Wow. FaleDish1 is a man after my own heart, with his starting of a topic dedicated to grammar and spelling. As we all know, I did indeed finish 2nd in the Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School spelling bee in the 1996-1997 school year, so I'm pretty much a world authority on the topic of English. That being said, here are my two cents...
Hey, we all make mistakes. I myself have made many a forum typo, and thankfully these have been pointed out by English whizzes such as MancerL. The point is this: when mistakes are made, there is an "edit" button with which you may correct them. It's the little pencil/paper icon, right next to the quotes...and it's really quite easy. Please, my friends. Use this button. It should become your greatest Forum Friend.
I understand that people are not always great with their English. However, I find it unacceptable when a high school senior--who will no doubt graduate at the end of the year--can not make the distinction between to/two/too, there/their/they're, or your/you're. For criminy's sake, guys, you're 18! You can go to war! That means you can be in charge of bombs and planes and other expensive goods! Learn how to spell basic stuff! (*Note: When a teacher makes many spelling mistakes in their posts, it makes me bash my head against the desk repeatedly. So, Oldies, please check your spellings*) I find it funny and extremely ironic when people who want to "Make English our national language" can not even use it themselves.
On the issue of UR, OMGS, U, etc...good gravy, my friends. Who are you, 8th grade girls? You'll note that whenever a cheerleader posts on here, it reads something like this:
"OMG u guyz. Who do U think has the hottest ch33rleaderz? Lol, LYLAS!"
--DerbPanz2hot4u6969
That's fine. They're girls. Whatever. However, as tough, gladiator-like competitors, all wrestlers should conduct themselves in a manly manner. To say "U" or "UR" automatically reduces your level of manliness, and therefore, the manliness of our sport. So you can use "UR" and "wuts up wit that?"...just know that you look like a Hillary Duff fan when you do it. (Who knows, you probably are one.)
Okay, that's all for now. Remember: Be cool, stay in school, don't do drugs, and don't end a sentence with a preposition.
Until next time, this is the 1996-1997 TR spelling bee runner-up saying, "Happy Spelling!"
