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Apparently computers and e-mail in the workplace are turning smart employees into illiterate idiots.

The use of email and computers in workplaces has created a new literacy problem in Australia's workforce, affecting otherwise skilled and educated workers, the (Adelaide) Sunday Mail reported, citing a report by the Australian Industry Group.
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I was just about to say something about you typing 'Makeing'.......and then I kept reading, hahahah
 
Some employers reported that employees with high-level technical skills, such as engineers, were poor communicators within workplace settings.
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Duh! Yea, I'm stereotyping here, but higher level brainiacs usually are not great communicators. And then again mere mortals usually have trouble understanding them even if they are clear.
 
There/Their/They're, then/than, your/you're, ie/ei, et all. are common and contagious mistakes. I make these mistakes from time to time and I've only got "teh interwebz" to blame for it.
 
Availability of tools does not make a user less intelligent. Lowering expectations of workers does. Some of the ways you can combat this is by working harder to make what you say more intelligent or well thought out. Lead by example, subtly suggest improvements.
 
I find myself not straining too hard to think of what the correct spelling of a word is because I know if I type anything close, autocorrect will pick it up. I think technology has effected my ability to spell correctly (at least when I don't have a computer handy...)
 
I need no grammar skill to do anything in my life, so I don't care about grammar much.

But I do hate and people use 'an' when it should be 'a'.
 
I don't need a whole lot of grammar skills to admin a server. I just need them to present a downtime chart to those above me. Course, when I explain what caused the downtime, I get a lot of blank stares. Too technical for them.
 
I actually see alot less "1337" speak on the internet than when I was in High School ('98 ish), but grammar has gone downhill. IMO communication is important, even for those that don't include it as an integral part of their work.
 
Well, if they quit outsourcing workers………………………………… :p
 
SPARTAN VI said:
There/Their/They're, then/than, your/you're, ie/ei, et all. are common and contagious mistakes. I make these mistakes from time to time and I've only got "teh interwebz" to blame for it.
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I actually make those mistakes a lot less often because of the internet, because i sure as hell didn't remember anything from school.
 
tubular said:
I was just about to say something about you typing 'Makeing'.......and then I kept reading, hahahah
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LOL, me too...

And then I realized we actually miss the first word Computars :eek:
 
Closest thing to leetspeak i've done is 'teh' and even then it's only when i type too fast. Heck, i don't even use textspeak on my phones (I am a big fan of predictive text).

stevedave said:
I need no grammar skill to do anything in my life, so I don't care about grammar much.

But I do hate and people use 'an' when it should be 'a'.
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I'm not a native english speaker, but i tend to use them according to how they sound rather than what's actually written. I thought it was acceptable :confused:

an apple
a computer
a u230x (Because it starts with Y)
an LBX Autocannon (Because it starts with E)

They just sound better :p
 
Steve said:
Apparently computers and e-mail in the workplace are turning smart employees into illiterate idiots.
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I read the whole article, but found no such claim as what I have quoted. The claim is that literate people are illiterate with respect to computers and e-mail. The point being made is that ever higher levels of technical knowledge is required by business employees and they are not reaching required levels of proficiency.

Where you got the other claim is beyond me...:confused:
 
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I read the whole article, but found no such claim as what I have quoted. The claim is that literate people are illiterate with respect to computers and e-mail. The point being made is that ever higher levels of technical knowledge is required by business employees and they are not reaching required levels of proficiency.

Where you got the other claim is beyond me...:confused:
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If you just quote the article title

"Emails, computers making Aussie workers dumb"

It fits together.
 
I think you misspelled every word in the title of this news article.
 
If there is an actual plural form of Stupid, then that word wouldn't be misspelt. Just misused.
 
Sly said:
Closest thing to leetspeak i've done is 'teh' and even then it's only when i type too fast. Heck, i don't even use textspeak on my phones (I am a big fan of predictive text).



I'm not a native english speaker, but i tend to use them according to how they sound rather than what's actually written. I thought it was acceptable :confused:

an apple
a computer
a u230x (Because it starts with Y)
an LBX Autocannon (Because it starts with E)

They just sound better :p
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I am a native English speaker and I do the same thing. Much easier to read and say, and it really only happens with acronyms when you write.
 
Mad Cat said:
I am a native English speaker and I do the same thing. Much easier to read and say, and it really only happens with acronyms when you write.
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an hour (Starts with O)
a university (Starts with Y)
an umbrella (Starts with A)

:)
 
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Mackowitz said:
I find myself not straining too hard to think of what the correct spelling of a word is because I know if I type anything close, autocorrect will pick it up. I think technology has effected my ability to spell correctly (at least when I don't have a computer handy...)
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It doesn't help you know the difference betwen "effected" and "affected" though... ;)
marzz said:
Well, if they quit outsourcing workers………………………………… :p
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That's pretty funny. Outsourced workers take English in school through university-level (and if we're talking India, it's a rigid British system). In my experience, people from, say, Philly don't. I've got the e-mails to prove it.
kilgore777 said:
This is BS. I was plenty stupid long before I ever touched a computer.
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1. Heh, the article wasn't about you, then. 2. The use of computers revealed poor communication skills as opposed to actually creating them.
krotch said:
If there is an actual plural form of Stupid, then that word wouldn't be misspelt. Just misused.
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Stupid is an adjective. But that won't keep me from using Stupidest Stupid. Daily.
 
No big suprise here, how many of you can Write in Copperplate script nowadays, or even know what it is? at one time, you had better be damn good at penmanship or forget working anywhere in business or government.

Just another skill thats no longer needed....
 
I consider myself lucky that I went to a poor country High school. We didn't have computers in the classroom, and only Qbasic as the "technology" class.
We learned how to write and figure the old fashioned way. Even so, I still did poorly in my writing classes.

It doesn't have any effect on my job at all. I lead a IBM mainframe team, and 90% of our outside correspondence is to India and Singapore. Those groups can care less about punctuation.
 
nimbyfaygo said:
I consider myself lucky that I went to a poor country High school. We didn't have computers in the classroom, and only Qbasic as the "technology" class.
We learned how to write and figure the old fashioned way. Even so, I still did poorly in my writing classes.

It doesn't have any effect on my job at all. I lead a IBM mainframe team, and 90% of our outside correspondence is to India and Singapore. Those groups can care less about punctuation.
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Ha proofreading before submitting is teh win.
 
I'll second the opinion that too many idiots have access to computers. For example the recent chain email at my workplace was:

"BUTTE, MONTANA

Shotgun Preteen vs. Illegal Alien Home Invaders"

:rolleyes: another fake story thats been regurgitated for 4 years. Strangely, Obama wasn't blamed for it :rolleyes:
 
srangara said:
That's pretty funny. Outsourced workers take English in school through university-level (and if we're talking India, it's a rigid British system). In my experience, people from, say, Philly don't. I've got the e-mails to prove it.
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Have you got them? Where did you got them from? :p
 
As long as workplaces tolerate it, communicate skills will continue to plummet.
 
It's not illiteracy, it's that the language is evolving, changing. Normally such changes are very slow, but the speed of modern society means we can see these changes happening in real time, right before our eyes. If it's too l33t, you're too old.
 
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