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On October 13 2010 15:59 opsayo wrote:
Im sick and tired of people abbreviating words that aren't meant to be abbreviated. It's "professional" ! When I see people type "pro" I always sit there drumming my fingers expecting them to finish the word, as "pro" represents the prefix meaning for.
It's blatantly obvious if all you do is look at the definitions of the words.
A professional athlete is an athlete who reached excellence in his field, and is paid to do so.
A pro athlete is something that is done for athletes. A pronoun isn't an extremely high skill noun, is it? A program isn't a gram that gets paid to have mass is?
KeSPA is, by definition, "pro-gamer." However, Jaedong is a professional gamer.
For the love of Buddha, don't be lazy and type out the full word. It's only a few extra letters and you save my sanity and your dignity. It blows my mind how people can't even learn the English language properly when it's their first language.
How is typing out the whole word lazy?
And what is Im? Do you mean I'm?
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Of course when you come into a group of people who use particular terms and tell them they're all wrong, they're going to get upset.
It's like if you went into a group of Australians and tried to tell them that a 'mate' is a sexual partner only, and that whenever friends call each other mate, it drives you mad, the reaction would not be positive either.
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Is the fact that you're using contractions while censuring abbreviations a subtle wink at how you're goofing on that other topic?
Because I looked up that sweet Jonathan Swift letter where he writes that abbreviations pose a threat to the recorded history and existence of the British empire. And that like the first recorded use of the abbreviation "pro" for professional occurs in the 19th century.
i.e. this conversation has been going on for years and the general consensus on any level is that usage shapes the language, in all cases.
But now I'll just sulk.
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Only if people stop using VIABLE.
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You have my full support in this.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
pro is perfectly fine wtf
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Isn't he just making fun of the other thread? I don't really think this is serious. Maybe everyone already knows this and I'm the one that looks like the idiot. Oh well 
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United States526 Posts
Protoss? Or professionaltoss?
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I guess it should be called Professionalleague then. Weird.
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"Some world views are spacious, and some are merely space."- Neil Peart
also:
On October 13 2010 16:35 Fontong wrote:
I think I will weigh the professionals and confessionals of what you are saying here
lolololololol
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On October 13 2010 16:45 Wolf wrote:
Of course when you come into a group of people who use particular terms and tell them they're all wrong, they're going to get upset.
It's like if you went into a group of Australians and tried to tell them that a 'mate' is a sexual partner only, and that whenever friends call each other mate, it drives you mad, the reaction would not be positive either.
Yeah. That'd make me angry ^^. Words mean different things to different countries. The best example is the name that is given to flip-flops, which is thongs in Australia and jandles in New Zealand. I'm unsure what the English call them. Accepting that we all use words differently is inherent to one's sanity.
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A Serious Discussion About Pro
Pro - A Comprehensive Look
Pro, Is It Viable?
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On October 13 2010 16:03 baller wrote:
pro means professional, i read about it on wikipedia. only pro knowledge ppl edit wikipedia, r u calling them liars?
The best part about this blog was reading this post, thinking to myself "that is something baller would write," and see that it's by him.
Pro = professional; or "for"
What is a synonym?
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Rofl are you seriously getting mad at people using a well known and widely used and accepted shortened version of a word? Just because it has a separate meaning?
How do you feel about the word bow? or wind? People use bow to describe a weapon, but also to describe an arch. You COULD just call it an arch but the English language is pretty adaptive. Don't get mad at trends, it's petty.
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On October 13 2010 16:09 opsayo wrote:Please say it right, unless you're saying it my way - you're wrong.
You realize how that sounded, right?
Edited for teh grammar lulz.
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On October 13 2010 16:12 opsayo wrote:
OH GOD MY BLOG RATING IS PLUMMETING
Ahhhh, I wish I had rated it after seeing that. This post makes it worth it.
If I have ever seen or posted a more idiotically wrought blog than this one, I have done that drunk. There are times, not often, but there are those, that I wish mods closed blogs like they do other threads. This is one of them.
I think of stupid shit like this all the time. Occasionally it is funny to me. I do not go posting my assertions about these dim fantasies on TL. Here. You see that? It's my lead. Follow it.
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I am pro this thread.
I am pro. This thread!
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