Tired of reading "texting" type posts

[DrMoab]

I tend to agree with almost everything you ever post, but this time I'd like to make a small tweak. I don't have a problem with acronyms that are used in moderation. When I come across a post that is full of them (especially 'LOL') I just read over it.

Have you taken your medication lately?

Damn thats the scariest thing I have read in awhile.

Funnies aside, you are right though. Used in moderation is best.

 

[XJ Dreamin']

SNAFU @

Film @ 11.

 

[BIGSLVRXJ]

that last one was just a joke

You spelled Comanche wrong. Or was that intentional?

 

[FitchVA]

You spelled Comanche wrong. Or was that intentional?

oops. nope. :spin1:

 

[goodburbon]

Actually...your lazy. And it's only accepted by your peers.

Good luck at Burger King if you can get past the job application.

I see this $hit on apps and I don't take them....Yes I'm required to hang on to them for a certain amount of time.

Doesn't mean I read them....becuase I don't. I'm not "required by law" to.

Let the rest of the illiterates know.

If you're going to be a dick about proper english usage you should probably make it a point not to confuse your with you're.
:rtm:

I'm just sayin.

 

[Ralph]

if you're talking about my sarcasm tags, then you should have said that you hate the use of fake vB code tags :compwork: :kissyou:

Oops, my bad, brother.

One other thing that aggravates me is Americans who write like Brits. This is the USA, damn it! Write in American english!

 

[JeepinCoastie]

Quote: Originally Posted by JeepinCoastie
SNAFU @ ::


Film @ 11.

I GIVE IT - :05of5:
:clap::roflmao:

AND TO THIS THREAD Hasta

 

[XJ Dreamin']

I GIVE IT - :05of5:
:clap::roflmao:

Over-rated, but it had to be done.

AND TO THIS THREAD Hasta

Agreed.

 

[SeansBlueXJ]

One other thing that aggravates me is Americans who write like Brits. This is the USA, damn it! Write in American english!

I agree, my fiancé lived a few years in Toronto before we met and she does that... puts the occasional e in a weird spot etc. such as towne. There is indeed an American English recognized or not, with its own sub set of grammar and spellings. Plus I admit I can't spell, so I compose most of my posts in MS Word first to spell check them. (It flagged towne by the way!)

But to bring back my comment a page earlier. My head hurts now. :rattle:

 

[Ralph]

I agree, my fiancé lived a few years in Toronto before we met and she does that... puts the occasional e in a weird spot etc. such as towne. There is indeed an American English recognized or not, with its own sub set of grammar and spellings. Plus I admit I can't spell, so I compose most of my posts in MS Word first to spell check them. (It flagged towne by the way!)

But to bring back my comment a page earlier. My head hurts now. :rattle:

:roflmao:

 

[IslanderOffRoad]

omghi2u?

 

[5-90]

Oops, my bad, brother.

One other thing that aggravates me is Americans who write like Brits. This is the USA, damn it! Write in American english!

I think it gives my writing some flavour. Besides, I'll write in American English for seriously formal missives and for my books - but for everything else, it's a sort of "fingerprint" for my writing.

I had a particularly annoying "English" teacher in middle school that pushed me in this direction (a sort of "backlash reaction," if you will) and I never saw any reason to drop the habit.

Interestingly, the "International" version of English is rather close to the "British English" or "Australian English," and since I tend to communicate with people from all over, it's the form most readily understood...

By the by - as long as we're on the subject of "proper English" - the word "English" is capitalised when referring to either the language (any variant) or the nationality... :twak: :laugh3:

 

[XJ Dreamin']

I think it gives my writing some flavour. Besides, I'll write in American English for seriously formal missives and for my books - but for everything else, it's a sort of "fingerprint" for my writing.

I had a particularly annoying "English" teacher in middle school that pushed me in this direction (a sort of "backlash reaction," if you will) and I never saw any reason to drop the habit.

Interestingly, the "International" version of English is rather close to the "British English" or "Australian English," and since I tend to communicate with people from all over, it's the form most readily understood...

By the by - as long as we're on the subject of "proper English" - the word "English" is capitalised when referring to either the language (any variant) or the nationality... :twak: :laugh3:

I've been reading H. G. Wells' Soul of a Bishop at fullbooks.com. I find reading something in the British style to be refreshing. I think it helps my own writing to dip into the 'old' style once in a while. Not to copy it, but it frees up my own style.

Of course, English was originally spelled with an 'A' - hence "Anglo" and "Anglican." Ah, well. Change is inevitable. Or so I've been told.

 

[5-90]

I've been reading H. G. Wells' Soul of a Bishop at fullbooks.com. I find reading something in the British style to be refreshing. I think it helps my own writing to dip into the 'old' style once in a while. Not to copy it, but it frees up my own style.

Of course, English was originally spelled with an 'A' - hence "Anglo" and "Anglican." Ah, well. Change is inevitable. Or so I've been told.

"Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine."

I've grown fond of both British/International spelling and archaics - I'm probably not doing my job if I don't get asked what a particular word means about once a fortnight. Besides, it tends to stimulate those around me to learn - which cannot be a Bad Thing, y'ask me...

 

[98XJSport]

"Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine."

I know of a certain machine that challenges that...

My opinion, for what it matters. English or any language is evolving. Can't change the fact. You can try to ignore the changes on principal, but that will only leave you with less of an understanding of the culture around you. Talk to the elderly about mp3 players, you'll probably see what I mean. Does this mean the hacked up shorthand is proper? Hell no, but if the majority uses it...

That being said, should it be used on here? Considering that most of the time it is someone begging for help or advice, you would think that one would recieve a more thoughtful, intellegent response if the original post were written in kind? No, they never think like that. Does it make sense on a cell phone? Sure. On a job application? It should be returned to the applicant in paper airplane form.

Something else interesting- Most of the texting style of writing is simply acronyms. What is ? DEP? OHV? TPS? CPS?

What we are really hating here is not the style, but the teenie bopper brat speak that the style is based off.:lecture:

But thats just my opinion, what's it worth? Not a tinker's dam. :cheers:

 

[WB9YZU]

I know of a certain machine that challenges that...

My opinion, for what it matters. English or any language is evolving. Can't change the fact. You can try to ignore the changes on principal, but that will only leave you with less of an understanding of the culture around you. Talk to the elderly about mp3 players, you'll probably see what I mean. Does this mean the hacked up shorthand is proper? Hell no, but if the majority uses it...

That being said, should it be used on here? Considering that most of the time it is someone begging for help or advice, you would think that one would recieve a more thoughtful, intellegent response if the original post were written in kind? No, they never think like that. Does it make sense on a cell phone? Sure. On a job application? It should be returned to the applicant in paper airplane form.

Something else interesting- Most of the texting style of writing is simply acronyms. What is ? DEP? OHV? TPS? CPS?

What we are really hating here is not the style, but the teenie bopper brat speak that the style is based off.:lecture:

But thats just my opinion, what's it worth? Not a tinker's dam. :cheers:

Well, I agree with some of that. One thing I don't agree on is that text speak (for lack of a better term) is not based on acronyms. Acronyms are almost always the first letter of each word in the description and are capitolized, ie TPS is Throttle Position Sensor, CPS is Crankshaft Position Sensor. Granted OMG fits the acromyn standard, but there are a host of words that simply have the vowles dropped out of them or letters substituted to make a "ebonics" (ebnx?) sort of language all it's own.

True, all language is contantly changing, and American English is one of the fastest changing languages of all in my opinion. However, text speak is not english, nor should it be confused with American english. It is ebonics of a lower order. The majority of users do not use it. It is my belief that the majority of students don't use it. Of course, you never know. There is so much emphasis on other languages in the school system, that I believe the vast majority of students leaving school don't have the english skills of a 10 year old taught in the 60s.

 

[Sniggs]

The more I read this, the more I miss Hinkley.

 

[98XJSport]

There is so much emphasis on other languages in the school system, that I believe the vast majority of students leaving school don't have the english skills of a 10 year old taught in the 60s.

I never knew how true this was until one of my teachers (college mind you) returned some papers we had to write, and had graded them on her opinion on how things should be done. She didn't care how the book said to do it (the book we were required to pay $65 for) thats not how she did it. Teaching these days... !!!1

 

[MisterFubar]

I'm probably not doing my job if I don't get asked what a particular word means about once a fortnight.

What is a fortnight?


Sorry I couldn't resist.

 

[5-90]

Well, I agree with some of that. One thing I don't agree on is that text speak (for lack of a better term) is not based on acronyms. Acronyms are almost always the first letter of each word in the description and are capitolized, ie TPS is Throttle Position Sensor, CPS is Crankshaft Position Sensor. Granted OMG fits the acromyn standard, but there are a host of words that simply have the vowles dropped out of them or letters substituted to make a "ebonics" (ebnx?) sort of language all it's own.

True, all language is contantly changing, and American English is one of the fastest changing languages of all in my opinion. However, text speak is not english, nor should it be confused with American english. It is ebonics of a lower order. The majority of users do not use it. It is my belief that the majority of students don't use it. Of course, you never know. There is so much emphasis on other languages in the school system, that I believe the vast majority of students leaving school don't have the english skills of a 10 year old taught in the 60s.

One more once -
An "acronym" is a pronouncable abbreviation. An "abbreviation" is usually the first letter of each word - or may be a longer word with some letters removed, with the word proper remaining in a recognisable form. "NASA" is an acronym. "TPS" is not. "CPS" is not. Therefore, an "acronym" is a specific type of abbreviation - a subset, if you will, not a synonym.

I figure as long as we're on about the use of werds, we might as well use all of them the same way...

And, if we're going to talk about educational comparisons, don't forget the decline in maths. I had to tutor someone about a year ago to pass his high school exit exam - and the maths in that test were comparable to about what I'd learned in fourth or fifth grade. I hadn't seen that sort of thing in 30 years - and I've been doing it without thinking that long. Took me a little bit to spin up and explain it...

And this was high school senior-level maths. Last time I looked, maths was still a "universal language" - and if you can't master maths, you're going to have a Hell of a time with everything else...