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Incollegenow · 05-12-2009 01:41 AM

Well, I probably shouldn't start a negative thread since I'm still a newb, but I have to get this off my chest. I am so sick of grammar nazi's tearing apart someone because they have poor spelling/grammar. I see this shit all the time on pretty much every forum and it's just so unnecessary. As long as it's readable, don't pick them apart. Even then, people shouldn't be so nasty about it. What did they ever do to you?

I even see this stuff on these forums, and it pisses me off. I mean, people find a safe haven away from the judgmental attitude of school only to get shit on for having bad spelling. Why? It may be annoying when ppl spL leik dis, but it's no reason to belittle them.

RANT OVER.

random_name · 05-12-2009 01:47 AM

I can see where grammar nazis are coming from, because it does get annoying, seeing people talking like that all over the place. But i used to have grammar a lot worse than what i do now, i didn't even capitalize sentance starters sometimes. I still forget. I used to get it in the neck all the time, but i do try now.

To me, this would be some sort of proof that, in some cases, people bitching about grammar does work. No, we shouldn't spend half our time arguing over it, and no, we shouldn't hurt people's feelings. But how will we get taken seriously, if our peers spek liek dis? Nobody would pay attention.

I can see the point in it, but it does happen too much in some forums. Amazingly, it doesn't happen too much here. We tend to just waste our time arguing about TA...

Hanny · 05-12-2009 02:30 AM

Quote:Grammar Nazis

Fix'd

random_name · 05-12-2009 02:32 AM

I lolled.

returnal · 05-12-2009 03:06 AM

Incollegenow Wrote:Well, I probably shouldn't start a negative thread since I'm still a newb, but I have to get this off my chest. I am so sick of grammar nazi's tearing apart someone because they have poor spelling/grammar. I see this shit all the time on pretty much every forum and it's just so unnecessary. As long as it's readable, don't pick them apart. Even then, people shouldn't be so nasty about it. What did they ever do to you?

I even see this stuff on these forums, and it pisses me off. I mean, people find a safe haven away from the judgmental attitude of school only to get shit on for having bad spelling. Why? It may be annoying when ppl spL leik dis, but it's no reason to belittle them.

RANT OVER.

It's actually "Nazis", not "Nazi's".

I did that just for the lulz. :>_>:

Anywuhs,

Grammar Nazis are annoying, but sadly, I'm a bit of one also.

aaaaaaasd · 05-12-2009 03:36 AM

If people wouldn't type like they were on crack, we wouldn't have grammar nazis.

Incollegenow · 05-12-2009 05:30 AM

random_name Wrote:I can see where grammar nazis are coming from, because it does get annoying, seeing people talking like that all over the place. But i used to have grammar a lot worse than what i do now, i didn't even capitalize sentance starters sometimes. I still forget. I used to get it in the neck all the time, but i do try now.

To me, this would be some sort of proof that, in some cases, people bitching about grammar does work. No, we shouldn't spend half our time arguing over it, and no, we shouldn't hurt people's feelings. But how will we get taken seriously, if our peers spek liek dis? Nobody would pay attention.

I can see the point in it, but it does happen too much in some forums. Amazingly, it doesn't happen too much here. We tend to just waste our time arguing about TA...

But what about those people who just make a few mistakes? For instance, on a rant website, I spelled "right" "write" when complaining about college. Some asshole said "How could you even make it to college if you don't even know the difference between "right and "write"? I got a lot of other crap too, but a quarter of the following comments were focused on my one spelling mistake. That wasn't the only time when an interesting topic turned into a petty flame war over minor mistakes.

As for those whose entire writing is screwed up and hard to read, yes, it should be pointed out and corrected, but they shouldn't be chased away over it. Give em a chance before tearing them a new one.

random_name · 05-12-2009 05:33 AM

Yeah, that's excessive.

Number11 · 05-12-2009 08:56 AM

Standardized spelling, punctuation and pronunciation are just political control tactics. Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, used it to "unite" all the various dialects of the surrounding regions so that he could better conquer and control them.

Languages naturally evolve, and it is a beautiful process. Languages are organic and alive, and to force them to be used a certain way is like caging a wild animal, just a way to destroy what one does not understand.

Now that you have been enlightened by the above wisdom, let me tell you that Th15 iz knot a LAngUaGe! 1337 and chat lingo are textual farts, to be looked down upon with scorn and derision, as well as excommunication of those using the offensive typography.

Smile

Sunbourn · 05-12-2009 09:11 AM

random_name Wrote:I can see where grammar nazis are coming from, because it does get annoying, seeing people talking like that all over the place. But i used to have grammar a lot worse than what i do now, i didn't even capitalize sentance starters sometimes. I still forget. I used to get it in the neck all the time, but i do try now.

To me, this would be some sort of proof that, in some cases, people bitching about grammar does work. No, we shouldn't spend half our time arguing over it, and no, we shouldn't hurt people's feelings. But how will we get taken seriously, if our peers spek liek dis? Nobody would pay attention.

I can see the point in it, but it does happen too much in some forums. Amazingly, it doesn't happen too much here. We tend to just waste our time arguing about TA...

Good post, and your spelling and grammar has been improving a lot. Smile

In my opinion, as long as it's understandable it's alright, but sometimes I like to point out little spelling mistakes as a joke / to annoy people.

Quioxte · 05-12-2009 11:30 AM

Incollegenow Wrote:Well, I probably shouldn't start a negative thread since I'm still a newb, but I have to get this off my chest. I am so sick of grammar nazi's tearing apart someone because they have poor spelling/grammar. I see this shit all the time on pretty much every forum and it's just so unnecessary. As long as it's readable, don't pick them apart. Even then, people shouldn't be so nasty about it. What did they ever do to you?

I even see this stuff on these forums, and it pisses me off. I mean, people find a safe haven away from the judgmental attitude of school only to get shit on for having bad spelling. Why? It may be annoying when ppl spL leik dis, but it's no reason to belittle them.

RANT OVER.

MAY B U SHULD GO BCK TO SCH00L ND LEARN HOW TO SPELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111

**SoulRiser** · 05-14-2009 12:38 PM

I don't like it when people make a big deal out of the grammar of a post that was mostly readable, but I also won't read a post that's barely legible due to lack of punctuation. The only thing I really can't stand is when people don't use fullstops or paragraph breaks, the rest isn't such a big issue really. But yeah, people who use someone's grammar as an excuse to belittle them and ignore the actual content of their post are just lame and retarded.

Milk2Go · 05-15-2009 09:12 AM

SoulRiser Wrote:I don't like it when people make a big deal out of the grammar of a post that was mostly readable, but I also won't read a post that's barely legible due to lack of punctuation. The only thing I really can't stand is when people don't use fullstops or paragraph breaks, the rest isn't such a big issue really. But yeah, people who use someone's grammar as an excuse to belittle them and ignore the actual content of their post are just lame and retarded.

It should be "...or paragraph breaks; the rest..."

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