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 Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:08 pm
According to her no. Talking right on the computer means sounding like a 12 year old pre-pubscent half-brain dead Justin Timberlake loving twit.
She used me in her Linguistics study. Apparently I don't talk like 'regular' girls IRL either. My voice doesn't raise at the end of sentences frequently, unlike my 'peers'.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:54 pm
And, let me guess, every third word out of your mouth isn't "like"? xd
I think she should have replaced the word "regular" with "ditzy". >>;
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:03 pm
I'd say I'm a combination of both. Good English online vs. ditz IRL.
I know this now because I say "like" a lot, unintentionally.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:10 pm
I catch myself saying "He was like, 'blah blah blah'" instead of saying, "He said, 'blah blah blah'".
That reminds me, I read an article in the newspaper a while back. I can't remember what the article is about, but they quoted a girl as having said, "He was, like, a really awesome person." I know they're supposed to quote word for word, but it made me laugh.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:48 pm
I definitely say, "he was like," and not, "he said".
And the person writing the article probably snickered once or thrice while quoting it as well. xD
@ Mojo: BAH! Old names die hard, huh? =D
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:48 pm
I say "was like" a lot, but not for English essays. Goodness, it's really hard to imagine someone writing an essay like that... and then he was like lol im gonna keel j00 ded... rolleyes
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:50 pm
I'm a stickler for proper writing. I have been known to use LOL, BRB, ROFL, OMG, WTF, etc. from time to time, but for the post part my MSN typing is the same as when I post here. What's the point of shortening stuff to get your message across quickly if nobody can understand a damn thing you type? neutral
And anyone who uses chatspeak to write an essay should be sterilized. Like, right now. 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:26 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:27 am
I'm not sure if this is worse than writing an essay in chatspeak, but it's apparently fashionable to say OMG, WTF, LOL, BRB... etc... As in actually say it. Like oh-em-gee, double-you-tee-eff, lawl, bee-ar-bee... Now that really disturbs me.
Ihabia: Hi!
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:01 pm
I do that all the time. :/ Not IRL, but on MSN.
I prefer "be are be" to "BRB". Dunno why.
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:03 pm
If you're going to write "be are be," wouldn't it be just as easy to write "be right back"? See, I just don't understand these things.
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:14 pm
Sure it would, but it defeats the purpose.
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:20 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:46 pm
To make fun of all the idiots who say "brb".
Duh. Lawl.
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:04 pm
I have a tendancy to actually say lol. ._.
But other than that, yeah, I'm sitting pretty in the 'proper grammar and punctuation' boat.
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