it's not GURL, it's GIRL
Not U, it's YOU
not 4, it's FOR
and so on, you get the point
2006-08-02 05:13:37 · 15 answers · asked by Boo Boo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I don't mean the occasional typing error. We all do that. I mean the deliberate.
2006-08-02 05:20:23 · update #1
And the funniest thing of all of this is that the only people offended by this are the ones that do it. LOL
2006-08-02 05:22:55 · update #2
I just gonna go right out there and say it.....these people are all retards. I know Im gonna go to hell for that but it is true. I hardly ever use spell check and I do a pretty damn good job. Not going to say that I dont make mistakes but DAMN. This crap is annoying as hell. It really gets my blood boiling. I always just retort to these people by typing like them and make fun of them while at it. I dont know if I even do it right. I have to really work hard to spell so terribly.
By the way Wendy, dont worry about the dress comment earlier in this post. I think you look hot!!
2006-08-02 14:07:09 · answer #1 · answered by !@#$ (formerly Ralph M) 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've never seen so many bad typers/spellers as I have once I came online. The short forms of words that include numbers really annoy me, how hard could it be to type the actual word. People who spell stuff with a different letter, like your example of "gurl, girl" ... I guess thats a pronunciation show, but I still hate it. I type and speak properly and would love to have others do the same. Grammatical errors are another thing that annoys me. I understand short forms of words, and that's fine. However when someone speaks and you can hardly work through what they are trying to say - somethings wrong! Oh well, not like it's going to stop anyone though! :)
2006-08-02 14:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by Kass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree.
Anything that forces the reader to decipher the question stands in the way of good communication. This includes bad spelling, improper punctuation and grammar, and "texting abbreviations" for perfectly good English words.
However, I'm sure you (and I) will get shouted down by the moronic minority.
2006-08-02 12:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some of it is just internet -style shorthand - makes for quicker typing. Some of it is just careless typing. The rest of it - like gurl instead of girl - those people are morons. It's proof that with public education - you get what you pay for.
2006-08-02 12:18:05 · answer #4 · answered by Sleepy Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you care Wendy? Don't you think it is amazing how language can be flexible and still get the point across?
Oh wait, you probably don't care too much for evolution judging by the dress you have on.
2006-08-02 12:19:44 · answer #5 · answered by murkglider 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the relative disadvantages of the 'net is that it facilitates hasty people. Many of these don't know or care what 'spellcheck' is.
Amusingly enough, many of these folks are the identical people who get vexed in the extreme when you fail to magically *guess* what they meant...after all, they *knew* what they meant...it's your fault if they *said* something different
I work with guys like this all the time...God surely loves them; He made so many of them. (lol)
2006-08-02 14:32:24 · answer #6 · answered by comicards 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatz dis u say? I iznot getting u pizoint if u dont no the shizzle the why u be axeking dis quizzle? Get whit de prozam shizzit im izout!
2006-08-02 15:06:21 · answer #7 · answered by howardfan35 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you completely, I can't be bothered to even attempt to decipher those questions, especially the long winded ones.
2006-08-02 12:32:22 · answer #8 · answered by jtj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America's education at it's best
2006-08-02 20:07:24 · answer #9 · answered by BONE° 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes how sad that engish dickshon has fallan buy the weighside of mondern thymes
2006-08-02 12:22:13 · answer #10 · answered by nuclear farter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋