Clem, that's what I meant, and I don't mind the accents, I just expect folks to know that they aren't the same word!
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April 28, 2009 10:07 a.m. Sofa King New Reader
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April 28, 2009 10:13 a.m. aircooled SuperDork
How a about a filter for "Learn Me". What could it be? Maybe:
Learn Me = Bob Costas make my dingle tingle
as in
Bob Costas makes my dingle tingle on Camaros
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April 28, 2009 10:21 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
I think the filter for "Learn me on" would be "Pardon me gentlemen, but could I please inquire of your opinions on"
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April 28, 2009 10:41 a.m. mel_horn HalfDork
What's your grammer got to do with it?
By now she's probably pretty much set in her ways...mine, for example, never learned how to drive a car.
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April 28, 2009 11:37 a.m. Appleseed HalfDork
I dislike acronyms.
WTFIRTIGREI? BTWIFITDYUR?
What the hell do those things mean? I've figured out LOL and WTF, but should I need to get a translator to understand that you laughed or are confused?
Oh and and "u" and "r", instead of you and are, reassures me that I'm capable of killing someone.
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April 28, 2009 11:50 a.m. jwc38 New Reader
JFX001 wrote:
I don't really mind the "Learn me" stuff, it's the text speak that I detest.
Yes, we all should know the difference between to/too/two-there/their/they're etc., but there are alot...alot of grammatically challenged people that are pure genius when it comes to advice, whether it's mechanical or in life.They just can't spell or type.
"a lot" this one bugs me
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April 28, 2009 12:03 p.m. 93celicaGT2 Dork
Tim Baxter wrote:
I think the filter for "Learn me on" would be "Pardon me gentlemen, but could I please inquire of your opinions on"
But then you're in danger of going over 50 characters and nuking your whole post!
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April 28, 2009 12:08 p.m. JFX001 Dork
jwc38 wrote:
"a lot" this one bugs me
Alot...or alittle?
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April 28, 2009 2:41 p.m. car39 Reader
"Z" as a plural. "Z" is easier to type than "S"? No zhit!
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April 28, 2009 3:02 p.m. Chris_V SuperDork
Content bugs me, not delivery, especially when it's a playful use of slang. Lack of periods and capitalization, especially on long posts, might get to me, since it really only worked for e.e. cummings, but it's still content that is king. you can phrase it how you want, so long as you know what you're talking about.
Using slang/ebonics/aZiAnPrYdE/textspeak for emphasis or a joke is fine, even lolspeak (which I can get a kick out of now and again). It's only when people talk that way because they think it IS correct or they speak that way IRL (hahahaha! See what I did there?) that it starts to be bothersome. Luckily, most people in that category also don't impart any actual knowledge, either, so it's easy to ignore.
"learn me about..."? They aren't speaking/typing that way because they don't know any other way. It's quite plain that it's very informal "cutesy" talk amongst friends.
Of course, "correct" terms like "cool" and "hip" were no better than "learn me" when they started out...
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April 28, 2009 3:29 p.m. ClemSparks SuperDork
Didn't Foghorn Leghorn use "learn" and "teach" interchageably?
Seems like it...maybe not...?
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April 28, 2009 3:32 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
Are you going to use Foghorn Leghorn as a model for good grammar?
Favorite Leghornism: Nice boy, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
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April 28, 2009 4:14 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
Foghorn Leghorn said:
That boy's so dumb, he thinks a Mexican boarder pays rent.
He's so dumb, he thinks a pig pen is something to write with.
Foghorn is the starter of Swine Flu?
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April 28, 2009 6:06 p.m. Toyman01 Reader
Appleseed wrote:
I dislike acronyms.
WTFIRTIGREI? BTWIFITDYUR?
What the hell do those things mean? I've figured out LOL and WTF, but should I need to get a translator to understand that you laughed or are confused?
Oh and and "u" and "r", instead of you and are, reassures me that I'm capable of killing someone.
+1
I don't really care about "proper" grammar. I don't talk like I have a corn cob up my but nor do I think like that. We also aren't writing a book. Personally I sucked at English in school and I haven't gotten better over the last 23 years. The acronyms, particularly the long ones, I end up looking up on Google. It's a real PITA.
On the other hand this is a free country(for a little while longer) and you guys and gals can type/talk however you want. I'll keep looking up the acronyms I don't remember and using the ones I do. Some of them are kind of fun to know. The Urban Dictionary and spell checker are my friends.
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April 29, 2009 6:35 a.m. bravenrace HalfDork
I think the thing I learned the most about these responses is how truly bad I am at making my point clearly!! I didn't really think anyone titled their posts "Learn me..." unintentionally, I guess it annoys me. I was curious if anyone else felt the same way. It's not really a grammar thing - Mine's as bad as anyones - But I don't intentionally try to sound uneducated, and I guess that's what the difference is to me. Now on the plus side, this is the ONLY forum I know of where I could post something like that and not have it turn into a huge argument. Maybe that's why I expectations are higher here also. Okay, go back to your regularly scheduled lives.
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April 29, 2009 11:01 a.m. kreb Dork
One could make the arguement that textspeak is yet another step down the road towards pidgin Engrish. It's one thing to play with the language when you have good skills in proper usage, but I fear that increasingly there will be a subsect of society that can only textspeak.
At the risk of sounding like Andy Roonie, I find excess slang disrespectful to those that made the culture what it is. When slang can be used for comedic purpose, or when it expresses the point more effectively than "proper" English, that's OK with me. It becomes irksome when the poster is displaying his own ignorance or disregard for others.
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April 29, 2009 11:27 a.m. jwc38 New Reader
JFX001 wrote:
jwc38 wrote:
"a lot" this one bugs me
Alot...or alittle?
more like "blot" or "clot"
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April 29, 2009 5:03 p.m. Mental SuperDork
Tim Baxter wrote:
I think the filter for "Learn me on" would be "Pardon me gentlemen, but could I please inquire of your opinions on"
You are forgetting our very knowledgeable lady members, and in doing so, are dangerously close to becomeing a deck piling...
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May 5, 2009 12:04 p.m. ClemSparks SuperDork
Tim Baxter wrote:
Are you going to use Foghorn Leghorn as a model for good grammar?
Favorite Leghornism: Nice boy, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
Hardly...just pointing out (as much as I dislike the proliferation of the term in post titles here) that at least someone cool used the phrase a LONG time ago ;).
And a "sack of wet mice"...LOL!
Clem
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May 5, 2009 12:46 p.m. 4cylndrfury HalfDork
Firefox = free and spell check is built in
FTMFWROTFLMFAOZOMGSPELLCHECKERIZTHEBOMB
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May 5, 2009 1:21 p.m. 914Driver Dork
93celicaGT2 wrote:
ClemSparks wrote:
Sofa King wrote: The one that gets me is our / are ! If you can't tell the difference between these two words, get the grits out of your ears!
Though I often catch myself using some silly too/two/to, your/you're, their/there/they're type stuff...it's still definitely a pet peeve of mine and I go back and fix it.
I have to say, about the are/our thing though...you can't here a difference in those two where I live.
it's all pronounced "ar"
"Let's go back to 'ar' house and have a beer."
"There 'ar' some ducks over there."
"There 'ar' not!"Yeah.... out here, the second would be:
"Th'ar' 'ar' some ducks 'ar' th'ar'"
Talk like a Pirate Day already?
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May 5, 2009 1:38 p.m. 4cylndrfury HalfDork
914Driver wrote:
Talk like a Pirate Day already?
aye..didnt ye hear the news ye land lubber? shiver me timbers ye be a scurvy dog
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May 5, 2009 6:05 p.m. Toyman01 Reader
4cylndrfury wrote:
Firefox = free and spell check is built in
FTMFWROTFLMFAOZOMGSPELLCHECKERIZTHEBOMB
Got to love the fox. I almost could figure that acronym out....almost, had to look up the zOMG part...
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May 5, 2009 6:34 p.m. Apexcarver SuperDork
Tim Baxter wrote:
Are you going to use Foghorn Leghorn as a model for good grammar?
Favorite Leghornism: Nice boy, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddFB8pwWFnE
