Grammar

[tip top toker]

This has nowt all to do with online and forum grammer and such, however annoying it can be, but real life stuff.

I seem to find myself every day having to repeat myself or explain myself due to people just not haveing any decent gramatical skills.

An example would be 'get' and 'got'

they're not even the same tense!

It is beginning ot drive me mad, these are adults, they should know better!

Unless it's the damend local lingo, in which case i'm in some trouble

Anyone else find this?

 

[x<Juniper][niartS>x]

I'm from Alabama so yeah. It sucks and it makes me want to punch the morons in the face. It's not everybody but just a few. I hate those few. Blame the education system... it's what I do.

 

[That 5hit]

i like how you misspelled shit while you were bitching about grammer

 

[tip top toker]

i like how you misspelled shit while you were bitching about grammer

i'm on a cannabis forum smoked off my tittets, shhhhh, the issue is real life grammar

 

[blazin256]

i like how you misspelled shit while you were bitching about grammer

i was gonna say the same thing.

I'm from Alabama so yeah. It sucks and it makes me want to punch the morons in the face. It's not everybody but just a few. I hate those few. Blame the education system... it's what I do.

Alabama!! im from the huntsville area. im in cali currently tho..

 

[That 5hit]

i'm on a cannabis forum smoked off my tittets, shhhhh, the issue is real life grammar

that sounds like a cop out either your 100% or not
i can see if you were talking board meeting but i know your talking about shit you here on the street just the plain run of the mill convo. thats what sad
this hit home for me because i have bad, no, fucked up grammer and spelling - let me not forget punctuation (whatever that shit is)
and why is this not considered real life

 

[Gblink3]

Girls on facebook don't know the difference between your, you're, just saying.

I remember when I was a kid I used to go on Nintendos forums those were the worse place to get into grammar fights because people would just use grammar to cop out if you call their shit on certain topics.

 

[Leothwyn]

i like how you misspelled shit while you were bitching about grammer

And you too!

 

[tip top toker]

Girls on facebook don't know the difference between your, you're, just saying.

I remember when I was a kid I used to go on Nintendos forums those were the worse place to get into grammar fights because people would just use grammar to cop out if you call their shit on certain topics.

pretty much what i'm saying.

my issues arise either through simple face to face conversations with friends, or emails to and from supliers and such. I'm not talking about just random banter on the street. streets full of crack heads dog!

i swear kids today are getting more degenerate or something. Maybe it's a result of things like text messaging, internet etc, i never really got onto the internet until about 12, only got a mobile phone when i was 13. Even now i will refuse to use text speach and abreviations in texts, and it'll be 4 messeages long no such thing as punctuation in text messaging, so why bother getting used to using it

i'll try not to go off on a tangent about text messaging though, i could go mad over the issue, even my boss now txts me 2 let me no he'l b l8.

and how is it a cop out to use slang or whatnot when stoned and drunk blind on a mash head forum while i can barealy hit the right key as it is i certalnly would use propper grammar and such if i tries speaking it

but yeah, the thread was made while under heavy influence, so maybe i was just kicking off over nothing. sitll don't like it though

 

[Total Head]

i'm with you. i can understand how in casual texting or talking online it might not be so big a deal. my thing is if you have a qwerty keyboard there is no excuse for things like "L8r". it's like you're going out of your way just to butcher the language. what's the point? it's more friggin work. speaking out loud is totally different. in the living room is one thing but if you're going to court or calling a company (or working for one) you should be able to demonstrate basic language skills if you are going to claim english as a first language . There are people who have only been speaking english for a few years that speak it better than a lot of the people who were born here aside from an accent. this being said there is totally a place for lazy language, just not everywhere. barfing out words and letters does not always equal communication.

 

[tip top toker]

this is as much an understanding, as well as demonstration. my issue last night was that they couldn't do as asked due to not grasping the fact that my use of the word 'get' was not the same as 'got' and as such it dign't 'get' done. this wasn't spoken so was not a mis-hearing, they simply didn't pick up on the fact get doesn't mean got.

but agree on the typing on a querty point, i can probably type any word faster than they can type a hip abreviation

 

[That 5hit]

pretty much what i'm saying.

my issues arise either through simple face to face conversations with friends, or emails to and from supliers and such. I'm not talking about just random banter on the street. streets full of crack heads dog!

i swear kids today are getting more degenerate or something. Maybe it's a result of things like text messaging, internet etc, i never really got onto the internet until about 12, only got a mobile phone when i was 13. Even now i will refuse to use text speach and abreviations in texts, and it'll be 4 messeages long no such thing as punctuation in text messaging, so why bother getting used to using it

i'll try not to go off on a tangent about text messaging though, i could go mad over the issue, even my boss now txts me 2 let me no he'l b l8.

and how is it a cop out to use slang or whatnot when stoned and drunk blind on a mash head forum while i can barealy hit the right key as it is i certalnly would use propper grammar and such if i tries speaking it

but yeah, the thread was made while under heavy influence, so maybe i was just kicking off over nothing. sitll don't like it though

i'm with you. i can understand how in casual texting or talking online it might not be so big a deal. my thing is if you have a qwerty keyboard there is no excuse for things like "L8r". it's like you're going out of your way just to butcher the language. what's the point? it's more friggin work. speaking out loud is totally different. in the living room is one thing but if you're going to court or calling a company (or working for one) you should be able to demonstrate basic language skills if you are going to claim english as a first language . There are people who have only been speaking english for a few years that speak it better than a lot of the people who were born here aside from an accent. this being said there is totally a place for lazy language, just not everywhere. barfing out words and letters does not always equal communication.

what i'm saying is this is more or less learned
even in internet world, be 100%
because when i see it i do it
now i'll be using l8 instead of late (thats to the guy that dont like bad grammer.. irony)
before even coming to these boards i never sad mate but now i type it often as m8 i also use gr8 because of this
when ever i go over my parants house they always correct my grammer
no matter what going on
i could have just been shot and in the middle of tellin my mother what happened she would correct my english- why
because this is how we learn
this is why i say you should be 100% and not honor it on or off line
people often live the net and use shit that they learn in real life

just saying, all or nothing, maybe thats just me but i use piss poor grammer on line and if you ran into me on the street i'll still have the same piss poor grammer -- i'm 100% consistant in all aspecs of life

 

[spleefed]

I hate when I hear someone say " I goen gets me a job" or " I wants me some...... whatever"

I try pretty hard to always spell correctly and if I come across a word that I just can't spell then I'll use the spell check feature on my computer. Of course we all make mistakes when we're typing something fast and inadvertantly leave out a letter or we might spell "to" as "ot" and sometimes our thoughts move faster than we can type and we might leave out words altogether.

But that's not the same as someone spelling "posts" as "poasts" or "which" as "witch" and don't even get me started about people not using the apostrophy when it's appropiate. For instance "were" is not the same as "we're" or using "there" when they mean "they're" or "there" when it should be "their". If you want people to understand what's on your mind then learn to spell most of your words correctly and for fucks sake use a period once in a while. I hate trying to read someones long rant who seems determined to use some kind of code with lots of slang spelling, no puntuation marks and it's all one long sentence.

Posting a comment as far as I know is not a timed event. So take your time and make yourself look like you're somewhat intelligent. The way some people speak on this forum make me think that they're so stupid that I couldn't imagine talking to them in person.

 

[tip top toker]

what i'm saying is this is more or less learned
even in internet world, be 100%
because when i see it i do it
now i'll be using l8 instead of late (thats to the guy that dont like bad grammer.. irony)
before even coming to these boards i never sad mate but now i type it often as m8 i also use gr8 because of this
when ever i go over my parants house they always correct my grammer
no matter what going on
i could have just been shot and in the middle of tellin my mother what happened she would correct my english- why
because this is how we learn
this is why i say you should be 100% and not honor it on or off line
people often live the net and use shit that they learn in real life

just saying, all or nothing, maybe thats just me but i use piss poor grammer on line and if you ran into me on the street i'll still have the same piss poor grammer -- i'm 100% consistant in all aspecs of life

ia gree on pints somewhere in the middle about being 100%

but as i've said, on this forum, i cna't always be 100%, most times i visit it, such as now, i'm 5 pints and 5 joints of AK in, so you'll just have to forgive any gramatical errors i make.

best be off to bed for worrrk though

 

[g00sEgg]

It really bugs me when people say "seen" the wrong way. Example: "I seen him yesterday at the store". Makes me wanna punch a baby(kidding of course, i lub babies).

 

[one11]

ok guys this is funny. but after i watched brown dirt warrior, i emailed him. and got this sentence long email that i could hardly read because of mispellings...some ppl like me dont care aabbout using correct grammar or whatever with typing shit because we're lazy or dont care.

 

[Total Head]

or what about when someone is selling "TV's" with an apostrophe? That's one that I see on so-called professional signs or ads ALL THE TIME. i can't tell you how many emails I have written about the misuse of an apostrophe. Clearly even the proofreaders are baffled by the apostrophe. again, I care a lot less on a casual forum such as this one (you'll notice i don't capitalize correctly on some of my words and maybe i'll even miss an apostrophe or two), but on the big lit up sign outside your store? or an ad peddling your services? or a professional correspondence of some kind? that's just not acceptable. to people who don't understand grammar it does't matter, but for someone with basic comprehension of the language it is very frustrating and even confusing, and has more than once led to my decision not to continue to do business with a particular entity. My famous example is with the land o' lakes creamers called "mini moo's" (yes,with an apostrophe). this bothered me because it was either a typo or there was someone named "moo". so yes I wrote an email. It reads as follows:
Who is Mini Moo? Your creamers have an apostrophe that indicates ownership. This product is not mentioned on this website. I feel it would be a good idea to explain the apostrophe someplace in public view. I'm sure you can understand how this causes confusion about whether the creamers themselves are the "moos" and the apostrophe an error. I doubt I am the first person to comment on this and clarification on your site would be helpful. Please respond.
After an initial response thanking me for my interest and pitching products without answering my question, i then sent this:

I received a "response" from WhiteWave Consumer Response that was pitching some silly soy milk and did not solve the Mini Moo mystery. The response was clearly automated and there is no evidence that anyone has even read or truly acknowledged my original comment. I am severely disappointed and quite offended at the way this matter was "handled". Thanks for nothing. I eagerly await an automated response thanking me for my continued interest in your products
To which they finally responded:

Thank you for your recent e-mail to LAND O LAKES®. We appreciate your interest in our products.
The Land O Lakes Mini-Moo's® product is an original concept, designed to bring creativity and fun to the Half & Half creamer brand. The Moo refers to a fictional cow's name, and these portion control cups represent Moo's small creations.

Thanks again for contacting the Consumer Affairs Department.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Kesler
Consumer Response Representative


And no, I'm not kidding. I did feel better after that response but they still don't explain this on the website. sorry for the book but I was making a point about just how important apostrophe use is. the worst part is half the people that I explain this to don't even understand the underlying beef at all. oh, well.

 

[Leothwyn]

Sounds like someone pulled that explanation out of her ass IMO. Apparently Moo is very small, not the product. And, Moo owns something... but what does she possess? Why not have the product at least hinted at in the name? Who cares who owns the product... what is it?! If the apostrophe was meant to be there, it's still a stupid name.

Something that bugs me a bit is when people use expressions in a way that doesn't even mean what they are trying to say:

'I could care less' - Meaning, you do care some at least. Should be: 'I couldn't care less'.
'For god sakes' - What does that even mean? Should be: 'For god's sake'