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“Text” talk does piss me off!
Couldn't agree more. and hate the phrase in the chatroom ASL first thing when they come in the room.
So since I'm not into lazy text speak, please translate Big Jim!
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... “Text” talk does piss me off!
It is interesting you should bring up "Text" talk. In my opinion how we communicate is evolving rapidly and so is language. I don't think anyone can predict where the trends are going but back to traditional grammar and spelling is not one of them.
The younger the person the more likely they are to be using more modern means of communication. People communicate, on lush profiles, on facebook, via texting and tweets for example as well as traditional means like cell phones and face to face. Texting is much easier if one uses acronyms and abbreviations. Acronym use is very common although not formal parts of speech. We all use acronyms like LOL frequently.
On the right of the post a reply box are 4 pages of smileys, these graphics are used in the digital world primarily to communicate an emotional state. Think about it!! Our sentences have evolved to include graphics used in the same way words are.
Text lingo is becoming is becoming more acceptable in a lot of quarters. I believe leaning it is optional at this time but in the future, even in you don't use it much, you will need to know it to understand what people are trying to say.
Texting IMHO is part of a revolution.
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Refer to cave drawings for examples of early emoticon and graphics based language.
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Refer to cave drawings for examples of early emoticon and graphics based language.
OH Yeah, some of them are exceptionally beautiful. The Chauvet Cave has examples where our species left their message 30,000 years ago.
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“Text” talk does piss me off!
Couldn't agree more. and hate the phrase in the chat room ASL first thing when they come in the room.
I agree, I dont see the point of asking someone their ASL
Weirdo: "Asl Please"
Necho: "75, It changes with every situation, Definitely not in your bed"
I also dont like the word "wanna", 'wanna cup of coffee?'
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Quote by bikebum1975Quote by LushPrincess
“Text” talk does piss me off!
Couldn't agree more. and hate the phrase in the chatroom ASL first thing when they come in the room.
That is so iritating! (Sorry I can't spell worth a damn) If you really do not want me to talk to you type in ASL. *Shudder*
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“Text” talk does piss me off!
Couldn't agree more. and hate the phrase in the chat room ASL first thing when they come in the room.
I agree, I dont see the point of asking someone their ASL
Weirdo: "Asl Please"
Necho: "75, It changes with every situation, Definitely not in your bed"
I also dont like the word "wanna", 'wanna cup of coffee?'
I like that response! I never though of doing that.
Putting the letter 'z' in words with 'ising' on the end like 'barstardizing'.... in English its 'barstardising'.
I hate that Americans speak English yet have changed some words or theyre meanings.... its not English then is it??
'vacation' and 'pants' are 2 examples that piss me off!! Its holiday, not vaacation and pants are what you wear under your clothes, not like trousers!
I hate that Americans speak English yet have changed some words or theyre meanings.... its not English then is it??
'vacation' and 'pants' are 2 examples that piss me off!! Its holiday, not vaacation and pants are what you wear under your clothes, not like trousers!
On the right of the post a reply box are 4 pages of smileys, these graphics are used in the digital world primarily to communicate an emotional state. Think about it!! Our sentences have evolved to include graphics used in the same way words are.
I think that's because we're not face to face often. It's let's people know your feelings about what you're saying.
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I love to butcher The English language.
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MMonroe I find myself adapting to American English on the web, which is a bad habit really. Words like humour - changing them to humor - why they changed a perfectly good word is beyond my powers of deduction.
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For fuck's sake ew all need to talk tidy England like i does and stop being fucking silly and daft like init now butt.
Believe it or not, in the area I live, a hell of a lot of people talk like this, I posted a YouTube clip in the funnies called "Taff wars", if you look it up on YouTube and watch a few, it is a piss take out of ourselves (Welsh people). But it is how most people in my area talk to each other, to me it is "normal" to a lot of other people it is very irritating, using the word fuck is very popular and think it might be law to say it every few words, as well as the words like, init and tidy.
please take a look and you will see i am not extracting the urine.
Believe it or not, in the area I live, a hell of a lot of people talk like this, I posted a YouTube clip in the funnies called "Taff wars", if you look it up on YouTube and watch a few, it is a piss take out of ourselves (Welsh people). But it is how most people in my area talk to each other, to me it is "normal" to a lot of other people it is very irritating, using the word fuck is very popular and think it might be law to say it every few words, as well as the words like, init and tidy.
please take a look and you will see i am not extracting the urine.
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Quote by WillinBKQuote by NechoQuote by LushPrincess
I butcher the English language daily which is why I really don’t have any pet peeves when it comes to how you use the words and how you spell them. “Text” talk does piss me off!
So if you’re thinking of starting up a conversation with me – don’t start it off as Hi how r u… You’ll be X’ed out immediately.
Ditto!
How r u, and I close it down
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It annoys me when people say "oks" or "okays". You do not need that 's' there!
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message from my daughter on iPhone.... "WTF!! lol. ur late ahole!!" then... "sry dad.. my bad.. wrong#".. no way she's from my genes.....
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Can we use smilies and emoticons in story submissions??? That would make it a lot easier. I could probably knock a ten page story down to five, easy.
I have to admit I was never a particularly literate kind of guy. Someone mentioned the word "got"...I used the word "got" in a poem here and caught Hell for it in a public comment. I really didn't realize it was wrong.
Which leads me to the point I am trying to make. I have found over the last several months since I started doing this story writing thingy, that people assume I must be some sort of well-read literary type because I have manged to type out over 40 stories and way too many poems. The fact of the matter is quite different. I told a friend of mine from high school about my hobby after I submitted "Merry Christmas, Baby" in the holiday contest here. He is an English professor at CUNY/SUNY. His reaction was "You wrote this?" He seemed to surprised I was able to write anything. (OK, having him read it was a cheap ploy to get additional votes, but don't tell anyone.)
The point is a lot of people just don't know any better and they should not be discouraged for it. I know looking back at my early work, like "Morning In The Park", it's amazing how far my writing has actually progressed in seven months. I no longer have whole paragraphs of giant run-on sentences in my work, for instance.
I actually edited a story for another member here at Lush after it was rejected. She had spent a lot of time in a Spanish speaking country and her sentence structure and language use were not up to the standards required. I read it and thought it was a nice story, though the editing was more of a project than I expected. The story did extremely well for her and actually put her up on the Top Author list earlier this year.
I think people need to be encouraged in this writing thing. I'd like to think that most people know that what is acceptable in speech and texting is not always acceptable in formal writing, but perhaps they don't. I know of two members on this site who leave very critical public comments on peoples stories regarding things like quotation use and word usage. I don't believe that's the best way. I think it discourages someone from submitting a work when it might be subject to public ridicule. But, I do believe a subtle PM can do wonders. I really do believe most authors here would like to improve their writing skills or else they would not be submitting works here in the first place. Sometimes a little private encouragement is all it takes.
Later,
Alan.
I have to admit I was never a particularly literate kind of guy. Someone mentioned the word "got"...I used the word "got" in a poem here and caught Hell for it in a public comment. I really didn't realize it was wrong.
Which leads me to the point I am trying to make. I have found over the last several months since I started doing this story writing thingy, that people assume I must be some sort of well-read literary type because I have manged to type out over 40 stories and way too many poems. The fact of the matter is quite different. I told a friend of mine from high school about my hobby after I submitted "Merry Christmas, Baby" in the holiday contest here. He is an English professor at CUNY/SUNY. His reaction was "You wrote this?" He seemed to surprised I was able to write anything. (OK, having him read it was a cheap ploy to get additional votes, but don't tell anyone.)
The point is a lot of people just don't know any better and they should not be discouraged for it. I know looking back at my early work, like "Morning In The Park", it's amazing how far my writing has actually progressed in seven months. I no longer have whole paragraphs of giant run-on sentences in my work, for instance.
I actually edited a story for another member here at Lush after it was rejected. She had spent a lot of time in a Spanish speaking country and her sentence structure and language use were not up to the standards required. I read it and thought it was a nice story, though the editing was more of a project than I expected. The story did extremely well for her and actually put her up on the Top Author list earlier this year.
I think people need to be encouraged in this writing thing. I'd like to think that most people know that what is acceptable in speech and texting is not always acceptable in formal writing, but perhaps they don't. I know of two members on this site who leave very critical public comments on peoples stories regarding things like quotation use and word usage. I don't believe that's the best way. I think it discourages someone from submitting a work when it might be subject to public ridicule. But, I do believe a subtle PM can do wonders. I really do believe most authors here would like to improve their writing skills or else they would not be submitting works here in the first place. Sometimes a little private encouragement is all it takes.
Later,
Alan.
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I love everyone's rants! I will toss in "less than" when "fewer than" is correct, "though" when "although" is correct, and the propensity to just launch in email with zero greeting. I'm guilty of that too often. I try to remember to say hello before I launch, but efficiency seems always to be the utmost priority. Sigh.
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I will add "hey, you" into the mix... First I am not a horse and Second I was given a name.
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It annoys me when people say "oks" or "okays". You do not need that 's' there!
Lydia! I'll stop doing that to you.. lmfao 
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BTW, when I posted my reply...I interpreted the original question as what words, phrases, etc. make you cringe in stories on Lush...but, I guess that was just my interpretation...
General speech would be a whole other thing. Yes, I hate text speak or whatever it's called...I actually saw someone post a poem (not on Lush) that used "ur" for you are...
That is bad...
General speech would be a whole other thing. Yes, I hate text speak or whatever it's called...I actually saw someone post a poem (not on Lush) that used "ur" for you are...
That is bad...
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And who the hell started "waaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzz uuupppppp" ????
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See...I didn't know what ASL meant either...so, if someone says that to me, the correct answer would be...
48
Yes, please.
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Yes, please.
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It annoys me when people say "oks" or "okays". You do not need that 's' there!
Oh my darling Mara, it doesn't bother me when you do it, as you do not do it every other word. I mean when it's consistantly the only message in a text or instant message! And that is something you do very infrequently.
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See...I didn't know what ASL meant either...so, if someone says that to me, the correct answer would be...
48
Yes, please.
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OMG! LOL
nice new av Exacta!
The word 'hubby', it annoys me terribly when women refer to their husband as 'my hubby' in public. Just one of those things, I know there are worst names that women can call there husbands, but that one just annoys me, it reminds me of an old hairy guy with a pot belly smoking his pipe.9kdzcESS9o7yTDpa
Quote by NechoEspecially when there's no article in front of it..."Hubby is watching the game..."
The word 'hubby'
And I thought I was the only one...for me it connotes something a little bit demeaning, in an eye-rolling but loving context. In other words, the way men are portrayed 100% of the time in tv commercials for household products: "that silly hubby...can't quite figure out the laundry..so here's the new color-safe bleach from TIDE!"