Standards of Spelling | David Mitchell's SoapBox

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Spelling is a bug-bear for many of us, and for todays SoapBox, David has gotten himself into a lather about the breakdown of British society, as reflected in the generally decreasing standards of punctuation.For those of you wondering about the cryptic blackboard writing, do have a look at Davids column over at The Guardian: It just goes to show, you cant be too careful

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[jessemaurais]

People should not be allowed to comment on YouTube unless they are made to watch this video first.

Also, who else here must restrain themselves from correcting friends on Facebook out of fear being ostracised?

[SkrateBeastin]

Is anyone else finding themselves clicking through David Mitchell videos?

[paz2001]

@jessemaurais Agree with your first part of the comment.

However, if someone gives you shit or deletes you for correcting them they're probably not worth your time.

[MendelsonShape]

@SkrateBeastin Yes. I must have (not must of) watched about a dozen by now. On to the next one...

[poppylv21]

the squigly (spelling?) red gods of microsoft word.. rofl

[WardancerHB]

@PalaceOfTheFree That's brilliant! May I use this? I mean on a daily basis.

[Swidhelm]

@jessemaurais I correct people all the time. And, often, appreciate being corrected. Weird, I know, but I figure if we keep on each other, it will improve our spelling, grammar, and even lexicon. I do get a kick out of some of the reactions I get though, especially when I tell someone they just used a word that doesn't exist.

[sKRAPtheRIpPER]

i'd bother with my capital letters etc if i wasn't worried i'd look like i was trying to make a point about typing correctly ^-^ as for the grammar, well when i'm just evolving the english language. it's gonna happen so might aswell make try and influence it in ways that sound more appealing to me ^-^

only when i'm leaving comments in places where if people judge me, i can judge them for judging me, though. of course i make the effort when sending emails to people i need to suck up to ^-^

[MrRay523]

wats he bangin on abowt?

[mattg109]

@ClTIZEN Why the lapse in grammar, spelling and syntax on youtube? It doesn't make you cool to spell things incorrectly on youtube.

[rossidude]

@Furicist

In my Northern accent, they don't.