Moving In Progress
I'm not able to do much online right now because I am in the process of moving to my new apartment. The new apartment is cheaper than my current one, but twice as nice. The neighborhood is very nice; the neighbors seem nice, good location near town, even a freakin' fireplace.
Okay, question. Do any of you guys ever get an email or a snail mail from people you knew in high school? I guess I've reached the age where that starts happening. The thing is, I can't help but judge these people based off the grammar that they use when they write to me (please don't point out to me that technically, my grammar on here is crap, you know what I mean). I mean, I know my grammar and spelling isn't perfect, and I'm not asking for theirs to be perfect, and yes, I realize that email and internet grammar is kind of relaxed...but holy Christ these are some poorly written emails.
I mean, I will get a letter from someone and half of the words will be misspelled. Run a freakin spell check people! Some sentences I can't even divine a meaning from.
I just think that if you haven't spoken to someone in 5-7 years, you should take care to write an email or snail mail that shows you have the ability to write beyond a second grade level. Am I wrong? Am I just being a jerk? I don't think so, but that's why I'm asking you guys.
Alright, gotta go clean my fridge. Ewwwwwwwwww......
aLs
Okay, question. Do any of you guys ever get an email or a snail mail from people you knew in high school? I guess I've reached the age where that starts happening. The thing is, I can't help but judge these people based off the grammar that they use when they write to me (please don't point out to me that technically, my grammar on here is crap, you know what I mean). I mean, I know my grammar and spelling isn't perfect, and I'm not asking for theirs to be perfect, and yes, I realize that email and internet grammar is kind of relaxed...but holy Christ these are some poorly written emails.
I mean, I will get a letter from someone and half of the words will be misspelled. Run a freakin spell check people! Some sentences I can't even divine a meaning from.
I just think that if you haven't spoken to someone in 5-7 years, you should take care to write an email or snail mail that shows you have the ability to write beyond a second grade level. Am I wrong? Am I just being a jerk? I don't think so, but that's why I'm asking you guys.
Alright, gotta go clean my fridge. Ewwwwwwwwww......
aLs
posted by Anonymous Law Student at
5:29 PM
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Wowsa! You're actually cleaning out your fridge? You didn't have to call a Haz-mat team to do it this time?
As for grammar in emails from former classmates, I haven't had much of an issue. So far the people who have emailed me have done okay, but you do have to remember that it was possible to graduate from our high school with a D average! So wanting them to write above a second grade level may be asking something beyond them. Which reminds me, did you know some of our federal education money is being cut since Alaska is so far behind the current standards? Apparently less money will help us raise educational standards...
My sister just told me that some dude who graduated with us just got signed on with the Packers. Darren...Dillon...Darrel...something. Some kind of 'D' name. Who the fuck cares. I don't remember him.
I agree with you though on the whole spelling and grammarical thing. I know Good-Bread is pretty bad with that, but I know he tries. I mean, at least the effort is there.
Sometimes I run into people who went to school with us and they have little kids who are like 5 or 6. That's a little freaky. I want to ask them why they couldn't wait to have kids. I want to know why they squeezed out a few demon-spawn instead of pursuing college or some kind of job potential. By this, I mean that these folks are usually still working at a fast food joint or at the grocery store or something like that.
I'm going to bed.
I can completely identify with your email issue. I am somewhat of a self-proclaimed grammar freak when it comes to emails, particularly when the emails come from a guy of the opposite sex who is trying to score a date. Lowercase "i" instead of the pronoun is likely to have me run screaming in the other direction. The absolute best, however, was when I received a Dear John (Jane?) letter with the words "tipsey" and "awsome" in it. I was more distressed by the fact that the guy failed to run spell check than the actual content of the email.
The lowercase "i" really does make me want to kill. I can't imagine how someone wouldn't be aware that capitalization is mandatory.
No, you're not being an ass. Most email programs (including Gmail, which is what I use) have an integrated spellcheck.
I'll forgive a few typos (since I make them myself!), but when an email is overrun with misspellings and grammatical errors, it simply makes me want to throw it in the trash.
(This opinion should be taken with a large grain of salt, since I'm sure there are a few grammar/spelling mistakes in there somewhere... *grin*)
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