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James
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Mar 03, 2009 03:16PM
Just wondering how people feel with regards to the English language. Are there correct ways in which to use it, are there incorrect ways? Are you irritated by inconsistent spelling and grammar? Is it horrific when people use double negatives such as 'I don't know nothing about anything'? Should we follow the strict grammar evoked by certain literary figures like Samuel Johnson? Are snipes about someone's bad spelling or inconsistent grammar merely devices by which individuals impose social judgements on other people? Is there a 'proper' way in which to speak and write English, or is it all ridiculous, and we shouldn't try and impose a system of correctness on an entity that is by nature evolutionary. Thoughts please.
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Oh God, I hate the use of double negatives. I think people don't need to do everything with perfect grammar and spelling, hell my spelling sucks, but they need to try. No taking out vowels e.g. txt, thx, ppl, hppy, etc...
AND USE PUNCTUATION!!!!! It's almost impossible to read a debate when you don't understand when a sentence starts/ends.
It also makes you seem like an idiot.
True.....but I like takin out vowels likeonly when I'm lazy...at skool I have to spell correctly....
Yeah but when I txt or type I go on like full not-spelling-or-talking-correctly mode. (I dont think that made ANY sense lol)
It drives me insane how some people have to abbreviate things and use improper grammar and punctuation. I can't read any posts like that and it seems like they aren't being serious and that really bothers me. Oh, not to mention the long strands of:lol
omg
tas funny
Omg and lol are the only thing I can tolerate. Everything else must go.
The store in which I work has a lift. The lift ended up breaking down, so we had to close it off. One of my colleagues put a sign up on the lift door saying 'OUT OV ORDER'. Good for a laugh I suppose.
Hahahahaha, *wipes tear from eye* ah......
If you choose to look at it, then maybe. But it's a sign; you don't need to look at it for to long to get the message
ok, let me say this:the english language is a stupid, stupid language and yet
i love it with my heart an soul and am SO going to be an english major and my friends hate me for always correcting their spelling.
it's just stupid because of all the different sounds that vowels make, but i love that and remember words well (thus the two spelling bee victories against people a lot older than me) so yeah.
well i am here...the reason (probably) for most of the people (masha and emma) that are posting here...but i don't think it is fair for people to complain for kids coming home from school and having to hear the complaints of others because they don't wanna have to take up time or have all of the pressure if we have to use it all day long...
uhhh that was a different topic, sara....no one is talking about that in this one.
i know but you all (pretty much) fuss at me for "not using proper grammar"
lol including me.....i definitely use it except for lol and omg and the occasional idk or btw and i don't use capitals very much.
I ONLY DO THAT WHEN I AM EMPHASIZING OR AS YALL CALL IT YELLING...OR FORGET TO TURN OFF THE CAPS...
as i did in this post...*thinks in head* man i really need to stop doing that
as i did in this post...*thinks in head* man i really need to stop doing that
yeah i don't get why some people find all caps offensive...its weird...
they just ASSUME that we are yelling but as my mom says "assuming makes an ASS out of U and ME"
PUT ALL OF THE CAPS LETTERS TOGETHER AND YOU GET THE WORD
please again excuse the caps
PUT ALL OF THE CAPS LETTERS TOGETHER AND YOU GET THE WORD
please again excuse the caps
Jeex Louise, so what if you go to school all day? So do most of us. And if you are going to be immature about it then go to a kiddie group, not a mature one like this. We don't need a weak link spoiling our debates.
And Sara, it really isn't emphasizing when you capitalize the whole thing.
It depends on where you're writing. I mean, if it's on, like, facebook or something, or in some less formal group, then it doesn't matter. But for this group, I would say: At least use punctuation. Not using capitals, I'm okay with. But it's a debate group: the point is to get your point across. If you write a jumbled mass of crap, then you don't make much of a strong argument. Also, writing everything in all-caps is just plain obnoxious, and, at least personally, makes me think your argument is invalid. I respect the comments that are expressed calmly and logically. I know it's hard; I lose control sometimes, too. But it's better when people don't go on crazy rants, cuz then it's just like, O_o "okay ... take a chill pill."
my friend has a minor spelling disorder and a bad keybord and so oncc she was asking for the URL but she typed urnl. and so it was like "DUDE! give me da urnl!!" haha! i readed it out lould. HAHAHA!anyways im lingo is fine if i can understand it but i HATE doubel negitives!
♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "It depends on where you're writing. I mean, if it's on, like, facebook or something, or in some less formal group, then it doesn't matter. But for this group, I would say: At least use punctuation...."who does this remind me of....
Sarah jean wrote: "♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "It depends on where you're writing. I mean, if it's on, like, facebook or something, or in some less formal group, then it doesn't matter. But for this group, I would say: At lea..."wha ?
Sara, your argument of having to "go to school all day and being forced to spell things correctly and use proper grammar" is pathetic.
We all go to school all day, in one way or another.
And if we don't, we have before.
We all go to school all day, in one way or another.
And if we don't, we have before.
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They say english is really hard to learn for that reason. SO. That must mean we're all REALLY clever, because we learnt it! XD
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It's more that we're lucky. It's easy to learn a language when your really young. That's why parents sometimes speak to their kid in two languages.
My little four year old cousin is fuent in English and Swedish...lucky thing!
English is my least favorite language by sound. I love the way that pretty much every foreign language sounds, but I'm neutral about English. English just sounds boring.It is a really fun language to read and write, though. The more difficult languages are always the best. Although, I find it really funny when people are proud of how hard it is for non-native speakers to their language. It seems almost sadistic. XD
I'm going to start on Swedish once I finish my Elisabeth translation. It's a cool language. It's very pretty.
...swedish chef...hehehe!I love french (of course), german sounds nice and angry, and celtic is beautiful.
What about a Swedish chef?French is not really one of my favorites. I don't like the sound of the nasal vowels. I like it a bit, but I like others better.
I've never really thought that German sounded angry. I love the sound of it.
My favorite language at the moment is Hungarian. It sounds so cool!
Even though I have swedish relatives, and know SOME words, all I think of when swedish it mentioned is the Swedish Chef...'noodlenoodlenoodle'...that guy cracks me up!I haven't heard hungarian.
