I saw this on someones facebook wall...."wots rong hun"

[La Lioness Priyanka]

An adult wrote this. sigh.

[skygazer]

1. I think I saw that in the menu at a Chinese restaurant once

But it was in the "hot and spicy" section so I didn't try it. :P

[PVnRT]

2. y u al up in theres???

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. i hate it. i absolutely hate it.

[Lucian]

4. Good god.

That drives me nuts!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Evolution has really dropped the ball lately.

[geardaddy]

6. wots rong wit dat?

:shrug:

;)

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I've seen my husband's frat brothers post stuff like that to be silly. It might not mean the person really think's the phrase is spelled that way. We're talking Facebook, not a letter to the editor.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. i know that. which is why i dont think grammar and punctuation are the biggest deal on facebook

but that is beyond a normal laziness. unlike text message FB doesnt charge you, if you exceed characters

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. Ah, laziness. THAT I get.

I thought you were concerned the bloke thought the words were really spelled that way.

[SacredCow]

8. It's a VERY irritating trend....

It's funny and cute with a LOLcat, but otherwise.... not so much.

[petronius]

10. I've been getting a lot more IM speak in e-mails from students, but I'm guessing

that your example is genuine illiteracy. :(

I don't mind language-evolution, neologisms, and informality, but even if you set aside the question of 'correct' English (always a minefield) it seems clear that many of our fellow citizens are losing the ability to communicate clearly (let alone eloquently), even on simple topics...

[WildEyedLiberal]

12. Was this person British?

I noticed the "wot" in place of "what" thing a lot in Britain when I'd read any sort of internet commentary. Not that Americans don't have plenty of stupid illiterate netspeak neologisms too, but "wot" seemed to be a very British one in particular.

Agreed, very grating and annoying.

[T_i_B]

14. I must admit...

...that I have a few Facebook friends like that. Some are trying to talk Yorkshire, others are just doing girly textspeak.

Oh, and there's another who's just a drunkard and talks like that in real life.

[madinmaryland]

13. Seriesly, they were casting asparagus!

[DarkTirade]

15. My ex does stuff like that occasionally.

... that's not the reason she's my ex, but it certainly didn't hurt. :P

[Deep13]

16. I know just what you mean.

:(

I'm just glad I can't catch stupidity from the internet.