MySpace.com And The Generation Of Illiterate

Think about the most often said message or comment on MySpace. It might be "Hey, you sexy bitch" or "That's hawt" or perhaps even "Add me!" or whatever. No matter, that's all about to change. See the folks on MySpace are notorious for misspelling words, using odd phrasing, and generally having no respect for the good folks that write grammar books and edit dictionaries. Now, this is where I draw my problem. How do you reach these folks? How do you try to explain to them that what they're doing is wrong? Well, I'm glad you asked! Let's start with the simple. The case of your and you're, and alternatively their and they're. This is perhaps the most common, and coincidentally, the ugliest of errors. It's just plain wrong. It makes me want to throw up and fling vomit GG Allin style. Now, I'm not blaming these kids, per se. I do consciously realize most of them did go to government schools, and therefore received below par instruction. And the remainder perhaps do not have the brain capacity to retain what they've been taught.

So there's the case, and here's the plan of action. With the help of my readers and my own ambition, the newest, most common communique on MySpace.com is going to be the following.

From: "Ben@Myspace"
To: "Their What Your Trying To Be@Myspace"
Body: http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/t/there-their.html

And that's it. Just that link. That's all. Try it, it's fun. It's educational. And, the best part of all, you're reaching out to the kids to make the world of tomorrow a better place for their children.