Spelling and the English Language (Ever heard of it?)

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Originally Posted by morkuma

*shortcuts ;):th_jester:

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lol. I was hoping that my liberal use of smilies would let people know that I wasn't being serious :o

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Originally Posted by a_v_s

lol. I was hoping that my liberal use of smilies would let people know that I wasn't being serious :o

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hahaha, i just had to point it out. (i wasn't being serious either, i just honestly figured you would have spellchecked it first) i was going to point out the grammar too, but i'm horrible on that front.

I text way too much. I will text my friends just to see whats up and stuff quite a bit. I will also text my mom if I can't call her and need to tell her something or remind her of something quickly. I actually hate talking on the phone for some reason so it's just easier to text.

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Originally Posted by a_v_s

If you are going to rant about spelling and proper English, at least make sure your own words are spelled correctly, and your sentences properly punctuated :th_jester: (You spelled "preface" wrong, and forgot a few commas)

It's especially funny that you complained about people spelling "to" as "2", and then you spelled "to" instead of "too" :th_jester::th_laugh-lol2:

But anyways, all sarcasm aside.....

Interestingly enough, when I was in high school, I knew these girls from the bay area that actually talked in IM speak, even though "IM" wasn't even invented yet. They would always say stuff like, "HR" for "how rude", "GFY" for "good for you", "W.T.F.", etc, etc..

Pretty hilarious yet annoying at the same time. I found myself having to translate for other friends at times :th_laugh-lol2:

When in college, I found that when talking to people in emails, ytalk, and later IRC and such (IM still wasn't born yet) people used similar shortcuts in their writing.

These types of shorcuts don't bother me too much... Ebonics on the other hand.....

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Great reply :)

As I said at the beginning or well the end of my first post, I am going to have spelling and punctuation errors :p But thank you for pointing them out ;) I know people make mistakes in spelling and sentence structure, but that was not goal with this rant. It was more the use words not commonly associated with the English langauge as they are meant to be used.

Now I will do my liberal use of :th_peaceout: :th_biggrin2: :th_mischievious: to let folks know I am just bashing them in good fun :)




























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:th_nanana:

I agree with this strongly. I hate when people take the first letter of 4 or 5 words and expect you to know what the Hell it's suppose to mean. WTF OMG LOL...

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Originally Posted by SyntheticShield

DUDE! Seriously! I think you and I would get along famously in person. You have no idea how much this annoys the crap out of me. No particular offense to anyone, but I could just shoot some of them. Is it REALLY that hard to spell a word out?

And I\'ll add to your rant. I loathe people on instant messenger that send a sentence in two word chunks or like that.

12:00:01 Them: Hey
12:00:02 Them: Whats up
12:00:03 Them: How you doin
12:00:04 Them: Im doing okay
12:00:05 Them: been kinda busy
12:00:06 Them: work is crazy
12:00:07 Them: Im tired
12:00:08 Them: I need a vacation
12:00:09: Them: Are you there
12:00:10 Them: Hello!
12:00:11: Me: Oh, I can talk now? I thought maybe you had an intermittent connection with all the IM\'s.

I mean, is there something wrong with speaking in full sentences and using punctuation and maybe check spelling once in a while? Some times my friggin\' PC sounds like some fire drill. I get people sending IM\'s like that above. I have to have the sound on because I use IM at work to communicate with other technicians and have to know when they send me a message.

Ive come close to blocking a few before.

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Jesus, sorry Scotty! I had no idea you hated talking to me on messenger so much you would post one of our conversations on here. :p

ROFL. I knew that conversation seemed familiar and recent.

I find it hard to even read text speak. It's like reading a foreign language, when you still have to mentally convert it into English before you can understand it.

I use common car forum abbreviations (CAI, PCM, etc.), but I really don't consider those text speak since they're just abbreviations for longer phrases, and abbreviations have existed in the English language well before the internet or cell phones. It's when you have an entire sentence without a single recognizable English word that it becomes annoying.

In conclusion, i h8 m'fn txt spk :th_blahblah::th_jester:

On the internet, you have no other way to present yourself other than how you type. I prefer to punctuate as properly and spell as properly as I can (FF's built in spell check helps) since this is my first language and I feel it reflects badly upon myself if it looks as if I don't know how to use it.

It's good practice.

As long as we're talking about these nitpicks... People who don't know the period, comma, and shift keys exist. :th_king-evil:

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Originally Posted by Sabrewings

On the internet, you have no other way to present yourself other than how you type. I prefer to punctuate as properly and spell as properly as I can (FF's built in spell check helps) since this is my first language and I feel it reflects badly upon myself if it looks as if I don't know how to use it.

It's good practice.

As long as we're talking about these nitpicks... People who don't know the period, comma, and shift keys exist. :th_king-evil:

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what are those?:th_nanana:

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Originally Posted by morkuma

hahaha, i just had to point it out. (i wasn't being serious either, i just honestly figured you would have spellchecked it first) i was going to point out the grammar too, but i'm horrible on that front.

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Who needs spell check when I you lovely people to point it out for me ;)

James, just so you know, there should be a comma between the city and state in your signature. K THX BYE!

James said Bonkers

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Originally Posted by Abrasive

James, just so you know, there should be a comma between the city and state in your signature. K THX BYE!

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K Thx bye!

Rot bastiage!! :D

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Originally Posted by GTPluv

James said Bonkers

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:th_crazy: AM NOT :th_coocoo:

That's what the voices in my head keep telling me at least! :th_exploding:

Right on dude!

The text reply I hate the most....... "K"

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Originally Posted by Keet04GTP

The text reply I hate the most....... "K"

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LOL you are gonna hate me then. I usually do "kk" for mine :p

Well at least in chat windows mind you ;)

R U srious? well I dont C a prob with it. Cmon, whats the big deal? I was ROFL when I read this. Even my BFF was LOL. OMG WTF!
Hey BRB have 2 go P. sorry I know TMI.
Ok I'm back. I like 2 shorten the message so it doesnt take 4ever 2 read. IC UR Point but Cmon....





































Ha Ha Ha Ha :th_laugh-pointup:




ROFLMAO

GOTCHA!!!! ha ha, I couldnt resist. I hate the abbreviations too. Makes me feel old to complain about them though.

Ok Geddy I thought it was funny