder if you have the similar reaction(s) towards pronounciations and accents .. Is that also a measure of sophistication and culture ?? Many would tend to disagree
@Vaby... Thnak yuo :P
@Sanat... yup. Seems you've hit on the right conspiracy theory. A Cyborg shouldn't be all that worried though :P
@Shreyan... You say Tohmato, I say Tomato :P
That is an entirely different league. Though then again, it speaks of a person's background and culture. Don't you agree?
read somewhere that theres a new trend of not writing 'i' in uppercase when referring to self to show humility and not to attach too much importance with oneself :O
I guess some things about the language like grammar will always remain non neogtiable and how much consderation the user lends to those details will definitely offer a glimpse into the persona.
@Shreyan - am a lil confused to deal with anything that can be acquired by people visiting abroad :D
PS - this is my longest comment ever :) seems like i havent given any1 the good old Gyan for long :DD
@Happy...I read that too, and didn't quite agree with it. As if not capitalizing an 'I' would make a person give less importance to himself! Modern theorists!
and Since Shreyan is in the 'Gelf' these days, he is possibly busy acquiring a mallu accent and worried about its consequences :P
@KJ - Fully agree with that !
@Shreyan - I seriously didnt have any idea about your whereabouts mate ! i was merely referring to my ex-neighbours son who acquired an accent after his visit to the US :)
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