...and not to pull your halo down

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

i no this is well in advance

I do not stand before you claiming to be a spelling and grammar ninja.

I do stand before you with a heavy heart.

I read several different forums for my many hobbies. I may have to give them up completely, though. The murder of the English language is going to happen. I'm not required to watch the public beheading, am I?

I read posts and comments on these boards and am astonished. I am not talking about common mistakes (There use of words is poor their and in other places_.

I am not talking about the VERY annoying laziness-inspired abuse of internet short hand (How R U 2day).

Nope. I am talking about the following (real examples, BTW)

"it gives a 5+ save in hth without restrikting you to one weapon"

If you've read one book you cannot think restricting looks right with a k.

" i'd like your opinion as to witch one would be most cost effective ?"

I find Warlocks far more cost effective.

"i tough it was pretty explicit but thanks for putting it better."

Kill me now.

...and my personal recent favorite:

"Iv had an idear for a diormer i would love to do for next years UK GD i no this is well in advance and if im honist it has to be."

there are 2 doodles

At 2:04 AM, Serra said...: These days I Admin for a MUD for fun and I can't count how many times I have to send notes back to help letters saying, "What the fuck are you trying to say, dude? Speak English."

What do I get back?

"I M speekng English, d00d, y u don't get it?"

My favorite Admin power is the Hammer, where I can smack a player for 10% of his hitpoints or some other punishment when they act like that. Funny how the next note I get is in better English than I see on some blogs.
At 6:16 AM, Kira said...: Okay, I missed this one before. As a participant in geek forums, I can attest that the spelling and grammar is awful. However, I have on occasion found that some of the ones who have bad grammar/mechanics are actually non-native speakers, and those I forgive. It's the native speakers over the age of 15 whom I can't tolerate. What the heck? My husband didn't learn to write in English until he was 11, and his written skills far surpass some of these American geeks in their 20's. I don't get it.