| Posted: 22 March 2007 at 11:19am | IP Logged | 3
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"I'd say no hyphen or shortening the name usually means typing shortcuts, rather than jumping to a wild conclusion that there is embarassment over the character."
I would tend to agree with you if this were say 1993 but seeing the misuse of loose and lose on message boards, the naming of mp3s compared to the songs they actually are, the citing of rumor as fact, etc, etc that occurs on the Internet, it may not be ignorance just plain laziness that makes me say that they are not typing a shortcut, but they don't know the actual name and don't care enough to attempt to get it right by even checking.
The argument that we all have a spell check should never replace looking something up or learning how to spell better. The same Internet that brought us bad habits can also educate us if we care to search for the correct way to say or spell something.
I also believe that if you are angry at the way these things are pointed out, then perhaps you are one of those people who don't care to get things right. JB or anyone that has seen mistakes over and over again that can and should be checked are tired of having to point out other people's carelessness and/or ignorance. Sometimes informal rules lead to really lazy habits that grow and grow and grow with the Internet on those who see mistakes made over and over again and don't know the right way to write. It gets real old.
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