I don't think that sloppy speech helps either. Where has "th" disappeared to, to be replaced by "v". Every time I ring my doctor I get a recorded message - "please stay on the line and we will be WIV you shortly". My blood pressure has spiked before I even get to speak to the receptionist! I was asked recently by a young man on a part-time course at a local college to read through the draft of an essay he had written (about fishing, which is probably why he asked me!). I had to tell him that, with the poor spelling, punctuation and grammar, he would probably lose a lot of marks, and I offered to help him re-write it. "Oh, it's ok", he said, "it's the content we're marked on, not the spelling and the grammar." Well that's alright then!
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I wasn't sure whether to put this here, on the "Am I being unreasonable ..." forum, or on Education, but finally plumped for here.
Last week, when I dropped DGS at pre-school, I noticed that on the board where they list some of the activities for the day, it said "writting". As it was not in permanent ink, I couldn't resist erasing one of the 't's. Got there today and there it was again, and of course I repeated my sly alteration. However, it's left me wondering, should I mention it? I don't want to because I think it would seem really petty, but on the other hand, it is an educational establishment...
Being a coward, I will probably just keep doing what I've done so far, in the hope that some member of staff finally notices that the word keeps being changed and twigs why.
What - if anything - would the rest of you do? 
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