Hamburg Blade
Well-Known Member
I think spelling is very important, as is good grammar, but of course there's a different level of expectation depending on what it is. A published calendar is different to a post on a forum. There's also a difference between the odd spelling mistake, someone who can't spell and someone who doesn't even make an effort. Generally speaking, if I start to read something and I get the impression someone hasn't made the effort (especially if it's littered with text speak), I have the attitude, "if you can't be arsed to write it, I can't be arsed to read it". If I get the impression someone simply can't spell, I'm afraid I am likely to get the impression that the writer is just a little bit thick.
That's just how I see it. Foreigners writing in a language not their own are generally excepted, of course, though on that subject I encounter far, far fewer Germans who have problems putting together a grammatically correct, well spelt sentence in German than British people who can't do the same in English - and German is a harder language.
The Germans do that too, though I think a maximum of once or maybe twice in a child's school life.
Also writing dialect is different to poor spelling.
That's just how I see it. Foreigners writing in a language not their own are generally excepted, of course, though on that subject I encounter far, far fewer Germans who have problems putting together a grammatically correct, well spelt sentence in German than British people who can't do the same in English - and German is a harder language.
The Germans do that too, though I think a maximum of once or maybe twice in a child's school life.
Also writing dialect is different to poor spelling.
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