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February 06, 2007, 08:06 AM
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Sindorella 70 Blood Elf Warlock Wildhammer Euro PvE Guild: Ressurection Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/21/40 |
Language - Rant alert!
Does anyone else have the problem where they can't read some posts because of the lanuage used? I am not talking about spelling or sentence composition as i am fully aware that even as an english person i am often let down by both these points. I am talking about people shortening every other word to the point where i focus more on what is trying to be said that being able to read what is being communicated. I don't mean "tbh" or things that are generally accepted terms most know. I mean "wud" etc. I mean, how much harder is it to write "would" or two extra letters. Wif is another pet hate, as if Cud and Hav! We are not sending SMS messages to peoples mobiles after all. Dear lord please make the effort to write whole words or use commonly known ones. |
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February 06, 2007, 08:28 AM
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Gladys 70 Human Warlock Bronzebeard Euro PvE Guild: Angels From Hell Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 26/35/0 |
Re: Language - Rant alert!
Yes. Basically "txts" just get ignored (in-game or on forums), because if it was important they'd have made it meaningful and readable. |
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February 06, 2007, 09:15 AM
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swampish 70 Gnome Warlock Killrog Euro PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 42/8/11 |
Re: Language - Rant alert!
I agree, i tend to try and avoid this speak as much as possible, it reminds of the kids where i work, i really dont want that. |
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February 06, 2007, 09:35 AM
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gimppy 70 Gnome Warlock Archimonde US PvP Guild: The Fremen Knights Talent Spec: aff/dest |
Re: Language - Rant alert!
My mom is an english teacher, so I always got crap for not having good sentence structure & spelling. Most of my posts are done on my pocket pc and only when I'm in a hurry do I shortcut through. It does get aggravating when I'm second guessing what is trying to be brought across. I'm willing to help out when I can, but many times I just ignore. |
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February 06, 2007, 09:42 AM
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Demonblade 64 Human Warlock Executus US PvP Guild: Horde Hunters, Inc. Talent Spec: 7/41/4 |
Re: Language - Rant alert!
I've been told, repeatedly, in game that I speak very formally. Apparantly, using punctuation isn't the thing to do. |
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February 06, 2007, 11:17 AM
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Re: Language - Rant alert!
Personally I love the fact people explore new ways to write words, as it's indicative of an evolving language, which is a good thing in my mind, especially for the english language which has some really awful word constuction rules, e.g. thorough. though, colour, what are those extra "you's" about!? One example that I use a lot is "tho" instead of "though", mainly because it's quicker to write and people still get the meaning. If it helps any I think past generations have also struggled with similar issues, using the apostrophe to concatenate words is a fairly new thing, and would have been severely frowned upon in days gone by. Also imagine Shakespear reading some of today's better loved books, he probably would have had a pink fit! Edit: Altho (sorry couldn't resist) I have to admit I hate the use of z's instead of s's, e.g. "hatez" instead of "hates"
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February 06, 2007, 11:56 AM
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Re: Language - Rant alert!
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You give those poor souls a hard time. Why? Becourse it is quicker for you? I am sure you can do better than that. 
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February 06, 2007, 12:20 PM
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Re: Language - Rant alert!
If you can read this, you have a strange mind too Can you raed tihs? Olny 69 plepoe can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not r aed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! Sorry I just had to  
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February 06, 2007, 12:32 PM
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Re: Language - Rant alert!
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It is not as easy as it initially appears to define an acceptable dictionary for all scenarios, and we can't just pander to the learning crowd as they only make up a subset of the community, which is why we almost have no choice but to take the "good" with the "bad"; so long as the idea is communicated it really doesn't matter if you use omg or oh my god! Ofc people are free to express their concerns about that, and I am confident that throughout history they have done so, and will continue to do so - debate is king! You could also argue that the speed of communication, especially in a written scenario such as wow could be the difference between life or death, especially if you need to convey a message quickly because they are relying on you for some action. The speed of communication is also one of the fundemental reasons for many modern day changes to the english language. I still get annoyed with z's tho!  P.S. Btw thanks to Mistrust for raising what is an enjoyable and very relevant discussion! 
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February 06, 2007, 01:19 PM
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Ur 80 Gnome Warlock Lothar US PvE Guild: Plan Bee Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 30/41/0 |
Re: Language - Rant alert!
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your (who had no idea...) |
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