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SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Gen A got left behind on spelling and grammar. Too much of it that they use is automated, they find grammar to be lame, and thanks to our “pass kids or lose funding” system of public schools they all just get to coast through while not really learning much.

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  • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah,.my Gen A kids can’t read at all. They only know half their letters…shameful

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    • ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not to put too fine a point on it but whose fault is that?

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      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Danged gen z/late millennial parents not teaching their kids the alphabet before/during kindergarten.

        Lol

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      • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s a joke, bro. They’re not in school yet.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Gen A?

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    • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Alpha, the one after Gen Z, which is after Millennials, which is after Gen X, which was named that not because it was the 24th, but because they didn’t have a good name so they used X as a placeholder for an unknown name.

      Generations are slightly bullshit tho. Birthdate definitely matters, but it more of a continuum / spectrum than discrete generations.

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      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There’s definite bleed over , and the differences are loose generalities than facts, but there’s definite patterns that emerge between music, fashion, and technology.

        Like how gen Z and especially A can’t really use computers or understand file structure well, or that mellennials are the last gen who mostly know cursive. Or blow anti bully gen z is compared to earlier gens.

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      • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        They should name the next generation gen Y because they missed it. It wont create any confusion at all

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Gen α

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• easily3667@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes extremely brand new phenomenon.

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  • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes, fenomemon, what he said!

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    • Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Surely they must mean pheromones.

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  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I recently learned misspellings and the pendants who wrote about them is one of the ways we reconstruct ancient pronunciation.

    So. Really people who couldn’t spell in the past were heroes ;)

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• darvocet@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  ChatGPT said:

  Great question — and kind of a loaded one, right? It definitely feels like reading and spelling skills have taken a nosedive in recent years. There are a few reasons people often point to:

  1. Tech dependence: Autocorrect and predictive text mean we don’t have to think about spelling anymore. Same with grammar checkers. It’s like outsourcing our brains to our devices.

  2. Less reading for fun: People, especially younger generations, tend to read less traditional material (like books or long articles) and more short-form content (texts, tweets, memes). That impacts vocabulary and attention to proper language.

  3. Educational shifts: Some argue schools have moved away from foundational skills like phonics and spelling drills in favor of broader literacy or test-focused approaches. Others say students aren’t getting enough one-on-one help, especially in underfunded schools.

  4. Language evolution: English is constantly changing. Spelling gets looser, grammar rules shift, and new words enter the mix all the time. Some see this as decline, others as evolution.

  But what’s your take — are you seeing this in schools, at work, online?

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  • Squorlple@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thank you for thinking for me. I was afraid of doing that for myself.

    (I get that your comment is tongue-in-cheek, not sure everyone else will)

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    • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I was about to downvote the AI slop, but your reply gave it enough context that Imma leave it alone.

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  • lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ironic that you’re using ChatGPT when the answer is quite literally ChatGPT

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    • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      People had bad spelling before chatgpt

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      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Bad grammar as well. I see posts all the time where people don’t even put periods at the ends of their sentences.

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    • easily3667@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes a two year old tech broke people’s brains 20 years ago. If chatgpt broke spelling what broke your concept of causality?

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Everyone expects the LLMs to do it for them

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  • easily3667@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes people stopped learning to spell because of a technology from the last 2 years. Ha ha.

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    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Look at what community you’re in

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      • easily3667@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So shouldn’t you be trying to be funny?

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• MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have no shame of never having been a good speller. I went through school without spell-check and I get by, but heck, spelling bees aren’t a things in many languages.

  Ya know, because they HAVE a spelling system which they bother reforming to stay up to date, and not 10 in a trenchcoat.

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