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killedmyraindog
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Oh no, hyperbole to prove me wrong! whatever will i do? I mean honestly, you're looking like Crowquill in the "Why rap" thread.
If someone writes like that, its a lot different than someone who just can't spell words. English isn't exactly phonetic, and our use of 5+ languages makes it more than a little understandable that people might not spell ridiculous, tsunami, proboscis, or kindergarten correctly every time. We've all used l33t speak, so we're all guilty of the crime you're condemning. The easy and populist argument.
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Bitchfarmer
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Settle down man. if you'd just climb down from that high-chair you'd realize we are not talking about bigger individual words.
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killedmyraindog
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If you read my argument you'd know that my point in using those words was that none of them are English in origin. Therefore, they way they are pronounced are different and it prevents English from having a phonetically standard way of spelling words. Letters in French don't make the same sounds as German, or Japanese. Spelling in English isn't something everyone one is going to do perfectly.
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EDIT: From reading the thread, I understand your point. Well, People just treat this no differently to msn... There really should be no problem with this. Last edited by Blain; 05-22-2007 at 11:43 PM. |
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Adidasss; It's just not as embarrassing to the Western world anymore, to spell like complete morons. In 1990 if you spelt like crap, people would call you on it and you'd probably call yourself dumb. In 2007, you're rarely called on it, and if you are, you're excuse is that it's cool, you're modern, and everyone's doing it. Most people still like to spell properly so as not to come across as complete tossers but the variance is pretty huge compared to 20 years ago, or even 10.
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[QUOTE=TheBig3KilledMyRainDog;368830]First of all. Settle down is a sure shot sign of a weak argument. People say "settle down" when they are losing an argument.QUOTE]
Really? I didn't know those words were only used together in losing arguments. People also say "settle down" when someone is getting worked up.
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It's not like we chose the language so contrary to itself. We were merely born.
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