Re: [Circle] Re: English -- the Final post.

From: Frag (frag@earth.global.net.au)
Date: 08/20/96


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On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Jeeves wrote:

> > > Ok.  Since you have ever so casually grouped me into this group of
> > > people, I will point out the fact that I asked nicely for him to use
> > > 'anyways' instead of 'neways' and suchnot.  
> [SNIP]
>  
> > Aren't you slightly hipocritical ?? (how ever you spell it)
> > For your information my "talk" has nothing to do with warez, and by no
> > means does it matter to you.. I have stated that i will not use my 
> > abbreviations for words incase people cannot read, but this i sgeting out
> > of hand..
> 
> Hypocritical. H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L .
> Write it correctly 5 times on the back of your paper.
> 
>  
> > I asume you run a mud or are at least assocaied with a few so I ask you this
> > when you have 10 people asking you questions do you really spend the time
> > to use proper punctuation ? and insetad of saying anyone , isnt it easier 
> > and more conviniant to write ne1 ? come on ??
> 
> I take pride in my English, as some of you may know. Not only does 
> constant use of barely translatable abbreviations cost everyone else 
> time and temper, they make the one using them seem lazy or possibly 
> ignorant of proper spellings and sentence structure.
>  
> > I get around 160+ messages in my mbox, and I try to at least read
> > the interesting ones and perhaps contribute my thoughts if i feel they 
> > might add an intelligent outlook..
> 
> Don't we all? However, those messages actually written in some 
> language that is widely understood (be it English or not), are far 
> more likely to be taken seriously by those subscribing to this 
> particular mailing list. Your perversion of common English words does 
> *not* count as language. Perhaps it is easy for you, but it results 
> only in more work for everyone else.
> 
> CRASH COURSE IN ABBREVIATIONS AND ENGLISH GRAMMAR
> 
> 1) Titles and lengthy terms may be abbreviated by their first 
>    letters. For example, 'Multi User Dimension' is almost always
>    abbreviated to 'MUD' in almost all discussions. Ideally, the 
>    letters should be separated by periods (M.U.D.), but it has
>    become a common convention to write acronyms without periods. 
>    Acronyms written in lowercase can confuse people.
> 
> 2) Commonly used words with several syllables can be shortened, but
>    this does not apply to all words. For example, the word 'megabyte'
>    is often shortened to 'meg'. This is appropriate for 
>    computer-related discussions, but it is considered jargon
>    and should not be used in non-computer-oriented situations
>    without clarification.
> 
> 3) ALWAYS END ALL SENTENCES WITH A PERIOD, QUESTION MARK, OR
>    EXCLAIMATION POINT. Sometimes, ending with ellipses (...) is 
>    appropriate, and very occasionally with a dash (-).
> 
> 4) CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER OF EVERY SENTENCE AND THE FIRST LETTER
>    OF ALL PROPER NOUNS.
> 
> 5) PUT PUNCTUATION MARKS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. Know the difference 
>    between 'your' and 'you're'. The former is a possesive, the latter 
>    is a contraction for 'you are'. Also a problem are 'it's' and 
>    'its'. The first is a contraction for 'it is', and the second is
>    a possesive. Examples:
>    It's raining.
>    My computer died last night. Its processor just quit.
> 
> 6) SEMICOLONS ARE NOT JUST FOR C/C++/PERL CODE. Semicolons are used
>    to connect two complete thoughts for effect. Example:
>    This list is mostly decent; its members are often helpful.
>    You know you have used a semicolon correctly when the linked
>    sentences can be rewritten with a period at the end of each one.
> 
> 7) PHONETICS ARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE JUST LEARNING TO WRITE.
>    'ne1' must be read phonetically to have any meaning, and most
>    English-speaking people do not read phonetically past the age
>    of about 10 years. Despite the context, 'ne1' looks more like a
>    UNIX device than a shortened form of 'anyone'.
> 
> Class dismissed. =)
> 
> Jeeves
> Creator/IMP/Builder of CalaisMUD (under development)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> USER:  > % ^What is saccharine?
> UNIX:  > Bad substitute.
> 

Now here is the difference between you and me, obviously you
have lots of timw to waste wrting this, and I DONT..
hey simple :)
n thnaks for the lesson,.. (no i am not 10)
:)
FRag

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