odubya23 said:
Baby Tea said:
Pardon the double post, but that's an 'Escapist' thing. We have this crazy idea that people can put across ideas, arguments, and notions without resorting to internet speak and, therefore, sounding like a mentally challenged valley girl.
Proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation never hurt anyone. Besides, if the schools don't teach it, they might as well learn it here.
Yeah? Well, I think no-ones perfect, we don't have a responsibilty to teach anyone, and we're here for a good time. And I didn't see on the forum rules where everything must be spelled absolutely correctly on threat of ban-hammer. Considering that it's been proven that all that really need to be there are the first and last letter of the word, I have a special place in my heart for english-fascists.
Well I certainly never said anyone was perfect. But do you see how much easier it is to have this discussion when you're typing with proper grammar, punctuation, and, for the most part, spelling? We won't, or at least the majority won't, jump on your case for the odd misspelling here and there. That's not the issue. It's when you're using ridiculous abbreviations like 'l8r', 'wut', 'srsly', 'ur', and so forth. Throw in some unnecessary acronyms like: 'idk', 'stfu', and 'imho', and you've got less a forum, and more a text message.
Besides looking like an idiot, whether or not that is true being irrelevant, it's rather hard to read. Was that a word? An acronym? Some new abbreviation this guy just made up? Some stupid meme from some obscure youtube video about a bear punching a clown?
You can have a good time here without typing like a 12 year old. And you'll find it's a lot easier for all of us to communicate if we're using the same language. A grammatically correct post about a duck pooping a diamond isn't less wacky and random then the same post using 'lolscat'. Just easier to read and understand.
EDIT:
Another 2maro said:
and i was thinking im a compleate douch for a few gramer problems... thanks peeps for backing me up... and whos here to tell me... well if ur an admin... sorry but if ur not go away nobody wants a teacher in an off topic dicussion... or how ever u spell it... and i could b a lot worse.... like
Hay DoOd HowWW wAZZZ ur EFingling DAyt???!!! see... not so bad now that u see a REAL problem...
and Btw its people like you that drive noobs away from a great thing... so before you think "hey by telling this noob what to do ill help...um... no ur probley screwing the entire escapist... so yeah... get your im a lozer badge.... naw not that bad sorry
See, and this is what I mean. 2maro, you aren't a douche for a few grammar and spelling issues. But your posts
are more difficult to read with all the ellipsis', and 'ur's and 'u's. Whether or not it's true, you sound like an idiot. Again: I'm not saying you
are an idiot, not at all. But it's hard to take someone seriously when they can't take the time to type 'you' or 'you're'.
If you're a young guy, then it'll only help you to learn proper grammar and spelling now. We're not trying to scare off 'noobs' from enjoying themselves at the Escapist, we're trying to make sure these forums don't degenerate to those of
other gaming websites that we've seen (Who will remain nameless, don't worry MODs). We have a great community here, and we want to keep it that way. Like I said earlier: Proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling never hurt anyone.
