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OT- If yew can reed it then watts da problem???

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RockMyAmadeus

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I mean seriously folks are these boards about novels and high literature???

 

If not them why is every one so anal about people's diction,

spelling and grammar here???

 

I mean seriously does any one have the balls to say to Stan Lee

hey man it's really "enough" said!

 

 

So please stop being so wanna be anal some people's diction here.

 

and give it a much need rest, we are talking about funny books for christ sakes...

when we start talking about Hamlet and other writers that I could get a ratsass about then

please feel the need to make sure my writing is up to par...

 

 

rantrant:P

 

 

bcuz ivint uly know un wl b abil 2 untur stant wut u half 2 seh, n 5000 yurz uv lene witch evul ooshun wl van itch.

 

That's why. If people can't understand what you're saying, why say it?

 

And...there's a more practical function, too: when a person reads a sentence in which appears a word that they know is misspelled, or they don't recognize because it's misspelled, it creates a pause, because the person has to figure out what you meant to write. Not a big deal, right? Well, I had to spend about 3-4 seconds trying to figure out what you meant by your bolded sentence. Multiply that 3-4 seconds....and sometimes minutes, when someone MUST figure out what someone else said, and has to interrupt what they and the other person are doing to ask for clarification...and you end up with a cumulative millions of productive hours lost in America in a year just trying to figure out what everyone else wrote.

 

There is no shame in insisting that adults correctly use the language that nearly all of us were taught in....watch me now....Grammar School.

 

(thumbs u

 

There's also a colossal difference between a cultural pop phrase llke "'Nuff said!" from Stan Lee, who obviously knew how to write correctly, and the constant, neverending, casual errors that people make because they don't know any better.

 

And "diction" most properly refers to speaking, not typing. Yes, I know what the dictionary says, but the root Latin is "dictio" - to speak, and all the origins of the word refer to speaking, not writing. ;)

 

Still :luhv: ya, nerfster. :)

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FlyingDonut

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Eye dont no wat Nerf is talking abowt. Everybudy noes that nobudy cares abowt how u right nemore. Y shud we care? Theirs no reson to due nething abowt it. U are all jist abunch of Grammer Nazis. U awl shud keep ur panty's out of a bnch.

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FlyingDonut

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I mean seriously folks are these boards about novels and high literature???

 

If not them why is every one so anal about people's diction,

spelling and grammar here???

 

I mean seriously does any one have the balls to say to Stan Lee

hey man it's really "enough" said!

 

 

So please stop being so wanna be anal some people's diction here.

 

and give it a much need rest, we are talking about funny books for christ sakes...

when we start talking about Hamlet and other writers that I could get a ratsass about then

please feel the need to make sure my writing is up to par...

 

 

rantrant:P

 

 

bcuz ivint uly know un wl b abil 2 untur stant wut u half 2 seh, n 5000 yurz uv lene witch evul ooshun wl van itch.

 

That's why.

 

There is no shame in insisting that adults correctly use the language that nearly all of us were taught in....watch me now....Grammar School.

 

(thumbs u

 

There's also a colossal difference between a cultural pop phrase llke "'Nuff said!" from Stan Lee, who obviously knew how to write correctly, and the constant, neverending, casual errors that people make because they don't know any better.

 

And "diction" refers to speaking, not typing.

 

Still :luhv: ya, nerfster. :)

 

Actually, I hope that people keep writing like this - because it keeps MY sorry employed.

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Wally's Comics

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'Onestly, you malchicks have given this old mucker a pain in the gulliver.

 

Can't you lay orf the in' Queen's English what we came up wiv in the first place?

 

 

 

 

Honestly YOU my friend should be the only one correcting anyone here Gov!

 

Why??? because we speak YOUR language.

 

 

 

And anyone that doesn't like it can go stuff it at the pub!

 

 

(thumbs u

 

 

 

 

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Wally's Comics

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Eye dont no wat Nerf is talking abowt. Everybudy noes that nobudy cares abowt how u right nemore. Y shud we care? Theirs no reson to due nething abowt it. U are all jist abunch of Grammer Nazis. U awl shud keep ur panty's out of a bnch.

 

hey no fair, I don't speak twitter!

 

 

:P

 

 

 

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'Onestly, you malchicks have given this old mucker a pain in the gulliver.

 

Can't you lay orf the in' Queen's English what we came up wiv in the first place?

 

 

 

 

Honestly YOU my friend should be the only one correcting anyone here Gov!

 

Why??? because we speak YOUR language.

 

 

 

And anyone that doesn't like it can go stuff it at the pub!

 

 

 

(thumbs u

 

 

 

 

Now you're avin' it, me old wossname!!!

 

Glad there's some geezers who defer to us Gorblimeys. We 'ad Chaucer, Pope, Shakey, Dickens and loads of other bods who gave us the grandest lingo in the world. Don't flush it down the khazi.

 

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toro

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The written word is the only way that one can communicate on this board. If you don't take enough time to properly convey your ideas, why should anyone consider them? Like it or not, your diction, grammar, spelling and other written conveyances communicate as much, or more than, whatever you are opining about to many people.

 

If you and I were together and I employed a rudimentary grunt and point communication style, I might get the point across, but you'd probably want to bust me in the mouth after twenty minutes. Ignoring the rules of written communication is analogous, to me anyway. :foryou:

 

 

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^^ ^^

 

You know, "winner" is not spelled properly in the above emoticons.

 

-Rob-

 

Somebody from Boston must have created the winner emoticon.

 

How fa do I drive my ca to the ba? We have a silent "r" some add the h on the end, it all depends were youz guys live.

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User 01001010

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:roflmao:

 

it is funny, point taken.

 

i'm involved with a writers group that many are professional writers and no one ever comments on the spelling issues any of us have or the grammar.

 

maybe it is due to the fact that we type and type and type and someone else edits our work for us unless there is a tight deadline were you have to edit the

 

story yourself, that can be a pain in the 's.

 

dont take we weriously, doesn't watter to we.

 

then i never ment to college either.

 

 

j

 

this isn't a job to me, just fun.

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skypinkblu

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panty's out of a bnch.
Remove one's pantyhose from a bench?

 

Do most of you wear panties? hm

 

Why do men use expressions like that? hm

 

Is this another on line shortcut? hm

 

I vote that each poster should have to take a test, so we can determine if they really know the difference between "their and there" and my favorite..."I have some books for sale" versus, "I have some books for sell".

 

If they pass, then all forms of shortcuts should be allowed...

 

However, they must display their grammar certification in their signature...so people will know they really DO know how to write:)

 

Since I think I average more horrendous typos than most, I'll just admit I'm a failure now;)

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Dick Pontoon

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panty's out of a bnch.
Remove one's pantyhose from a bench?

 

Do most of you wear panties? hm

 

Why do men use expressions like that? hm

 

Is this another on line shortcut? hm

 

I was always under the impression that the expression "Don't get your panties in a bunch," was an old one used by both men and women, and not some current, faddish, internet code for something vulgar.

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panty's out of a bnch.
Remove one's pantyhose from a bench?

 

Do most of you wear panties? hm

 

Why do men use expressions like that? hm

 

Is this another on line shortcut? hm

 

I was always under the impression that the expression "Don't get your panties in a bunch," was an old one used by both men and women, and not some current, faddish, internet code for something vulgar.

 

leave it up to the man with a pornstar avatar!

 

 

:cloud9:

 

 

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RockMyAmadeus

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panty's out of a bnch.
Remove one's pantyhose from a bench?

 

Do most of you wear panties? hm

 

Why do men use expressions like that? hm

 

I'll field that one....because men still employ a slight form of misogyny by insulting other men with feminine attributes and characteristics.

 

Most men don't want to be women, of course.

 

It is a subtle implication that they are weak. It is why the language has the word "girly", but not the word "boyly"...and why "girly" almost always has a negative connotation, while "manly" is almost always positive.

 

On the other hand, you almost never see a woman using a masculine attribute as an insult against another woman. Interesting, innit?

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skypinkblu

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panty's out of a bnch.
Remove one's pantyhose from a bench?

 

Do most of you wear panties? hm

 

Why do men use expressions like that? hm

 

Is this another on line shortcut? hm

 

I was always under the impression that the expression "Don't get your panties in a bunch," was an old one used by both men and women, and not some current, faddish, internet code for something vulgar.

 

lol.. I was always under the impression that it was an expression used by men, to tell women to calm down...So I was teasing, since men were using it with men...

 

Never thought of vulgar...

 

but what do I know;)?

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skypinkblu

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panty's out of a bnch.
Remove one's pantyhose from a bench?

 

Do most of you wear panties? hm

 

Why do men use expressions like that? hm

 

I'll field that one....because men still employ a slight form of misogyny by insulting other men with feminine attributes and characteristics.

 

Most men don't want to be women, of course.

 

It is a subtle implication that they are weak. It is why the language has the word "girly", but not the word "boyly"...

 

On the other hand, you almost never see a woman using a masculine attribute as an insult against another woman. Interesting, innit?

 

Because very few woman need to prove how macho they really are;) :acclaim:

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User 01001010

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However, they must display their grammar certification in their signature...so people will know they really DO know how to write:)

 

 

look under my scans.

 

look there, they are there for your enjoyment.

 

You will find the closest certification I'll get.

j

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