Is proper spelling a good way to gauge intelligence?

[BuyandSave]

I know it's not always the case but it seems like people who can't spell are always dumb. Sometimes you meet a person and you can pretty much tell they can't spell for shyt by the dumb ass look on their face. Maybe not spelling, but I think if an adult still doesn't know the difference between there/their/they're or your/you're they can pretty much be labeled as slow.

 

[concise]

It's one way out of many.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

Not exactly, Maybe if it was some type of spelling test but I honestly just know some people who just don't give a damn about spelling if it isn't work related.

My friend is a trial attorney and he always spelling shyt wrong. I always fukk with him because he is Lawyer but he just like I spell shyt right when it counts.

I also know some people who are dumb as rocks but on Facebook they become these excellent wordsmith with all these aspiring quotes and motivational speeches. Obviously they copy and paste shyt...

I'm not saying it its not a helpful factor but its not really accurate in gauging smartness in my opinion

 

[Roberto Dinero]

I wouldn't say gauging intelligence. U don't have to be intelligent to know how to spell properly, just educated.

There is a big difference between intelligence and education.

 

[Nemesis]

I wouldn't say gauging intelligence. U don't have to be intelligent to know how to spell properly, just educated.

There is a big difference between intelligence and education.

some of the most stupid people I ever met were at college.....

 

[nalej]

partly but it also gauges how much someone gives a shyt. bad spelling is a pet peeve of mine.

 

[#1 pick]

I wouldn't say gauging intelligence. U don't have to be intelligent to know how to spell properly, just educated.

There is a big difference between intelligence and education.

intelligent post.

 

[Roberto Dinero]

some of the most stupid people I ever met were at college.....

Exactly.

U can be stupid and educated or u can be ignorant and smart. Big difference between stupidity and ignorance and big difference between being intelligent and being educated.

 

[Metta World Movement]

No it isn't. I should know better than anybody.

I rarely misspell words. But if you ask me about anything like politics, the economy, history, science, any mathematics other than very basic shyt, etc., I'm most likely gonna give you the face

- I have no idea what calculus is. I'm sure it's some math you can't do without a calculator, though.
- I don't know when the Civil War was or which countries fought in it.
- If someone asks me who Booker T Washington and Crispus Attucks are, I'm telling them the nikka from WWE and one of the old Rice Krispies mascots.
- I still have trouble with long division.
- I have no idea how the internet, computers or television works. In fact, like ICP, I honestly don't know how magnets work.
- I don't know what the hell the Iowa caucus is; even though I keep hearing about it during election time.
- I'm not a major hiphop fan, so when I first joined SOHH and saw everyone talking about 'ether', I thought it was pronounced 'eh-ther' instead of 'ee-ther'. I actually still pronounce it in my head like that because I've been doing it for so long.
- I once though statutory rape was when you raped someone while they're tied down and unable to move, like a statue.

I could go on and on.

The point is, being a good speller doesn't = intelligent.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

i before e except after c is the enemy of a lot of friends, friends.

 

[killacal]

No it isn't. I should know better than anybody.

I rarely misspell words. But if you ask me about anything like politics, the economy, history, science, any mathematics other than very basic shyt, etc., I'm most likely gonna give you the face

- I have no idea what calculus is. I'm sure it's some math you can't do without a calculator, though.
- I don't know when the Civil War was or which countries fought in it.
- If someone asks me who Booker T Washington and Crispus Attucks are, I'm telling them the nikka from WWE and one of the old Rice Krispies mascots.
- I still have trouble with long division.
- I have no idea how the internet, computers or television works. In fact, like ICP, I honestly don't know how magnets work.
- I don't know what the hell the Iowa caucus is; even though I keep hearing about it during election time.
- I'm not a major hiphop fan, so when I first joined SOHH and saw everyone talking about 'ether', I thought it was pronounced 'eh-ther' instead of 'ee-ther'. I actually still pronounce it in my head like that because I've been doing it for so long.
- I once though statutory rape was when you raped someone while they're tied down and unable to move, like a statue.

I could go on and on.

The point is, being a good speller doesn't = intelligent.

So you're a fully functioning retard :foh:

 

[Roberto Dinero]

So you're a fully functioning retard :foh:

 

[SCORCH]

So you're a fully functioning retard :foh:

 

[Kilgore Trout]

- I have no idea what calculus is. I'm sure it's some math you can't do

In some of my calculus exams we weren't allowed to use a calculator.


Anyways, thank god for spell check.

 

[BlackDiBiase]

Intelligence : The ability to see things before they happen

Most dont care about spelling well in casual settings but to not know how to spell well is not good but it does not sure you're smart or intelligent. Just good vocabulary and memory.