PSA: please read and comprehend

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:09 am

benzsxt wrote:I dont know if I am reading this right but I couldn't give a shit if someone cat read my posts or threads because of misplaced commas or mispelled words. It is a Neon forum not an English Literature forum. I will admit that I never graduated high school but I have a great paying job and I dont regret any choices I have made in my life. You should watch what you say because there are people from all over the world here. English is not many peoples first language. I have talked to Sokada many times and he has very good english. Why dont you check out an english grammar forum!!

It's one thing if English is your second language.... it's another if it's your first and you just suck ass. If you can't write a post without fkn up every other word...don't post.

SOKADAO954 · Post by **SOKADAO954** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:29 am

LowNSlow wrote:
benzsxt wrote:I dont know if I am reading this right but I couldn't give a shit if someone cat read my posts or threads because of misplaced commas or mispelled words. It is a Neon forum not an English Literature forum. I will admit that I never graduated high school but I have a great paying job and I dont regret any choices I have made in my life. You should watch what you say because there are people from all over the world here. English is not many peoples first language. I have talked to Sokada many times and he has very good english. Why dont you check out an english grammar forum!!
It's one thing if English is your second language.... it's another if it's your first and you just suck ass. If you can't write a post without fkn up every other word...don't post.

I dont agree with that john. what ever way u write does not change who you are.
dude fuck how we spell shit.
some people make choices and we are not to judge.
does not mean he cant be a part of a group.
at the end we all her for 1 reason and that's neons.
we all become friends on this site so how u spell dont change the cool person you may be...
that's just me.
i just dont see why worry about how people spell.

Pocahontas · Post by **Pocahontas** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:31 am

benzsxt wrote:I dont know if I am reading this right but I couldn't give a shit if someone cat read my posts or threads because of misplaced commas or mispelled words. It is a Neon forum not an English Literature forum. I will admit that I never graduated high school but I have a great paying job and I dont regret any choices I have made in my life. You should watch what you say because there are people from all over the world here. English is not many peoples first language. I have talked to Sokada many times and he has very good english. Why dont you check out an english grammar forum!!

You make really good points and I'll make sure to keep them in mind. I meant no disrespect to English as a second language speakers, or even people that mix all these things up; I was just venting a little on commonly switched words.

Thanks for keeping me grounded Ben

benzsxt · Post by **benzsxt** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:40 am

My wife learned english as a second language so she gets mixed up sometimes. I dont smack her with a stick until she gets it right! No problem Pocahontas!

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:30 am

SOKADAO954 wrote:
LowNSlow wrote:
benzsxt wrote:I dont know if I am reading this right but I couldn't give a shit if someone cat read my posts or threads because of misplaced commas or mispelled words. It is a Neon forum not an English Literature forum. I will admit that I never graduated high school but I have a great paying job and I dont regret any choices I have made in my life. You should watch what you say because there are people from all over the world here. English is not many peoples first language. I have talked to Sokada many times and he has very good english. Why dont you check out an english grammar forum!!
It's one thing if English is your second language.... it's another if it's your first and you just suck ass. If you can't write a post without fkn up every other word...don't post.
I dont agree with that john. what ever way u write does not change who you are.
dude fuck how we spell shit.
some people make choices and we are not to judge.
does not mean he cant be a part of a group.
at the end we all her for 1 reason and that's neons.
we all become friends on this site so how u spell dont change the cool person you may be...
that's just me.
i just dont see why worry about how people spell.

People worry about how other people spell or how their grammar is because it shows whether or not they are ignorant fucks, really making an effort to speak the language or are actually intelligent, reputable people worth listening to on a forum meant to convey information.

Now there are certain situations, jokes, whatnot's that are meant to try and emphasize a statement without any face to face interaction, but most people can figure that out (if not I'd be surprised with the fact that they were able to create an account here).

Pocahontas · Post by **Pocahontas** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:28 am

benzsxt wrote:My wife learned english as a second language so she gets mixed up sometimes. I dont smack her with a stick until she gets it right! No problem Pocahontas!

Hey, so am I as a matter of fact. Even though I was born here, Spanish was my first language since I spent all my time at home and that's all my parents spoke. Still remember my first day of school, that was interesting...

Anywho, I don't think ‘commenters’ on this thread are trying to pick on people that unintentionally do it. But I also think others do have a point that forums are not English papers. Part of the internet culture is 1337 speak anyhow.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:16 am

Canada wrote:
Danteneon wrote:
Of course this coming from someone who loves comas (maybe too much) pauses.
you like being in comas eh? How is that working out for you? Lol

Crap! Well, I never said I could spell

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:03 am

hansken_yo wrote:
SOKADAO954 wrote:
LowNSlow wrote: It's one thing if English is your second language.... it's another if it's your first and you just suck ass. If you can't write a post without fkn up every other word...don't post.
I dont agree with that john. what ever way u write does not change who you are.
dude fuck how we spell shit.
some people make choices and we are not to judge.
does not mean he cant be a part of a group.
at the end we all her for 1 reason and that's neons.
we all become friends on this site so how u spell dont change the cool person you may be...
that's just me.
i just dont see why worry about how people spell.
People worry about how other people spell or how their grammar is because it shows whether or not they are ignorant fucks, really making an effort to speak the language or are actually intelligent, reputable people worth listening to on a forum meant to convey information.

Now there are certain situations, jokes, whatnot's that are meant to try and emphasize a statement without any face to face interaction, but most people can figure that out (if not I'd be surprised with the fact that they were able to create an account here).

x2...

In a for sale ad if someone can not take the time to write things out rather than l33t speak to me... what's that say about the person?

IMO: It means they are too lazy to proof read their post which means they are probably too lazy to actually do some general maintenance on the vehicle.

Just my point of view.

AsianSteveFTW · Post by **AsianSteveFTW** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:24 am

Wenuden wrote:i try not to be a grammar nazi (mostly because i don't use proper capitalization), but this is one thing that makes reading some posts very difficult for me, and probably a lot of other people:

your: possessive pronoun describing who a certain thing belongs to. Example: your grammar sucks.

you're: a contraction of you and are. Example: You're still coming to carlisle, right?

these two words are not interchangeable. using the wrong one in a sentence makes a lot of people stop, and try to figure out why they can't comprehend what the hell you're (see what i did there?) saying. in my case, it makes me disregard your (and there?) entire post.

that is all. we now return to you're regularly scheduled threads.

Hey Dave, YOUR still comin to carlisle right?

Where the heck have you been anyways? Haven't spoken to you in a long time. At least not since we were all at Joe's place. Are you still doing that UFC thing?

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:49 am

I volunteer myself to be the official grammar moderator. I shall be allowed to (without changing the content of the post) be able to fix any grammatical errors that make me and others want to kill themselves.

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:53 am

I used to have word filters setup on the forum where instead of changing swear words it made things like "u" show up as you "you"

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:56 pm

Diablo0 wrote:I used to have word filters setup on the forum where instead of changing swear words it made things like "u" show up as you "you"

You need a "hail to the moderator" smiley where it looks something like wayne and garth on their knees saying "we're not worthy"...

I think that would be very appropriate.... or we just need an interpreter like so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfDCRAtODa0

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:22 pm

I dont know if I am reading this right but I couldn't give a shit if someone cat read my posts or threads because of misplaced commas or mispelled words. It is a Neon forum not an English Literature forum. I will admit that I never graduated high school but I have a great paying job and I dont regret any choices I have made in my life. You should watch what you say because there are people from all over the world here. English is not many peoples first language. I have talked to Sokada many times and he has very good english. Why dont you check out an english grammar forum!!

^Hostility much? No one particularly cares whether or not you graduated from secondary school. The point of the matter is, one should know how to properly use simple English. No one was harping on the foreigner. The grammatical peeves posted above aren't higher than maybe a third grade reading level; get over it.

Now, if we were discussing something like... themes in Tolstoy and their place in Russian history, your comment may have been beffiting.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:16 pm

I sometimes wish this forum had the "block" feature. You add someone to a "foe" list, and magically, their posts stop showing up!! It just says "post made by '______' click to read."

It would be an awesome idea, JASON.

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:21 pm

There is something out there like that but again, trying to hold off on modifying the forum anymore than I have to now so I can move to phpBB3 when the garage feature is ready for the move.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:50 pm

Don't you hate it when your trying to right a thread about you're break lines? Its such a nuisance!

Legend:
your = you're
right = write
you're=your
break = brake
Its = It's

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:44 pm

But these are all good examples for why English is such a difficult language to master, let alone learn.

benzsxt · Post by **benzsxt** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:57 pm

Nutmeg wrote:
I dont know if I am reading this right but I couldn't give a shit if someone cat read my posts or threads because of misplaced commas or mispelled words. It is a Neon forum not an English Literature forum. I will admit that I never graduated high school but I have a great paying job and I dont regret any choices I have made in my life. You should watch what you say because there are people from all over the world here. English is not many peoples first language. I have talked to Sokada many times and he has very good english. Why dont you check out an english grammar forum!!

^Hostility much? No one particularly cares whether or not you graduated from secondary school. The point of the matter is, one should know how to properly use simple English. No one was harping on the foreigner. The grammatical peeves posted above aren't higher than maybe a third grade reading level; get over it.

Now, if we were discussing something like... themes in Tolstoy and their place in Russian history, your comment may have been beffiting.

You think that is hostile?? I was making a clear point. WHO are you labeling a foriegner?? If you have a personal problem with me I would like you to PM me. If you do have a personal problem, I will give you my phone number and we cant talk it over. Dont try and bash me from behind your keyboard. I know its easy for some people to get carried away. Thanks!

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:36 pm

benzsxt wrote:
Nutmeg wrote:
I dont know if I am reading this right but I couldn't give a shit if someone cat read my posts or threads because of misplaced commas or mispelled words. It is a Neon forum not an English Literature forum. I will admit that I never graduated high school but I have a great paying job and I dont regret any choices I have made in my life. You should watch what you say because there are people from all over the world here. English is not many peoples first language. I have talked to Sokada many times and he has very good english. Why dont you check out an english grammar forum!!

^Hostility much? No one particularly cares whether or not you graduated from secondary school. The point of the matter is, one should know how to properly use simple English. No one was harping on the foreigner. The grammatical peeves posted above aren't higher than maybe a third grade reading level; get over it.

Now, if we were discussing something like... themes in Tolstoy and their place in Russian history, your comment may have been beffiting.

You think that is hostile?? I was making a clear point. WHO are you labeling a foriegner?? If you have a personal problem with me I would like you to PM me. If you do have a personal problem, I will give you my phone number and we cant talk it over. Dont try and bash me from behind your keyboard. I know its easy for some people to get carried away. Thanks!

taking the internet a little serious are we?

thread will be locked if the crap talking continues im sure...

benzsxt · Post by **benzsxt** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:10 pm

LowNSlow, Dont take this wrong but you just contradicted yourself with your above post. Nobody is perfect but everyone claims to be. I am not trying to start any fights. I just dont like people picking one with me. English is one of the hardest languages to learn. We all didnt come from the exact same school and the style of teaching varies from town to town. People tend to type what they think, so someone in say, Louisiana is going to word something a lot different than someone in California. The television, music and advertising makes a mess out of everything we have learned from the way words are written and correct usage. I really dont care about any of this so....

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:12 pm

benzsxt wrote:
Nutmeg wrote:
I dont know if I am reading this right but I couldn't give a shit if someone cat read my posts or threads because of misplaced commas or mispelled words. It is a Neon forum not an English Literature forum. I will admit that I never graduated high school but I have a great paying job and I dont regret any choices I have made in my life. You should watch what you say because there are people from all over the world here. English is not many peoples first language. I have talked to Sokada many times and he has very good english. Why dont you check out an english grammar forum!!

^Hostility much? No one particularly cares whether or not you graduated from secondary school. The point of the matter is, one should know how to properly use simple English. No one was harping on the foreigner. The grammatical peeves posted above aren't higher than maybe a third grade reading level; get over it.

Now, if we were discussing something like... themes in Tolstoy and their place in Russian history, your comment may have been beffiting.

You think that is hostile?? I was making a clear point. WHO are you labeling a foriegner?? If you have a personal problem with me I would like you to PM me. If you do have a personal problem, I will give you my phone number and we cant talk it over. Dont try and bash me from behind your keyboard. I know its easy for some people to get carried away. Thanks!

Slow down, man. The foreigner reference was about the guy that said he was from Brazil or something. I didn't make a single reference to you at all in that post, other than the fact that we don't care whether or not you have a diploma.

I will give you my phone number and we cant talk it over.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:30 pm

oh lord

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:12 pm

wow...

I would love to jump in but I think I'm on the bad side with the grammar police. I don't expect people to type with commas, or colons, or correctly use hyphens, but there are some people that when they type they just spit it out without any clear route or cognitive idea, leaving the reader to decode the poster's secret message.

English is a very hard language to learn, and in many cases people who learn it as a second language can actually convey their messages much more clearly than the average American.

And as for the comment about the guy in Louisiana writing differently than someone in California that isn't entirely true. They may have a different vocabulary but their grammar will be the same. Written English has very little leeway.

As for this being a forum people will write how they would talk. It isn't going to always be a proofread message from every poster. It would be nice if they were but most people who can speak English can figure out what was meant or even the intended inflection.

Seems to trivial of a topic to get bent out of shape about....or if you're Canadian aBOOT.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:52 am

Your post is readable.... I think we are talking about the guys who destroy the English language.

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:45 am

i tink we gotten da point AND; I think we got the point are both understandable. But I'm all for correctness. It's just not something to argue over, I agree.

2GN.ORG

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