thinking that illiteracy is now universally acceptable in everday life

[MarytheContrary]

"would of" "should of" "could of" - They/Their/They're - lose/loose - bought/brought - weighed/weighted

Is this really illiteracy or just people not realising how you say it (in some accents) is not how you write it

Your and you're is another one

Another identical thread is taking off...

It isn't at all acceptable.

Not about accents but about education. If I wrote things as I actually speak them (Yorkshire dialect) then it would most probably be un-decipherable to the vast majority.

YABU.

Also, there's another thread in chat right now about the would've/would of stuff.

Pacific instead of specific is the one that drives me potty.

Yawn. Aren't you clever.

un-decipherable

Do you mean undecipherable

I wanted a thread of my own :-)

Alley my sister does that one, gets on my nerves

She also gets "borrowed" and "lent" confused
"Have you got that money I borrowed you?"

Urg.

Really?? You my friend are a knob!

Have you corrected your Thick sister queen ?

eatshit HA HA at cunt - true Yorkshire that is :) Rest of your post is just flotsam.

Not sure I called her "thick" but hey ho

And yes, just as she would do to me if it was the other way around

Odfod

Nope I meant flotsam and not shit. Look it up.

The English language is like a river. It changes and adapts in time and because of it's location. Who is to say 'lent' and 'borrowed' won't be universally interchangeable in the future? Who says people who flout the 'rules' aren't some kind of leaders in language adaptation. Nobody owns language, so nobody can appoint themselves as language police. People with OCD and types of autism are exempt as, I understand, irregularities might make their brains itch.

Spelling mistakes do not equal illiteracy.

I teach Adult Literacy, mainly to young mums desperate to improve themselves so they can help their children. They don't accept it. And for every one of them that has the courage to sign up for a class, there are 10 too ashamed and embarrassed to set foot in a classroom.

On behalf of all of those mums, fuck off.