Also Known As: Why Spelling and Grammar Matter On The Internet.

OK, so we don’t really know that many people who type things like that (as much as it may seem like it), but there is a much more common phrase I see on almost any forum or place of public discussion. Generally it’s when someone fails to write in the English language to the point that you actually have to slow down your reading because your brain is busy making heads or tails of the message instead of just browsing through it.

“lol dis not english test speling dosnt matter”

This is primarily an attitude that has cropped up with “the texting generation,” for which I feel embarrassed to be on the border of. Might I offer the following thoughts about texting (fair warning, it’s from the Boondocks, so if you are easily offended by language… Well, what are you doing reading one of my posts, anyway?):
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