I know we have a LOT of ESL moms on this board, and a handful of dyslexic ones.
Whenever I see the
runonsentancefromhellanditsnotoneofmyownandIcanbarelyreadit I just thank my lucky stars I'm not dyslexic! I'd hate for everything I read to be that challenging!!
My writing on this board is abominable, and I'm not ESL, either. It's three fold:
- First off... there are no italics. So I use capslock for italic.
- Secondly... this is just stream of consciousness on my end. In no small part, because of the teensy, tiny, window. If I can't see my entire piece, I can't edit it quickly. If I can't edit quickly, I don't edit or barely edit. Actually, that's one of the reasons I'm on here so much. It takes very little effort on my part! In other venues I edit, reedit, think about it, delete, or just have to close my eyes and brazenly hit send (i HATE not having an editor when I'm actually writing). Here? I can just type and post.
- Thirdly... I don't consider this writing. On other boards, with a way to search and save/catalogue old posts, which have decent windows to type in, preview before sending, etc... I take more time. And this certainly isn't writing for publication or review (yes, I do know the rules for 'and' and 'but', I choose to break them on a fairly regular basis). Someone MIGHT recongize my voice on here compared with elsewhere (other boards or published) but I rather doubt it.
My (9yo) son uses MANY types of writing. He can write in txt, 1337, and proper English. We haven't done cursive, as yet, though plan to. It's a 2e thing... if I held him back to the level his handwriting was capable of, we'd be a couple years behind, instead of a couple years ahead.