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FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
January 14 2004 21:10 GMT
#21
I agree DV8
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
Tricky
Profile Joined September 2003
China752 Posts
January 14 2004 21:15 GMT
#22
On January 15 2004 06:09 BroOd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2004 05:58 SW)RIF wrote:
Do you flip out when people say can't? Because thats an abbreviation on the same level. Nothing is wrong with saying can not. I don't have a problem with internet abbreviating. It is when people try to make ebonics a full language that i get annoyed.


"Can't" is a contraction. "U R" is not a contraction.



i am obssessed, can someone with english as native language expalin?
the one
IcedEarth
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States3661 Posts
January 14 2004 21:16 GMT
#23
I'm one of those obnoxious grammatical geniuses.
Guardian guardian guardian of the blind
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
January 14 2004 21:18 GMT
#24
gj IcedEarth, we need more of those and less idiots!
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
January 14 2004 21:19 GMT
#25
How can you be a grammatical genius?
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
SW)RIF
Profile Joined December 2003
United States563 Posts
January 14 2004 21:22 GMT
#26
On January 15 2004 06:09 BroOd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2004 05:58 SW)RIF wrote:
Do you flip out when people say can't? Because thats an abbreviation on the same level. Nothing is wrong with saying can not. I don't have a problem with internet abbreviating. It is when people try to make ebonics a full language that i get annoyed.


"Can't" is a contraction. "U R" is not a contraction.


That is anything but the right answer. Just because a language based creation like a 'contraction' exists. Does not explain why you are intolerant to another 'form' of abbreviating. The truth is sir, you have a pet peeve that is hypocritcal in the english language.
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
January 14 2004 21:25 GMT
#27
Let me make this simple for you:

There are solid rules to the English language, as well as bendable ones. One of the solid rules is that "U R" is NOT proper english. It's used out of laziness, because the letters "U" and "R" sound like "You" and "Are". This is SLANG. Slang is NOT proper english.

Please get your info straight before argueing
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BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
January 14 2004 21:27 GMT
#28
So, RIF, following your logic, I could turn spoken words into various grunts and slurs, and claim they should be accepted because it's just another "form" of speaking that I'd like to use?
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RuGbUg
Profile Joined June 2003
United States2347 Posts
January 14 2004 21:27 GMT
#29
i find stupid ass abbreviations stupid as hell. It makes them sound like a 10 year old, and I ESPECIALLY hate it when they think they sound cooler because of that.

I try to let girls a bit more slack on this though.

btw: can't is an english contraction following the rules of contractions

"U R" is neither an abbreviation (you starts with a Y and are with A) nor a contraction without the apostrophe and being two separate characters as well. I am intolerent to this stupid form of abbreviating because it is not part of the english language. If you want to speak a bit of "english", speak it. If you want to speak "stupid", go kill yourself.
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SW)RIF
Profile Joined December 2003
United States563 Posts
January 14 2004 21:31 GMT
#30
Do you honestly think im blind to that fact FakeSteve)307. Maybe you misunderstood. Everyone that speaks a fair bit of English has used a contraction. What im saying is, almost everytime a contraction is used, it is out of a learned form of laziness. Making it... dare i say it, exactly the same as me using "u r". I never said "u r" was proper english, not to mention BroOd is allowed to have any pet peeve he wants so i wont go there. But its hypocritcal in this instance. So i pointed it out.
Tricky
Profile Joined September 2003
China752 Posts
January 14 2004 21:33 GMT
#31
On January 15 2004 06:27 RuGbUg wrote:
i find stupid ass abbreviations stupid as hell. It makes them sound like a 10 year old, and I ESPECIALLY hate it when they think they sound cooler because of that.

I try to let girls a bit more slack on this though.

btw: can't is an english contraction following the rules of contractions

"U R" is neither an abbreviation (you starts with a Y and are with A) nor a contraction without the apostrophe and being two separate characters as well. I am intolerent to this stupid form of abbreviating because it is not part of the english language. If you want to speak a bit of "english", speak it. If you want to speak "stupid", go kill yourself.



lol calm down mate!

U R is a habbit
the one
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
January 14 2004 21:34 GMT
#32
The thing being discussed was that things such as "U R" are just other forms of contractions. They are not.

This is a topic about speaking proper english. Quit argueing, you're not winning
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-01-14 21:38:05
January 14 2004 21:37 GMT
#33
How on earth is it hypocritical? People should just be able to bend the rules of english every time they feel lazy, until it's just a bunch of incomprehensible smatterings of letters and numbers? It's obvious you're not grasping the basic principles here, so don't worry about it.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
SW)RIF
Profile Joined December 2003
United States563 Posts
January 14 2004 21:38 GMT
#34
On January 15 2004 06:27 RuGbUg wrote:
i find stupid ass abbreviations stupid as hell. It makes them sound like a 10 year old, and I ESPECIALLY hate it when they think they sound cooler because of that.

I try to let girls a bit more slack on this though.

btw: can't is an english contraction following the rules of contractions

"U R" is neither an abbreviation (you starts with a Y and are with A) nor a contraction without the apostrophe and being two separate characters as well. I am intolerent to this stupid form of abbreviating because it is not part of the english language. If you want to speak a bit of "english", speak it. If you want to speak "stupid", go kill yourself.


i agree... does that help you. U R isnt proper english. This topic was about lazy writing, not superior english usage. So far though, one thing was proven to me, you guys are overly angered by internet slangs. Which by the way, is common language... and no where nearly as awful as you make it out to be. Further more, i bet everyone that has spoken out about hating online slangs has used LOL. If you say you havent ill be forced to believe you a liar.
SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-01-14 21:57:02
January 14 2004 21:39 GMT
#35
-SoMuchBetter's English Lesson-
arguing*

-List of words SoMuchBetter hates-
Dis (This)
U or Yu (You)
R (Are)
Rite (Write or Right)
Mangz (Man)
Fuk or Fk (Fuck - if youre going to swear you might as well say the entire word)
Kentz (Cunt - some retard once called me a kentz...)
Fink (Think)
Dere (There)
Lyk (Like)
Lub or Luv (Love)
Typ (Type)
Anything that has the 's' replaced with a 'z'
Kewl (Cool)
Dat (That)
Juz (Just)
Dem (Them)
Den (Then)
Okai (Okay)
AZN (Asian.. i hate this term the most)


btw aNyOnE ThAt TyPz LyKe DiS iS a MoROn
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Tricky
Profile Joined September 2003
China752 Posts
January 14 2004 21:41 GMT
#36
But langugae is developing !

i bet there were many words n phrase r forced into dictionary, hmmm like hmmmm hmmmmmm??? hmmmmmmmmm

er.. i dont noe lolz :D
the one
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
January 14 2004 21:41 GMT
#37
Almost caught me, SoMuchBetter, but both are actually acceptable!
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
Tricky
Profile Joined September 2003
China752 Posts
January 14 2004 21:43 GMT
#38
On January 15 2004 06:39 SoMuchBetter wrote:
-SoMuchBetter's English Lesson-
arguing*


I find it annoying when people use 'their' for there and they're
then and than errors also piss me off...
btw aNyOnE ThAt TyPz LyKe DiS iS a MoROn



Are your refering yourslef mate?
the one
SW)RIF
Profile Joined December 2003
United States563 Posts
January 14 2004 21:44 GMT
#39
DV8 <- an example of these online abbreviations (a person also supporting the subject as mistyping as annoying)

SoMuchBetter - he just used "btw" yet another form of online abbreviation.

You maiing an argument against yourselves... you all use these online abbreviations. And you getting pissed off at me for comparing a contraction (which in my opinion is mainly used out of a LEARNED for of laziness), with a online abbreviation which i clearly stated i know is improper. I seriously think you guys need to flame elsewhere.
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
January 14 2004 21:44 GMT
#40
The fact that the language is always changing is no excuse for people using whatever spellings they deem fit.
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