Spelling and the modern youth

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#1 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:49 pm

Just been over on one of the Army websites I frequent, Ive noticed that more and more of the new members there are teenagers.

This in itself isnt a problem. Everyone has to start somewhere in life in the Army, we've all done training, etc.

What amazes me is the fact that the older members are constantly picking up the youngsters for text-like spelling. These kids however are just doing 'what they do' however. they see no wrong in it. I dont own up to being the best speller on the block, but I do attempt to write legibly.

Is this commonplace in civvi street, in the workplace, etc, or are we just being sent the more..... chavlike.. members of the community?

I'll give you an example:

i went to ATR winchester and i frt it was a reali good camp the facilities are great oki no women recruits but its not just this ATR dat dnt allow women
part of life u gtta live wit it afta ur trainin u soon be mixing wit females

This from someone who intends to be an RMP!! I find it scary that this ...chav... could very soon end up a JNCO in the Military Police!! I'd hate to see the reports they file!

Ah well. It could be worse, we could all be speaking German.

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:36 pm

Its very similar on civvy street I think.

But whats even more frightening is the fact they can't add or subtract either

BikerGran · #3 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:10 pm

It's a recurring discussion in our office where we input stuff dictated by police officers, we just can't believe the general standard of education - they can't read, they can't think, they have no common sense, it's frightening to think these are the people who are supposed to be 'Making Dorset Safer'

Typical example - dictating a name they'll spell S-M-I-T-H but not say whether it's Stewart or Stuart.
They will spell out a placename like Cirencester because they can't pronounce it. They use all kinds of words completely out of context just because they sound similar to the word they should be using.
They don't understand why we need a date of birth to distinguish between one John Smith and another.
They can't even speak clearly!

It's making our job much harder as every dictation takes longer to sort out. And heaven help us when these are the ones who are training the next generation!

Rickyrock · #4 Post by **Rickyrock** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:44 pm

Come on be pacific BG

I get pissed with people that insist on pronouncing H as haitch, there is no effing H in aitch

Falcoholic · #5 Post by **Falcoholic** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:29 pm

A common pronounciation up our way is "definately" with an emphasis on the 'a' so they say "definaytley"

Boils my pi55

Fausto · #6 Post by **Fausto** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:35 pm

Don't get me started.......

Too late..... It's bad enough that many people can't spell, punctuate or even form an intelligable sentence but my pet hate is mispronunciation.

Examples - Expresso, Ecetera and Bush's fave - Nucular

A great read for punctuation pedants out there is "Eats Shoots And Leaves". ...V. funny.

Gio · #7 Post by **Gio** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:50 pm

Rickyrock wrote:Come on be pacific BG

I get pissed with people that insist on pronouncing H as haitch, there is no effing H in aitch

Whats that letter at the beginning and end of haitch? and at the end of aitch

Falcoholic wrote:A common pronounciation up our way is "definately" with an emphasis on the 'a' so they say "definaytley"

Boils my pi55

Scottish accent?

Rickyrock · #8 Post by **Rickyrock** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:57 pm

Gio wrote:
Rickyrock wrote:Come on be pacific BG

I get pissed with people that insist on pronouncing H as haitch, there is no effing H in aitch
Whats that letter at the beginning and end of haitch? and at the end of aitch

Fair comment G but you know what I meant

There is no effing H at the begining of aitch

It's a bit like the silent P in swimming

Gio · #9 Post by **Gio** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:13 pm

But the silent P in swimming discolours the water.

Falcoholic · #10 Post by **Falcoholic** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:50 am

Where's the F in point

BikerGran · #11 Post by **BikerGran** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:27 pm

Priceless quote from a crime I input last night........

victim was spat and punched at by the traffic lights

Samray · #12 Post by **Samray** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:36 pm

#13 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:42 pm

The victim wants to count themselves lucky it wasnt a Speed Camera.

Nasty bit of work, those Speed Cameras..

Gio · #14 Post by **Gio** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:30 am

BikerGran wrote:Priceless quote from a crime I input last night........

victim was spat and punched at by the traffic lights

Hey Bobbi, you could make a few bob out of that, write a comic book.

BikerGran · #15 Post by **BikerGran** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:01 pm

I'd have to kill everyone who read it - I've signed the official secrets act!