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Schools failing to teach English proper, like.

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    #152
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    I've better things to do than decipher crap from people who won't bother to respect my time and brainpower.
    An apt avatar :D


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    #153
    Seachmall
    Registered Users Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    We can do the same when we read, however it should be an accepted spelling so that we don't have to deal with stupid bull**** made-up words.
    There should be an accepted spelling amongst the masses, that's really the only requirement to it being a "correct" spelling, that everybody understands it and accepts it as the "correct" spelling. The question is, will future generations understand and accept text-speak?
    No, it's not (well, hopefully not) because teens are just ignoring all common-sense and rules in order to seem "cool" - "could of" being a perfect example; there is no logical rule of language that permits it.
    Anything that becomes common amongst the masses could become acceptable, text-speak is common among young generations and presumably will become common amongst the generation after them and so on (unless it dies out of course, but it has a pretty strong hold at the moment. Either way I think it'll have some impact on the future of the language [e.g. "lol" and such are already in dictionaries as I linked to earlier, which while I don't particularly care about I think they're the epitome of inconsistency]).
    If I get an email or see a website that uses it, I move on; they are obviously too juvenile to deal with. [...] If someone texts or Facebook-messages me anything with more than one txtspk crap or uses "could of" or any such ****e, I'll reply "in English please"; I've better things to do than decipher crap from people who won't bother to respect my time and brainpower.
    That's fair enough, if you don't accept it they shouldn't be writing to you that way (obviously).
    Hence, as I said, the reason English is so difficult, because it gets bastardised in the name of "progress"; new words for new things, fine : e.g. Smartphone, but most of it is bull**** and is the reason the language is a mess.
    Every word started somewhere (possibly as a bastardization of a previous word) and there'll only be more to come. The issue is in how we deal with them (obviously I'm in favour of a consistent phonetic approach).


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    #154
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,046 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    You don't fire an arrow either. You shoot an arrow. To fire something would imply that there is some form of ignition or heat involved.

    Strictly speaking you loose an arrow, but given that no-one now knows the difference between lose and loose that could really create confusion.


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    #155
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    An apt avatar :D

    No idea what that's supposed to mean; please explain.


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    #156
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    No idea what that's supposed to mean; please explain.
    Your avatar is from a 90s cartoon called "Pinky and the Brain" where The Brain (The mouse) was always talking about his superior brainpower.


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    #157
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Your avatar is from a 90s cartoon called "Pinky and the Brain" where The Brain (The mouse) was always talking about his superior brainpower.

    :D Jeez! I'd forgotten all about that avatar! It doesn't show up when I'm on boards, and hasn't for years!

    Now that I think about it, no-one's avatar does!

    EDIT : Control Panel - Edit Options - Visible Forum Elements - Tick Checkbox :)

    Thanks partyatmygaff !


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    #158
    IzzyWizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭IzzyWizzy


    mcmoustache wrote: »
    *bluewolf added to ignore list*

    On topic, I don't mind typos all that much but three things really bother me.

    "Lose"/"loose", "their"/"there"/"they're" etc are fairly common words that are often incorrectly spelt. These words mean completely different things and when I see them misused, my internal reading voice hits an unexpected speed bump and I need to re-read the phrase. People who don't know the difference should not be allowed work in a place where email is used. They should go learn a trade or something.

    This mistake really bugs me. Even more than there instead of their or loose instead of lose.


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    #159
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    bnt wrote: »
    As for Boards - fugeddabouttit, it's a lost cause already! ;)

    Is suspect Boards probably doesn't give a shít.


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