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RE: That is not a word. "Says who?" You spelled that wrong.
Who says that "That," isn't a word? ^.^ Silliness aside, I agree the communication being clear is what matters in the first place. But that being said, there is a big difference when I read from someone misspelling a lot, and not properly contructing sentences, vs a skilled writer. In which the latter one is of course preferred. What I am trying to say, is that it depends on the circumstances. Wouldn't you be annoyed if you watched a movie with subtitles on when it were constantly misspelling? If it were just a chat or a comment like this one, than I'd say yeah, who cares..
Just the other day someone I know IRL thought they were having a 'debate' with me on Facebook which basically consisted of throwing ad hominems and mistruths, and I used the word 'irregardless' saying that many people were choosing to reject identity politic labels irregardless of their race/gender/sexuality. He responded back:
"'Irregardless' is not a word."
So yes, apparently this is a thing. I chose that word specifically because 'regardless' was not accurate and because when I told him previously that I did not identify as POC he tried to construe that as me not caring about/valuing/considering my ethnic heritage. Of course, this dumbass works at Google.
Besides the whole point @dwinblood already made on this post. Irregardless is a known word lol.
Yeah if I paid money to watch a movie with sub titles that a lot of effort went into producing it and it didn't have correct spelling and such I'd be annoyed. Yet, I consider that a much more formal production.
It is one of the exceptions (of which there are a number) and not the norm. I see this with people in forums, and attacking people, especially if they disagree with them. I disagree with the person so I am going to make a big deal about spelling or the word they used. This is a purely petty act as far as I am concerned.
I never been really fond of arguing ^^ Discussing ok, but it often gets repetitive from both sides pretty quickly. Anyways, I think in those cases when people disagree, it is mostly to "falsly" defend theirselves by fixating their attention on something totally off the point.
Yes, a distraction, a red herring.