Spelling, capitalization, and grammar.

[SY]

All your bass are belong to us.

[anatech]

Okay Stuart,
Now you're going to get it. Just wait 'till EC8010 sees that train wreck!

-Chris

[peufeu]

You know, I'm French, and I try to write correct English... frankly, the bad spelling that happens here is NOTHING compared to the anime forums I used to administer !

Different target public I guess. I've banned more than a few for SMS-style forum posts, heh, heh.

[SY]

Chris, EC is safely away for the weekend. So I can ask the next question without fear of his mighty grump.

peufeu, I'm actually sort of fascinated by how one might text in French. Could you tell me a few of the common abbreviations?

[Sherman]

Originally posted by Johan Potgieter
...

Using her knowledge of computers, she instructed the comp. to change "to" to "by".

And hey presto, the computer obliged by faithfully making the required change to: "by all cusbymers"

Eye no it's write, spell Czech tolled mi sew!

[peufeu]

peufeu, I'm actually sort of fascinated by how one might text in French. Could you tell me a few of the common abbreviations ?

First level of brain damage is : replace everything with phonetics (ie. for instance in French the sound [k] can be written "c", "k", "q", "qu" etc ; replace all this with letter k) ; remove all letters that are not pronounced ; drop tenses, plurals and genders ; randomize word suffixes and abbreviate :

donc -> dc, pour -> pr, pourquoi -> pk, g = j'ai, etc

Bijour G juste un pb, g eu un ratio de merde, g dc du pr le remonter utiliser mon joker afin de SEEDER... Bref mon pb est le suivant: G réussi à prendre un one piece tt simple mai à la suite meme kan je supprime ce torrent, aucun autre ne veut se lancer je capte pas pk!!!! g bo eu lire ds les forums g pa trouvé le meme pb ke moi... Bref ke puis-je faire kan Bitcomet ne veut prendre kun seul torrent de ce site????

Now this isn't really SMS, this is really verbose, since the moron has a real keyboard there are still a few words left. Also he went to the trouble of capitalizing the "G", lol. (in Engrish this would be like writing "Uve got").

Then there is the next level of moronicity, like when you see the above post and kick the user he may write this :

Moi oci je sui 1 integrist kom Alexbadabou mai c pa poure ca ke les gen doit nou taper dessu koi !!
c note style, c note fasson d'essprime la vibe de note plum !! C pour ca k'on n'a un blog d'ailleurre ))) Pask'on aime ekrir (et poure la preuv: j'ekri moimeme des senariauts de seri TV) !! Vive le francer !!!
Nou on vou respekt alor vou ossi vou devraie nou respekter kar la vie elle et plein de degout et des couleur pour fair le monde. Peace and love evryone !!!
Merci Bix poure ton coment sur mon blog toa o moin tu soutient les artisst en erbe

He's saying that it's his right to write gibberish, etc. It's like a plea to get banned. Usually it works.

[anatech]

Hi SY,

Chris, EC is safely away for the weekend. So I can ask the next question without fear of his mighty grump.

Ah, I see! Freedom from reprisals!

Hi peufeu,
I guess that means that in 10 years, the written word will be as useful as Latin. Babylon will have been created!

-Chris

[nickds1]

Originally posted by Magura
The natives are the main source of language education for most of us, now that won't do us much good if they don't at least try to do it right.

This is frightening. Most Danes/Scandinavians I've had the pleasure of meeting speak English that is far more grammatically correct than the esturine drivel spouted by most "native English" speakers in the UK, certainly in my part of the world (Kent).

I may be becoming rabid in my declining years (I'm over 40 and live near Tunbridge Wells) but even though I had my South London (Saarf Lunnon) accent beaten out of me at school and replaced by Received Pronunciation (a very "correct" form of English, akin to what used to be called "Queen's" or "BBC" English), my children speak a foreign dialect that is quite appalling - whatever I and my wife (a language teacher) have tried, we've obviously failed. However, I accept it in exchange for a peaceful family life ;-)

So, if you want "correct" English, I'd speak to a native of Holland or similar!

[MJL21193]

The title of this thread:

"Spelling, capitalization, and grammar."

One too many commas.

[SY]

No, in American Standard English, one uses that last comma. And we have more nukes than Canada, so listen up, eh?

pf, g compri, merci bix, tre interessan. mai u peu bzar...