On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:47:41 +0200, BCS <ao@pathlink.com> wrote:

> Reply to Chris,
>
>> superdan wrote:
>>
>>> Chris R. Miller Wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well if you're ______ity _____ cussing all the _____ time it makes
>>>> your _______ing messages so much _______ing longer it takes so
>>>> ______ing long to _______ing read them that I just _____ing ignore
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>> did you mean "your"?
>>>
>> No, my grammar was correct.  You're = you are (contraction), your =
>> you (possessive).
>>  Perhaps you'd like to go play the part of a Grammar Nazi with the
>> other guys on irc.freenode.net/##English ?
>>
>
> to give him /some/ credit: I think, depending on what ______ and _____ is used, "your" and "you're" may both be correct. But who the _____* cares!
>
> * I can see it now, this thread will end in a post with nothing but _s and ' 's.
>
>


___ _____ __! _____ __. ______ __ __ _____ __________________.

-- 
Simen

superdan wrote:
> JAnderson Wrote:
> 
>> superdan wrote:
>>> Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
>>>> Please don't take this as an attack, I'm not trying to make you feel like you're less of a member of the community.  Swearing on the internet just makes you seem like a 13-year-old boy. 
>> I'm glad I'm not the only one.
>>
>> In general I find it hard to read someone text if it has swearing all over it.  I generally ignore those emails as I feel they have no valuable content and they make me feel sick.  I don't want to be thinking about the bathroom while in technical discussions.
>>
>> If someone wants to be taken seriously they should try to at least communicate with proper edicate.
> 
> you almost had me convinced. then i saw the last word. edicate? did you mean etiquette? are you gwb undercover?

What if English was my second language?  Would that invalidate my opinion?

-Joel

BTW: My first language is C++ followed by D, then English :)

JAnderson Wrote:

> superdan wrote:
> > JAnderson Wrote:
> > 
> >> superdan wrote:
> >>> Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
> >>>> Please don't take this as an attack, I'm not trying to make you feel like you're less of a member of the community.  Swearing on the internet just makes you seem like a 13-year-old boy.
> >> I'm glad I'm not the only one.
> >>
> >> In general I find it hard to read someone text if it has swearing all over it.  I generally ignore those emails as I feel they have no valuable content and they make me feel sick.  I don't want to be thinking about the bathroom while in technical discussions.
> >>
> >> If someone wants to be taken seriously they should try to at least communicate with proper edicate.
> > 
> > you almost had me convinced. then i saw the last word. edicate? did you mean etiquette? are you gwb undercover?
> 
> What if English was my second language?  Would that invalidate my opinion?
> 
> -Joel
> 
> BTW: My first language is C++ followed by D, then English :)

odd. "edicate" is typical for americans who hear it and don't bother to spell it. foreigners usually spell properly. at any rate: spell checkers leave little room for excuse. until a good argument comes along, i'll continue making sailors cry.

superdan wrote:
<snip/>
> 
> it was a legit question, einstein. i couldn't figure out what "____ity" means.
> 
> at any rate. if someone asks me to change my language, they'd be a lot more credible if they had theirs in good shape. cussing is a choice. "edicate" is ignorance.

I disagree. cussing shows lack of manners and lack of respect towards the people you try to communicate with. bad spelling can only show a lack of a spell checker. you forget that this is an international forum and so is most of the internet. Not all humanity is required to speak English, and even English speakers can make typos.

I try to write in proper English (even though it's /not/ my native tongue) and I also run the spell checker because I respect the people of this forum. Certainly you can also show a little more respect towards the people here.