A general rant

[Zerimski]

If you're going to make fun of our use of the English language, I suggest spelling AmericaniZed right.

I'm sorry, but that's possibly the funniest thing I've read today

 

[Ames]

I think everyone who attempted to use such words in this thread should be banned for being for being for being for being stupid.

 

[Thread]

Omg Hi2u!!

asl! ASL!

Here's my rant :

People like you.

quoted for truth

 

[KoreBolteR]

asl! ASL!

or you could say azl

 

[el Chi]

And people who use it in coursework should be shipped off for slave labour.

...and that, class, is how our glorious leader His Most Reveared Excellency Dictator Kangy ruled with a just but iron fist, ridding the great nation of Kangystonia of the "Chav" crisis of the early 21st century.

All hail Kangy!​

But seriously folks (NB: NEVER start a sentence with "but" - bad grammar), I agree with ray_MAN. The current bastardisation and mutilation of the English language through txt spk (a hideous, but potentially forgivable sin) is bad enough without the horrific atrocity that is 1337 5p34k or whatever the f*ck people call it. If you're on a keyboard you learn to type properly dammit!

I shall not type like a cretin when I have the full advantage of a keyboard and no monetary restrictions on the amount of characaters I type. Furthermore, I shall endeavour to punctuate correctly, keep abbrieviations and acronyms to a minimum and avoid phonetic spellings at all costs.​

Now write that out a hundred times in Latin.

 

[ne0_shiny]

"wat" and "wut" really piss me off
Makes them sound like dumbasses

 

[Qwert93]

"wat" and "wut" really piss me off
Makes them sound like dumbasses

Wat du u meen? :O

Anyway, I myself refrain from typing bad english.

 

[JellyWorld]

I hate it when people abbreviate things to the point of slicing and dicing the English language.
eg: "u r so gay"
Are people that busy, that lazy, to spare four more letters to make the sentence a real English one? I find myself able to boost my English by maintaining the use of proper grammar, even on the web. Also, what's with intentional misspellings?
eg: "hay"
Why can no one move their finger a bit to the right and in the upwards direction the change the "a" to the proper "e"?
Also, notice that there is no punctuation. Why does no one ever use punctuation?
13 year-old kids are not boggled enough to have to use obscene abbreviatons to make things shorter. It's also ridiculous when full-grown adults must use this mockery of English. Please, if you are one of these people, change your ways. I can understand if you are foreign, and English is not your primary language, but I am speaking mainly to the English users.
This was a general rant that was not intended to harm anyone in any way. Please, do not attack me or flame me. I am just trying to help.

Foreign to what country? English is the only language i know, so if I don't know it well I'm screwed. I'm actually 75% cantonese but I don't know a word of it.

 

[Danimal]

i h8 ppl hoo torlk lik dis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Garry's Mod Forum auto-bans people who talk like that =)

 

[Gunner]

You know what? it's not going away anytime soon, in fact it's already mainstream. And I'm sure this problem existed a long time before the internet and text messaging .

 

[PvtRyan]

Why people do it? Because they touch themselves at night.
Pretty clear to me.

 

[Tr0n]

i h8 ppl hoo torlk lik dis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Garry's Mod Forum auto-bans people who talk like that =)

We need something like that!

 

[Jintor]

Yeah, and an auto-ban feature for people ('bots) that post links and nothing else.

 

[15357]

We need something like that!

about 90% of us will be gone....

FOREVAR AND EVAR AND ECVAR EFDSFSADF

FOREVAR!

 

[Tr0n]

about 90% of us will be gone....

FOREVAR AND EVAR AND ECVAR EFDSFSADF

That can be considered a good thing.

 

[15357]

That can be considered a good thing.

having 31,078 * 0.1 = 3,107 members is a good thing?

 

[$kelet0r]

i'm just relieved that the vast majority here take the time and show the respect of typing words out properly - the odd typo is fine but the mutilation of the english language that is so commonplace is disgusting

 

[Tr0n]

having 31,078 * 0.1 = 3,107 members is a good thing?

Well I know most of the vets will still be here...so no problem.

 

[15357]

Well I know most of the vets will still be here...so no problem.

since i'm not a vet i'll be gone along with the 28000 members....

Problem....

but still, it would make hl2.net a spam-free place.

 

[Tr0n]

since i'm not a vet i'll be gone along with the 28000 members....

Problem....

but still, it would make hl2.net a spam-free place.

Hmmmm...I still see no problem.

 

[15357]

Hmmmm...I still see no problem.

well, if i go i'm taking you with me! :sniper:

on topic: why don't we just have a translator in the site itself?

 

[Ajed]

=o

Having to listen to "u, r, rgr, n1, thar" is ok, i like, take the person less seriously but it's no real problem though i like it better when people try to make an effort to talk to you =P
When playing games i too use those sometimes, because you need to say something quick and you're busy with something else (Shooting people). It's better then to stop what you're doing, turn all your attention to typing correctly and risk getting killed in the process

But that's nothing compared to the "grammer nazi" trolls whose whole purpose in life seems to be to find other peoples spelling mistakes (or just mistakes/flaws), correcting them, not contributing to the thread that was posted at all(or whatever) and the pointing out how large there brain/"groin" is compared to the other guy

There's nothing more funny then watching two geeks battling it out with eachother in the "who has the largest vocabulary" game

 

[DEATH eVADER]

I got temp-banned on the SOE forums for telling a guy to learn to use real words before posting his replies. Apparently a moderator didn't find it as funny as I did.

That bold sence of humour is appreciated on this forum

 

[15357]

That bold sence of humour is appreciated on this forum

it is? then why was *lists many, many people* warned and banned?

 

[ACLeroK212]

I'm sorry, but that's possibly the funniest thing I've read today

Hey you can knock me all you want, but I'm just going by a dictionary so I'm not exactly wrong here.

And you can all rip on us Americans for butchering the English language all you want, but if you go back far enough, English really just came from a bunch of your ancestors butchering Germanic languages, so

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I type how I talk. And 99% of the time thats in proper English lol...


But I hate the shortenings yes... they piss me off.

 

[el Chi]

The Garry's Mod Forum auto-bans people who talk like that =)

That's awesome. That'd really sieve out the foul underclass of illiterate bastards.
Yes, that's right; I'm deliciously elitist. Muahahahaaarrr!

 

[Triggerhappy41]

it does get people into bad habits, but you learn proper english in school anyway.

 

[Tr0n]

I type how I talk. And 99% of the time thats in proper English lol...

Same here...except I speak redneckanese.

 

[Pesmerga]

But seriously folks (NB: NEVER start a sentence with "but" - bad grammar)

Starting a sentence with "but" is perfectly valid, it's just commonly used horridly and most english teachers put their expectations for student very, very standardized, meaning the teachers pump out their knowledge to the students so they'll meet society's expectations.

But hey, who cares, right?

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

But also pretty much negates everything you've said prior to the word.

 

[Kebean PFC]

I find it interesting when people use these forms of English. It is becoming its own language. Just like "Ghetto Talk" a few years back, "1337 $p3/\k" with the emergance of massive online games, and now txt speak. Funny.

 

[Zeus]

The most annoying ones are

tuch - e.g. "can i tuch it?/"

and

coz

 

[ACLeroK212]

I find it interesting when people use these forms of English. It is becoming its own language. Just like "Ghetto Talk" a few years back, "1337 $p3/\k" with the emergance of massive online games, and now txt speak. Funny.

you mean ebonics?

 

[Narcolepsy]

This was a general rant that was not intended to harm anyone in any way. Please, do not attack me or flame me. I am just trying to help.

Oh, believe me, if anything you weren't harsh enough.

I find that using some abbreviations simply causes people to look like idiots, whether they are or not. For instance, compare the following:
Right
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries.
Wrong
Ur mutha wuz a hamsta, and ur daddy smelled lyk elderberriez. OMGWTFLOL!

Same question, different connotations. Of course, you already knew that.

There are occasions where I like abbreviations, though. I see nothing wrong with the occasional "lol" in AIM conversations - it's certainly less lame than something like "you just said something quite funny" or "I'm laughing vigorously."

Starting a sentence with "but" is perfectly valid, it's just commonly used horridly and most english teachers put their expectations for student very, very standardized, meaning the teachers pump out their knowledge to the students so they'll meet society's expectations.

Indeed. I start sentences with "but" all the time for added dramatic effect. I find that starting a sentence with a conjunction makes the girls swoon.

 

[ACLeroK212]

There are occasions where I like abbreviations, though. I see nothing wrong with the occasional "lol" in AIM conversations - it's certainly less lame than something like "you just said something quite funny" or "I'm laughing vigorously."

The ol tried and true "hahaha" works quite well too. :thumbs:

 

[Narcolepsy]

The ol tried and true "hahaha" works quite well too. :thumbs:

I always shy away from that one because I always wonder if it indicates sarcasm. Perhaps its a low self-esteem thing.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

I admit doing it in text messages, but that's because I can't hit the buttons fast enough to respond well, and it's different as I'd have to cycle through the letters instead of just typing. So "u r going?" is what I'd use on the phone.

Internet should be normal.

I've never seen that used in real life. Even in passed notes or something when people abbreviate it's not to the point that it's unreadable.

 

[Raziaar]

I never use it, or try not to. I will chop off a finger if I do. The thing with me is, it takes longer to use those abbreviations to type out you and are, than just typing the letters. Seriously, I type that fast and those crappy one letter abbrevations are so disjointed it takes longer.

 

[CREMATOR666]

I dont rant, rant makes me look bad