Why can't anyone in this country spell?
444611
Simply because its condoned at the highest levels of education, its a desensitization of gramatical correctness due to slang and pop culture.  It starts with parents... and ends with parents.
213427
If you can't spell the word,you're probably not ready.
28417
Well, internet speak aside, most people don't know they can't spell or speak properly.\nAt 18 years old, most of the kids I went to school with couldn't spell or read properly.  And Even I, someone who is always trying to be gramatically correct, and I am said to have a fantastic vocabulary, but even I sit down to type and realize words I use every day in speach, I can't spell.\nThe answer is poor education.  I swear to you I learned more from the travel channel than I ever learned in my history class(which was taught by one of the schools many coaches in teaching positions.)
15850
Because you can't spell, stu-pid.
575485
They don't!  We just have such a hard time reading what they spell!
84029
Ok, this isn't a very good place to make a judgment on how well people can spell. \nFor one, there is a wide age range here. I have seen children as young as 11 here, so obviously they are more apt to make a mistake.\nSecondly, people make typos all the time.  This is an informal setting so they are not as likely to spend a lot of time correcting mistakes, as say they would be when composing a buisness letter.\nThirdly, how do you know who speaks English as their first language, and who doesn't just by reading the question.  I don't think that you can possibly know that.\n\nIf they had this same type thing set up in Spanish speaking countries, or German, Or whatever language, I think you would find just as many people making errors in their own language too.  I think it is a little unfair to single out Americans when I doubt you are actually comparing this evenly with everyone else.\n\nThat all said, it does bother me when there are excessive amounts of misspellings.  A typo here or there, I can understand, but some I've seen are ridiculous.
1170719
And you forgot that they don't use the spell check that's available. Sad, isn't it? It's getting to the point when there are less and less intelligent people.
452494
Probably not, since spelling is a basic requirement of running a country.  ;)
241016
I hate it when people can't even spell or write in coherent sentences. They either must be THAT stupid or THAT careless. I have many "foreign" friends who write better English. \n\nI also hate those who try to push their religious views on others when someone asks a question outside of "religion and spirituality" or whatever the category is for that kind of talk :)
47132
nope....USA. and anybody is spelt with a "y"
150411
The U.S. public school system is horrible.  Grammar and spelling are just the only subjects that show up here.  Outside of N. America, most US children couldn't label a map.
444780
Because they cannot communicate using language.  This is because they are ignorant.  Reading books helps.
948662
you can't spell. You must be dyslexic!
226282
Probably because you cannot spell, I hope you can read this.
263663
Two reasons.  First, they don't read very much.  Readers see properly spelled words and then can spell well themselves.  Secondly, people rely so much on spell-checkers.  So they never internalize proper spelling.\n\nPeople who read and write tend to spell well.
40593
Two reasons, in my opinion:\n1. English spelling is inconsistent, and does not match the pronunciation of the words.\n2. Good spelling comes with reading a lot of high-quality writing. People don't do this any more.
1002194
I wouldn't worry your not the only one. there are tons of people that don't spell good. I don't spell good, I use spell check for everything. I would be lost without it.