[ms] · Est. May 2002
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....people purposley spell things wrong? For instance, when people spell things like tha, skool, werd, prolly, etc.
It personally drives me nuts! Is it that people are lazy, stupid, or do they actually think it is cool to spell things wrong?
That is my rant for the day, carry on.
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what about w00t
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I mean...
woot aboot w00t
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lol! It's more of a cheer sound then an actual word
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hells yeahs mang
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[quote=DancingQueen;372814]....people purposley spell things wrong?[/quote]
I'm assuming that your spelling of purposely was not purposely spelled incorrectly, then ;)
Just playing...in all seriousness.. I think people do it becuz they think it makes em coo'. Ya dig?8)
:D
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fuhshizzle
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jes mang jes, isa coo thang sucka. You bes git wit da program or you git left behind. Peeps been talkin like dis foreva and eva yo. Why you be dissin tha jive anyway cuz. Jus chill and go wit da flow yo. I mean why you be buggin anywayz. Peeps gots to be what dey wants to be right?
Pffft lataz
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it depends on the person, some people think its fashinable to do so, and some just do it because its the internet and they dont pay attention to crossing their t's and dotting their i's.
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this can never be spelled wrong ---> :Anal:
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i liek it, i fink its orsome
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I'm with you DQ. Annoying to see words spelled wrong. But I don't think much can be done about it.
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[quote=picklemonkey;372816]I mean...
woot aboot w00t[/quote]
...but that is hilarious. :lol:
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[quote=Miroslav;372831]I'm assuming that your spelling of purposely was not purposely spelled incorrectly, then ;)[/quote]
I wasn't meaning that type of spelling error.....oh, well I feel silly now lol :oops:
:p
I am glad to see I am not the only one this bothers. I was reading a thread on another forum of a serious nature and the person who started the thread spelt the as tha in the title and continued with the mis-spelling of words throughout the topic.....I just don't get when it became cool and why. Maybe I am just getting old :shock:
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[quote=picklemonkey;372816]I mean...
woot aboot w00t[/quote]
oh and pickle, was this a jab at me being Canadian?? If so, I will shove a boot up your ass ;)
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WhAt AbOuT ThE KiDs ThAt LiKe To TyPe LiKe ThIs? This that also annoy you? Annoys the hell out of me.
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[quote=johnson3161;372879]WhAt AbOuT ThE KiDs ThAt LiKe To TyPe LiKe ThIs? This that also annoy you? Annoys the hell out of me.[/quote]
thats the most annoying thing on the internet. bar none.
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obviously dq, you got your major in literature or english. You remind me of my 10th and 11th grade english teacher Mrs. Meyers man was she hot I feel in love with her only to be shot down later that year findin out she was married. I know you're thinking i'm sick but look at all the teachers that are sleeping with their students now, fucking bastards. Anyways, she use to freak out about shit like that all the time. I LOVE YOU MRS. MEYERS.
HAVE A GOOD DAY KIDS Danton
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[quote=johnson3161;372879]WhAt AbOuT ThE KiDs ThAt LiKe To TyPe LiKe ThIs? This that also annoy you? Annoys the hell out of me.[/quote]
What is the point of writing like that?
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[QUOTE=DancingQueen;372878]oh and pickle, was this a jab at me being Canadian?? If so, I will shove a boot up your ass ;)[/QUOTE]
yes :lol:
figures the first thing you could think of to shove up my ass had the "oo" sound in it
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its all to do with misspellings and the way the keyboard is, if u get me :lol:
i,ve found myself typing things like that many time by mistake for example "werd" u would hit the e key instead of the o key by mistake when ur typin fast
i guess it just caught on that way :S
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[quote=Lorn;372885]What is the point of writing like that?[/quote]
Because the world's gotta know that you're a true gangsta homie soldja brova (or sista)! :twisted: This is of great importance to suburban grade school wannabes who are growing up on too much MTV.
keep it real, yo. reprazentin tha six one fo'. fo' real? fo' sho'! :Afro:
awww sheeeeeit.
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^^yep. welcome to society and culture in the kiddie environments. Isn't it lovely? :roll:
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[quote=DancingQueen;372814]....people purposley spell things wrong? For instance, when people spell things like tha, skool, werd, prolly, etc.
It personally drives me nuts! Is it that people are lazy, stupid, or do they actually think it is cool to spell things wrong?
That is my rant for the day, carry on.[/quote]A year or so ago I came across a study on the language kids in high school use these days and like Miroslav suggested hiphop/rnb is one of the most important influences. Especially regarding grammar it's pretty disasterous. As for spelling MSN/chat, text messaging and such are the main reasons kids start writing mistakes and weird abbreviations. Main conclusion: a growing number of kids start using it as "standard language" without even realising it's not correct.
But whatever the explanation, I simply hate it. It's like going to work wearing a shirt you haven't washed or ironed for a month. Making mistakes is human and yes, a language lives and evolves, but that doesn't justify sloppy writing imo...
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^^^ I agree 100% Kinky....I would be interested in reading that study if you could possibly remember what it was called.
[quote=picklemonkey;372895]yes :lol:
figures the first thing you could think of to shove up my ass had the "oo" sound in it[/quote]
That was the point silly :roll:
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[quote=KinKyJ;372954]A year or so ago I came across a study on the language kids in high school use these days and like Miroslav suggested hiphop/rnb is one of the most important influences. Especially regarding grammar it's pretty disasterous. As for spelling MSN/chat, text messaging and such are the main reasons kids start writing mistakes and weird abbreviations. Main conclusion: a growing number of kids start using it as "standard language" without even realising it's not correct.
But whatever the explanation, I simply hate it. It's like going to work wearing a shirt you haven't washed or ironed for a month. Making mistakes is human and yes, a language lives and evolves, but that doesn't justify sloppy writing imo...[/quote]
I really hear you on the hip hop thing.
I really cringe whenever I hear your average thugged out mainstream rapper talking on TV. These people just appear flat out jaw-droppingly stupid to me. Some appear to be unable to even string a coherent statement together. It's not just their poor grammar, the way they stutter and flounder with basic ways to express their own thoughts...which, complexity and content-wise, generally don't seem to be able to extend past the kinds of concepts involved in their MTV videos. And to a whole bunch of young kids, these people are as good as it gets.
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[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meAPZtcNMnM[/URL]
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GTFO internet speak
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I[FONT=Arial] know you didnt mean mistakes in spelling foreigners do ? but there are some shortcuts I make to make writting faster for example writting tho instead of though or youre instead of you're ... [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]What bothers me the most iswhenpeoplewritelikethat or like [/FONT][FONT=Arial]@ttЄηt!0η ?ЄЄkЄЯ$ do ? damn this is so anoying![/FONT]
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[quote=DancingQueen;372958]^^^ I agree 100% Kinky....I would be interested in reading that study if you could possibly remember what it was called.[/quote]It was published in Dutch, dunno it there's an English version as well. Forgot the title, but I'll ask around...
[quote=Miroslav;372965]I really hear you on the hip hop thing.
I really cringe whenever I hear your average thugged out mainstream rapper talking on TV. These people just appear flat out jaw-droppingly stupid to me. Some appear to be unable to even string a coherent statement together. It's not just their poor grammar, the way they stutter and flounder with basic ways to express their own thoughts...which, complexity and content-wise, generally don't seem to be able to extend past the kinds of concepts involved in their MTV videos. And to a whole bunch of young kids, these people are as good as it gets.[/quote]True. I have nothing against subcultures developing and using own expressions and such, but it should be used within the peer group, not in every day life. What I hate about those "gangstaz" way of talking is that they cover up the fact that they have no message by throwing in a load of meaningless words and expressions.
Now when you talk about kids having problems with expressing thoughts and abstract concepts, I think you have to point the finger at the new media. When I was a kid, there was no internet nor text messaging so if you wanted to contact someone you wrote a letter (or take the phone). Since that letter would take two days to a week to arrive anyway, you took the time to write decently and to translate your thoughts into words. Nowadays we communicate at the speed of electricity and we can no longer wait (like Marshall McLuhan said in the 60's). That in combination with young people reading less books is imo the main reason why it seems like society is breeding a generation of linguistic retards.
[quote=Katkich;372998]I[FONT=Arial] know you didnt mean mistakes in spelling foreigners do ? but there are some shortcuts I make to make writting faster for example writting tho instead of though or youre instead of you're ... [/FONT][/quote]Abbreviations like tho', tbh, sth, abt, ... don't irritate me. Writing "youre" instead of "you're" does, especially when native speakers are doing that. English is imo one of the hardest languages to master perfectly. Yes, you might have fewer grammatical rules than let's say in German or in French, but there are heaps of exceptions and particularities. I know a lot of people who think they can write in English, but when you look at their texts... your/youre/you're just adds a little extra fuzzyness to the language. My 2 cents tho' ;)
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[quote=Katkich;372998]I[FONT=Arial] know you didnt mean mistakes in spelling foreigners do ? but there are some shortcuts I make to make writting faster for example writting tho instead of though or youre instead of you're ... [/FONT][/quote]
see the youre and you're thing drives me a little nutty, but it is more making everything ghetto-slang that drives me nuts.
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its all the biting of black culture, nothing new, its been happening since day 1. seems to now be a national sport among suburban white teenagers. how does that one quote go ? "the black man is the most copied person on the face of the earth, everyone wants to be a nigga but no one wants to be a nigga" get me?
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[quote=anonin;373214]its all the biting of black culture, nothing new, its been happening since day 1. seems to now be a national sport among suburban white teenagers. how does that one quote go ? "the black man is the most copied person on the face of the earth, everyone wants to be a nigga but no one wants to be a nigga" get me?[/quote]Oh really? To quote Brad Pitt in Fight Club: I look like you wanna look and I fuck like you wanna fuck... :twisted: :lol:
Nah, I agree with you Brandon. When I cross those pale posers on the street, I have to put in a lot of effort not to laugh at them in their faces. If my life or personality was so boring that I'd start dressing like a village idiot 24/7, I'd throw myself off a bridge. :shock:
Funny thing tho': been to a few rnb parties (disadvantage when you're the only guy in your party crew) and I've gotta hand it to them: they're the wtf factor in every party. Gangsta moves and what not combined with off beat wobbling... The perfect strategy to end up at home, have a wank and go to bed imo :lol: