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dude (and I mean that literally for a change), that's exactly why I'm always telling my kids to pay attention to their grammar and spelling. Where bad writing once just made a person look somewhat ignorant, now it also makes them look like a Nigerian Internet scammer.

dude -- I agree with Coop. If someone doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're," then how did he graduate from high school? That's pretty basic English. Besides poor writing skills and poor grammatical usage, the other thing going on these days that makes kids look stupid is that most of them print everything, instead of writing things in cursive. We got letter grades in "handwriting" through the sixth grade. Has that gone by the wayside too? All of these things add up to create adults who can't see through scammers.

Coop - Wow, "YOUR NICE." ..."YOUR a friendly guy"...that drives me crazy. The other ones: "I hope I don't loose my purse." and "Looks like it's Mother" (not so much the last one)

really sickening computer slang from hell:

'puter
'siggy
'addy

Are those terms used by people who just got their first computer and want some MySpace cred? - hurl -

I am thinking about starting a blog regarding the slow death of the English language. I would go looking for a horrifically botched comment, from some bulletin board or a particularly scary post from somewhere, giving it the "Anyways Award" of the Day. Lord knows I'd have enough to work with. =D
the day. Print this comment, so you don't loose it. Later!

Nik