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il·lit·er·a·cy /ɪˈlɪtərəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[i-lit-er-uh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -cies for 3.
1. a lack of ability to read and write.
2. the state of being illiterate; lack of any or enough education.
3. a mistake in writing or speaking, felt to be characteristic of an illiterate or semiliterate person: a letter that was full of illiteracies.
So semiliterate is a word according to dictionary.com. Very interesting. This entry box treats it as a misspelled word. (red squiggly oh my god you suck lines underneath it)
How ironic.
Anyhow, that's not why I'm here. I'm here to vent.
Listen peeps, (no red squiggles for peeps? Ok...) I'm a kid at heart, and I play video games. And as such, I usually find myself perusing the forums of said games either for answers to various in-game dilemmas or just for chit chat about a subject I love. I realize that the audience for games is much larger for kids than for adults - generally speaking - and so I am willing to forgive a lack of knowledge that has yet to be offered to the little skulls of mush. But unfortunately, that isn't what I'm really experiencing. I'm seeing a HUGE lack of ability to write on the part of some skulls of mush to whom the knowledge HAS been offered. They just don't give a fuck.
Travel any gaming forum and test how long it takes you to see someone accuse someone else of being a (*chuckle*) "grammer nazi." (sp intentional) It's really sad. Heck, you may not have to travel far outside of this very website - I'm not sure. I don't really read much here. I know we have at least one music critic that couldn't play "Come to Jesus" in whole notes, so it's not a far fetched concept. Not really a fair comparison since musical illiteracy is celebrated every week on American Idol to the applause of millions of musical illiterates. But I digress.
It's one thing that a bunch of musical inbreds think Fred Fudpucker is the coolest musician since George Michael, but that's entertainment. At least I can have some solace in the fact that these people are just ignorant. And ignorance is bliss, and who am I to take away some sap's bliss? Bliss on, moron.
But when I have to read the "wholehearted opinion" of some choad that can't spell, I have to ask 'what the fuck happened?' Does anyone know? The definition of literacy is up there for all to read, but show it to anyone that demonstrates a complete lack of literacy, and they'll shoot you down for being a grammar nazi, and that's not the sad part...the sad part is that a majority of any given community of posters will join in to watch you stoned to death. It's not an isolated problem - it's the majority.
So should I relax? Maybe "u shud to?" Really?
/vent Thanks for the backboard.