For the Spelling maniacs...

All responsibility is personal. If one wants to speak and write well, one learns spelling and grammar, checks and edits. We can learn and take an interest in whatever we like. I'm no longer a "maniac" because my being a maniac was about me and I don't need that anymore. People can be careless or disinterested all they like but not if they want me to bother reading them.

I usually don't bother reading texting from phones on here or even correctly spelled posts from phones if it isn't formatted comfortably for my reading. I check to see if a person has difficulty with English, it isn't their native language, or if they have what I consider an okay reason for not making an effort to write something that a reader such as myself can read easily.

This is a funny thread. I certainly do not mind spelling mistakes in forums as long as I understand the message.

However, when I see mistakes in blog posts from professional bloggers like on Huff post I get peeved and stop reading. I almost get angry and won't finish reading the piece. These folks are making mistakes mainstream.

Does anyone else here hate the backwards R in logos? Like Toys r backwards Us. In a current laundry commercial a girl is holding dumb daddy in jale.

I never assume the first name is okay, although I'm pretty sure some of my classmates do. This term, a prof wrote only his first name on the board introducing himself. In this case, I call him that. Otherwise, I ask, "Do you prefer John or Dr. Smith," (ie whatever the actual names are), and I usually ask this in email. They always prefer first name at my school. Wasn't like that 25 years ago. No one used first name. Now, it's a more collegial atmosphere of learning, even though we are drippy undergraduates and not really their colleagues.

I never called a professor or principal by their first names even after they've said it was okay. I did however, refuse to call one of my principals "Dr. because his grammar and spelling were atrocious and I didn't feel as though he warranted the title. That's just me, though.

My field involves working with multi-stakeholders and multiskilled people such as Indian bands, fishers, helicopter pilots, equipment operators, technologists -- I guess Dr. for a Phd would sound pretty pretentious and even ridiculous in that context, so it is not part of the culture, it seems.

I find it annoying when people try to show how informed they are and talk about HIPPA law. It is HIPAA, folks!

I know two people with post graduate degrees, who cannot spell very well because they have learning disabilities.

I know how people would likely answer this, but I'm just going to say, I disagree that the two are different: How come it's okay to correct someone's math, but not their spelling/grammar/usage? I don't mean people should be constantly correcting others (I would find it annoying if it were done repeatedly or under certain circumstances, but on the other hand, I like to be corrected, because it improves my skills), but just why are they so different in acceptance?

We speak all of the time and writing is just the written version of speaking. It is a personal thing, the way we communicate with others while math, even by those who use it a lot, do not think of it in the same light. Language and writing, for the most part, make us who we are.

I would have to say the thing that bothers me the most is anyone who can't be bothered to type the complete word. Text abbreviations drive me bat **** crazy. It does not take longer to type you than u and it makes the person sound stupid.