Rant 26 - 26/1/12 Subject: People who don't spell or use even basic grammar.

Rant number 26


Now before I begin, I must reiterate the title - incase it is misread and upsets someone.

I understand that some people - such as those with dyslexia (a rather cruelly hard to spell word in the situation - don't you think) do struggle with spelling and grammar. I haven't got any problem with anyone who tries to use language properly.

What bothers me however, is people who don't make any effort at all or (almost worse) make a half hearted effort. What is their frickin' excuse!?

My job involves quite a bit of written communication from various persons. I don't mind that at all in fact - as you can probably tell, I like to write.

What mortifies & annoys me to the point of near homicidal rage, is receiving e-mails that read so badly that I have to scan them four times - just to get to the point and work out the meaning of the garbled words. It really is a pathetic indictment on our education system isn't it!

To give you the vague gist; If I was to be a vacuum salesman, I would receive queries the equivalent of this:

'hulo i wud like too bye a delux Vaqoom cleener from u an' was wondering if U wud tel me wat was a gud won.
thanx
a I diot'

I do exaggerate of course, but all of the above errors have been communicated to me at some point in my working career.
Particular pet hates would be the lack of capital letters at the start of the sentence & for the 'I's.' Also the use of 'u' in place of you. Finally, the substitution of words such as bye instead of buy.

It shows either a lack of respect for themselves or their country - or a lack of education from either the education system or their parents.

Even now, I can't string four or five sentences together without making some kind of spelling or grammar mistake however - I know how to resolve them and have the respect to do so. Lets face it - I barely need to use my brain these days with how many spell checkers there are on computers.

I'm pretty sure that even as a teenager I wrote better and with more clarity than some of the examples I receive each and every day.

We need to do something about it, before the rubbish becomes the norm and no-one recognises what is correct any more!

Rant over.