Random: Spelling.

[frannyan]

For those who actualy read this thing, a few curiosities:

1) How bad do you think my spelling is? Scale from 0 to 10, 0 being gawd awful, 10 being perfect.

2) Does my spelling effect how you think of me for those who mostly know me on a written basis?

3) For those who have been regular readers, do you think my spelling has improved any?

4) How old would you think I am just based on my spelling?

5) What do you think the cause of my misspellings is? [Ie, lazyness, typos, just plain out not knowing how to spell, ect]


There is a trigger for this questions, which I'll probally post later.

Comments

[ex-stanleyt.livejournal.com]

I have a habit of mentally correcting spelling mistakes without even noticing, so I had to go back and read a few of your older entries. It mostly looks fine to me :) If you REALLY need those specific questions answered, I'll do it later. It's lunchtime now! :)

[mostlyarmless.livejournal.com]

"Scale from 0 to 10, 0 being gawd awful, 10 being perfect. "

The word is God-awful... I think my point is proven. I'd give you 2-4 range. Some of it's pretty bad.

[franthenut.livejournal.com]

Twas a joke, brother dear. :) Twas a joke.

[ex-stanleyt.livejournal.com]

The word is God-awful...

That looks like 2 words to me... :)

[phoenixshards.livejournal.com]

1) I'd say about 7.
2) No, not really. It's mainly just the occassional word.
3) Yes, a bit.
4) Late teens- early twenties
5) Being slightly dyslexic

[amiasha.livejournal.com]

1.) About a 7 or 8
2.) Not really, no. I am teh queen o' bad spelling and typos, anyway. Rawr. I was talking to Sennet yesterday, I couldn't even figure out how to spell 'align'. XD I spelled it 'alline'. XD
3.) *Nodnod* I think so
4.) I dunno, probably around 20. I suck at judging ages based off spelling and writing and such.
5.) Aren't you dyslexic? Or something like that? And probably typos account a tiny bit. XD

If this posts twice, I'll probably manage to delete the second before it's noticed. >.> Blame my internet.

[lucidscreamer.livejournal.com]

1. Well, in this post it's very good. ;) I think your spelling is usually pretty good, unless maybe you're in a hurry or ranting or something. So... 6?

2. No, I go more by content.

3. See #1.

4. *Just* by the way you usually spell, I'd say late teens.

5. Dyslexia. And typos. Everybody typos. Even obsessive spelling freaks like moi. :P

[fiendery.livejournal.com]

1) Err...hard to say. It gets pretty bad sometimes, but I wouldn't put it on a scale.

2) Not really.

3) It depends on your mood a lot (people tend to stop caring when they're angrier or upset), but otherwise, yes, I think it's gotten better.

4) That, I can't answer because I've seen pictures of you, and my idea of your age is set in my mind.

5) I always attributed then to typos. Though it's "etc," not "ect." ;) (Contrary to popular belief, it's etcetera, not ectcetera.)

[sennet.livejournal.com]

1) When you CARE? 8/10. Common mistakes; still readable. When you're rushing, it goes downhill. So does mine.

2) Nope.

3) I've noticed some improvement, yes.

4) I can't tell age online. It comes down more to level of maturity than it does to spelling.

5) I believe you mentioned dyslexia.

[dawnshadow.livejournal.com]

1) How bad do you think my spelling is? Scale from 0 to 10, 0 being gawd awful, 10 being perfect.

8. Not perfect, but readable.

2) Does my spelling effect how you think of me for those who mostly know me on a written basis?

No. For one thing, I know you're intelligent, and secondly, I know you've got something that messes up your ability to read, and I've been assuming that it also screws a bit with your spelling, if not directly then indirectly because you don't see the words on paper as much.

3) For those who have been regular readers, do you think my spelling has improved any?

Um... I don't really keep track.

4) How old would you think I am just based on my spelling?

It's hard to tell. Typos happen to everyone.

5) What do you think the cause of my misspellings is? [Ie, lazyness, typos, just plain out not knowing how to spell, ect]

I've been assuming that it's... um... whatever makes it hard for you to read. (If you mentioned the name for it, I didn't see it.) Hence, I don't hold it against your intellligence.

[kuli.livejournal.com]

1) 8, give or take half a point.

2) Nope

3) Haven't noticed, really. Sorry.

4) Silly question. I spell the same way I did when I was 10 years old. These days age is almost impossible to tell from spelling only.

5) Probably a combination of unfamiliar words and typos. There are probably lots of words you hear regularly but you almost never see them written down.

[swirling-chaos.livejournal.com]

1. I'd give you an 8 or a 9. From what I've beta-read for you and your journals, you have pretty good spelling and grammar. You get things mixed up a bit sometimes, but who doesn't?
2. Not at all. All things considered, I know far more people who type with horrible grammar but speak well in real life. Doesn't really make a difference to me.
3. I can't really say, since I haven't read most of your works. ^^;
4. I dunno. Late teens or 20s?
5. Typos, and you get words like "their" and "there" mixed up sometimes.