Misspelling

[TheOddOneOut]

"Hallaween"

 

[Isadora]

"Hallaween"

Cringe

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Someone I know keeps writing "lettuce" as "letuce," on the whiteboard shopping list.
Leh-toos.

 

[R2elk]

Someone I know keeps writing "lettuce" as "letuce," on the whiteboard shopping list.
Leh-toos.

Your turn, put it down as lactuca.

 

[STACEYH]

using an instead of the word add

 

[The Moonshiner]

Someone I know keeps writing "lettuce" as "letuce," on the whiteboard shopping list.
Leh-toos.

Now for some reason I'm craving Cheetos

 

[electrycmonk]

Text msg shorthand is really getting to me….

 

[DukesDucks]

Someone I know keeps writing "lettuce" as "letuce," on the whiteboard shopping list.
Leh-toos.

Maybe they mean "let us" and you are supposed to guess what follows.

 

[DukesDucks]

Text msg shorthand is really getting to me….

Try being a senior, and retired librarian, and receiving those. If it gets really bad, I ask my 40 year old children for translations. lol

 

[DukesDucks]

I try not to be too critical of spelling. Yes it is important but perhaps the person made a simple mistake, didn't realize spell check changed their word, lack the schooling, or English is not their first language. I prefer sending a direct message so as not to embarrass the writer.
I tutored adults learning or improving their English skills for years. It is a tough language as demonstrated by coop, coup, coupe. Try explaining that to someone.
All languages have their rules. Learning a second language helps build empathy. A sense of humour is essential as long as you are trying. For example, if you go to a country where the predominate language is French, make sure you know the difference between:
"J'ai chaud" and "Je suis chaud" . One means I'm hot as in I'm sweating from the heat. The other means I'm hot as in .... well you figure it out.