I got into the habit of correct spelling and punctuation and grammar when I was in high school. My blasted english teacher (also taught me in 8th grade) was so anal retentive about it. However, I'm a young young'un. Only 22. Nowadays, it bugs me to no end to see ppl talk lyk this. I do shorten "because" to "cuz" just because because is such an annoying word. :razz: Ha!

I think the problem on these boards is that a lot people don't proof read before hitting the submit button.

Those more experienced reefers you refer to (is that even a real word, "reefer"?) may also be missing out on some really good info, ideas, and opinions because of anal-ness for spelling. Just a thought.
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ps. If I have misspelled or used grammar incorrectly I am not sorry.

I think it's more a case of a person just can't be bothered trying to decipher a mess of letters pretending to be a word. I'm not anal about spelling, but if you don't care enough about your question to pay "some" attention to its' delivery, then I'm not going to care enough to bother with it.

My impression is that the majority of young people today have poor to mediocre vocabularies, spelling and grammar. The real concern for me isn't so much these deficiencies in and of themselves, but rather, I think it's an indication of how much TV and internet we consume, where everything (more so in the case of the former) is packaged into bite-sized pieces, with very little real substance or value. Watch a one hour Discovery Channel special, and then spend one hour reading about the same topic in a book (or on a good website), and see which one you gain more from. As individuals we probably know more on the whole than people 50 or 100 years ago, but I think we're very much generalists, and areas where we do specialize, especially for young people, are areas of debatable value, such as music, sports and pop culture.

And then we have the opposite end of the spectrum.....:lol:

Quinn, where have you been ? Finished school yet ?

Working downtown, realizing that Calgary is a bloody expensive city to live in...