Smart People?

Who is Noone, and why is he a monster?

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KindlyThere is a spider by the water pipe.

Just to make sure you did get my point: I'm completely on your side. I think everyone should use their time writing to practicing writing. Use the right words spelled correctly in the proper order. That you happened to be the one who left the space out of "no one" is unfortunate. It would have better illustrated the possibility of misinterpretation of ambiguous English had pelican committed the error. As it is, it will be interpreted as "nobody is perfect." No one is perfect, but does that somehow excuse the need to try?More in line with the OT:I am dyslexic. I do not have the advantage of the first and last letters being in the right place, nor even words being in the right order. Yet, I can read. It wasn't easy and a little practice goes a long way. Let me offer a few (very few) pieces of expertise:

1. the context is simple. "See Dcik run." hardly gives one a challenge relative to "Panderiestil catdande Senstoven was ubiltantamsky an escatogitil hoppyotrait." (peek)
   "Presidential andidate Stevenson was unmistakably an egotistical hypopatriot."
   is a bit more difficult.
2. The scrambled word doesn't form something with similarities to a real word or another word.
3. There are lots of 1, 2 ,3 and 4 letter words. I is amazing how much "and" "the" and the various "to be's" are clues to context.
4. Punctuation isn't equally neglected.
5. You care.

pelican, unless you believe yourself to be endlessly fascinating, pay extra attention to #5.Edited by lyx2no, : Contained an ambiguous construction.

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KindlyThere is a spider by the water pipe.

You don't make your reader do the work you should be doing. Unless you think the reader cares more about what you have to say than you do.According to the OP:was the whole point.Edited by lyx2no, : Spelling

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KindlyThere is a spider by the water pipe.

The word is always recognizable and in context to the writer. That is why the writer should not be the judge of such things. And then I guess it isn't that important if all one has to say is "See Dick run." or "Sally has a ball."; though, it is hard to make that endlessly fascinating. But if one has a complex idea to get across one can't be certain how the audience is going to interpret ambiguities.

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KindlyThere is a spider by the water pipe.

What defines "deliberate"? If I know "cat" is spelled with a "c" but I spell it with a "k" is that more annoying to you if I do it because I'm stupid?How would you distinguish intentional errors from unintentional errors to know whether you should be annoyed or not?Is nonchalance a disability that you are willing to accommodate?

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KindlyThere is a spider by the water pipe.

This does not sound nonchalant.Is it intentional if the error prone person does not bother to correct his errors reasoning that the audience can decipher it if need be?I find that little different from being told to "go screw". Are you nonchalant about telling people to "go screw"?

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KindlyThere is a spider by the water pipe.

Conceded for “Dick and Jane” conversations. (I'm above common errors myself. All variation from standard English in my posts is entirely intentional. They make me more likable*) Then you do not agree that “recognisable” [sic] by the reader is not to be left to the judgment of the writer? Or is yours to be the universal standard for the reader too. The first is a statement of what “I find”, and the second is interrogatory. How can either be “a load of crap”? (Though it does satisfy the interrogatory.) Your right, I forgot . this discussion is about errors that don't matter.*Note the failure to conclude this sentence with a period. Chicks dig that.Edited by lyx2no, : Grammar and spelling . what else?

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KindlyThere is a spider by the water pipe.

I'm prig enough to agree that idiom is also problematic. But I'll not get up into your grill, home slice.

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KindlyThere is a spider by the water pipe.

An intelligent man knows all. A wise man knows best.

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KindlyEveryone deserves a neatly dug grave. It is the timing that's in dispute.