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it's really accent about 40% if the time, someone says his name is "fill up" beacase of his accent but his name really is "Philip"
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FUNKATISE ME!



Last edited by dude_dude at 30-Apr-2005 02:33

Instead of apologizing, you should have beaten her up .

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 27-Apr-2005 23:49

For the spelling, I just plain can't spell. Spell Check is my friend... most of the time. The correct way to spell a word just doesn't come to mind.

Same with math, I'm good at math, but it's not an immediate thing. I can think most math problems through, but not quickly.

Grammer for me is just plain out the window. I can tack on an "n" in front of an "a" because most of the time, when I'm typing and reading it to myself, it doesn't come out right to say "a" instead of "an".

As for the English Language, I don't think it should be called a language, but rather a collection of words from various languages. How many other languages have multiple words that have different meanings but are spoken exactly alike? Or so many words with the same exact meaning?

How many languages can you say the exact same sentence in more than a dozen ways?

They are the same
They are similar
They are equal
They are like one another
They are alike
They are matchinsg
They are akin
They are carbon copys
They are duplicates
They are equivalent
They are identical
They are indistinguishable
They are interchangeable

Not to mention you can replace they are with they’re. Speaking of they’re, there, and their…

Two things that drive me batty:

1. Improper and excessive use of commas.

2. Improper use of single and double quotation marks.

The latter is absolutely rampant, even in store signage.

<-- is guilty of both in her postings.

thing is though, that in my proper writing i'm pretty good with punctuation.

On here, i'm more interested in conveying voice rhythm and meaning than getting it right



For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

If there is one linguistic disorder that gets to me, it's; "I could care less if...". For some inexplicable reason, I am greatly vexed by the said phrase.

Okay, dont flame me for saying this, but I think different dialects of a language evolve from the butchery of the language itself.

Silly as it may sound, India has 26+ languages ( I say 26+ because I have lost count). That figure doesnt even include the different dialects and unregistered rural languages. Quite a few of them are combinations of one or more languages.

I live in Maharashta, and the official state language is Marathi, whereas, Konkani is the language spoken in the west of Maharashtra towards the coastal areas and sounds just like Marathi.

Obviously, one evolved through the abuse of another, though nobody remembers which is which.

On the flip side, I myself am often irritated with Indians who cant speak English making a fool of themselves by trying to speak English on a channel where they could get away with Hindi.

I was once watching this show about Indian celebrities "Koffee with Karan" (dont know why they would spell it that way) where the host said to the celebs at the end of the show:

"Please sign the coffee mugs that are right 'next door to you'"

I am bilingual and English is not my first language, so I am definitely not as fluent as I would like to be but this was outright ridiculous.

P. S. Excuse me for any spelling or gramatical errors in the above post. I have never checked my post so carefully before :%)

"Koffee with Karan" (dont know why they would spell it that way)

Argh! I hate it when people do that! Intentionally misspelling words so their beginning letters are the same is so stupid. It is especially bad when they are already the same. Something like "Krazy Kats", when it would be just as easy to spell it right!

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

If there is one linguistic disorder that gets to me, it's; "I could care less if...". For some inexplicable reason, I am greatly vexed by the said phrase.

It's actually supposed to be "I couldn't care less if...", but lots of people are really stupid and get it wrong (they're not stupid for getting it wrong, they're stupid because they don't realize that by saying it wrong, they don't make any sense).







Last edited by Cory Addict at 29-Apr-2005 22:37

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Yes, I am aware of that; which is why it ticks me off. In countless attempts to point out this linguistic flaw, I attract my fair share of blank stares from my friends.

Another annoyance... "would of" as in, "I would of done that..." It's "would HAVE," thank you.

I'm not so concerned about the local drawls/twangs/pro-nunciations, though. Y'all... heck, even *I* say that and I was born and raised in and around Chicago! If people from New Orleans want to call it N'awlins, then go right ahead. (Pardon if I mangled the phonetization of that.)

One thing that annoys me is the five-year-old mentality in an adult... for heaven's sake, there IS no word such as "bestest!" (And other such improvizations.)

Now, it's all fine and dandy to play games with the language. I myself make up random words... If you hang around in the chat room long enough, you're likely to see a "huggle," "tacklehug," or some random sound erupting from me. It is another thing entirely to misuse the language and deviate from the rules set forth for it.

On the subject of "meh," agreed, it doesn't mean "me," it's a sound. It's along the lines of "eh" or a shrug, as has been said. I believe the other word in question was "lates?" I'm thinking that could possibly be a misspelling of "laters," which some use as a substitution for "see you later." Don't ask. Not one of my habits.

I'm with Cali totally on the l337 speak as well as what I like to call "IM cant." (Cant - The special vocabulary peculiar to the members of an underworld group - according to dictionary.com) This "language" - and I use the term lightly - is nothing more than words that can never be spelled out properly. The word is "you"... substituting the letter "u" for the word is not acceptable. (There are hundreds of such examples.) As Cali said, it's fine for text messaging or the like, where characters are limited, but when it's not, for pity's sake, take the extra second it takes to type out the word! In some cases, it likely takes LONGER to spell out the cant word/phrase than it would take to actually use English. Besides, it takes ME longer to read and translate it, and the more it is used, the more likely I am to ignore a post, thread, or conversation in the chat room.

Granted, we all use abbreviations such as "brb" and "lol." I'm as guilty as anyone of using them. However, I refuse to reduce myself to the level of speaking in IM cant.

As for the wealth of such inventions as the "evirobag"... well, I have no answer for that. Sometimes it's amusing, but most times, it's just sheer laziness. Like, "gee, someone might not be able to understand a big word as'environmental,' let's dumb it down!" Argh!

Edit: Oh... as for having fun with the language... I love to have fun. I have a mini "dictionary" named the "terms of goofiness" that includes words created by myself, as well as my sister and one of our friends. Many were initiated into the "terms" after horrible misspellings or typos. It's quite fun. Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself.........

Last edited by Kitten at 10-May-2005 14:52

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