Is spelling/grammer important?

[mangaluva]

oi dunt luk d tred.!or els ikeel yu?

it iz a vallid thred thhat aks da quessin "wut definez cumunikatun" n if all dat materz in wordz issat u kan undrstind dem, or if dere r deepr conotatuns in da way we speek 2 eachuthr dat describ us as ppl an humin beeings

tru. .  we shud now eet by nou tho

This burns me in my soul.

Since I read all the time and write a lot, an emphatic YES. Besides, reading bad spelling and grammar is almost physically painful >_< I can't even use textspeak except to be ironic.

[Tanner-kun]

i luvta txt spek its fun lol
an i not lokin da tred

[Callid]

Spoiler:

can u read this? olny 55% of poelpe cna.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it
dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng
is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

This exists in multiple languages. And the most interesting thing - it is false, it only works sometimes and of course the words above are twisted in a way to make it readable (Cambridge never did something like this). I'm also an example, because the German version featured the word "Bahhuctsnbeverderer" (or something similar ) = "Buchstabenverdreher", which I read (at first glance) as "Buchstabenverhedderer". While it means more or less the same, I definitely read another word, proving this theory wrong.

Also, I suggest anyone who has problems with spelling to use Firefox and one of this add-ons. I use the British one and I'm quite happy with it.

[bluekaitou1412]

an i not lokin da tred

gud.,? coz f yu doaill barn u n hel

[Tanner-kun]

an i not lokin da tred

gud.,? coz f yu doaill barn u n hel

hel is @ god plce to bak coces

[bluekaitou1412]

hel is @ god plce to bak coces

Ok, I'm fed up trying to type like an idiot.

[Tanner-kun]

.

Ok, I'm fed up trying to type like an idiot.

Yes, it is geting a little anoying.

[Conia]

Told ya

[Akonyl]

hel is @ god plce to bak coces

Ok, I'm fed up trying to type like an idiot.

y u got 2 abandn me

[Tanner-kun]

Its more of a betrayal. Sorry but I think there is a chance my spelling and grammar are improving. That or I'm getting used to checking for mistakes.

[Conia]

Its more of a betrayal. Sorry but I think there is a chance my spelling and grammar are improving. That or I'm getting used to checking for mistakes.

I can't believe what I'm seeing

[Tanner-kun]

I didn't believe it at first to.

[Callid]

It's more of a betrayal. Sorry, but I think there is a chance my spelling and grammar are improving. That or I'm getting used to checking for mistakes.

I didn't believe it at first, too.

Looks like you are using a spell-checker, just like me - all of them are mistakes the spell-checker will not notice...

[Commi-Ninja]

It's more of a betrayal. Sorry, but I think there is a chance my spelling and grammar are improving. That or I'm getting used to checking for mistakes.

I didn't believe it at first, too.

Looks like you are using a spell-checker, just like me - all of them are mistakes the spell-checker will not notice...

Yeah, spell checkers don't always (or ever, really) find grammatical errors.  That's one problem with them, and one reason why it's always a good idea to read things over.

[Tanner-kun]

Yeah but I'm improving my grammar a little. Plus i said before in other topics I use a spell checker, but often forget to actually use it.