Please type in English!

[sirdarksol]

Originally Posted by Shawnie

I type "u" more than "you" all the time LOL im lazy not a bad speller

hope we wont be graded on the past!!!

"U" annoys me, but it's readable, so it's not a big deal.
It's when I have to scratch my head and puzzle out what "sldkfjowe" means that I get ticked off.

[Chief_waterchanger]

Yes on the grammar. Please folks, realize that typing in text-speak in a situation where you are trying to get help or converse on a site such as Fishlore makes you look less intelligent.

I am in the "it makes my hair stand on end" club also.

[Lucy]

wut duz sldkfjowe mean?

[Shawnie]

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

"U" annoys me, but it's readable, so it's not a big deal.
It's when I have to scratch my head and puzzle out what "sldkfjowe" means that I get ticked off.

never wants to annoy the "SIR"

and CWC (not txting I promise) come see me...ill fix your hair !!

[sirdarksol]

Originally Posted by Lucy

wut duz sldkfjowe mean?

Stupid, low-down, knicker-flinging, jackanape-owning, widget-eater.


So take that.

[Devon]

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

Stupid, low-down, knicker-flinging, jackanape-owning, widget-eater.


So take that.

[pinkfloydpuffer]

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

Stupid, low-down, knicker-flinging, jackanape-owning, widget-eater.


So take that.

Wow... that's intense.

[mathas]

Originally Posted by Chief_waterchanger

Please folks, realize that typing in text-speak in a situation where you are trying to get help or converse on a site such as Fishlore makes you look less intelligent.

Not only that, it makes it much harder to get help when people either can't figure out what you're saying, or don't feel like breaking out a decoder ring and spending 10 minutes to decipher your post.

[Shawnie]

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

Stupid, low-down, knicker-flinging, jackanape-owning, widget-eater.


So take that.

im surprised that wasnt ******* out!

[sirdarksol]

Absolutely no swears in there.
We've said "underwear" around here before (that's what "knickers" means), and "jackanape" is type of lowland gorilla, and widgets are, well, widgets.

[Lucy]

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

Stupid, low-down, knicker-flinging, jackanape-owning, widget-eater.


So take that.

Oh Lordy!!!!

[pepetj]

Well go figure. English is my second language, and for some reason, I've been misspelling more words than usual lately -probably due to being tired or having a 3 weeks flu.

I realize sometimes I misuse some basic grammar issues (e.g. it is not, instead of it isn't), and change words when not sure about the spelling, but I don't mind being corrected, however, It's harder for me to understand the acronyms used in "text-slang" -it took me about 5 seconds to understand the "u r g8" example.

Honestly, I don't mind if someone insults me without me being aware of it, I worry about not insulting others, that's all I can do: hold my horses. But others might not feel as I do, and rightly so.

I remember searching for terms as UGF, HOB, API, MTS, FW when I got into this forum. Finding their meaning is instructive to me and they are part of the language we talk here. Not so the text-slang.

As someone with English as second language, I can say that you have being understanding and quite tolerant with my grammar errors, even corrected some for me (thanks for that).

I am a free thinker and as a rule of thumb I oppose censorship, but we need to protect this site, and I endorse/support the good work the moderators do.

There's too much pollution out there to bring some into this place. We come from different walks of life, but share the same treasure: fishkeeping. Fishlore is home for me. Sometimes I don't even log in, just browse to read what's going on as guest (say I have 5 minutes between patients, or take 5 while working at home). The stories of others fishkeepers, and their fish, end up being my story too.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

[Alessa]

Thank you Mike!!!!

OMG.LOL I ageee wiz U CUZ me.tIRED of THIS 1,THingN!!!!!

Can I add the fact of abusing smilies when they dont mean :; anything
to the post?

[sirdarksol]

Originally Posted by pepetj

I realize sometimes I misuse some basic grammar issues (e.g. it is not, instead of it isn't),

Technically not a misuse. "It is not" is just as acceptable as "it isn't." It is a matter of choice whether to use the contraction or not.

[pepetj]

Good to know. Thanks.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

[Butterfly]

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

Absolutely no swears in there.
We've said "underwear" around here before (that's what "knickers" means), and "jackanape" is type of lowland gorilla, and widgets are, well, widgets.

So all that to say, somewhere there is a lowland gorilla throwing it's underwear around while eating widgets ? What's so unusual about that
For those who English is a second(or third) language you all do very well with your posts, it's those who (for whom?) English is a first language and try to shorten it that I say this..... You are not being charged by the word/letter to type so please spell the whole word out. I have a dictionary/thesaurus beside my computer which when I'm unsure I use. It's the ones I'm sure of that get me every time LOL
Ok I think everybody gets the idea
Carol

[Barbrella]

One of my pet peeves are posts that are one huge paragraph with no punctuation. I never bother reading them because they make me dizzy.

Perhaps I'm being very unfair, but seeing things like "EN1 wan2tk2dy?", makes the writer look really dumb and illiterate. I'm sure they're not, but all we have to go by are their written words.

Also, idiotic text-speak makes it very difficult for people like pepetj, whose mother tongue is not English, to understand. Heck, I'm English and can't understand half of it.

By the way, pepetj, your command of English is great! Writing another language is much more difficult than speaking it.

[fishlover27]

Great job I had some problems the other day with that! I didn't know what the TOPIC was!! Thanks for helping!