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Is Typing Ruining Your Ability To Spell?
NSN A392-99-964-5927 writes "My handwriting abilities have deteriorated over the years. Putting a real pen to paper, I get frustrated over how to spell correctly, as I am so accustomed to using a keyboard and knowing where the letters are. Having spoken to a few friends, I've found that this has become apparent to them, too. I've noticed that my grammar is also affected; maybe this is because I spent too much time on IRC and lowered my standards. Hand-written words are now becoming obsolete. There is often no need to think about writing anymore, or about how something is spelled. Are other Slashdotters having the same problem? (I'm used to Telex machines, which should give you an indication of how old I am.)"
The OP didn't say he relies on spellcheck, but that his fingers know how to spell when his head doesn't.
I've got the same problem. Words like receive are no problem when I'm typing, but if I put pen to paper, I need to stop and think. When many people type, they think the word, not the letter. Their hands put the words from thought to type with no intermediate thought needed.
I spell by muscle memory, not thought. I'm sure the same works for people who write all the time. The pen just makes the words they need.
So how about you get off your high horse, read what the OP actually said instead of what you thought he said, and fuck off.
Remember what I said about sounding like a baby crying? That's you, right now, in that post. "Wahh, the truth hurts so if somebody says the truth and it hurts I'll tell him he doesn't know what he's talking about and then I'll tell him to fuck off. Yeah, that'll fix him GOOD!" What I said is very simple: if you type "loose" where the word should have been "lose", or any other similarly elementary mistakes, everyone will see it and understand that you're either a lazy bastard who couldn't be bothered to proofread, or a semi-literate moron who didn't know the difference between the two words. Both whether or not they respond to you as well as the content of any response you do receive can be affected by this. I don't give a fuck whether you like that or not, or whether you think I'm a great guy for pointing it out. It's still true. I hope that clears things up for you.