51 replies to this topic

[Sweeney]

Eeyore may be engaged in a sordid affair with the comma, but my own personal grammar fetish lies in the bed of the ellipsis... come on... you gotta love it...

[Christopher Robin]

I usually type like that, except when I'm typing with one hand... due to eating, I mean ;P It's great to type that way, much better than

"Teh omgz i wuz @ teh movy playc n i saw my techer!!" xD

Proper typing is the way to go.

[nox]

how old are you?

[Bryan]

I'm just like you. Whenever I go to a chat program, I'm the only one that uses complete sentences. I actually find it quite funny =P The only thing I really have to work on, is my emoticons. It seems sometimes I have to use them, else people can't fully comprehend what I'm trying to say. I remember making numerous sarcastic marks, and people taking it offensively, so I started using emoticons instead. To be honest, it's an internet forum, and most of the crap that goes on here will be over in a few years.

You can be yourself on the forum, and let loose on messenger if you want, it let's people know that you have a "fun" side in you. I'd rather actually keep someone on this site that uses proper punctuation in long posts, the only other I can think of, would be the Ryuu, and whilst those rants are fun to read, It'd be nice to have another.

[XenoCyde]

i think that my typing is over perfect

lol

[Cataliste]

I type well. When I have had proper sleep atleast. Once in a while I make typos.

People still view me as "cool" (I think.) And I was once a Moderator. I am also Retired. It really does not matter HOW you type, it's WHAT you type that counts.

Sometimes I use shorthand to get a point across, or jsut be amusing.

"ZOMG WTF WAS DAT!?!?!?!"
^^^Funny.

"|-|4|-|4 J00 V\008Z!!!111!!!1!!ONE!111!!!one"
^^^Funny.

While typing in what I call "txt-spk" (Why does that sound like some kind of library for PERL?) is the norm, I feel it makes you look dumber. No offence to anyone who uses that.

[nox]

The only thing I really have to work on, is my emoticons. It seems sometimes I have to use them, else people can't fully comprehend what I'm trying to say. I remember making numerous sarcastic marks, and people taking it offensively, so I started using emoticons instead.

i had the same problem. i decided to just type like an idiot

edited, screw irony

Edited by speaker, 19 July 2006 - 08:47 AM.

[Grizzly]

I talk a lot more formally on forums than I actually do on MSN or AIM, but sometimes I can't refrain from emoticon spamming or using the internet acronyms that we all love, lol.

And getting even considered as a moderator is far more difficult that typing nicely and making a few friends. Though all our moderators do seem to type perfect.

[redlion]

Typing good doesn't get you a moderator position

Anyways, I type sorta good, it really doesn't bother me if I throw random stuff into my posts, so basically i'm off and on. My MSN list is huge though

Typing well doesn't get you a moderator position


Anyway, to answer your question, no it won't do much for or against you. If you have perfect grammar but you never participate in any of the chat, you'll never meet people (and therefor never advance), but the same is true if you speak in 1337 speak. Honestly, there are people on the staff that type perfectly, and there are people on the staff that don't. It has no bearing on the decision (unless you are completely incomprehensible )

[Cataliste]

50 \/\/|-|47 4|23 /\/\`/ (|-|4V\(35 47 5t4|=|= ???

[redlion]

50 \/\/|-|47 4|23 /\/\`/ (|-|4V\(35 47 5t4|=|= ???

Shitty.

[Zeeky]

In my opinion, if you can't even spell or use grammar properly, you are an idiot.

[cara]

Why use my name? No one literally has that in their signature. o.o
The second I entered the thread 'cara' grabbed my attention and I thought I did something wrong.
Anyways, it's not actually a bad thing to use proper grammar, and type properly, mainly because the people who don't type very well are not too .. erm .. respected (?) but the higher ranked members. It makes it very dificult for them to read if you do not use proper punctuations, spelling, etc..
However, this isn't school. Alot of people here don't strain to type perfectly because it's a place to have fun, not worry about your gramatical errors, though I do understand to a certain point.
You also have to be carful choosing your wording, this site has several young people who may tend to not really understand the majority of your adjectives mainly (from what I see, personally.) and words in general.
If you notice peoples writing and mainly signatures they do use contractions and replace 'the' with 'teh' (which is quite strange, imo ..).
If you continue writing the way you are people might tend to skip over your posts (Iam not saying it is a bad thing ..) etc.
Continue writing properly. We lack people who do so. x.x
edit, edit! I forgot the friendships part .. yes, you tend to see people saying that me to and alot of other people, but when others say things like that to me, we're usually close, know eachother outside the forum. Our relationship is not based on the things you listed as we have talked and grown close to one another and saying 'I <3 you' to me and vice versa in a friend way, it's just expressing ourselves. It's upsetting you used my name mainly of what you wrote after that. I personally think you can do a little bit a both, why not? Use some slang here and there like that whilst also typing properly. xP
edit again o.o .. realised after re-reading Im being a little over dramatic towards the end. My apologies.
-cara xx

Edited by Cara, 19 July 2006 - 10:13 AM.

[Le0]

Too be quite honest, I appreciate it when people use proper grammer. Half the time when someone uses "chat speak" I feel that I need a translator so I can understand what they are saying. The only time I use anything chat speak related is "lol" or "brb" when I am on msn.

[iargue]

Why use my name? No one literally has that in their signature. o.o

Look Again .


Also, it is very funny, how becasue of this topic, the people who replied in it, tried to use proper english. As for me, you will notice that my grammer and spelling get better at random times, that is becasue when I go to sleep and I wake up, I can acctually type instead of missing keys. Sometimes I do the "teh" mistake, becasue I am thinking what im going to write, and so I do the "e" before the "h".

[Darkness]

I try to type with good grammar and spelling. It's a habbit. If I see a mistake in a post I make, I'll correct it. I used to use "tis type of tlk" for about a month years ago and I hated it. So I just type this way. Besides, when you have to write a paper or something, it shouldn't be hard. I find typing poorly on purpose it harder. Of course, I do type things like "teh" and stuff when I'm fooling around messaging someone. I do use things like "o.o >.<, ect." though. I don't type actions.

[iargue]

"|-|4|-|4 J00 V\008Z!!!111!!!1!!ONE!111!!!one"
^^^Funny.

While typing in what I call "txt-spk"

Thats not "txt-spk", it's name is 1337 speak.

[nox]

who fucking cares

type out your words

anyways, "txt talk" would be like

lol i c u gtg, l8r

[iargue]

Bad Speaker, this guy comes to use, wanting to know how he should type becasue he doesnt want to be lonly, and you gotta go off and cuss.

[philywilly]

I've been typing decently well on forums and msn and all that shit for about a year now... it's been good to me. Now when I have to right an essay, I'll most likely make no spelling mistakes, and much less punctuation.

But for the people who would go and capitalize words like lol and lmao is just stupid!

Like:
"Lol, I'm ok... and you?"

Come on... I mean, I have done it a couple of times, but as mistakes of course.

[nox]

Bad Speaker, this guy comes to use, wanting to know how he should type becasue he doesnt want to be lonly, and you gotta go off and cuss.

who fucking cares

[Raillery]

Personally, I can't stand it when people use incorrect grammar online and shorten everything. It's not that hard to type properly and it's so much easier to read and understand. It's a pet peeve of mine.

Keep it up .

[Justin]

Thats not "txt-spk", it's name is 1337 speak.

We know what leet speak is. I'm pretty sure cata was reffering to "txt-spk" >_>

[Grizzly]

Me personally, I don't give a damn how you type. If you're a fun to be around person.. then it doesn't matter.

Werd. I think that stands true for most of us as well.

[Legendria]

Why use my name? No one literally has that in their signature. o.o

It's upsetting you used my name mainly of what you wrote after that.

No disrespect intended.

I see your name and various iterations of "cara <3" stuff on Balmung's MSN display name all the time, so it's the first thing that popped into my head while searching for a valid example.

My apologies.