For many years I have produced club newsletters. From the early days there were always just one or two members in each club whose contributions showed that they "couldn't spell for nuts." Now, especially here, the problem seems to be much worse. Why?
tamarillo,
Mar 5, 6:56am
Laziness, text language, and tablet's keyboards. And this is what to do with motoring?
richardmayes,
Mar 5, 7:01am
When people can't spell the name of their OWN CAR correctly (let alone put a full stop at the end of a sentence) this has EVERYTHING to do with motoring!
smac,
Mar 5, 7:11am
. and yet your username has no capital.
richardmayes,
Mar 5, 7:13am
It's true. Me and every other trademe.co.nz user, it seems?
skin1235,
Mar 5, 7:16am
me say your tutu is too tight
socram,
Mar 5, 7:50am
English is a tough language even when it is your first. There is a huge difference between typos and not knowing the correct word or spelling.
However, sheer laziness by not checking and correcting where there are heaps of obvious typos is possibly indicative of a lazy nature, so would you expect the lazy keyboard warriors to be thorough when servicing their cars?
bigfatmat1,
Mar 5, 8:18am
Thought I was in the wrong forum for a minute
rob_man,
Mar 5, 8:23am
It saves me a lot of time because when I encounter really badly written posts with horrendous spelling and no punctuation, I simply stop reading and move on to the next item.
poppy62,
Mar 5, 12:03pm
2 two was a race horse, one 1 was one too, 2 two won a race, and one 1 won one too.
smac,
Mar 5, 12:24pm
You missed one:
2 two was a race horse, one 1 was one too, 2 two won one race, and one 1 won one too.
gmphil,
Mar 5, 12:28pm
one one was a race horse, two two was one two . one one won one race, two two won one two!
ema1,
Mar 5, 12:51pm
tu tu
gsimpson,
Mar 6, 9:30am
Another odd problem I have come across doing newsletters is contributors that put CR (enter) before the end of every line like a typewriter. Plays hell when I cut and paste it. Or the ones that carefully type their article on a computer, print it and drive to my house with hard copy rather than just emailing the file?
gazzat22,
Mar 6, 9:46am
Spelling used to be a subject in primary school,as well as writing and english but no longer.Iots of teachers have difficulties with the language but like TV newsreaders as long as they get Te Reo or one of its variations correct its all okay!
jmma,
Mar 6, 10:04am
)o: Well I ain't seen Te Reo in any car manuals :oP
tamarillo,
Mar 6, 10:09am
Fair call.
tamarillo,
Mar 6, 10:14am
Rubbish, son in intermediate and spelling was and is very much a subject. Teachers struggle as some kids start primary way below the absolute basics they should already have achieved, and can lag behind whole time making it hard for teacher with 30 kids to help if parents are too useless to even encourage reading. That said his class is split into groups according to current level so they get right reading, writing and spelling. Sorry but it's crap to say they're not taught reading writing spelling maths, it's useless parents not doing their bit. Learning is a whole life experience not just the school, it can only do what it can.
fiatracer,
Mar 6, 10:53am
. or in my son's case. repeated episodes of teacher "correcting" his 100% correct spelling, and incorrectly inserting apostrophes in his writing. He's 10. Sigh.
Don't get me started on the prevalence of 'breaks', 'wreakers' and so on.
smac,
Mar 6, 11:19am
Got kids in school? Just wondering cause most people commenting negatively on the curriculum tend not to.
gazzat22,
Mar 6, 3:54pm
Read my post again i said nothing about maths not being taught and i,ve got grandchildren and have seen no evidence of spelling or writing being a subject that is specificaly taught ,It may be part not a subject in itself of another subject and I have family members who are teachers at all levelsCould be why children get to high school with little knowledge of the alphabet or more than basic maths.
socram,
Mar 6, 4:44pm
I can assure you that having taught at Tech and at Uni, that the pupils were horrified when I said I'd deduct marks for poor spelling and poor grammar - and yet the poor lambs all had computers with word processing facilities. They still managed to write total gibberish at times.
I also get fed up with schools making excuses for poor spelling/grammar and basic maths. If the parents can't spell, they can hardly help their kids.
We managed OK 60 years ago with an average of all junior/primary school years, of 50 pupils per class.
poppy62,
Mar 6, 5:57pm
As I keep telling my kids, if they only knew 10% of what I've forgotten they'd be brilliant. I just wish that some of the forgotten stuff could have contained some of the absolutely useless info as well. Logs, sine, cosine,secants cosecants, slide rules, Amo Amas Amat Amamus Amatus Amant. Gordie Amus Igitur etc. I don't even need Google my Wife knows everything.
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