OK I know that online forums attract many people from different countries, who speak in different ways. I applaud people that take the time to learn enough english to post a halfway decent post, when it is not their native language. I also skip over what I guess to be typos, and even a few mispellings, but I am sooooo tired of people not capitalising either the first word in a sentence, or the word "I". If some one is representing a business, I expect almost perfect puncuation for the region from where the person is from.
If this were a chat room, I would expect even less structured sentences, but I find it hard to take someone seriously when they spell "U" instead of "you"and the like. Espeically when entire posts are made up of this kind of thing, making the whole post look like one long license plate #. In my opinion, M8 for "mate" or other slang is ok at the end of the post (like "Thanks M8")

Anyway, just for fun, post your most despised slang words or mispellings. Lets not personally pick apart each others posts, just state what bothers you. If you can not have fun with this, please do not post anything.

Here are some of mine:
Using "there" for "they're" or "their" (I know people from other countries do not know the diff, but english people should know better)
Using "i" for "I"
Lacking periods at the end, or capital letters at the begining of sentences.

hmmm, thats all I can think of right now.

I could pick apart your post for grammar errors, so I wouldn't rant about other people's problems before you correct your own. :laugh:

wat!?!? ? y would i waiste my time to type the word$s correctly to U ?

lol ;)

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lol SWR, gee i hate it when you do that and you've been doing it a lot lately :eek:

I guess it comes with age ;)

the worst thing is when people write with no punctuation whatsoever and continue on in run on sentances for the length of the post this really bothers me since its very hard for anyone else to read but that's okay because the person writing it apparently had some grasp of what he/she was talking about.

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Originally posted by ATST
...but english people should know better...

Nuff said... ooops :)

I have a good excuse then. I'm american, not english :-D

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones!

Originally posted by Tetraboy
I have a good excuse then. I'm american, not english :-D

that pretty much sums it up.

Originally posted by ATST
Espeically

Such simple typos can be quite annoying...


(I know people from other countries do not know the diff, but english people should know better)

There's that diff instead of difference. I see your point it just annoys me.

The mixing up of their, there and they're bugs me too.

ALL CAPS drives me mad.

NO caps is just as bad as ALL caps.

If you don't think punctuation is important, here are a couple of examples showing how your whole message can change based on the punctuation you use:

Letter #1:
Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy -- will you let me be yours?

Gloria

Letter #2:
Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?

Yours,

Gloria

Need another example?

"Woman, without her man, is a savage."

"Woman: Without her, man is a savage."

I don't think having everything perfect in a chat or forum message is necessary, but you do have to at least TRY to make a written message say what you really want it to say to the reader.

Originally posted by ATST
... and even a few mispellings, but I am sooooo tired of people not capitalising either the first word ... M8 for "mate" or other slang is ok at the end ... Anyway, just for fun, post your most despised slang words or mispellings
One of the most common misspelled words is the word, misspelled (little trivia for you). Another commonly misspelled word is capitalizing. OK is okay, but not ok.

I tend to ignore the i/I thing, and turn away when I see their/there/they're posted, heh. The above pick on your post, wasn't really meant to pick on your post, only to show that when people type quickly on a forum, they tend to make small errors. I teach and thus I correct papers every day (get out that red pen), and try not to do it once I get home. :D

LOL
ATST

Wow man. Some of these people have made a FOOL of you.

I suggest not doing anything like this again :)

I hate it when people mix up there they're and their also. Also a pet peeve of mine is when people mix up are and our. Where, wear, and we're

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LOL WTF was that........

Either abstract art, or spam...

Mispellings dunt' matter. Unless you are talking professionaly, but on wht, it doesnt really matter.. as long as people know what other people are sayin' , whats it matter?

Edit to the post above, We arent in an exam room..

NNHost i agree you dont need to have it all perfect and all unless you are talking with a client or somthing....

Originally posted by ATST

OK I know that online forums attract many people from different countries, who speak in different ways. I applaud people that take the time to learn enough english to post a halfway decent post, when it is not their native language.

I also applaud those who have posted a message in a language which is not their native language.

I also skip over what I guess to be typos, and even a few mispellings, but I am sooooo tired of people not capitalising either the first word in a sentence, or the word "I".

One must remember, words that may be misspelled to you are spelled correctly to somebody who may be from another country. There are many variations of English and with these variations come many different spellings.

As an example, here are a few differences between American and Australian English (I'm located in Australia):

capitalizing = capitalising.
color = colour.
mom = mum.

etc.

If some one is representing a business, I expect almost perfect puncuation for the region from where the person is from.

When referring to a business letter or other formal and professional communication, one tends to expect excellent spelling and grammar. However in a semi-informal situation such as forums or chat, the occasional misspelling and imperfect grammar can be forgiven.

If this were a chat room, I would expect even less structured sentences, but I find it hard to take someone seriously when they spell "U" instead of "you"and the like.

I also find it hard to take somebody who uses "U", etc. seriously.

Espeically when entire posts are made up of this kind of thing, making the whole post look like one long license plate #. In my opinion, M8 for "mate" or other slang is ok at the end of the post (like "Thanks M8")

As I previously mentioned, slang is acceptable in an informal setting such as forums. However, one should not be excessive in their use of slang.

Despite being Australian where it seems the perception is that "mate" is every second word, I can't recall ever actually using the world.

Anyway, just for fun, post your most despised slang words or mispellings. Lets not personally pick apart each others posts, just state what bothers you. If you can not have fun with this, please do not post anything.

The slang words I most despise include mostly abbreviations such as "U", "M8", etc. as you have mentioned. I never use them, even in an informal chat situation and would never use them in a slightly formal situation. However, I have no need to use them as my typing speed is a little over 118 words per minute so it is often just as quick to type the whole word.

Another commonly misused abbreviation which annoys me is "etc" for etcetera. It is frequently displayed as "ect". If people intend to use an abbreviation, they should use it properly.

Lacking periods at the end, or capital letters at the begining of sentences.

Especially when you have done it yourself at least three times in your message.

I shall leave the message there.

Originally posted by Chicken

One of the most common misspelled words is the word, misspelled (little trivia for you). Another commonly misspelled word is capitalizing. OK is okay, but not ok.


Remember that not everybody spells capitalising as capitalizing. Here in Australia capitalising is in fact the correct spelling.

Regards,
Shaun.

heh, heh. :D I knew some people would pick apart my post.
Thats OK. I have noticed I picked up a few regional spellings myself. Although I am an english speaking American, I sometimes spell color (American) as colour (Canadian), for instance. Colour just looks more colorful to me. (aaaaaw, how cute)
I am especially bad for transposing letters, and always have to go back and fix 'teh' to say 'the'. I am actually a terribly slow typer, but eventually I get the job done. Maybe it bugs me because I spend an extra minute (only one) checking over my posts, and that other people don't. It is only a post after all, and one that will soon be forgotten on page 682, then eventually dropped from the database entirely.
If I were requesting some help, I would at least make an honest attempt at typing reasonably coherent. If I was asking people to evaluate my site, I would really make sure to check it first for spelling and grammar.

soeimesit itz obivos the typer doesnit care about takin the time to make there post Ez to reed and if it takes me two long to figure out what ther saying i dont answer.

They were just having some fun. Thing is I don't mind it much here, however I do want to strangle my students when I've told them 15,000 times to capitalize the first letter of a sentence and they hand in spelling sentences and the first letter isn't capitalized! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

He He He. Speaking Of Capatilization Of Letters . . . . . .

What Ever Happened To That Member That Always Wrote Like This? Not Only Capatilizing The First Word; But Always Capatilizing EVERY Word. :eek:

That's nothing.
One siTe I aM a meMbEr oF, has a gUy Who poSts rAndOm CapItalS whEre eVeR hE plEasEs.
This bothered another member so much that he asked the webmaster to make him stop! The even funnier part is that the random capitalist, was about 30 years old, and the complainer was 17 years old. One would expect the younger person to be the "funny guy" and the older one to be the anal one.

When I wanna bug people, I go in to chat rooms and type everything backwords.
.ti tuoba kniht uoy fi enod ylisae eb nac ti ,seY

Age doesn't really matter when it comes to the Internet anymore.

You should see how my mum composes emails (who is 35) - the format, etc. (ie: she uses "u" constantly) are shocking.

Since I've had the Internet and had access to Bulletin Board Systems (which I still use every now and then), some of the people I have gotten on the best with have been significantly older than me - in fact, many of them didn't believe my age when I told them (which was probably around 13-14 at the time).

That can also be a drawback. You don't know if the "male teenager" you are talking to is really 40 years old or somebody of the opposite sex.

I do normally have a quick check of my posts and emails before sending them, it only takes a few seconds and can save embarrassment later on. A well presented message is also much easier to read for the recipient (or in the case of the forum, everybody else).

As for transposing letters, I use MS Word for most things which corrects mistakes like "teh" -> "the" which comes in handy sometimes.

--Shaun

I blame cellphones.

Originally posted by vSector
I blame cellphones.

You could have a point there. Almost every Vodafone bill I get has a little brochure with "SMS Shortcuts" - things like U, M8, GR8 2C U, etc.

Of course it goes in the bin, because with my mobile phone's built in dictionary - it is quicker to type the full word "you" instead of "U" :)

--Shaun