For the love of God People, Post Your Location!

VanessaB 14 years ago

EBR,
I noticed that right after I made the post. I was editing the OP when you replied.

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- warrenonline 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by DanielleS
  
  EBR,
  I noticed that right after I made the post. I was editing the OP when you replied.
  
  -Dani
  
  ...Derp btw
  
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  Dan C. Rinnert 14 years ago
  
  Me iz so confuzed nows. Me gotz me dis big ol woodin post but me haz no idears wherez me shuld put it at my locashun cuz it wuld just be in my way.
  
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  TrekkieGrrrl 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert
  
  Me iz so confuzed nows. Me gotz me dis big ol woodin post but me haz no idears wherez me shuld put it at my locashun cuz it wuld just be in my way.
  
  Ur lokashun iz in de fyoochure, so u iz ahed ov evreewun else anywayz.
  
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Rikki_Fawkes 14 years ago

Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose

You've done a fine job practicing what you preach...

"Location: Inside my own head"

Ditto... must be everyone's location, wouldn't you think?
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Colin Palfrey 14 years ago

Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose

You've done a fine job practicing what you preach...

"Location: Inside my own head"

I assume your post was read, and then confused they looked up at their location. "What? Oh f...."
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bobsilber

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DanielleS

Why? Because I am far more apt to forgive your piss poor spelling and grammar if I can see that you're from an Non-English speaking country and not just some yahoo with a second grade education.

-Dani

P.S. That's not to say that I will 'always' forgive your ignorance on the excuse that English isn't your first language. If I see the words "don't got no money to pay," twice in one long ass run-on sentence, I don't care if Swahili is your first language, I'm chalking you up to being an idiot.

Not sure what country, your location, "Inside my own head" is in?

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by DanielleS

Why? Because I am far more apt to forgive your piss poor spelling and grammar if I can see that you're from an Non-English speaking country and not just some yahoo with a second grade education.

-Dani

P.S. That's not to say that I will 'always' forgive your ignorance on the excuse that English isn't your first language. If I see the words "don't got no money to pay," twice in one long ass run-on sentence, I don't care if Swahili is your first language, I'm chalking you up to being an idiot.

[Edit] After writing this I realized that my location shows as 'inside my own head', so I'll amend and say 'If English isn't your first language and your spelling and grammar does suck, then for God's sake tell me where you're from." [/Edit]

Coming from someone who doesn't post her own location.

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E. Brian Rose

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DanielleS

[Edit] After writing this I realized that my location shows as 'inside my own head', so I'll amend and say 'If English isn't your first language and your spelling and grammar does suck, then for God's sake tell me where you're from." [/Edit]

I live down south. Most people here have no idea that their grammar and spelling suck, so this wouldn't apply to the unknowing, I guess.

By the way, did I put commas in all the right places?

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Mike Hlatky

14 years ago

Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose

I live down south. Most people here have no idea that there grammar and spelling suck, so this wouldn't apply to the unknowing, I guess.

By the way, did I put commas in all the right places?

their* :p

But, since you are from the south, it is understandable that your grammar isn't perfect.

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E. Brian Rose

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Hlatky

their* :p

But, since you are from the south, it is understandable that your grammar isn't perfect.

Ya ya ya. It's fixed. Thanks for quoting me so that my error lives on forever.

I'm not from the South, by the way. I just live down here because it makes me feel smart.

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TrekkieGrrrl 14 years ago

Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose

I'm not from the South, by the way. I just live down here because it makes me feel smart.

Okay, I did LOL at that.
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VanessaB

14 years ago

Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose

Ya ya ya. It's fixed. Thanks for quoting me so that my error lives on forever.

I'm not from the South, by the way. I just live down here because it makes me feel smart.

Thanks EBR. Now I have a great reason to move to Mexico. I will move there because it will make me feel rich.

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tpw

14 years ago

Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose

I'm not from the South, by the way. I just live down here because it makes me feel smart.

I am from the South, and it makes me feel smart too...

I went to visit my aunt and uncle, in southern Oklahoma, when I was a kid...

We went to her parents house, and they kept telling us all day that they were going to take us fishing "at the tank"...

For hours, I kept imagining that they were going to take us out to the "back 40" and there would be a giant water trough for the cows, and that they had stocked the silly thing with goldfish or some dumbtard thing...

When they finally got around to taking us to "the tank" to go fishing, I realized that them southern Okie farmers have a strange way with words... In my part of Okieland, we call that a "pond"...

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Dan C. Rinnert

14 years ago

Originally Posted by tpw

When they finally got around to taking us to "the tank" to go fishing, I realized that them southern Okie farmers have a strange way with words... In my part of Okieland, we call that a "pond"...

You left out the part where you had to ride on horseback, and we all want to know whether you got the horses to drink once you led them to the water.

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tpw 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

You left out the part where you had to ride on horseback, and we all want to know whether you got the horses to drink once you led them to the water.

I have never been able to get a horse to drink, once I had led him to water...

Horses hate me...

I once did a horseback ride on the beach down at Galveston TX. The horse I was on kept stopping to eat grass.

So the cowboy finally gave up on trying to get my horse to walk, so he traded horses with me....

Once I was riding the cowboy's horse, that horse also kept stopping along the beach to eat grass...
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- Dan C. Rinnert 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by tpw
  
  Once I was riding the cowboy's horse, that horse also kept stopping along the beach to eat grass...
  
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- DireStraits 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by tpw
  
  I have never been able to get a horse to drink, once I had led him to water...
  
  This transatlantic language barrier is clearly a much more significant problem than most of us appreciate.
  
  In real English, this (above) is what we call a Donkey, Bill - not a horse. And therein lies the likely cause of your problems: Donkeys are a little more averse to water than horses, or so I hear.
  
  Lead your "Donkey" to water, and I'm sure your success-rate will increase tenfold. No need to split-test, here - just take my advice.
  
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  Originally Posted by DireStraits
  
  Lead your "Donkey" to water
  
  That is like a bidet, right?
  
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Mike Hlatky 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Terry Gorry

Yes, but you spelled "there" wrong

Terry

No he didn't.

He just used the wrong one.

But, at least you posted your location, so it's more understandable.
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warrenonline

14 years ago

For the love of God, People, Post...

"don't got no money to pay," - no comma

piss-poor - compound adjective
long-ass - ditto

Just saying.

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TrekkieGrrrl 14 years ago

Note to self: If I ever post a rant on this forum, please make sure I am not doing the very thing I am ranting about - before posting my rant.

Another note: If I ever get to the point where I think my forgiveness is a reason for an entire group of people to do something, please smack me.

BTW, OP - how's that glass house you're living in?
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- oneplusone 14 years ago
  
  I come from an English speaking country: England.
  
  I don't know whether I should've used a colon or a comma above, so I "gambled" and used a colon.
  
  I usually play it safe and use a comma when I'm not sure, which is all the time.
  
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Rikki_Fawkes 14 years ago

Originally Posted by waterprism

For the love of God, People, Post...

"don't got no money to pay," - no comma

piss-poor - compound adjective
long-ass - ditto

Just saying.

I noticed those myself. Looks like the OP brought out the grammar Nazi in all of us.
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tpw

14 years ago

LOL

Very going point.

I am much more forgiving of bad grammar and spelling when I look over at where someone is from and see that they come from a country where the native languages is not English.

For example, I know that my friends in India and Pakistan were taught British English, which is so very different than our *******ized American English...

So I forgive the over-usage of the letter "s" when spelling words that we think deserve a "z"...

I also forgive my silly Brit friends for calling "fish and french fries", "fish and chips", and calling my favorite "cookies", "crackers"... LOL

I am from Oklahoma, so I am used to backwoods hicks who think that "creek" is pronounced and spelled, "crick"...

I can empathize with those who have taught themselves a foreign language...

But I cannot really empathize with those people who thought that sleeping through class was the American national pastime....

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VanessaB

14 years ago

Thanks Bill. That was the point. I didn't think to look at my location before posting, but then, I never thought anyone would question what my first language is.

-Dani

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tpw

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DanielleS

Thanks Bill. That was the point. I didn't think to look at my location before posting, but then, I never thought anyone would question what my first language is.

-Dani

I did not ever think a copy writer would make so many spelling mistakes...

Or else I would not have suggested for you to post that opinion...

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VanessaB 14 years ago

Profile amended for anyone who needed clarification on my location.

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  Originally Posted by DanielleS
  
  Profile amended for anyone who needed clarification on my location.
  
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VanessaB 14 years ago

Originally Posted by tpw

I did not ever think a copy writer would make so many spelling mistakes...

Or else I would not have suggested for you to post that opinion...

Yea Bill, you and your 'bright ideas.'

Grammar Nazi's and Sanctimarketers, I see I am not alone with my 'snark.'

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DireStraits

14 years ago

Originally Posted by tpw

LOL

Very going point.

I am much more forgiving of bad grammar and spelling when I look over at where someone is from and see that they come from a country where the native languages is not English.

For example, I know that my friends in India and Pakistan were taught British English, which is so very different than our *******ized American English...

So I forgive the over-usage of the letter "s" when spelling words that we think deserve a "z"...

I also forgive my silly Brit friends for calling "fish and french fries", "fish and chips", and calling my favorite "cookies", "crackers"... LOL

I am from Oklahoma, so I am used to backwoods hicks who think that "creek" is pronounced and spelled, "crick"...

I can empathize with those who have taught themselves a foreign language...

But I cannot really empathize with those people who thought that sleeping through class was the American national pastime....

Bill ...

On the basis of [your] *******ized American-English, shouldn't it be us Brits forgiving you guys for your linguistic perversions?

Apologies, I can't say more on the matter right now - I've got a mouth full of chips and mushy peas.

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VanessaB

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DireStraits

Bill ...

On the basis of [your] *******ized American-English, shouldn't it be us Brits forgiving you guys for your linguistic perversions?

Apologies, I can't say more on the matter right now - I've got a mouth full of chips and mushy peas.

LOL, I actually think you should. With the exception of 'learnt.' I have been told that in the UK that is the actual proper past tense of the word learn (it was a pet peeve of mine until someone explained it.) Of course, another Englishman told me that the person who told me that was wrong. I have a lot of English friends and I've asked and asked, but so far, have not found a decisive answer as to whether it's proper English or not.

I try not to be a Nazi or Sanctimarketer. Which is why when I see bad grammar or spelling, I look to the location, so I can see if they are Non-English speaking before I judge.

-Dani

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Michael Oksa

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DanielleS

LOL, I actually think you should. With the exception of 'learnt.' I have been told that in the UK that is the actual proper past tense of the word learn (it was a pet peeve of mine until someone explained it.) Of course, another Englishman told me that the person who told me that was wrong. I have a lot of English friends and I've asked and asked, but so far, have not found a decisive answer as to whether it's proper English or not.

I try not to be a Nazi or Sanctimarketer. Which is why when I see bad grammar or spelling, I look to the location, so I can see if they are Non-English speaking before I judge.

-Dani

I counted four mistakes in the first two sentences.

Location isn't always indicative of one's native language. Of course, a grammar Nazi may not think people should be able to move freely about the globe, but it happens.

So, I suggest you just go ahead and feel free to assume everybody should live up to your impossible standards, starting with the person who started with this thread.

For the record, I don't point out other people's mistakes unless they start threads like this. Your posts are rife with mistakes, but I'm sure you can find them.

All the best,
Michael

p.s. I'm quite sure I made some mistakes in this post, and guess what? I'm perfectly fine with that.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by DanielleS

LOL, I actually think you should. With the exception of 'learnt.' I have been told that in the UK that is the actual proper past tense of the word learn (it was a pet peeve of mine until someone explained it.) Of course, another Englishman told me that the person who told me that was wrong. I have a lot of English friends and I've asked and asked, but so far, have not found a decisive answer as to whether it's proper English or not.

I try not to be a Nazi or Sanctimarketer. Which is why when I see bad grammar or spelling, I look to the location, so I can see if they are Non-English speaking before I judge.

-Dani

This is a good point: there is quite a bit of confusion between "learnt" and "learned". It's in the Oxford English Dictionary, and does seem to be an accepted word here, but I've always thought of it as being invalid, myself. :confused:

A lot of people up and down the country do use it in speech. I've used it myself in the past, but now seem to have developed the habit of using "learned", instead.

Though being from the north-east (and Hull, specifically), I don't know why I'm so concerned, really. I may as well just make up my own words: our whole dialect resembles anything but Queen's English. So bad is it, we often struggle to understand each other.

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whateverpedia 14 years ago

Originally Posted by DireStraits

So bad is it, we often struggle to understand each other.

Ee, by goom, sither.

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VanessaB

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DireStraits

This is a good point: there is quite a bit of confusion between "learnt" and "learned". It's in the Oxford English Dictionary, and does seem to be an accepted word here, but I've always thought of it as being invalid, myself. :confused:

A lot of people up and down the country do use it in speech. I've used it myself in the past, but now seem to have developed the habit of using "learned", instead.

Though being from the north-east (and Hull, specifically), I don't know why I'm so concerned, really. I may as well just make up my own words: our whole dialect resembles anything but Queen's English. So bad is it, we often struggle to understand each other.

Oddly, I've only known one American, in real life, who uses the word 'learnt' and my experience with this person is that she uses the word in a very drawn out tone (as though she were talking to a 2 year old) and to make a sad attempt at adding 'authority' to her otherwise completely senseless speech. Basically, one of those people who thinks speaking that way makes her sound smarter, despite the fact that the rest of her spiel makes her sound like an idiot. That's probably why the word grates on my nerves so much. LOL.

I suppose it's how we each perceive words. For example, I equate "ain't got no money to pay" with a 'hood' or a 'thug' the same way I associate 'learnt' with people like the woman mentioned above.

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Roaddog 14 years ago

I suppose it's how we each perceive words. For example, I equate "ain't got no money to pay" with a 'hood' or a 'thug'

Well gee thanks for clearing that up.

A lot of people may not have had the privilege of attending the same prep academy as you. Some people have had to work through places that would make your elitist hair curl. And I applaud the effort.

Maybe if you learn to read the actual messages instead of whining about grammar. You might get an education. A real one.

Get ya'll a real learnin

since your so good at english, fill in the blanks
You elitist.................
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VanessaB

14 years ago

For those focused on the word 'forgive', feel free to substitute with overlook, ignore, see past, etc.

It was never a matter of anyone 'needing' my 'forgiveness.'

"If you work with animals, it's not a question of if you're going to get bit, it's a question of when." (I think, Segfried and Roy.)

If you write, it's not a question of if you will make mistakes, it's a question of when.

"Piss poor spelling and grammar"- "Ain't got no money to pay." Twice in one sentence, is not a mistake. If it's US, it's uneducated. If it's not US, it could be a language barrier.

If it were only once, I might think it's a language barrier. When I see it twice, in one sentence, it begins to look a lot more like the writing of a 'thug.'

-Dani

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Michael Oksa

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DanielleS

If you write, it's not a question of if you will make mistakes, it's a question of when.

"Piss poor spelling and grammar"- "Ain't got no money to pay." Twice in one sentence, is not a mistake. If it's US, it's uneducated. If it's not US, it could be a language barrier.

If it were only once, I might think it's a language barrier. When I see it twice, in one sentence, it begins to look a lot more like the writing of a 'thug.'

-Dani

[Emphasis added] You said it! Note my post above. You made 4 mistakes in 2 sentences. That averages out to TWICE in the SAME sentence! Does that make you uneducated, or just a 'thug'? Sorry, I would have chosen another label, but those are the only two you seem to think apply in such cases.

So, which one are you?

EDIT: Oops! I actually found a 5th mistake in the first two sentences.

EDIT (Again): I just noticed you added an unnecessary comma in the bolded sentence I quoted.

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myob

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DanielleS

... If it were only once, I might think it's a language barrier. When I see it twice, in one sentence, it begins to look a lot more like the writing of a 'thug.'

-Dani

If theres three or more misteaks in one sentence than, your worser then a thug! :p

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whateverpedia 14 years ago

Originally Posted by tpw

"fish and french fries"

French fries are actually from Belgium.

Americans - sigh.
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14 years ago

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Originally Posted by DanielleS

Why? Because I am far more apt to forgive your piss poor spelling and grammar if I can see that you're from an Non-English speaking country and not just some yahoo with a second grade education.

-Dani

P.S. That's not to say that I will 'always' forgive your ignorance on the excuse that English isn't your first language. If I see the words "don't got no money to pay," twice in one long ass run-on sentence, I don't care if Swahili is your first language, I'm chalking you up to being an idiot.

[Edit] After writing this I realized that my location shows as 'inside my own head', so I'll amend and say 'If English isn't your first language and your spelling and grammar does suck, then for God's sake tell me where you're from." [/Edit]

I think it's rather an intolerant point of view to suggest that those who do not speak English well, whether it's because they are poorly educated or because they are not from an English speaking country require your forgiveness or understanding. This forum and the Internet in general, is international.

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