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98 Dodge Grand Caravan
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:17:03 -0500, Steve > wrote:
>Apparently so. Its gotten to the point that I can hardly understand some > newsgroup posts these days. Its a silly text-messaging >devote-half-a-brain-to-it mentality that can't take the time to be >precise, and then gets all bent out of shape when you can't answer the >ill-constructed and impenetrable questions. <snip> This goes beyond text messaging. For about 15 years or so, even before the era of "txting," I've seen the previously mentioned mistakes more and more, especially from certain areas of the country. "Sell" instead of "sale" is now very prevalent in the deep South, as is "set" for sat or even the present tense "sit" which have been around for a long, long time. However, "your" for you're is becoming almost universal, especially if the author has a high school education or less. Another common gaffe with these people: I'mproper use of contractions, such as "Rage'n" for "raging" and others. There's actually a line of pricey motorhomes how with "Race'n" plastered all over the back. Incredible! People who spell/misuse like this should have NO comment about other such weaknesses as "ebonics." Both are equally bad. |
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98 Dodge Grand Caravan
DeserTBoB wrote: > On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:17:03 -0500, Steve > wrote: > > >Apparently so. Its gotten to the point that I can hardly understand some > > newsgroup posts these days. Its a silly text-messaging > >devote-half-a-brain-to-it mentality that can't take the time to be > >precise, and then gets all bent out of shape when you can't answer the > >ill-constructed and impenetrable questions. <snip> > > This goes beyond text messaging. For about 15 years or so, even > before the era of "txting," I've seen the previously mentioned > mistakes more and more, especially from certain areas of the country. > "Sell" instead of "sale" is now very prevalent in the deep South, as > is "set" for sat or even the present tense "sit" which have been > around for a long, long time. However, "your" for you're is becoming > almost universal, especially if the author has a high school education > or less. > > Another common gaffe with these people: I'mproper use of > contractions, such as "Rage'n" for "raging" and others. There's > actually a line of pricey motorhomes how with "Race'n" plastered all > over the back. Incredible! People who spell/misuse like this should > have NO comment about other such weaknesses as "ebonics." Both are > equally bad. Let's not forget the Charlie Nudo classics, "dildow" and "hearsay". |
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On 10 Oct 2006 19:38:25 -0700, "Charlie Deludo"
> wrote: >Let's not forget the Charlie Nudo classics, "dildow" and "hearsay". <snip> "Heresay". Let's not forget his latest, making a whole new verb: "dildowing: v. The act of Charlie Nudo using a dildow." |
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