So Ive noticed that alot of teens(Not all, but a good majority of them) these days cant spell worth CRAP. I was wondering if you choose to spell horribly or if you seriously dont know how to spell? I dont know why people would choose to spell it wrong, it makes them sound rediculously ignorant, and stupid. Why do you feel the need to spell things so wrong?
And please dont think that I think ALL teens are like this, I just find it kind of irritating, and I wonder how they are ever going to go anywhere. You have to have good grammar to make it in alot of jobs.
Idaaaa-My bad. My spell check on here isnt working.
Sorry, Maybe its just me, and being an english ed. major when I was in college. I was just wondering if it irritates anyone as much as it does me.
BC-2012-Just because there isnt an apostrophe doesnt mean you cant understand the words Im writing. Some people write so badly that sometimes its impossible to tell what they are saying.

Teens today are so immersed in texting that basic spelling and grammar rules no longer apply.
Basically, laziness. Tmrrw is so much easier than writing tomorrow, right? It's a whole three letters shorter!!!
And yes, they'll get somewhere. They just have to realize that the real world doesn't operate in text lingo. I've seen very few adults who have become unsuccessful because of texting. Teens know spelling and grammar, they just chose not to use it all the time.
(This coming from a teen)

well I put up my purposal speech...still spelled it wrong just because I can spell hard vocabulary better than I can the easy stuff...I pratice the harder stuff more, and like purposal is not something I use everyday so I forget how to spell it.
Like I can spell,
Azapendages,
Monclairrical,
Condensepanation,
and alot of hard words..I guess it is just because you forget..and when I entered highschool I think that is when it happened...but I know I am smart because I got accepted to Yale..YAY
EDIT: Alot of hard words are embeded into my mind that when you say them I auto-matically know how to spell them...Idk it is weird.

it's called slang the ignorance is in not understanding with each generation a new trend is started and slang is for the younger people.It's a way of speech and we talk that way because it's fun and we just do!We graduate from high school and some of us go on to college so im personally offended that people think the way you do.

very true very true, i text so im used to that, but i will work on it just for you!

I actually spell very well..but I type really bad....I am the lord of typos...I am one of the best spellers in my high school if not the best

I agree... What is the point to purposely misspell things? It is bothersome.

Do you mean "ridiculous"? And to answer your question, many teenagers just don't care at all about their education or their futures. I know, it is rather disturbing. They can't take twenty seconds to look up the word "definitely" and spell it with an "e" not an "a." I would attribute this spelling epidemic to general apathy and indifference among teenagers today. As long as they can spell their names, that's all they really care about.

We teens can spell. In fact, a lot of teens are amazing writers! You just need to get off Yahoo Answers! Try www.fictionpress.com if you want to see amazing teen writers. Most of us on there are grammar freaks! You just have to be on the right site. Also, grammatical errors do happen - you have to be forgiving!

i spell right unless im using text talk. or if it shortens a word. like prolly, b4, ect.

I usually type correctly, unless I'm in a hurry or something. To me, it's harder to type incorrectly than it is correctly.

It takes too much time to think about abbreviating words that would only be shorter by one or two letters, anyway.

allright
so honestly as a teen
im telling you that spelling wrong doesnt mean that we cant spell
i know i am very capable of spelling correctly.
but WHATS THE POINT?!?!?

i think that its just your english major side


like i mean this is the internet.
come on
its a place to be free and express yourself
if you feel that you want to speel things incorrectly
do it!



whos guna stop yeh?


btw i can see your point if your talking about all the baby girls that Sp311 1ik d1s

now thats stupid.

I've noticed the same thing. It worries me a bit, as it tends to make the rest of us teenagers look bad. I read a lot, so my spelling is pretty decent, and my mom taught me to speak correctly. My grammar, when I so wish it, is near perfect.

That being said, English is easier for some people than it is for others. As long as the message is understandable, I think it is rather unfair to expect perfect spelling and grammar from everyone.

It isn't just teenagers either. Many people on this site use improper grammar, bad spelling, or netspeak.

Even your spelling is far from perfect (ridiculous is spelled with an "i" not an "e").

Honestly, it doesn't bother me all that much, but if I were to complain about others' spelling, I would try and make sure there were minimal mistakes in my own. "Those in glass houses..." and what not.

sometimes i use like shortenings on txt or myspace because i'm in a hurry but i'm in seventh grade and spell fine. but this one girl in my class can't spell "know" and yes, that annoyes me so much!