# Bad Grammar Isn't Cute

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-grammar-isnt-cute/373973
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 24, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-grammar-isnt-cute/373973 "2006-09-24T19:43:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2006, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-grammar-isnt-cute/373973/21 "2006-09-26T07:56:06Z")

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Dialects are fun, I’ve got no quarrel with that.

It’s “Im” that pissed me off. Im. It hurts to type that - how can a person not just type I’m? It’s automatic. ImImImIm. That feels weird.

My dh took a look at the thread (in another messageboard) that inspired my ire, and remarked “It’s the equivalent of scribblings on the bathroom wall.” He’s so clever, that one.

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### Author: ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-grammar-isnt-cute/373973/22 "2006-09-26T11:42:04Z")

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> [@audiobottle](#):
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> The first place I heard [“sammich”] was on Rachel Ray’s 30 Minute Meals.

And even worse, she often says “sammie” instead of “sammich.” My best (male) friend often says the same thing.

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### Author: ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-grammar-isnt-cute/373973/23 "2006-09-26T11:57:41Z")

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> [@fessie](#):
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> It’s “Im” that pissed me off. Im. It hurts to type that - how can a person not just type I’m? It’s automatic. ImImImIm. That feels weird.

I know what you mean, and it’s one of the reasons I don’t get leetspeak or chatspeak. Not only is it harder to read, but I don’t get how people get into typing that way. Some words are common typos, true, but the rest of it makes no sense. Why would you type |/| when you can type M?

Actually, I hate chatspeak more than leetspeak. Leet usually at least follows grammar rules, even if it is impossible to make out. Chatspeak just turns into random words on a page, and you have to wonder if the person’s brain is fully functioning.

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