lol. I was hoping that my liberal use of smilies would let people know that I wasn't being seriousOriginally Posted by morkuma
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07-11-2008
lol. I was hoping that my liberal use of smilies would let people know that I wasn't being serious*shortcuts
07-11-2008
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.lol. I was hoping that my liberal use of smilies would let people know that I wasn't being serious
07-11-2008
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.
07-11-2008
Great replyIf 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(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"
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
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.....
As I said at the beginning or well the end of my first post, I am going to have spelling and punctuation errorsBut 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
to let folks know I am just bashing them in good fun
Or am I?
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07-12-2008
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.OMG LOL...
07-12-2008
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.
07-13-2008
ROFL. I knew that conversation seemed familiar and recent.
07-13-2008
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
07-13-2008
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.
07-13-2008
what are those?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.
07-14-2008
Who needs spell check when I you lovely people to point it out for me
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07-15-2008
James, just so you know, there should be a comma between the city and state in your signature. K THX BYE!
07-15-2008
James said Bonkers
07-16-2008
K Thx bye!
Rot bastiage!!
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07-16-2008
AM NOT
That's what the voices in my head keep telling me at least!
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07-19-2008
Right on dude!
07-23-2008
The text reply I hate the most....... "K"
07-23-2008
LOL you are gonna hate me then. I usually do "kk" for mine
Well at least in chat windows mind you
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08-01-2008
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
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
GOTCHA!!!! ha ha, I couldnt resist. I hate the abbreviations too. Makes me feel old to complain about them though.
08-05-2008
Ok Geddy I thought it was funny
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