Spelling Errors: Stupid? Lazy? Or A-OK?

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Ecch, that's horrible. I had to slow down and read each and every word, one at a time, to figure out what that said. "Ramdinose," in particular, stumped me. The whole thing made me feel like my head was being squeezed.

I didn't have an issue reading that paragraph, but I'm sure I have some dyslexia going on.

Now, I just used the word, "like," incorrectly. I see this a lot, I do it a lot. I believe it's become common usage. Nevertheless, when I see it, it grates. Mrs. Eckert, my first grade teacher, taught us that, "Although the commercial claims, 'Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should,' it should really be, 'Winston tastes good, as a cigarette should.'" 'Like' should not be used in place of 'as,' or 'as if.'

The misuse of the word like probably came from the valley speak days. Like oh my god! Can you believe he's like...
Someone told me that that the use of "like" and "um" is a brain pause as your brain searches for the next word or phrase.