brief Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Originally posted by Redwing Legolas/Aragorn Damn, I could've sworn that Legolas was with Gimli... See how they argue and bicker just like a regular married couple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 I can't say that I've really noticed any particular lack of grammatical skills from anyone in the thread besides Faith and Al. [/b] One will start talking in recieved pronunciation, or standard english. As i do an A level in english i'm sure i have grammatical skills, probably more than the average 17 year old. But because i choose to "abbreviate" and not check my grammar, syntax and lexical fields on a forum, this makes me "lack" in grammatical skills? Yes, it seems so. Al is from brasil... don't think their native tongue is english... although he speaks it quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercatfat Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 I like this bit of philosophy form the Kiwibonga.com message board code of conduct: 1. Learning to write before coming u, r, im, luv, cuz and sup are NOT words. Abbreviating words is, for sure, the best way to type fast, but one thing needs to be said about that. This is not a chat room, therefore, there is no need to type fast. Second of all, it's extremely irritating to try and decipher what people are trying to say, so write in full words, please. Third of all, writing fast like that makes you sound like what you probably are, a 13 year old retard (retard as in the insult, not mentally challenged, because those guys CAN write full sentences) who has very little experience in anything. Fourth of all... Whether or not you like to seem "ghetto", trying to give the impression that "u talk lik on teh hood, bro" doesn't transcribe well. You're not black, live with it, you're making an ass out of yourself and you seem downright disrespectful, and people probably won't pay attention to anything you say until you finally get banned from the site. And fifth of all, sure, not putting capitals at the beginning of sentences and not putting periods at the end of sentences that are followed by a line break can happen accidentally, BUT MAKE SURE THE SENTENCES YOU WROTE MAKE SENSE, PUT PUNCTUATION, SAVE EVERYONE A MINUTE. Thank you. Oh and... When using multiple exclamation points in a row (although 3 should be enough), don't release the shift key too soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benihana14 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 I personally have fantastic spelling, grammar, punctuation, and an abundant vocabulary. But I use these when typing important reports, stories, resumes, and other various things that require these attributes. When I come to a message board, I usually try to type as I would talk, so that it isn't a fake me. Ya know? I also enjoy putting repetative periods at the end of my sentences to indicate pauses...I just sometimes don't say the 'ng' sound in words like "nothing." So when somebody is like "whats up?" I would reply "nothin much" or "nothin' much." Why? Because thats how I say it...I dunno <---another example. So I'm not trying to give the impression that i'm a hoody...its just how I talk bud. As does faith when she says "fink" for "think"...I rightly understand her, though I laugh...cuz its funny to me Or when you (merc) types "kthx" I know thats "ok, thanks." Even though thats not really how you pronounce it....you are abbreviating. And I think some abbreviations are ok....i say "cya" all the time, its habit....some of them are quite annoying, especially overused. But whatever....I don't think its necessary to pick at everyone's typing, unless it takes a scientific team to decipher it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 I didn't say you didn't have grammatical skills; I merely said that you don't show it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al-back from the BigWhoop Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 feral still thinks abreviating is a very childish thing... huh (of course, by abreviating i dont mean sk8ter, thats just silly. abreviations are supposed to make writting faster) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuicidalXWing Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Stop writing books. It's driving me nuts having to read all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I'm not trying to act ghetto or show anything by abbreviating, im trying to minimise the ammount i type! I will try and show I have grammatical skills, just for feral and Natty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natty Posted January 16, 2003 Author Share Posted January 16, 2003 Usually I don't mind the or u or r, but when there's a whole post filled with those sort of abbreviations I get so confused and half the time a post won't even make sense to me Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al-back from the BigWhoop Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 in my nonsense posts, its not the abreviations' fault, its just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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