Comments on: if u cn rd this, u mite IM 2 much

By: Ladytink_534

Ladytink_534 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:11:52 +0000

Not a control freak or age. I’m 22 and I still write out complete texts most of the time. I can still decipher most of the IM speech but it can be a bit annoying.

By: sheistoofondofbooks

sheistoofondofbooks — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:15:16 +0000

To All – wow! I didn’t expect this to move into a discussion about NCLB, but I guess I laid the groundwork for that, didn’t I?!

The opening to this post, about my friend and her texting daughter, needs a follow-up. My friend has told her daughter that she expects to be texted in full words and sentences. In other words, save the shorthand for your friends. I think it’s my friend’s way of making sure her daughter knows what’s “right” when writing.

That whole Krispy Kreme naming convention has always bothered me … even when I was a kid I was a stickler like that!

Yes, that parent-teacher conference blew me away. We’re weren’t asking for LW12′s grade to be marked down for mis-spelling, just that it be brought to her attention. She is stubborn like me, and if it wasn’t marked wrong, she would insist that was the proper spelling. Our older two kids had there “formative years” in a part of CT where, I tell you, Ts in the middle of words aren’t pronounced. “Mountain” becomes “moun-in”. That compounded the spelling issue. Now our younger two are being raised near Boston … I try to make sure they pronounce their Rs!

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:01:46 +0000

It kills me every time I run out of characters on twitter and have to spell though “tho” or before “b4.” Absolutely kills me!

By: Jenners

Jenners — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:25:09 +0000

Another great post! I’m not into texting so all that stuff reads like gibberish to me and my son isn’t into it yet being only 4 so I guess I’ll have to see what happens in my future. But I’m a stickler for correct spelling; it just makes you seem uneducated to spell things wrong (unless you typing fast in a comment form and don’t have time to proof). I think the teacher needs to highlight misspelled words .. it is a disservice to the student to not to!

By: Dreamybee

Dreamybee — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:28:32 +0000

I know our teachers are overwhelmed, but that is ridiculous! It’s not a fourth-grade word, so let’s just let her get into the habit of spelling it wrong now. When it becomes a fifth-grade word, then she can worry about UN-learning and then re-learning how to spell it. Grr! Glad you called that teacher out on that practice.

By: Monica @ Monniblog

Monica @ Monniblog — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:52:10 +0000

P.P.S. I want to go re-watch my Monty Python discs now!

By: Monica @ Monniblog

Monica @ Monniblog — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:51:47 +0000

When I text or IM, I try to write things out properly… but when you have a character limit and get charged for too many characters… ugh, you start adopting “u” instead of “you”. I’ll warn you now, Twitter might make you twitch

P.S. I’m glad the teacher has agreed to point out any misspelled words, Grade 4 level or not!

By: Deena @ My Bookshelf

Deena @ My Bookshelf — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:01:26 +0000

My friends and family give me a hard time because I can spot a spelling error in the strangest of places. We were behind a commercial truck, and I told my husband that if I were the business owner, I’d demand my money back on the paint job. I finally had to point out to him that it said “commerical and residential painting” on the back of the truck.
On the overpass near our home, a touching memorial has been created for a young woman killed on the train tracks. I realize her friends were reaching out in their pain, but their tag contains bad spelling that drives me nuts every time I drive by it! So, no, you’re not alone…and I believe texting and teachers who also cannot spell properly are contributing to our inability to spell properly.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:12:20 +0000

Correcting all misspelled words seems like it should be standard. I am glad you and J caught it.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:05:12 +0000

I can’t believe they wouldn’t mark spelling errors just because they are not fourth grade words! That’s outrageous!
I’m 27, so I’m just a little too old to be right into the “txt” generation, but my 18 year old sister is terrible. I sit and stare at her emails, puzzling out the meaning as though I’m deciphering hiroglyphics (I think I spelled that wrong). I even see txt speak in business communications. I keep hoping that it will pass out of fashion, but I think that may just be wishful thinking.