Literacy

[r3n]

i use shorthand terms like "u" etc cos im lazy. some ppl are jst bad at spelling cos english may not be their first language. im jst glad the forum isnt in swedish [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

and with regards to ppl who's second language is english speaking it betr than some of those who have grown up with it - my best friend is from austria and moved to scotland 2 years ago, he arrived with no english and within 2 years managed to get a better grade in his finals in english than 3/4 of the rest of scotland sitting the same exam [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]. then again scottish ppl are naturally retarded at english [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Swallow Your Soul]

I think it probably works from people getting lazier with their writing (also things like AIM don't help [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img])...I know that whenever I did German at school I never made any spelling mistakes as they were taught much more formally...wheras sometimes I now find I misspell the occasional word...sometimes because I see so many different spellings on the web (ie when other people misspell a word), and also situations where American spelling is different from English spelling and I eventually get confused as to which is which [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]. Over time, my spelling has degraded slightly, and I imagine it is the same for a lot of other people...