I could read that easily too
Being on the internet is no excuse for poor English. It is not cool or clever to type with abandon, it's just ignorant. If you can't be bothered to type properly, I can't be bothered to read it...
It also shows a lack of respect for those who are reading/writing English as a second language. Although English has become the language of the internet, ¾ of the world do not speak any English at all.
Behave like a child, expect to be treated like a child.
It has already been said, but a little courtesy goes a long way.
My personal issue is that if people wish to communicate with me personally...and they expect a response, then that response will be commensurate with the considered effort they have taken in communicating.
To translate for the slow...or lazy.... treat me with disdain/contempt by not offering me the simple act of polite, intelligent communication then I'll simply either do one of two things....ignore you totally, or permanently write you off as ignorant or stupid or uncaring, or all three.
Latitude is afforded those whose first language is not English [or its derivatives], and there are many here, as this is an international community.
Even Kona got it right. It's the polite thing to do.
As for 'grammar Nazis' ....we shouldn't be policing it, just gently suggesting people will go further in life if they have/use good communication skills...
The TWO things....ignore or write you off.
ignorant, stupid, uncaring - the 'all three'.
Looks like I can count afterall....
CHOOSING not to, when one can IS, particularly if/when the person talking to you is affording you that same respect.
For example, I could explain the difference between someone who cannot communicate well in English due to social or ethnic status, vs someone who just doesn't care enough to give a toss...
Or...
I could be socially and communicatively equally inept and just say...
"yeah, whatever".
It really isn't all that difficult to get to know your correspondent....whether English is or isn't his first language, particularly when it's often [to use your term] "Blue eyed and blond hair" western teenage 'slang' being confused with 'trend-speak'.
Cutting corners in communication tells your audience much more about you than you may really want to reveal.
You know, it ain't "posh" ta speak rite, but "proper" ...peepel confuse the too...
I wish sum1 wud lern me ow to spel rite so I dunt nead 2 pruuf reed...
I wi5h $um1 WuD L3rN M3 oW +o $P3l riTe 5O I DuN+ N34D 2 PrUuf R33d...
There you go, Fuzzy...
If you do not have a standard form of a language and each writes their own way, very soon the differences become so great that no-one can effectively communicate.
There is a huge difference between evolution and bastardisation. One has a future, the other does not. Do not confuse the two
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