to defriend someone for actually using the word 'discusted'?

[LoopaDaLoopa]

In all seriousness. For real. She actually wrote that on her status.

Surely, not unreasonable to defriend?

The best bit of phonetic spelling I have ever seen on facebook:

Too shay

Yesterday someone on my friend list was moaning about "big fat dose flies".

My daughter is dyslexic and if she wrote discusted I would pull her up on it.

Yes there is leeway with people who struggle with literacy but discusted and rediculous are spelling errors which are the universal mark of the terminally thick.

My husband really, really can't spell but he's not thick - he has lots of other skills but was never encouraged as a child in this area. I don't give him a hard time, I just help when he asks me to. And I'm great at spelling and grammar (I write and proof read for a living), but I'm shit at typing (particularly on this Acer keyboard, the left hand side of which doesn't work very well). I can cope with genuine mistakes on the odd word and in a casual situation such as Facebook.

However, I can't stand deliberate chav spelling - hunneeee/huni, baybeeee, lil, gawjus etc. You're not cute, you're a fucking moron.

Furthermore, there's no excuse for it in a professional situation such as on a CV or a business letter. Get it checked.

Lol at super think.

I agree with sharp lily. What's wrong with taking the piss out of stupid people. They are so thick they probably wouldn't notice anyway. I call them the Should Ofs.

If you just defriend her, she'll never learn. She needs to know why you're defriending her.

TBH, it would depend on the friend and our relationship, whether I'd mention it or not.

*Yesterday someone on my friend list was moaning about "big fat dose flies"."

I don't even know what this is supposed to say??

Yanbu -absolutely do her a favour and defriend her. Who needs friends who think that how you spell is the most important thing you can bring to a relationship?

Cudda wudda shudda.........haha

Oh God Ebear - don't get me started on the should have / should of issue!!!

I may scream!!!

I stared at it for a long time writer I realised she meant dozy!

I just remembered did tell a friend that I couldn't sponsor her daughter because of the typo on her Just Giving page. She was entirely understanding.

(I did actually sponsor her, and I know she'd also pick up any typos if the situation was reversed.)

You are defiantly not BU

Too shay

I love it

Oh I hate that, see it a lot on forums, along with rediculous.

And on trip advisor.

Publicly is the standard spelling, btw. Not publically.

I have rubbish typing (mainly right letters but wrong way round) but fairly good spelling - I definitely wouldn't pull a 'discusted' though.

Also, do people not get that red squiggly line coming up when they misspell something or are the misspelling so much it's always there?
YABNU

Molly I get the red wiggly line when I use UK spelling - e.g. in favourite - so I often assume it's because I'm not using American spelling.

I suppose that is why I am always seeing 'defense', 'license', etc. these days.

When you use Word, you can change the default language to UK English. That way, you don't get the wiggly line for standard UK spellings.

Red squiggly lines will depend on things like which browser you're using, and what your settings are set to, and whether it's UK or US English or...

Basically, not everyone will have them.

Oh EBearhug - ignorance on my part

Yanbu unless the person is dyslexic.

The worst I have ever seen was on Facebook around Christmas time last year.

Bawbawls. BAWBAWLS.

The person in question meant baubles. And is not dyslexic. Just stupid.

Someone on dh's Facebook wrote "Im been made a escape goat!"

I shit you not.

Bawbawls