Quirky Writing Styles [Archive] - BeatleLinks Fab Forum

Rellevart

Jun 13, 2003, 10:29 AM

Do you ever notice people's quirky writing styles? Do you think you could identify other posters here or on other forums you're on just by how they write - without ever seeing their username? Are there any quirky writing styles that drive you nuts?

There is a woman on one on-line club I'm on who never uses contractions. "I do not think I will go to the concert. I can not decide what I am going to wear".....makes her sound like a robot to me!

There's another one who randomly capitalizes words and randomly puts others in single quotes...."I went 'to' THE concert and I had a 'wonderful' TIME!" Hunh?

Or am I the only person who notices stuff like this? images/icons/smile.gif

Lynner

Jun 13, 2003, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:

Or am I the only person who notices stuff like this? images/icons/smile.gif You probably just notice it more often. images/icons/wink.gif

I don't mind when people take shortcuts when IM'ing, but when posting on online clubs, forums, etc. it gets annoying and just too difficult to read. Another quirk is when people use very little punctuation. Often those writings I skip over as I'm just too confused as to what the writer was trying to say!

I think on forums where I'm quite active, I'd be able to identify some writer's the phrases they tend to be fond of using. I guess that could be considered a quirk.

chaitanya

Jun 13, 2003, 04:12 PM

I bet you could recognize me.... graemlins/laugh2.gif

beatlelover45223

Jun 13, 2003, 04:29 PM

I'm a quick poster a lot and then after posting is when I see my mistakes too,sometimes they look ok to me before the post, then? hmmmm
I think attitudes in the post would be more how I could identify people, some are down to business and that is that, no socializing, which is 1/2 (whoops short cut) the reason for going onto a board etc; the other, I think would be to gain and share your knowledge, I too have a pet peeve with poor spellers, including myself, but then the net is right here to check if your not sure.. now that I have rambled (hey maybe that's my style?) graemlins/talking.gif * this was interesting Rell, thanks images/icons/smile.gif

Magill

Jun 14, 2003, 12:34 AM

wHat r ewe taLkin boUt, ReLL? images/icons/wink.gif

Sorry..couldn't resist. Yeah, I think the way a person uses grammar, whether it's proper or slang, tells alot about them and their personality. Like me, I'm rather inconsistent in my style and it seems to depend on my mood. (I just like to keep people guessing images/icons/wink.gif ) In comparison of other posters, I seem to be the queen of edit. Only because I'm too quick to post. Ya know, post first, proofread later graemlins/images/icons/rolleyes.gif . Yeah..story of my life!
My personal pet peeve is really bad spellers.

Rellevart

Jun 14, 2003, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted By Magill:
wHat r ewe taLkin boUt, ReLL? images/icons/wink.gif
Hahahahahahahaha! images/icons/smile.gif Thanks for my laugh of the afternoon! images/icons/smile.gif

lennon4

Jun 15, 2003, 11:01 PM

LOL, Rell! Yeah, I know what you're talking about. In fact, I'm sure people get irritated at me because I use "..." inbetween my thoughts a lot of the time. I also tend to use "lol" a LOT. Oh well... (lol..., yes, I'm doing this on purpose).

Anyway, there are MANY people on this forum that I can identify (and frequently will skip over) by the style they post. Repeated, vertabum vocabulary, bad spelling/grammar/punctuation, etc, etc.

Another thing that strikes me as funny is that I can ALWAYS tell when Susan and/or Jim forgets to logout/login and will post in the other's name. Of course, the culprit will, in a following post, say that they forgot to change the name or whatever. It makes me smile. graemlins/teeth1.gif

-lennon4

Rellevart

Jun 16, 2003, 05:06 AM

Originally Posted By lennon4:
I also tend to use "lol" a LOT. Oh well... At least you use it when something actually IS funny....(see, I do the....thing too!)...drives me nuts when people use LOL when there's nothing at all funny about what they're saying or reacting too. "I got up this morning, lol". Hunh???

DizzymissLizzy909

Jun 16, 2003, 05:45 AM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By lennon4:
I also tend to use "lol" a LOT. Oh well... At least you use it when something actually IS funny....(see, I do the....thing too!)...drives me nuts when people use LOL when there's nothing at all funny about what they're saying or reacting too. "I got up this morning, lol". Hunh???<hr /></blockquote>I know what you mean! Whenever I'm chatting with my friends online and neither of us have anything to say, they usually put 'lol' in there for no reason, just to fill up space. It is pretty annoying. I mean, how are you supposed to respond to it??

I'm sure lots of people can tell when I post... I tend to use a lot of exclamation marks!!!! So far I can't really tell everyone's writing style apart on the forum, but within a month or two I'm sure I will. I can always tell when my best friend is writing, because she writes like she's Shakespeare or something. As much as it adds character, it can be pretty hard to understand sometimes!

Rellevart

Jun 16, 2003, 06:05 AM

The other thing that makes me crazy is really really really bad spelling. I mean, ok, I'm not the world's greatest speller by any means (I can NEVER remember how many r's and s's are in embarrassed, for example), so I'm not talking about misspelling the occasional word. But, for example, I just read a post on this other board I'm on where this woman wrote that she was going to stick her "tung" out at somebody! IEEEEEEEEE!!! graemlins/chainsaw.gif

(As Rell goes and sits down and breathes slowly in and out because she knows she's taking this all WAY too seriously.... images/icons/wink.gif )

Magill

Jun 16, 2003, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
The other thing that makes me crazy is really really really bad spelling.Yeah, I know. Especially when it looks like it's written in code. Or that it's an alien poster posing as a Beatle fan. graemlins/alien1.gif .
j/k <-- I use this one alot "just kidding" to remind people I'm not really mean. images/icons/wink.gif

HeyBeatle

Jun 16, 2003, 06:22 PM

I notice those things occasionally but only if someone makes a really drastic mistake everytime they post. Or if they type without captializing things that should be like names and beginnings of sentences.

ringo_rama

Jun 16, 2003, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
The other thing that makes me crazy is really really really bad spelling.I totally agree! Someone at the Macca forum called me a "sturpid basteard" because I accidentally misspelled "Mamumia."

DizzymissLizzy909

Jun 16, 2003, 07:57 PM

Johnna Lynn

Jun 17, 2003, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted By Magill:
wHat r ewe taLkin boUt, ReLL? images/icons/wink.gif

Sorry..couldn't resist. Yeah, I think the way a person uses grammar, whether it's proper or slang, tells alot about them and their personality. Like me, I'm rather inconsistent in my style and it seems to depend on my mood. (I just like to keep people guessing images/icons/wink.gif ) In comparison of other posters, I seem to be the queen of edit. Only because I'm too quick to post. Ya know, post first, proofread later graemlins/images/icons/rolleyes.gif . Yeah..story of my life!
My personal pet peeve is really bad spellers.I thought I was being overly critical! I have kept myself from asking this poster to please at least use punctuation of some kind!But I dont read their contributions anymore.

taxgirl

Jun 17, 2003, 04:05 AM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
.....drives me nuts when people use LOL when there's nothing at all funny about what they're saying or reacting too. "I got up this morning, lol". Hunh???Maybe for someone who went to sleep with the idea 'I'm never gonna wake up again' it can be pretty funny to get up in the morning... <-- I use these a lot....

He Rell 'reacting too'? images/icons/wink.gif j/k j/k j/k

I'm sure I make a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes, but hey I'm from Holland!

Rellevart

Jun 17, 2003, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted By taxgirl:

He Rell 'reacting too'? images/icons/wink.gif j/k j/k j/k
Ha ha ha! Particularly since that's one of my pet peeves! Oh well, fingers moving faster than brain, I guess. images/icons/wink.gif

JDanRyan

Jun 17, 2003, 05:01 AM

Originally Posted By Magill:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Rellevart:
The other thing that makes me crazy is really really really bad spelling.Yeah, I know. Especially when it looks like it's written in code. Or that it's an alien poster posing as a Beatle fan. graemlins/alien1.gif .
j/k <-- I use this one alot "just kidding" to remind people I'm not really mean. images/icons/wink.gif <hr /></blockquote>I'm not mean either...but my biggest pet peeve has got to be people who think that "just because this is the internet" they "don't need to use proper grammar and spelling." Sorry, even on a board like this one, I don't want to have to break out the Enigma Decoder to read a post!

It's not so bad in an IM, where things are going quickly -- God knows I use more than a few abbreviations myself in IMs. But when things like that carry over into posts on message boards, or worse, into cover letters and submissions that I receive for Rooftop, it is, as far as I am concerned, unacceptable in any form.

The biggest problem, I'm afraid, is that now we are getting younger teachers coming into the school systems who are as ignorant as the kids they teach -- so they don't know any better themselves. Not ALL young teachers are bad, so please don't think I'm broad-brushing here -- I know PLENTY of young teachers who have an excellent grasp of writing, grammar and spelling, and more of them are out there than the others...but it is a very real problem and will only get worse as older teachers retire and are replaced by new, clueless ones...sigh...

HMVNipper

Jun 17, 2003, 05:03 AM

graemlins/blush4.gif That, of course, was me, not hubby...

I really HAVE to get after him for not logging out when he's done! images/icons/wink.gif

Rellevart

Jun 17, 2003, 05:11 AM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
graemlins/blush4.gif That, of course, was me, not hubby...
Hey, I could tell that! Not that either of you has a quirky writing style or anything. images/icons/wink.gif

HMVNipper

Jun 17, 2003, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
graemlins/blush4.gif That, of course, was me, not hubby...
Hey, I could tell that! Not that either of you has a quirky writing style or anything. images/icons/wink.gif <hr /></blockquote>Ya think??? images/icons/wink.gif

Rellevart

Jun 17, 2003, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted By ringo_rama:
Someone at the Macca forum called me a "sturpid basteard" because I accidentally misspelled "Mamumia."I don't mean to laugh at your expense, r_r, but this totally cracked me up!! I don't think you're "sturpid" at all! images/icons/wink.gif

Tim

Jun 17, 2003, 01:11 PM

Some of the pseudo-dyslexia I'm used to ("teh" for "the".etc.)
My worst habit is going between USA English spelling and UK/Canadian/Aussie spelling (sometimes I spell it color then colour.)

Lynner

Jun 17, 2003, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted By D-HaRrIsOnSgUrl28:
the way i write iz pretty notice able LOLZ bc i even need a translator on the bottom lolz ... you see what i get for sleeping in english class jk lolYes, it's definitely noticeable. Sorry, but that also means that I don't read some of your posts. I'm sorry about that, because I'm sure you've got some good stuff to say.

Magill

Jun 17, 2003, 03:32 PM

Speaking of poor typists and the grammar-challenged, I have to deal with people with poor penmanship single everyday. You'd think people would be extra careful when filling out their health insurance forms. It's only just a little important graemlins/images/icons/mad.gif . I mean, if you can only scribble or scrawl, have someone that writes clearly fill it out for you!! That's all I'm asking! graemlins/angry8.gif
*counts to ten* ok, that felt good getting that off my chest. graemlins/lookaround.gif

ringo_rama

Jun 17, 2003, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By ringo_rama:
Someone at the Macca forum called me a "sturpid basteard" because I accidentally misspelled "Mamumia."I don't mean to laugh at your expense, r_r, but this totally cracked me up!! I don't think you're "sturpid" at all! images/icons/wink.gif <hr /></blockquote>And the funniest thing is, nobody else noticed this. graemlins/images/icons/confused.gif

VH1 is playing Beck right now! Awesome!

D-HaRrIsOnSgUrl28

Jun 18, 2003, 12:30 AM

the way i write iz pretty notice able LOLZ bc i even need a translator on the bottom lolz ... you see what i get for sleeping in english class jk lol

ShowTunes

Jun 18, 2003, 02:17 PM

As a professional editor of too many years, it makes me completely nuts to see sloppy writing/grammar/punctuation in "static" forums. I'll forgive it in IMs and hastily written emails, but on bulletin boards... and don't get me started about the low, low level of editing in real-world publications. (Example: my dad was reading some promotional magazine about the Colorado Rockies--full color, expensive to produce--and found "site" used for "sight" and "intimate" for "intimidate.")

As for quirky style, well, I haven't been participating as much as I should be here, but elsewhere I'm known for my parentheses (I just have so many little asides in me). I can pick out a few writers and their styles, too. Maybe everyone should sign in under new identities and then there could be a contest: How many writers can you identify by style alone?

As for inarticulate posts, I have to agree with everyone else who said that they skip posts that are hard to read. Life's too short to have to do puzzles every time someone comments!

Aviva

BrazilianFlag

Jun 18, 2003, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted By Tim:
Some of the pseudo-dyslexia I'm used to ("teh" for "the".etc.)
My worst habit is going between USA English spelling and UK/Canadian/Aussie spelling (sometimes I spell it color then colour.)Story of my life - and of every other "English as a foreign language" boarder, I guess...

Tim

Jun 19, 2003, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted By BrazilianFlag:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Tim:
Some of the pseudo-dyslexia I'm used to ("teh" for "the".etc.)
My worst habit is going between USA English spelling and UK/Canadian/Aussie spelling (sometimes I spell it color then colour.)Story of my life - and of every other "English as a foreign language" boarder, I guess...<hr /></blockquote>Plus,in my case though a native-born American, I have always lived literally on the US/Canadian border (about 6 blocks from the Detroit River,the border line),and have always seen Canadian sign,newspapers etc.,with the Canadian spellings,such as cheque for check.

Magill

Jun 19, 2003, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted By BrazilianFlag:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Tim:
Some of the pseudo-dyslexia I'm used to ("teh" for "the".etc.)
My worst habit is going between USA English spelling and UK/Canadian/Aussie spelling (sometimes I spell it color then colour.)Story of my life - and of every other "English as a foreign language" boarder, I guess...<hr /></blockquote>Hey. I think you folks from other countries do really well articulating your posts. I've heard the English language is the most complex languages to learn of all. No doubt that it is! Kudos to you all! graemlins/thumbsup2.gif

HMVNipper

Jun 19, 2003, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted By Magill:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By BrazilianFlag:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Tim:
Some of the pseudo-dyslexia I'm used to ("teh" for "the".etc.)
My worst habit is going between USA English spelling and UK/Canadian/Aussie spelling (sometimes I spell it color then colour.)Story of my life - and of every other "English as a foreign language" boarder, I guess...<hr /></blockquote>Hey. I think you folks from other countries do really well articulating your posts. I've heard the English language is the most complex languages to learn of all. No doubt that it is! Kudos to you all! graemlins/thumbsup2.gif <hr /></blockquote>I agree -- most of you whose native language is not English do better than some native speakers on these forums! images/icons/smile.gif

BrazilianFlag

Jun 19, 2003, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Magill:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By BrazilianFlag:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Tim:
Some of the pseudo-dyslexia I'm used to ("teh" for "the".etc.)
My worst habit is going between USA English spelling and UK/Canadian/Aussie spelling (sometimes I spell it color then colour.)Story of my life - and of every other "English as a foreign language" boarder, I guess...<hr /></blockquote>Hey. I think you folks from other countries do really well articulating your posts. I've heard the English language is the most complex languages to learn of all. No doubt that it is! Kudos to you all! graemlins/thumbsup2.gif <hr /></blockquote>I agree -- most of you whose native language is not English do better than some native speakers on these forums! images/icons/smile.gif <hr /></blockquote>Thanks. We do our best to be understood images/icons/smile.gif

lennon4

Jun 19, 2003, 11:38 PM

Yeah, I will completely overlook the fact that someone may have errors if English is not their native language. Congrats on having the guts to even attempt such a thing! graemlins/thumbsup1.gif

-lennon4

chaitanya

Jun 20, 2003, 03:29 AM

Thanks. We do our best to be understood
same here ! images/icons/smile.gif

L'Angelo Misterioso

Jun 20, 2003, 05:15 AM

HMVNipper

Jun 20, 2003, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted By lennon4:
Yeah, I will completely overlook the fact that someone may have errors if English is not their native language. Congrats on having the guts to even attempt such a thing! graemlins/thumbsup1.gif

-lennon4This is so true...I've had several submissions to Rooftop from people whose native language is not English, and while there might be small idiomatic errors, generally these submissions have been better than some I get from native speakers and have fewer overall errors! Two of these stories (one by a woman named Linda from Holland and one by our very own BrazilianFlag, Anna) have been published in the Rooftop fiction digests.

THIS is why is is so hard for me to condone native English speakers who don't make any effort to write or speak correctly -- if people from other countries can do it, if you are from the United States or England you should be able to do it too. It is purely lazy to think it "doesn't matter," because you can bet your bottom dollar that when you are out there in the world, the first impression you make is with the way you speak (or sometimes the way you write) -- such as when you are looking for a job. If you consider yourself a fairly intelligent person, and if you have a high school diploma, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for poor grammar or spelling. (Frankly, I believe that schools let people get away with too much nowadays, if there are kids graduating from high school with such atrocious writing and speaking habits, but I digress...)

Rellevart

Jun 20, 2003, 05:34 AM

I just thought of a few more people (from work)who I can immediately identify by their writing styles. One woman I work with is a half-way decent writer, but she has absolutely NO idea where to place a comma. I can always tell a piece written by her because it's coherent, well-organized and well thought out, but it doesn't have a single comma in it!

My boss, on the other hand, has excellent grammar, but he rambles and rambles and rambles and gets so far off topic that he loses people! He also sounds like he ate a thesaurus for breakfast - using big words just for the sake of using big words, not because they're really the best way of expressing his ideas. That can be really annoying!

DizzymissLizzy909

Jun 20, 2003, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
My boss, on the other hand, has excellent grammar, but he rambles and rambles and rambles and gets so far off topic that he loses people! He also sounds like he ate a thesaurus for breakfast - using big words just for the sake of using big words, not because they're really the best way of expressing his ideas. That can be really annoying!Oh man, I know what you mean! I have a friend like that and I'm always telling her to stop reading the thesaurus'! She uses big words in all of her papers, but most of them are words no one has heard of and even the teachers don't understand.

I also have a friend who makes NO sense at all when she writes. For example, in my agenda one day she scribbled 'Kill boys across the street, read remains and eat.' I mean, WHAT??!! It can really funny sometimes, but it isn't so great for her schoolwork... images/icons/frown.gif

taxgirl

Jun 20, 2003, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
Frankly, I believe that schools let people get away with too much nowadays, if there are kids graduating from high school with such atrocious writing and speaking habits.... I think so too. One of my bad habbits is that I'm always correcting people if they use the wrongs words. I don't think an example in Dutch will mean anything to you... haha
It's something like the wrong use of 'they', 'them' and 'those'...

Pfew, that's hard to explain in English images/icons/wink.gif

Savoy Truffle

Jun 20, 2003, 10:26 AM

Yes, it is pretty frightening really. And it seems to be happening all over the world. I quite often proofread my 17 yr old daughters essays or reports and her spelling in particular is absolutely ATROCIOUS. I don't know how she manages to get good marks! graemlins/afraid5.gif

I'll try to correct her but there is so much that she gets kind of peeved and says she'll just fix them on the computer with spellcheck (and of course waste more paper images/icons/grin.gif )

And that's another thing. She figures it doesn't really matter if words are spelled incorrectly, the computer will just fix things.

Also my oldest son's university papers that he's shown me. Some are so redundant and have so many long, convoluted sentences. And he's got good marks on them!

Hmmm...and I just noticed that a lot of us are driven crazy by bad spelling! images/icons/grin.gif

[ Jun 20, 2003, 10:31 AM: Message Edited By: Savoy Truffle ]

Rellevart

Jun 23, 2003, 05:37 AM

I posted this somewhere else, but I wanted to make a point here too. I started this topic because of some people on another forum whose posts I could always identify without reading who had posted them. It was NOT started as a dig against anyone here and wasn't even originally intended as a bad-writing-bashing topic. I'm not the Grammar Police and am not passing any judgements and I just wanted to make that clear! Thanks. images/icons/smile.gif

[ Jun 23, 2003, 05:38 AM: Message Edited By: Rellevart ]

Johnna Lynn

Jun 23, 2003, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted By D-HaRrIsOnSgUrl28:
the way i write iz pretty notice able LOLZ bc i even need a translator on the bottom lolz ... you see what i get for sleeping in english class jk lolShe was under the impression this was aimed at her.
It is not my intention to pick this topic apart.
Just wanted all who care to know how one could feel the way I do. BTW, who were we laughing at in the above post? It must be someone specific, as the writing style was refered to. I'm done beating the dead horse. (And soon to be dead thread)

Lynner

Jun 23, 2003, 01:36 PM

Johnna, please see reply #41. I know Rell' very well. She didn't start this thread aimed at anyone on the forum. She & I often comment about writing styles. More so unusal (quirky) styles than anything else. We've both been writing off and on for years, so writing styles certainly intrigue us and she was curious to know if it was something that intrigued others.

Rellevart

Jun 23, 2003, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:
She was under the impression this was aimed at herI'm sorry if she felt that way, but it just isn't true. Regarding the laughing post above, I was just laughing about that general style - with the caps in random places and lots of abbreviations - that I've seen many young people use on various forums recently.

Besides, if you'll note, this topic was started on June 13th and her first post on that other topic was on June 14th, so it couldn't have been about her. Besides, I just don't operate like that. images/icons/smile.gif

ringo_rama

Jun 23, 2003, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:
BTW, who were we laughing at in the above post? It must be someone specific, as the writing style was refered to.I got the impression that it was a (funny) dig at all people who type like that. I wasn't laughing at anyone, I was laughing with Magill and Rellevart.

Johnna Lynn

Jun 23, 2003, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:
She was under the impression this was aimed at herI'm sorry if she felt that way, but it just isn't true. Regarding the laughing post above, I was just laughing about that general style - with the caps in random places and lots of abbreviations - that I've seen many young people use on various forums recently.

Besides, if you'll note, this topic was started on June 13th and her first post on that other topic was on June 14th, so it couldn't have been about her. Besides, I just don't operate like that. images/icons/smile.gif <hr /></blockquote>Thanks for your reply. I am not finding fault with any one person. I just called it like I saw it. I knew I could be wrong, and evidently I was. Sorry for any confusion. I like your posts Rell. I do seek them out to learn from. Johnna Lynn

HMVNipper

Jun 23, 2003, 03:03 PM

Magill

Jun 23, 2003, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted By ringo_rama:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:
BTW, who were we laughing at in the above post? It must be someone specific, as the writing style was refered to.I got the impression that it was a (funny) dig at all people who type like that. I wasn't laughing at anyone, I was laughing with Magill and Rellevart.<hr /></blockquote>It was indeed a generalization. I also can't stand it when people capitalize every other letter. I know some people think it looks cool, but I think it looks dorky. JMHO. And yes, DHarrisongurl did do that also. But, she's only one person of many I've seen doing that. graemlins/shakehead2.gif NOT a "dig"....Can ya dig it? images/icons/wink.gif

Lynner

Jun 23, 2003, 04:36 PM

I can dig it! images/icons/wink.gif

Magill

Jun 23, 2003, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted By Lynner:
I can dig it! images/icons/wink.gif Right on! graemlins/thumbsup1.gif
(or should I say, "write on!" lol )

[ Jun 23, 2003, 04:53 PM: Message Edited By: Magill ]

Johnna Lynn

Jun 23, 2003, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted By Magill:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By ringo_rama:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:
BTW, who were we laughing at in the above post? It must be someone specific, as the writing style was refered to.I got the impression that it was a (funny) dig at all people who type like that. I wasn't laughing at anyone, I was laughing with Magill and Rellevart.<hr /></blockquote>It was indeed a generalization. I also can't stand it when people capitalize every other letter. I know some people think it looks cool, but I think it looks dorky. JMHO. And yes, DHarrisongurl did do that also. But, she's only one person of many I've seen doing that. graemlins/shakehead2.gif NOT a "dig"....Can ya dig it? images/icons/wink.gif <hr /></blockquote>Yes ladies, I can dig it....Matt Busby....dig it....dig it.....dig it.

[ Jun 24, 2003, 03:09 AM: Message Edited By: Johnna Lynn ]

Johnna Lynn

Jun 24, 2003, 12:59 AM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Magill:
wHat r ewe taLkin boUt, ReLL? images/icons/wink.gif
Hahahahahahahaha! images/icons/smile.gif Thanks for my laugh of the afternoon! images/icons/smile.gif <hr /></blockquote>This post (and the following) is partially my opinion.

ImaginePeace78

Jun 24, 2003, 03:02 PM

I have a friend who graduated from college years ago and his spelling is atrocious. He says he "spells phonetically." I mean, this is for every word! He misspells simple three and four letter words. Words we learned in grammar school. It's hard to read his e-mail because of his spelling. I often wonder how the heck did he make it through college?! Spellcheck doesn't get everything right, people. You have to use what you learned in school--if you paid attention in English class.
-Kristi