Re: Please consider this while posting..

by Kingfishercavies Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:47 pm

Believe it or not, there are many people out there that don't have the faintest idea of how to correctly punctuate a sentence. I'm afraid this subject is my bete noire.

by **Roline** Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:17 pm

Please consider this while posting.. - Page 2 Imgcgi

Once again, can I bring your attention to this please. Please try not to use text speak as some of our members find it very difficult to understand. Thank you

by Kingfishercavies Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:44 pm

I'm afraid I really don't like text speak. I find it annoying and unnecessary when we have a perfectly usable language that in my opinion is fast disappearing. The complete lack of punctuation really grates on my nerves too. I find the whole aspect of it quite rude to be honest. Aren't I a miserable moo! Laughing

by Gwen Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:02 pm

No you're not because I feel just the same Gill and I'm certainly not a miserable moo Wink

I have drawn one contributor's attention to it already today but it doesn't seem to have sunk in.

by essie Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:45 pm

I don't like Text talk either and if there is too much then i simply ignore it or should it just get deleted ?

by Gwen Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:49 pm

Now there's an idea essie! Please consider this while posting.. - Page 2 743229

Maybe the message would get through then.

by Hendy Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:47 pm

I get more annoyed by those whose reading skills are errm a bit lacking....

sorry slightly off topic... but I agree I appreciate how hard it must be to understand text speak

by Lothlórien Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:25 pm

I read a GREAT solution for all of our reading-and-writing-problems today!

Now listen:

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as 'Euro-English'.

In the first year, 's' will replace the soft 'c'. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard 'c' will be dropped in favour of 'k'. This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced with 'f'. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where! more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent 'e' in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as
replasing 'th' with 'z' and 'w' with 'v'.

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou' and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.

by **Matt** Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:28 pm

Oh no, I cannot re-learn how to spell! I am stuck in my ways! lol!

by Lothlórien Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:34 pm

But Matt, ziz iz zuch an esy way to rite... evrbody kan do ziz! Sarcasm

by David C Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:24 am

Bloody hell i found that so difficult to read with all those spelling mistakes , my brain hurts now lol

by Hendy Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:52 am

LOL I had to give up half way thru....

by Lothlórien Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:03 pm

Here in the Netherlands we are all reliving our memories of "René Artois" when reading this, LOL!

('Allo 'Allo)

by David C Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:11 pm

Allo Allo is one of the best comedys going and watch it all the time even though they are all repeated and i think i could know the scripts word for word when watching them lol and i could speak like that with the accent if i could read it correctly spelt lol but then it probably helps because my parents spoke broken English with a similar kind of accent lol

by Lothlórien Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:18 pm

I happen to speak 'Denglish' from time to time as well Wink

by **Roline** Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:41 pm

I was pissing by the dusbeens when I heard a s**t.....

by **Roline** Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:41 pm

I love Allo Allo

you stuuuuupid womaaaaan!

by Sunnycott stud Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:49 pm

you are all nuts..pmsl Razz

by Cozmo Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:01 pm

What a mistake-a to make-a Wink

by galaxy Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:15 pm

Some posts are more difficult to read but please be aware that some members may have difficulties with spelling, grammar and punctuation for whatever reason. As long as we get the general idea of the post

by **Roline** Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:20 pm

spelling and grammar are fine, I don't think anyone is perfect there - it is text speak and lazy shortening of words which are difficult for many to read and understand.

by Kingfishercavies Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:38 pm

And people that write 'Alot' instead of 'A lot' It's two words, not one!!! Wink

by Sunnycott stud Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:33 pm

some may not think about every single tiny word when writing and i may put alot out of pure habit but we could pick at everyone and anyone,lol

by Kingfishercavies Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:36 pm

Ignore me, I'm just sad Tracy lol! lol!

by Lothlórien Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:48 pm

Confession. To me as a foreigner it really is a bit weird to see how we are drilled and trained over here, year after year, to write and speak English, almost no room for errors... and then see the native speakers só 'sloppy' in their use of the language. It is not forbidden to be proud of your own language Wink

I mean, of course there are dyslectics not able to write correctly, and those are not the people I address. But certainly it must be managable to have a bit of respect for your own language, acknowledge the beauty of it and honour it by simply trying to do it justice.