Judging by appearances

[fredericks]

Just curious - personally, the use of netspeak turns me off like no one's business. I'm not referring to grammar, as I trample it gleefully on a daily basis, but simple sentence construction, punctuation, capitalization, and the "ur" thing. When it comes to casual interactions (Myspace, LJ, AIM, e-mails) if you're in the middle of "first contact" what's your take on what you're reading?

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[darker-one.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the netspeak. It turns me off. And I'm mostly okay with poor spelling, as long as it's not every other word, And while I can excuse most grammatical errors, I do have a few personal pet peeves, such as people who don't know the difference between "their, there, they're" and "it's and its"-- shallow as it sounds, that seals my opinion in someone's intelligence in a heartbeat.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

people who don't know the difference between "their, there, they're" and "it's and its"
It's the contractions that kill people. I've always found them the most interesting part of English as I know it, but it's a peeve of mine as well when they're mangled.