Me too. I hate all these bullshit text-speak abbreviations. It's pure laziness, and shows how dumbed down western society is becoming.
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Me too. I hate all these bullshit text-speak abbreviations. It's pure laziness, and shows how dumbed down western society is becoming.
See to me, that speaks more strongly of laziness than whatever abbreviations are used during texting.
AMG! DIS THRED R DUM!
My least favorite one, and one that I fear is slipping into the acceptable parlance of our modern times, is "for all intensive purposes". /headdesk /headdesk /wrists
My least favorite one, and one that I fear is slipping into the acceptable parlance of our modern times, is "for all intensive purposes". /headdesk /headdesk /wrists
Well yes, but people see the forum as a conversation, not an essay. And if you have to think carefully to work out your words, then I can see that it's reasonable to think that speed of response is more important than spelling everything right.
Anyway, the people who are posting in this thread are going to be the people who have a low tolerance for misuse anywhere, so their opinions aren't going to match the rest of the BBS.
I'm more of a formatting nazi myself. This is due in large part to the fact that I am, in fact, extremely, unrepentantly lazy and cannot be bothered to decipher poorly formatted messages. That includes, but is not limited to, the consistent misuse of punctuation, the failure to utilize the hard return between paragraphs and, of course, the use of non-words.
It also bothers me when people use colloquialisms that they clearly do not know like the aforementioned "intensive purposes". This is something that people here do all the time. My advice is to simply not use colloquial phrases if you're going only off of what you think you've heard people say. If you've not read it in a book or other edited material, don't use it. Or, better yet, don't use them if they don't make sense. When you write "for all intensive purposes", you come off looking like a fucking idiot.
It also bothers me when people use colloquialisms that they clearly do not know like the aforementioned "intensive purposes". This is something that people here do all the time. My advice is to simply not use colloquial phrases if you're going only off of what you think you've heard people say. If you've not read it in a book or other edited material, don't use it. Or, better yet, don't use them if they don't make sense. When you write "for all intensive purposes", you come off looking like a fucking idiot.
I once wrote "to all intents and purposes" on a different board once and several people didn't know what I was talking about.
I think died a little inside.
There are others like that like when people leave the "it" out of "Suffice it to say." I know it seems small, it just bugs me.
I think died a little inside.
There are others like that like when people leave the "it" out of "Suffice it to say." I know it seems small, it just bugs me.
TheLonelySquire
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AMG! DIS THRED R DUM!
My least favorite one, and one that I fear is slipping into the acceptable parlance of our modern times, is "for all intensive purposes". /headdesk /headdesk /wrists
That's CLASSIC!
Lol, "you mind if I axe you a question?"
The only words I shorten/abbreviate are "going to" to "gonna" and "want to" to "wanna," and that's only because I think they should be words.
Otherwise, I just don't see the point of shortening words like that. As you said, it probably takes more effort to remember to shorten the words than it does to just type out the real world.
Otherwise, I just don't see the point of shortening words like that. As you said, it probably takes more effort to remember to shorten the words than it does to just type out the real world.
FWIW, "u" is formal Dutch for you. Dank u wel!
Don't mention it, eh?...
Still in Canada?
My brother is there as well, somewhere in the Yukon, canooing with a group of people...
As do we all
. I must say (although I am actually typing this) that as someone who has a great deal of anxiety about how and what I write, I find text speak (bloody irksome description if you ask me) to be a appalling method of expressing oneself. I'm afraid to say that the term 'LOL' is like nails on a chalk board for me.
I like to think that I practice what I preach when posting on here but the English Language is a harsh judge so mistakes are sadly made.
(If only I could get a handle on my spelling...)
As do we all
I'm afraid to say that the term 'LOL' is like nails on a chalk board for me.
I like to think that I practice what I preach when posting on here but the English Language is a harsh judge so mistakes are sadly made.
(If only I could get a handle on my spelling...)
Aw, thanks! Anyway, you do fine. And a perfect example is "bloody irksome," which is wonderfully apt, if I may say so.
I returned on monday. Forgot to change my location. I think I'll say "eh" for the rest of my lifeFWIW, "u" is formal Dutch for you. Dank u wel!
Don't mention it, eh?...
Still in Canada?
My brother is there as well, somewhere in the Yukon, canooing with a group of people...
SMS has a character limit, so it makes sense when you're trying to fit everything into one message.
Same goes for stuff like twitter where you only have 140 characters.
Same goes for stuff like twitter where you only have 140 characters.
Rii
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I only abbreviate words like a text-speak manner when using SMS, and even then there are ones I miss, 'u' being the most common. I will, somewhat often in SMS (not sure about other contexts), write how I may speak in person, for example say 'gonna' instead of going to.
