a common language that separates us

[62rebel]

Harry; Gregg; are you charging members by the letter for posts?

we need a "text-correction" feature for us old squares that still use The Olde Tongue; you know, English?

i know, i'm old and grumpy and growing weary of deciphering "text-speak".

[SuperStockAndy]

Haha, can't agree more.

Excuse me

LOL, meh cant agree more

[62rebel]

stop it, or i shall taunt you again. or....

i'll start posting in "Pirate".

[slantasaurus]

......and get off my lawn.......

[ZombieHunter26]

Yar, her booty be shiv'rin me timbers...

I be supposin' I'll be havin' ta walk the plank?

Or, I could be a total nerd and talk in binary....

01001000 01100001 01101000 01100001 00101100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100001 01101101 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100011 01101111 01100100 01100101 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100001!

I agree though, deciphering the REALLY poor grammar usage can get to be rather annoying.

I suppose it's better than ebonics though, I've NEVER been able to understand that dialect.

[Erik Smith]

Under general rules of conduct:

Watch your spelling and grammar

It's not too hard to include correct punctuation and capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Also, I am not sure it's real prevalent - we don't remember or think about posts written in proper form, but quickly notice and recall deviations.

It is not a huge deal, but does detract from a post if somebody is attempting to describe a build or technique.

It seems gentle nudging usually ends in a "who made you spell check god" type of response, though.

[Eshaver]

Folks , ya'all be a talkin bout doin da right thing . You know , takin responsibility for ones own actions . Yeah, dat be OLD School , like manners . Ain't usin dat stuff no mo ............... Ed Shaver

[ZombieHunter26]

  On 3/19/2012 at 6:59 PM, Eshaver said:

Folks , ya'all be a talkin bout doin da right thing . You know , takin responsibility for ones own actions . Yeah, dat be OLD School , like manners . Ain't usin dat stuff no mo ............... Ed Shaver

You just made me shudder a little bit, Ed.

[BKcustoms]

  On 3/19/2012 at 6:59 PM, Eshaver said:

Folks , ya'all be a talkin bout doin da right thing . You know , takin responsibility for ones own actions . Yeah, dat be OLD School , like manners . Ain't usin dat stuff no mo ............... Ed Shaver

Is it bad if I perfectly understood that? LOL

[Junkman]

  On 3/19/2012 at 6:42 PM, ZombieHunter26 said:

Yar, her booty be shiv'rin me timbers...

I be supposin' I'll be havin' ta walk the plank?

Or, I could be a total nerd and talk in binary....

01001000 01100001 01101000 01100001 00101100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100001 01101101 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100011 01101111 01100100 01100101 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100001!

I agree though, deciphering the REALLY poor grammar usage can get to be rather annoying.

I suppose it's better than ebonics though, I've NEVER been able to understand that dialect.

01001001 00100000 01110011 01100001 01111001 00101100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01110011 01100001 01111001 00100001 00100000 01010111 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100001 01100100 00100000 01101110 01101111 00100000 01100010 01101100 01101111 01101111 01100100 01111001 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01111001 01100101 00100000 01100111 01101111 01101111 01100100 01100101 00100000 01101111 01101100 01100100 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100001 01111001 01110011 01100101 00101100 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00111111

[Harry P.]

  On 3/19/2012 at 5:27 PM, 62rebel said:

Harry; Gregg; are you charging members by the letter for posts?

we need a "text-correction" feature for us old squares that still use The Olde Tongue; you know, English?

i know, i'm old and grumpy and growing weary of deciphering "text-speak".

Do what I do. Whenever I see a post that's gibberish I don't even bother trying to decode it. I just ignore it.

If someone is too lazy to post their comments in actual, legible, understandable English, why waste your time trying to figure out what they said?

[Wagoneer81]

Same here, Harry!

[sjordan2]

  On 3/19/2012 at 5:27 PM, 62rebel said:

Harry; Gregg; are you charging members by the letter for posts?

we need a "text-correction" feature for us old squares that still use The Olde Tongue; you know, English?

i know, i'm old and grumpy and growing weary of deciphering "text-speak".

Agreeing with Harry and subsequent posts, what ON EARTH are you talking about?

[Bartster]

  On 3/19/2012 at 7:29 PM, Junkman said:

01001001 00100000 01110011 01100001 01111001 00101100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01110011 01100001 01111001 00100001 00100000 01010111 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100001 01100100 00100000 01101110 01101111 00100000 01100010 01101100 01101111 01101111 01100100 01111001 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01111001 01100101 00100000 01100111 01101111 01101111 01100100 01100101 00100000 01101111 01101100 01100100 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100001 01111001 01110011 01100101 00101100 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00111111

..........OMG!!! I thought this was a family oriented post! This is just pure filth!!

[JunkPile]

It really aint that bad! Some may be doing the best that they can.

[Agent G]

OMG IDK MaBee its a generation thing?

G

[Harry P.]

  On 3/19/2012 at 9:34 PM, JunkPile said:

It really aint that bad! Some may be doing the best that they can.

If some of those gibberish posts are people doing the best they can, what does that say for the education system in this country?

[Erik Smith]

  On 3/19/2012 at 9:58 PM, Harry P. said:

If some of those gibberish posts are people doing the best they can, what does that say for the education system in this country?

More to the point, what does it say about that persons desire to learn and prosper.

There are few on the forum who (or is it whom) do post in gibberish and it seems some come and go. By and large, I think most posts are pretty well written.

[ZombieHunter26]

Some people haven't grown out of the time when we had to pay for every text, and could only use 60 characters per text-

Nowadays, with smart phones and unlimited plans, you don't have to shorten things so much- unfortunately some people still haven't caught up...

Heh, I still didn't shorten my texts back then, now that I think of it...

[62rebel]

u no wt i mn. wrdz lik ths instd of prpr engl.

of course, it could be worse.... like, people could, like, always be stopping, like, you know, to think of the next, like, word.

lighten up, Skip. this post has NOTHING to do with my "alternative history" question from the other day.

or, in the local vernacular; chillax.

[Chuck Most]

Whenever someone posts ROTFL, I think of Scooby Doo saying 'Waffle'.

[Harry P.]

Speaking of the common language that separates us... I love reading Christian's posts.

Where else would I hear words like "pillock?"

[XJ6]

  On 3/19/2012 at 10:09 PM, Futurabat said:

The smarter "smart phones" get, the dumber our children get!

I do believe....indeed some truth to that...Sad eh.....

[bbowser]

What are these 'texts' you speak of? No cell service in my area so I haven't succumbed yet. I suppose it's only a matter of time....

[Harry P.]

  On 3/19/2012 at 10:58 PM, bbowser said:

What are these 'texts' you speak of? No cell service in my area so I haven't succumbed yet. I suppose it's only a matter of time....

No cell service in your area????? It's 2012... how is that possible? Are you saying that nobody where you live has a cell phone? That's hard to believe.