Jul 8th, 2008 | Intelligence survey

Are you inclined to judge a person's intelligence by that person's ability to spell?



Are you inclined to judge a persons intelligence by that persons ability to spell?


73 votes, 271 views , 13 comments
 
 
Poll tags:Intelligence, Spelling, Language, Judgement

 
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Spatulagirl
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Gibraltar

posted Jul 11th, 2008 at 01:25 CDT

Yeah! I paraded for the 4th of July encouraging good grammar. It was also appalling to ask people about their favorite part of speech and have them respond, "comma." Okay, really I don't think people who are poor spellers are of lower intelligence, but I do judge them quite harshly when it's in a professional situation. Proof-reading and spell check, c'mon!

Vulgarian
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Massachusetts, United States

posted Jul 11th, 2008 at 01:47 CDT

I never put much stock in a man that can only spell a word one way, Mark Twain

Rippygirl
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Pennsylvania, United States

posted Jul 9th, 2008 at 22:36 CDT

In college I had more than one instructor to admit "NOT THE BEST SPELLING."

Drowlord
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Texas, United States

posted Jul 9th, 2008 at 16:24 CDT

Yeah, I expect that many people disagree with me about slang.  Perhaps they are right, but I'm not convinced of that.

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Jul 9th, 2008 at 02:02 CDT

I sympathise with those who, because of regional differences in spelling and grammar, are accused of bad spelling.

Mrsrich1
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Maryland, United States

posted Jul 8th, 2008 at 23:45 CDT

wow. using slang doesn't make you dumb. it depends on where it's used. i wouldn't use slang at work or at a job interview. There are plenty of intelligent people who use slang. Most white people think slang is humorous but.......

Bmccue7
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Georgia, United States

posted Jul 8th, 2008 at 21:36 CDT

I believe you.

Bobisahippie
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New York, United States

posted Jul 8th, 2008 at 19:42 CDT

I can't spell for crap. but I can build anything.

Bmccue7
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Georgia, United States

posted Jul 8th, 2008 at 18:38 CDT

I've met such people, too.

Drowlord
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Texas, United States

posted Jul 8th, 2008 at 16:56 CDT

Obviously, I cut foreigners a lot of slack.  However my "loser" alarm rings when I hear or read poor grammar, poor spelling, poor pronunciation, and slang.  Unless the slang is used with humorous intent.

Dynomoose
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Louisiana, United States

posted Jul 8th, 2008 at 15:42 CDT

Grammar more that spelling.

Officeshrew
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Alabama, United States

posted Jul 8th, 2008 at 14:22 CDT

i know of several people that are highly intelligent with degrees but are bad spellers...

Ang
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Texas, United States

posted Jul 8th, 2008 at 14:08 CDT

It really all depends on the person and the situation though.

 
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