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

I don't think a post can be described as flotsam. I think you were trying to be supercilious and failed.

That you seem to not know the difference between non-standard grammar and spelling and actual illiteracy, isn't helping your case.

Your OP is not illiteracy...

Boyfriend is illiterate... literally! Now that is a problem. Yes!

He's not from EUROPE

do you correct people in real life?

Yes I do

Your point is???????????..........

I haven't seen the other thread. Shall I go and tell the other OP to fuck off too?

The whole site is flotsam

Eat - true, but it warms my heart to know there's people like KingThistle in the world, doing something so worthwhile, so there has been some benefit to this thread.

Oh and now we have the pearl clutching do-gooding politically correct sooth Sayers. What kept you?

I sometimes correct people too OP, so it's 'everyday' and 'there/their/they're'. You're welcome

Attention seeking little twinkle aren't you?

Starting to wonder if OP was just being funny....

I'm a do-gooder? Really? You complain about spelling mistakes. My ACTUAL JOB is teaching people how not to make those mistakes.

How's the fucking off coming along?

Or 'how to not', if you're going to be picky

That's not really illiteracy though is it.

Not like having some 15-40 year old traveler women asking you to read the instructions on a product they're buying as the can't read basic words :-(

Meh.

I use borrowed and lent interchangeably (sp?!).

I also use 'won' instead of 'beat' as in 'I won him at pool'.

And, occasionally instead of 'that'll teach him!' I will use 'that'll learn him'.

And not a single shit give I.

OP you yanked some chains! Grammar mistakes being classed as illiteracy THIS is a first world problem, not those genuine problems that some arrogant twatt comes and patronises with "first world problem".

I hate this type of pedantry. We need a pedant alert symbol, not maybe a pendant on a ribbon to signify a pedant. Then we can all avoid.

"learn" meant "teach" in ancient times

a lot of apparent incorrect grammar & spelling I'm sure is to do with typing & thinking skills not matching up, plus autocorrect on smartphones etc

still drives me nuts to see it though

Standardised spelling is an historically specific phenomenon that evolved alongside the print boom of the 18th century and Enlightenment ideas of universal rationality and truth.

We now appear to be living in a post-Enlightenment age of intellectual and moral relativism, and as part of the loss of faith in universal values we are losing our confidence in the validity and usefulness of standardised spelling. Given some of the other phenomena that seem to be evolving out of moral relativism I'd say 'could of' is really the least of our worries

I'm not illiterate - I have a masters

I also have a SLD which means I struggle with spelling and grammar

I get words muddled up

bite me

manatee, I love that post.

ghosty, don't let it get to you.