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How not to spell 'Apologise'

or 'Breakdown' (May 2004)

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JA
james2001 Founding member
marksi posted:
This is because the generation of people who post on internet forums in language that is barely legible (and who berate anyone who points out their errors) are now old enough to get real jobs.

To those of you who say it's not important and that it doesn't matter - I promise it is, and it WILL affect your career.


Du u mn the tp uv ppl ho wrt n txt spk all da tm evn whn thy rnt usng thr mbl phn? tht rlly gts n my nrvs- ds it gt n ur nvs 2? Thr is no nd 4 it, al it wl du is brng up a gnratn ho cnt wrt r spl prply. Mybe bcos I dnt us my mbl oftn i cnt c da appl uv txt spk. Whn I do snd txt msgs I wrt n prpr nglsh, dnt c da nd for txt spk unls its a lng msg. I m alrdy c ing xmpls uv ppl ho r hvng prblms splng bcos thy us txt spk so oftn, evn on da intrnt n infrml ltrs.

(if anyone wants a proper english translation of this, ask).
SP
Sput
Nick Harvey posted:
I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave about twenty hours ago!
Uh-oh! I've just had a vision of my older self! Wink

BBC TV Centre posted:
Or being unable to differentiate between sites and sights if you work for the BBC....
They can just about get away with it because it's a camera, and they could argue (tenuous though it is) that they mean "within the sights of the camera". Ahaaa!

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