For the cuteness factor. No insult, I just sometimes call people what their names look like to me. Did the same thing to Babaganoosh.
Bolongagoose.
How would I write a formal email?
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For the cuteness factor. No insult, I just sometimes call people what their names look like to me. Did the same thing to Babaganoosh.
Bolongagoose.
But that's what it looks like
Okay, I've been nice so far, but I really don't think you're understanding how nicknames work.
The only TBBSer I get nasty with is Crusher Disciple.
Hey, what you two do together in the privacy of your hourly-rate motel room is none of my business.
I would agree, if it weren't for the line of videos.
How do you guys feel about the language changing due to a lack of education? We're losing words left and right. For example, "forums" is now acceptable in place of "fora". In fact, as I type this, spell check ACCEPTS "forums" and kicks back "fora".
That's just crazy.
That's just crazy.
From what I understand, it's pretty much inevitable.
Languages just have a tendency to become simpler over time. English has already lost the second-person singular, as I pointed out above. The loss of Latin declensions like "fora" in place of "forums" would seem like an obvious next step.
Languages just have a tendency to become simpler over time. English has already lost the second-person singular, as I pointed out above. The loss of Latin declensions like "fora" in place of "forums" would seem like an obvious next step.
It's horrible, just horrible, all those people that can't spell that I've been laughing at the last three decades are now the ones that spell it right
Would there be a Wiki article about this, do you know? I'd be interested to read the details, and chuckle.
I'm reminded of this "Cracked" article: http://www.cracked.com/article_17408_15-words-you-wont-believe-they-added-dictionary.html
It's horrible, just horrible, all those people that can't spell that I've been laughing at the last three decades are now the ones that spell it right
The continuing lowering of literacy standards is pretty alarming. That said, "forums" doesn't bother me. English isn't Latin and -s is a correct way of forming a plural; I'm good with both "fora" and "forums."
^And I'm sure a lot of these spelling and usage problems have come about as a result of text messaging and chatrooms, and the like. I'm disgusted by it, and it;s apparently gotten so bad that teachers are now reminding students not to use it in their essays. My english teacher told me that 3 students ended up failing the final exam last year (80 % of the points come from the 4 essays you write for it), because they used b/c, w/, LOL, and idk constantly. One of them even used smilies like "=)" "=(" and "XD" in their writing...
