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On June 12 2011 06:08 Chef wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2011 04:01 Torte de Lini wrote:On June 12 2011 03:08 Chef wrote:On June 12 2011 00:47 Torte de Lini wrote:
I hate acronyms more than typos.
I can't stand when half of the sentence is a fucking acronym.
Example below: OMG, I cba tbh. Talk to me tomorrow, I have Chemistry iirc.
Why do I have to remember 4 acronyms to understand what you are saying .________. So things like FBI and ASAP bother you too? That's really weird. Or do you make a distinction between 'lol, omg etc' and things you say out loud? If you read a book and it goes beyond your vocabulary, does that upset you too? Do synonyms upset you? I don't understand if its the redundancy (ironic) that bothers you, or if you just spite language that evolved because of the internet? Either way it sounds really anal. If someone on MSN got upset at me for using 'lol' or 'omg' I'd probably just stop talking to them. They all bother me to a degree, I'm not going to lie. It's understandable for widely used acronyms such as FBI or NASA. But the slang of the internet where everything has to be shortened or pinned to 3 to 5 letters bothers me. If you want to exaggerate and stretch this idea to vocabulary words and synonyms, you go ahead and do that. I didn't say it, so I won't enable the idea that it is valid. You don't think 'lol' and 'omg' are widely used? Your argument doesn't make sense. Are you just a non-conformist?
It's not an argument. It's my feelings and views.
No, I don't mind OMG and LOL, but couple that with everything else in there and it becomes overwhelming tiresome and annoying for me.
What do you want me to say? That I'm illogically bothered by something? Okay, then what?
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On June 11 2011 22:23 JingleHell wrote:
The bitter irony... the error being discussed isn't one of spelling, but of syntax.
and no one notices. AMATEUR GRAMMAR NAZIS
theyre/their/there or to/too/two are cardinal sins. I look down upon those who fuck that up. Most other things happen from time to time
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On June 12 2011 09:31 Hawk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2011 22:23 JingleHell wrote:
The bitter irony... the error being discussed isn't one of spelling, but of syntax. and no one notices. AMATEUR GRAMMAR NAZIS theyre/their/there or to/too/two are cardinal sins. I look down upon those who fuck that up. Most other things happen from time to time
It is rather unprofessional of them.
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Netherlands45349 Posts
loose
its a loose
we are loosing
do something, we will loose like this
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I have always been curious about the level of annoyance by these things on the internet. People don't seem to mind imperfect English if it is being spoken. I see plenty of people who are "grammar Nazis" on the internet, but who rarely if ever say anything IRL to people about it.
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The funny thing about "should've", "could've", etc. is that "should uv" is actually more accurate... Still wrong, but it's phonetically replicating "should've." At least that's just my opinion.
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On June 12 2011 07:54 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2011 06:08 Chef wrote:On June 12 2011 04:01 Torte de Lini wrote:On June 12 2011 03:08 Chef wrote:On June 12 2011 00:47 Torte de Lini wrote:
I hate acronyms more than typos.
I can't stand when half of the sentence is a fucking acronym.
Example below: OMG, I cba tbh. Talk to me tomorrow, I have Chemistry iirc.
Why do I have to remember 4 acronyms to understand what you are saying .________. So things like FBI and ASAP bother you too? That's really weird. Or do you make a distinction between 'lol, omg etc' and things you say out loud? If you read a book and it goes beyond your vocabulary, does that upset you too? Do synonyms upset you? I don't understand if its the redundancy (ironic) that bothers you, or if you just spite language that evolved because of the internet? Either way it sounds really anal. If someone on MSN got upset at me for using 'lol' or 'omg' I'd probably just stop talking to them. They all bother me to a degree, I'm not going to lie. It's understandable for widely used acronyms such as FBI or NASA. But the slang of the internet where everything has to be shortened or pinned to 3 to 5 letters bothers me. If you want to exaggerate and stretch this idea to vocabulary words and synonyms, you go ahead and do that. I didn't say it, so I won't enable the idea that it is valid. You don't think 'lol' and 'omg' are widely used? Your argument doesn't make sense. Are you just a non-conformist? It's not an argument. It's my feelings and views. No, I don't mind OMG and LOL, but couple that with everything else in there and it becomes overwhelming tiresome and annoying for me. What do you want me to say? That I'm illogically bothered by something? Okay, then what?
The less you understand your own feelings, the less you are able 'to improve.' There is always a reason. Some people pay psychiatrists to discover that reason, but you asked Mr. Chef. I am blunt and unclear. I am firmly uninformative. I am politely rude. I am a clixby.
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On June 12 2011 12:36 Chef wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2011 07:54 Torte de Lini wrote:On June 12 2011 06:08 Chef wrote:On June 12 2011 04:01 Torte de Lini wrote:On June 12 2011 03:08 Chef wrote:On June 12 2011 00:47 Torte de Lini wrote:
I hate acronyms more than typos.
I can't stand when half of the sentence is a fucking acronym.
Example below: OMG, I cba tbh. Talk to me tomorrow, I have Chemistry iirc.
Why do I have to remember 4 acronyms to understand what you are saying .________. So things like FBI and ASAP bother you too? That's really weird. Or do you make a distinction between 'lol, omg etc' and things you say out loud? If you read a book and it goes beyond your vocabulary, does that upset you too? Do synonyms upset you? I don't understand if its the redundancy (ironic) that bothers you, or if you just spite language that evolved because of the internet? Either way it sounds really anal. If someone on MSN got upset at me for using 'lol' or 'omg' I'd probably just stop talking to them. They all bother me to a degree, I'm not going to lie. It's understandable for widely used acronyms such as FBI or NASA. But the slang of the internet where everything has to be shortened or pinned to 3 to 5 letters bothers me. If you want to exaggerate and stretch this idea to vocabulary words and synonyms, you go ahead and do that. I didn't say it, so I won't enable the idea that it is valid. You don't think 'lol' and 'omg' are widely used? Your argument doesn't make sense. Are you just a non-conformist? It's not an argument. It's my feelings and views. No, I don't mind OMG and LOL, but couple that with everything else in there and it becomes overwhelming tiresome and annoying for me. What do you want me to say? That I'm illogically bothered by something? Okay, then what? The less you understand your own feelings, the less you are able 'to improve.' There is always a reason. Some people pay psychiatrists to discover that reason, but you asked Mr. Chef. I am blunt and unclear. I am firmly uninformative. I am politely rude. I am a clixby.
How are we still unmarried or at least engaged?
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I get annoyed by "bare with me" -__-
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On June 12 2011 05:48 Rekrul wrote:
or maybe you'd realize that language is fluid and technicality isn't what matters and you wouldn't have to make this blog
Sure, but it still bugs me. Besides, I really don't think I'm that much worse off after having spent only a couple minutes to type out what is really a short and ultimately inconsequential blog.
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On June 12 2011 13:56 Z3kk wrote:
I get annoyed by "bare with me" -__-
Unless she's talking about skinny dipping.
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Frankly, it seems as if there are a great deal of pre-Madonnas in this thread.
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The one that really drives me crazy is people who mix up or misuse:
Than/Then.
Arrrrrrghhhhhh!
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Denmark154 Posts
When it all comes down to it, in the end I think "Grammar Nazi" is a term used to define self-centered egoistic people who correct grammar publicly, not motivated by the will to help another person, nor simply the fact that the incorrect grammar annoys them, but due to the satisfaction they get when they can prove to the world they were able to identify someone else's flaw, and are therefore better than that person
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alot of people around here frequently confuse 'did' and 'done' and it pisses me off to no end!
"he done it"
i can never help myself, always have to interupt and correct it.. he didnt fucking 'done' anything.. he fucking HAS done it.. he DID it.. to me they really sound like a 3 year old when they say it, and i can never get over the fact that people try to argue that the correct way sounds 'dumb'..
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Color.
It's not your language stop simplifying our words!
I'm not really a spelling or a grammar Nazi, mostly because my grammar is far from perfect, and people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
My real spelling related pet peeve is people that shorten words when they're not texting, if the time I spend trying to read what you've typed is longer than the time you've saved then you should probably stop shortening words and learn to touch type.
Also people who type u2 when I glhf. I've forgotten what subjects I'm ranting about now, but I'm saving the world from these u2 people 1 proxy rax at a time and I encourage you all to do the same. With enough negative reinforcement we can fix these people.
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Canada7170 Posts
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