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This is just a friendly note to help out our new (within the past six months) hoppers.
When replying to, or begining a topic, please take note that this is an international website with people from all parts of the globe. We are mainly an English speaking Community, however, English may not be somebodies first language. Please take the time to read over your own posts before posting and please refrain from using what is commonly refered to as "MSN Speak" or even "Quick SMS".
What I mean by this is quick references such as 'ur' for you are or you're, skool for school, and etc.
If we can all just take a little time, it will make it easier for all in the long run.
Thanks.
I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.
"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men
Lambretta Fanatic
4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
d'u ave MSN? ... com holla @ me sumtime. ur missus did t'other neet.
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
come here pk... .:*chases pk out of this thread in that real troublesome way that only I could do by useing words and never in real life...*:.
I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.
"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
I really do agree with Arsn. Its so annoying to read ur, l8ter, wot, u, r.
did you post this because I was bitching about it recently?
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
No, I posted because I felt a rant of my own was starting...
I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.
"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
arsn for Moderator!
Thanks arsn..
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Lambretta Fanatic
4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
i hate reading posts in short, i find it irritating and in bad taste of the board. You would think board users of an international board like hop would be conciderate of other language speakers.
like i would ever post on G dot org in english when its an italian forum. lol
i second the notion for arsn for mod! hehe
Arf! Can I have a biscut?
288 posts
Location: North America, Mid West, USA
You know what's even worse? I do some writing, articles and the like. And I see people in articles, NEWS ARTICLES, write things like the following :
"Some 1 else made it work..."
"I want U 2 try this."
ARGH! I hate the new thinking that you can cut corners!!! ARGH! ARGH!! ARGH!!!
-Socks the "too many words to say I agree" furball
I'm weird. Just work through that and we'll all be fine.
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz
465 posts
Location: Netherlands
Maybe it's sensible to also note here that you don't need to start any threads about Vegetarians, what kind of spin music and coloured flames.
And maybe insist on the search option here.
Hmm, there's gotta be something round and shiny, I can play with
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
or love, get it down to one thread a month or something
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
arsn for mod!!!
tis makin sense dat peeps don talk like dis.
bloody pain to read, innit.
we is not all from da hood (dat means you nyc, we know yuse a gangsta)
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translation
I agree wth arsn and the other people in this forum that the level of acceptable english being used in the threads is in a rate of slow decline and thus making it more difficult for the international community as a whole to assimilate as a coherent source of information about spinning but also up to and including all the nonsense we post in social.
and nyc is a gangsta.
EDITED_BY: ado-p (1102944876)
Love is the law.
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
& u need more full stops there.
*wanders off to dug up the pedantic thread.*
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
I find it ironic that no one used correct grammar in this thread.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Or the correct use of tenses for that matter
Love is the law.
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
I think we need another "pedantic thread."
But arsn, ur rite, do0d. We totally need 2 B considerate of other ppl.
*ducks and runs*
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
465 posts
Location: Netherlands
What does pedantic mean?
And about bad English: I'm Dutch!
Me fail English?
That's unpossible.
EDITED_BY: Fuero (1102952601)
Hmm, there's gotta be something round and shiny, I can play with
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
I posted the answer in the other thread that you asked the same question in.
A perfect example would be me complaining about you double posting
but i dont complain. I am a mere part time pedant and only do so for fun.
Love is the law.
465 posts
Location: Netherlands
Yes, sorry
i know double posting equals sinning.
I will just now retreat and chastise myself for a couple of hours.
Hmm, there's gotta be something round and shiny, I can play with
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
I agree, I consider it incredably lazy when you have a keyboard with a plethora of keys in front of you but still can't be bothered to type out words like 'you' in full.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
veteran
1,508 posts
Location: Out, United Kingdom
Nothing wrong with being a pedant! I do it around the clock and am damn good at it, i consider it a bit of a skill
AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!! 
87 posts
Location: Oklahoma, USA
oi oi oi
wh4t 4b0u7 1337 sp43k?
haha sorry, no one had said anything about it and i felt that it needed to be brought to the attention of everyone that 1337(leet) is also not cool!
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Fear the Kirby
Lambretta Fanatic
4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
whats the point in 1337 ????????? it hurts my eyes! and its a pain in the arse to type..... if people are going to go to all that effort to type a load of numbers in to a word, why cant they just write in english!, isnt that why we went to school?
We aknowledge the dyslexics amongst us... but there is just more [censored] in posts these days.
can we save the chit chat for PM's too!... i like to read threads not conversations.
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Silly old man.
That IS the point of 1337! It's fun seeing how cryptic you can be while still being decypherable.
That's like saying "Why do they leave crossword puzzles blank?" ... so you can figure them out silly!
I agree with the chit chat... but we're in a minority on that one. Some people like to type much randomness more than they like to read quality.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Lambretta Fanatic
4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
what; like me?
i cant do cross words... i'm too dumb for those!
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
No.. no! I realized that after I typed it... Not you! My bad!
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
I in no way think that the number 7 resembles in any way, shape or form, the letter t.
You would think hackers (where I believe the original term was coined) would at least know how to read and not confuse numbers and letters.
87 posts
Location: Oklahoma, USA
-sigh-
Leet, short for delete, was yes, originaly created by hackers. (m4d 1337 h4x0rz)
But you also have to take into consideration that this was back in the early 90's im guessing when you either had to have a lot of money or know what the hell you were doing to be online. Leet was created to keep those that had no clue what they where doing online from knowing what the hackers where talking about. but sadly it cought on as a common usage of spelling...
and note only 1337 ninj4's are cool
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Fear the Kirby
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
i always thought leet/1337 was short for elite, in that only the elite, upper edge hackers knew what they were on about. i call it geekspeek.
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
3,149 posts
Location: London
Elite indeed, not delete.
And it's purely the invention and tool of those under the age of sixteen. Bless their little cotton socks.
i reserve the wright to rite how i damn well please. You think you can shackle me with your dictionary chains? i'm not a BBC presenter, i am a free munky! "Correct" use of language is to achieve the aim that the language was meant to fulfill, not to support convention. To assume that convention is automatically superior, then to complain when new conventions occur, is silly.
Use of creativity in prose stylization is where its at, i reckun.
and txtspk is ace. Why do we need vowels anyway?
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
3,149 posts
Location: London
continuing my rant...
Why the hell not use "u" to mean "you" or "ur" to mean "your" or "you're"?
It's not as if the meaning is unclear of confusing when it's used. Even my dad understands txtspeak, and he's easily baffled by the new and strange.
It seems an obvious contraction of language that will naturally occur. Standardised spelling is such a recent invention anyway, there are so many ineffeciencies that will be cast aside by the people that matter, the speakers of the language.
"You" will end up contracted just like "Cannot", or the various american contractions based on phonetics (armor, color, labor).
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
lurker
194 posts
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
i think you'll like this book:
"the mother tongue" by Bill Bryson
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