to think that mumsnet should be a website for all mums regardless

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of literacy and the way they speak/type and should be welcoming to everyone? I cant fucking stand this perceived superiority over certain posters that use text speak, use of hun, lol, x's etc or the suggestion that they are somehow unsuitable for this forum and should bugger off to the other one.

As as for the fucking grammer police, fuck the fuck off. Just because someone maybe didn't use capitals, or misspelt a word, or hasn't posted perfect english, doesn't open their post to ridicule.

YABU to think that Mumsnet is a website for mums (in site of the name). It is a website for people.

Dont care about spelling or grammar.

text speak - people can write it.
It is up to others whether they want to wade through and respond.

The swearing doesn't bother me much either way. I don't see it as a demonstration of maturity though. The text speak is really hard for some people to decipher. The grammar and spelling mistakes disrupt the flow when I'm reading, but that's my problem and it would be rude of me to correct them.

I agree with MrsDeVere.

I particularly hate it when I've read an op perfectly easily and people start claiming it's "impossible" to read without paragraphs, then someone comes along and puts the op into paragraphs to "help" the op. How incredibly rude and patronising! How dare the presume they know better and meddle with somebody's post .

Tbh though your op is pointless as the people that do it are so up themselves they honestly think they are right to do it, so no amount of posts on the subject changes anything.

can't stand the way some people correct spelling.
some people are dyslexic ffs!

YANBU - especially with regards to the paragraphs, if you can't read it because you can't take it all in, stop reading and go and find something else to do, without comment.

And don't get me started on the eejits who helpfully point out that someones username doesn't really fit with MN - ie there are numbers in it, the word mummy is in it etc. That really fucking irritates me - its a made up name, do people really give 2 shiney shites what someone wants to call themselves on a forum?

Seriously MNtowers - how is me stating that I would think less of a hypothetical person a personal attack?!

Cant stand text speak, I think it's lazy, hard to read and should be left to da kidz. I'm 40 years old, why would I need to speak like a 14 year old? I actually find it embarrassing when a grown woman uses it (my niece, bless her, 33 years old and I have to get my 17 year old to read her texts to me - I am soooooo old)

Spellings and grammar don't bother me so much, and I'm not fussed if I am picked up for mine - every day is a school day. I think my standard of English is pretty good, but there is always room for improvement. I hadn't heard of the Oxford Comma until I came here - a pedant told me all about it

I really hate it when people pick on the typos though - fecking iPhone has a mind of its own, and catches me out all the time.

I don't understand textspeak either, I have to read every individual word and translate them in my head.
CBA with that so I just don't read the posts.
I struggle with no paragraphs as they take so long to read as I keep losing my place.
Spelling and grammar I don't care about, we all make the occasional mistake, it's always funny when a poster picks on someones spelling as they invariably make mistakes themselves.

Textspeak isn't welcoming to everyone is it? It's excluding those of us, a large number, that haven't a fucking notion what the random streams of consonants are supposed to mean.

Its rude to write in a way that is offputting to a lot of people, and if people take the time to answer your posts, you should take the time to write properly. It's just manners.

Ahh the paragraphs thing does annoy me - but probably because I'm trying to read it all on my phone, and it's a bitch to see.

Yabu

I can't read the long posts without paragraphs.

Text speak is a huge no no on a site for adults.

I love MN for the high quality of language used.

YANBU. Did MN make rules about text speak and grammar? Think not.

Dyslexia is a reason for people not to use text speak - it's much harder for people with dyslexia to read than writing out words in full.

Wow SugarMouse, are you for real?
'Netmums full of functionally illiterate people and those on benefits'
What a nasty little snob you sound.

I do find it funny when people rant about grammar etc and then don't seem to know when to use 'your' as opposed to 'you're'. However, in these days of phones that try to predict what the poster is attempting to type, one can always blame technology! (smile)

See I'm on NetMums as well already

Thank you Zombies I knew that was here somewhere and couldn't find it the other day!

Aaargh. Wrong brackets! Try again:

Oh yes. Let's all have perfect spelling and grammar SugarMouse, no excuses EVER. Let's ignore the individual and their way of typing.

You are displaying absolute ignorance of dyslexia btw