[Acrylic-bob]

That illustrates point very well.

On a slightly different tack, does bad spelling affect the importance of what a person has to say? No, I don't think it does. But it does reduce considerably its effectiveness.

Consider Graham's post #43 in the Fairground thread. A great deal of what he has to say is very important, but is lost because his post is so difficult to read. This is compounded when you realise that Graham is a Councillor. (This is not a personal dig Graham, I only use the example to make a point.)

Accuracy in speech and writing is as vital as accuracy in mathematics and science and medicine and politics and shipbuilding and going to the moon and bringing up children and anything else you care to mention.