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i have to admit i do shorthand but try not to on here but sometimes slip up cause i,m just so use to doing it on the phone,least you accept people try their best,more people just tried to accept people for who they are then we wouldn,t have this problem.
Originally posted by ShadowLink
I wouldn't call myself a punctuation junkie.
As someone pointed out, there are words such as there, their, etc...(see above) that are commonly misused, but that doesn't really bother me much. I'm reading someones comments or thoughts, not a scientific report. I understand some people don't know the difference for various reasons and I still understand their point so it's really not too big an issue for me.
What does bother me is the use of U (you) NO (know) etc...I realize it's shorthand but if you can't take the time to properly spell such words to convey your thoughts and opinions, I probably don't care much what you have to say.
I find people who use these types of spelling to be either on the young side or the stupid side.
About the only thing writing related I ever comment on is when someone writes a huge block of text and they fail to press ENTER once, completely oblivious to the concept of a paragraph. I don't care if it's used properly or not, I just care that it's difficult to read and I usually just skip those posts entirely.
Bottom line for me is that you spell and format your thoughts in a good enough way that I understand what you're trying to convey. Other than that, I know we aren't all writers and we don't all speak English as a first language.
Many good points of view from all sides above.
least you accept people try their best,more people just tried to accept people for who they are then we wouldn,t have this problem.
Originally posted by minkmouse
reply to post by akushla99
When you're flying somewhere in the future and the pilots have a technical issue, let's all hope for your sake that the info they have to solve the problem isn't written in this childish fashion so perhaps you'll still have a life. The kind of argument you put forth worked well in grade school
Originally posted by minkmouse
reply to post by tinker9917
Did you read where I directed it?
Originally posted by minkmouse
reply to post by argentus
Most of the world speaking several languages comes about through necessity I would hazard to guess, the jobs ported into their countries to save money require you to speak more than Hindi.edit on 4-9-2013 by minkmouse because: Messed up "s" key
Originally posted by minkmouse
LOL...I'm reminded of "Dr. Strangelove"...."How can you say you're sorrier than me Dimitri?...I am sorry Dimitri! Ok then were both sorry!"
Originally posted by minkmouse
You goed OK