# Just learn how to fucking write and spell and stop calling me a NAZI.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 5, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learn-how-to-fucking-write-and-spell-and-stop-calling-me-a-nazi/217272 "2003-12-05T23:56:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![eli\_the\_fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@eli\_the\_fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eli_the_fanatic)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learn-how-to-fucking-write-and-spell-and-stop-calling-me-a-nazi/217272/1 "2003-12-05T23:56:53Z")

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I’m sick of people calling other people “grammar nazi” or “spelling nazi.” To my knowledge, nobody has yet proposed rounding up and gassing bad spellers. If you are going to post in a public forum, learn how to write in the English language instead of writing like a moron and then getting all defensive if anyone corrects you. It shows that you prefer to STAY a moron, if you can’t take a little constructive criticism.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learn-how-to-fucking-write-and-spell-and-stop-calling-me-a-nazi/217272/2 "2003-12-06T00:10:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by eli\_the\_fanatic \*  
> nobody has yet proposed rounding up and gassing bad spellers.

Now that you mention it…

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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learn-how-to-fucking-write-and-spell-and-stop-calling-me-a-nazi/217272/3 "2003-12-06T01:06:51Z")

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I’ve proposed paint thinner before.

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**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learn-how-to-fucking-write-and-spell-and-stop-calling-me-a-nazi/217272/4 "2003-12-06T01:26:14Z")

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Oddly, I find that most people who write really poorly have english as their first language. When someone can’t even express themself in their own language it (to me) casts doubt over the persons intelligence.

I’m guessing this is because of sloppyness and lack of effort. English is my second language so I tend to be more careful with spelling etc. Not to say I don’t mess up way too often, or that others don’t, but the vast majority of really shitty typing seems to come from people born in english-speaking countries.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learn-how-to-fucking-write-and-spell-and-stop-calling-me-a-nazi/217272/5 "2003-12-06T05:06:47Z")

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