JU, I agree, many intelligent people do speak multiple languages.
Or look at it this way: There's a tacit agreement here to use the English language (aside from A4's occasional use of Hawaiian or Spanish), which involves certain conventions. Try asking someone at an AF base where the "head" is, and they'll tell you they don't call it that, they call it a cranial. By the time you figure out what's going on, you'll have wet yourself.
Also, if you just disciplined yourself to not make those mistakes even in casual writing, then you wouldn't have to spend so much time proofreading, and we wouldn't think less of you for the occasional misspelled word.
From another thread, it's SEQUEL!
... spelling is arbitrary. ...
I could not disagree more with that statement. It's not just Webster "saying so," but rather every literate person who decides to follow the [specifically, spelling] conventions of their language. Spelling is either right or wrong, and my point is that it matters all the time.
Fair enough. But when "literate people" decide not to strictly adhere to convention, then convention evolves. This happens for many reasons, but prolly because people are lazy. Look how much English has evolved from Shakespeare until now. English used to have formal pronouns for chrissake.
So...you're saying 13 year old girls on AIM are driving the evolution of language? I don't think I'm comfortable with that.
prolly because people are lazy
Did I catch a "prolly" in there?
But then again, I even text in full words. Call me old fashion.
As in too lazy to type out "probably"?
Yes. Deal with it.So...you're saying 13 year old girls on AIM are driving the evolution of language? I don't think I'm comfortable with that.
Can't we just have the Coherent Police?