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u r all looosing mai respact.
2004-06-05, 11:58 AM #41
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... "misspell" is correct.

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2004-06-05, 12:17 PM #42
Heheh. Correction.

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2004-06-05, 12:26 PM #43
I am thankful to grammar nazis. i used to not be able to know the difference between there, their and they're... oh, and then and than... but i actually learned something from them.

'u guyz r makin fun of my grammer, butt iz jus how i tak.'

well thats nice, but its not how the english language is spoken, or written for that matter. im not saying that this is contributing to the degrading of the english language.... but not letting others tell people that they need to learn how to use a laguage correct (because sometimes, it hurts just to read) sure isnt helping it at all, either.

i just find that when you restrict things like this (and not letting people delete their own posts) it makes for a much more hostile environment than what it was before. you're trying to help, but some cant see that more people get into grammar nazi flaming arguements now than before correcting grammar was not allowed.

ive just seen it on other forums. when you tighten the rules, it just gets less and less fun to be here.

i can understand the occasional keyboard slip that you didnt notice before submitting your post, but if its just so freaking apparent that you are ignoring even basic english language rules... its just... blah.

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2004-06-05, 1:12 PM #44
Cazor brings up a good point. When I first came here I could only speak very basic english. I got better at it because I read these forums regularly, and now I speak it fluently.

I've had people correct me a couple of times, and I appreciated it.

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2004-06-05, 1:57 PM #45
There was a similar thread on another board I frequent on "annoying slang" -- which meant, peeps typin like dis (tryin ta spell out phoneticly how they talk an' ****) ..

The point is, some people don't like having to read words typed as such when they could very well be typed properly, given you're not on time restraints (in general) when responding on a message board. These people, at a deeper level (though they might not realize or admit it) are annoyed at the fact that the former mentioned people try to "sound" like they do in real life online -- at this particular board (which is a bboy population), there were quite a few thugs who wished to emphasize their state of being a thug by speaking like a thug. The annoyed people were annoyed in the sense that they were thinking "Ok, goddamn, we know you're a thug, you don't have to make it clear to us and try to act all gangsta in every single post, thereby failing to be coherent at all."

I think this is a good base on which to compare SAJN and Em Playa's conflict.

Furthermore, this is why there are "Grammar Nazis" -- the underlying principle being "You don't have to type like an idiot and expect us to treat you seriously when you have time to type coherent sentences". Granted, nitpicking at "lol so guys wsup, haha .. this place is the place 2 be" is beyond necessary, since you can very well tell what the person is saying.

For your enjoyment, here's a random list of slang words really mean, so no one complains about "not understanding the person because s/he talks like that":
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Homie: If someone calls you "homie" it means he thinks you are fat (large as a house/home).

Home-slice: When someone says this to you, they mean they want to take you home and slice up your body with a knife. When you hear this spoken to you, run for your life.

Tight: When someone says tight to you it means that they think you are too tight with your money and should buy them more things.

G: "G" is short for "Oh my God you are ugly", so if someone says "sup G" take it very offensively.

Dog: Simply means the person thinks you look like a dog.

Sup: Stupid Ugly Person.

Whack: If someone says whack to you it means they are about to whack you in the head with something.

Fronting: Fronting, frontal... it's all the same. Sometimes used to warn of wanting to bite off a frontal part of your body.

Brotha'/Brother: Implies the person hates you as much as they hate their brother.

Pop-a-cap: Means they want to pop the cap off a soda can and have a drink with you, if someone says "I'm gonna pop a cap in your *** " always reply "please do".

Dis: A complement. When someone says they dissed you, that means they complemented you.

Boo: When someone calls you boo they are trying to scare you and cause you to have a heart attack.

Bomb: Means that you're so ugly that they want to drop a bomb on you.
Flip-side: The other side of a condom.

Yo: Where if you're playing with a yo-yo, and it hits you in the crotch, and it really, really hurts.

Crib: Say this to a person when you think that they are acting like a baby.

Ghetto: It's a place that's filled with riches and treasure; only exists in fairytails.

Chill: Freeze to death and die.

Hood: Refers to a hood of a car; when someone says "want to go to my hood" they are threatening to slam you on the hood of their car.

Bling-bling: Slang for bang bang, the sound a gun makes when they shoot you.

Phat: Fat.

Jo mamma: The name of a really annoying man that everybody hates, whenever someone asks you a question always reply Jo mamma and everyone will laugh.

Bounce: Used in the context "lets bounce" means to hold hands curled up, jut out your front two teeth and hop away like a bunny rabbit.

P-out: It's where when you are doing doughnuts in a car, while the passenger takes a wiz out the window, and tries to hit as many pedestrians as possible.

Hang-out: When someone says this to you, they are telling you they want all of your guts to "hang-out" from your body. They want to kill you.

Shizzle: Means "Sizzle". When someone says this they want to hear your body sizzle in a fire.</font>


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2004-06-05, 2:14 PM #46
I'd just like to point out that some personalities have a greater need for accuracy than others, and when you couple that with a lack of tact or social naivity, the person doing the correcting doesn't even realize how his message is being received.

If it's done in a flammatory manner, then fine. Your argument stands. But just realize that to some people, correcting others is nothing more than a fleeting thought; nothing to be taken personally..

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2004-06-05, 2:26 PM #47
It really doesn't take that long to type in proper sentences. Britons (and Americans) tend to be very poorly educated in terms of English grammar, far worse so than foreigners learning English. If you were unaware of a certain grammatical principle then you should be thankful for the enlightenment. Much like 'I could care less'; far from it being hilarious linguistic sarcasm, it is almost certainly derived from "could" and "couldn't" sounding quite the same and that error being carried on in writing. You don't need to think about it for very long to see that 'could care less' makes quite the counter-emphasis.

Granted, a split infinitive or acronym redudancy would only be picked up on by the nittiest of nit-pickers, but it is always good to be aware of what they actually are. The point of language is to convey meaning and the point of grammar is to construct meaning through written language and to do so as clearly and sensibly as possible. When you start to deviate from grammar, the meaning will become less and less clear. Yes, it will still be perfectly understandable, up to a certain threshhold, but clear and correct standard English grammar is still certainly preferable.
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2004-06-05, 2:34 PM #48
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ubuu:

What I am trying to say is...your topic title and Em Playa's "way" of speaking are completely the same. Why are you bashing him, if you intend to defend it?

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SAJN meant the title to be funny in an ironic sense as he was making a point against grammar nazis by mocking them with bad grammar (like how Mystic0 delibrately misspelled grammar, but in an exaggerated way). Em Playa isn't trying to make that point.



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2004-06-05, 2:35 PM #49
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Granted, a split infinitive or acronym redudancy would only be picked up on by the nittiest of nit-pickers, but it is always good to be aware of what they actually are. The point of language is to convey meaning and the point of grammar is to construct meaning through written language and to do so as clearly and sensibly as possible. </font>


Anyone else find this ironic?

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2004-06-05, 2:59 PM #50
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Run-:
SAJN meant the title to be funny in an ironic sense as he was making a point against grammar nazis by mocking them with bad grammar (like how Mystic0 delibrately misspelled grammar, but in an exaggerated way). Em Playa isn't trying to make that point.

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2004-06-05, 3:08 PM #51
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Freelancer:
Anyone else find this ironic?

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How is it ironic?

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2004-06-05, 3:22 PM #52
Being a grammar nazi for any reason is simply not cool and not right. Personally, anyone who does not even know the person and yet tries to tell them what to do (without a logical reason) seriously needs to get their head out of their *** and learn some decency.

Ubuu -- If SAJN's example is accurate then it is *far* from this topic. However, that does not give anyone the right to criticize Em on how he posts...unless he goes off presenting insults as presented in the example, which is unexcusable.


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2004-06-05, 3:32 PM #53
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Flexor:
How is it ironic?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Granted, a split infinitive or acronym redudancy would only be picked up on by the nittiest of nit-pickers, but it is always good to be aware of what they actually are. The point of language is to convey meaning and the point of grammar is to construct meaning through written language and to do so as clearly and sensibly as possible. </font>


Now, sensible it is. but clear? hardly.

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2004-06-05, 3:36 PM #54
Ah, I see your point. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-06-05, 5:04 PM #55
It all comes down to this:

You cannot expect people to take you seriously if you don't take your communication seriously. I am a grammar nazi, except that MOST of the time I don't point out errors. It just eats at me. Here's an excellent analogy...has anyone ever written a note to you and you read most of it easily but there's one word that you can't figure out because their handwriting is weird? It's kind of like that. Not exactly, but similar. I take pride in my english skill (hell, I got a perfect score on my PSAT's writing section, reaffirming the validity of my pride in it.) And it's not REALLY that I think less of someone for not fully understand what exactly they're saying, but if you've ever seen an article showing that the same part of the brain is stimulated when someone makes a mistake and when that person watches a mistake someone else makes, you'll understand how I cringe every time I read an error.

This is my problem, and like I said, easy enough to ignore, but at a certain point (such as debates with Friend14 or perhaps a post by Elana) it's really hard. Almost inconsiderate. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

So there's some confessions of a grammar nazi. I want my damn badge.

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2004-06-05, 6:42 PM #56
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2004-06-05, 7:17 PM #57
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ubuu:
OK, SAJN if it was the little things you are griping about, why did you spell your topic title out as you did?</font>
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2004-06-05, 7:20 PM #58
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2004-06-06, 3:00 AM #59
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Noble Outlaw:
Now, sensible it is. but clear? hardly.

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I think it's perfectly clear. It couldn't be misinterpreted and it isn't especially woolly. It's not simple, no, but it is clear.
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2004-06-06, 3:20 AM #60
Yay, another flamer.... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

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2004-06-06, 9:47 AM #61
I'll be back with a two page rant on the grammer used in you post in just few minits.<-- Oooh hypocracy even! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]
2004-06-06, 10:21 AM #62
As long as you're not lazy with your post, then it shouldn't matter. But when you have an acronym for every single phrase, and lack in any propper spelling of 3 letter words, then you need help. I mean, if you TRY to spell you, and you miss a letter, I'll give you more credit then PURPOSELLY mispelling things just to look cool, or because you're so damn lazy you can't throw 2 extra letters onto the word. Also, thug talk just shows how lacking in actual meaning that social group is. Playa's and Thug's are all about image, and have absolutelly nothing to do with morals or religion. Just their coolness in mispelling a word.

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2004-06-06, 10:53 AM #63
Yes.
It's always good to learn things, and I never hesitate to add things. People often get 'advise' and 'advice' mixed up and I think it's only helpful to try and clear up that sort of confusion; even if the sentence then was perfectly understandable, they might avoid confusing errors in the future. Yes, people with a lot of pride might take offense to this or something, thinking that it is somehow putting them down, but it is simply offering information. Take it or leave it.
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2004-06-07, 2:25 PM #64
For some reason, I was thinking of Macedong when I read the title of this thread....
2004-06-07, 3:49 PM #65
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2004-06-07, 3:53 PM #66
There should be an apostrophe in "Get yours today!"

Go cry to mommy.

EDIT: And why did you capitalize "internet?"

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2004-06-07, 3:54 PM #67
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MeLoN:
There should be an apostrophe in "Get yours today!"

Go cry to mommy.

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??

No apostrophe.

Go cry to daddy...

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2004-06-07, 4:01 PM #68
Internet can be capitalized, it really depends on the writer. 'the Internet' can refer to the thing itself, making it a proper noun.

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2004-06-07, 5:57 PM #69
We're "Nazis" for your benefit. When someone misspells something or uses horrible grammar, alot of people will just write off the whole opinion as garbage.

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2004-06-07, 6:14 PM #70
Listen, kids. Why don't you stop whining about the fact that you feel the need to defend your ignorance and we feel the need to point it out? Like I said. Cry about it!

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2004-06-07, 6:18 PM #71
About 75% of my friends say all those slang words yall dont like. Hey diversity makes the world beautiful but its also what separates and kills, but beautiful is better than a 3 limbs

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2004-06-07, 6:20 PM #72
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Semi_Auto:
Hey diversity makes the world beautiful but its also what separates and kills, but beautiful is better than a 3 limbs

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WTF are you talking about?? I'm not sure if you were trying to be deep or something, but I'm 100% lost.

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2004-06-07, 7:29 PM #73
i dont care

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2004-06-07, 8:28 PM #74
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Semi_Auto:
About 75% of my friends say all those slang words yall dont like. Hey diversity makes the world beautiful but its also what separates and kills, but beautiful is better than a 3 limbs

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I believe somewhere in the forum rules it says you must speak in english. Yah. Follow the rules.

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2004-06-07, 8:32 PM #75
oooo I'm famous around here, huh?

And ubuu, thanks for tryin to defend me while I was banned... I know its tough goin against the crowd but hey, I appreciate it.
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2004-06-07, 8:44 PM #76
"u r all looosing mai respact." -SAJN

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2004-06-07, 8:46 PM #77
hahahah

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2004-06-07, 8:58 PM #78
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MeLoN:
Listen, kids. Why don't you stop whining about the fact that you feel the need to defend your ignorance and we feel the need to point it out? Like I said. Cry about it!

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The pic Cazor posted is also an excellent reply for this post.

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2004-06-07, 9:10 PM #79
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Em Playa:
oooo I'm famous around here, huh?

And ubuu, thanks for tryin to defend me while I was banned... I know its tough goin against the crowd but hey, I appreciate it.</font>


Pugler's famous too, that doesn't make him a cool person. And Em, generally when you're on a private forum going against the crowd, that's not a GOOD thing.

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2004-06-07, 9:22 PM #80
ok, lemme change my views to match yours.

I wanna be like everyone else [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

the reason I post here is cuz everyone is different from me. I'm tryin to expand my horizons

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