Ahhhhhh, stop typing that!

[Thunderfoot]

I actually offered a second infix in my last post: "a whole nother." I split the word in three to make it legible, but I intended to offer "whole" attached to "another" as another infix in English. Did everybody really miss it, or do we only say that in the Southern USA?

Nope, the Midwest does it too; the sad part is your useage is still technically incorrect as the proper saying is " a whole other " adding the 'n' has nothing to do with another, it's just poor grammar. However, I too have done it and it took years for me to realize it was wrong. Oddly enough, it was when I wrote it on paper whilst writing a story that I realized how poorly my English had been influnced by my 'regional dialect'.

 

[Elephant]

One thing that really annoys me is when people use "frex" when they mean "e.g."

Even more annoying is when they use that awful construct to replace "i.e."

 

[green slime]

Harden up, or you'll never survive. It's a doggy-dog world out there.

-Hyp.

I think I saw that previously on this board somewhere once...

 

[Thunderfoot]

One thing that really annoys me is when people use "frex" when they mean "e.g."

Even more annoying is when they use that awful construct to replace "i.e."

Unfortunately, that has more to do with Literature and English classes no longer teaching proper editorial techniques. Txt msg abrvs r rplcng rl wrds...

 

[GreyRat]

Misplaced apostrophes are bad, but I'm annoyed by people who use *no punctuation at all*. They usually don't bother to capitalize words either, so their posts are just a jumble of run-on phrases, like a speed freak's stream of consciousness. Dood: did you ever hear of the 'semicolon'? Seriously, it'll change your life...

Some people don't see the big deal about bad grammar, as long as the ideas get conveyed properly, but I feel good grammar is a sign of courtesy, like sending a letter on nice paper, instead of ratty foolscap. Plus, it's hard to be sure ideas *are* being communicated accurately if people aren't all using the same linguistic conventions.

 

[Mycanid]

Misplaced apostrophes are bad, but I'm annoyed by people who use *no punctuation at all*. They usually don't bother to capitalize words either, so their posts are just a jumble of run-on phrases, like a speed freak's stream of consciousness. Dood: did you ever hear of the 'semicolon'? Seriously, it'll change your life...

Some people don't see the big deal about bad grammar, as long as the ideas get conveyed properly, but I feel good grammar is a sign of courtesy, like sending a letter on nice paper, instead of ratty foolscap. Plus, it's hard to be sure ideas *are* being communicated accurately if people aren't all using the same linguistic conventions.

Hey grey rat - that's a great little avatar you have, btw!

[Sorry for the threadjack folks]

 

[ssampier]

Misplaced apostrophes are bad, but I'm annoyed by people who use *no punctuation at all*. They usually don't bother to capitalize words either, so their posts are just a jumble of run-on phrases, like a speed freak's stream of consciousness. Dood: did you ever hear of the 'semicolon'? Seriously, it'll change your life...

Some people don't see the big deal about bad grammar, as long as the ideas get conveyed properly, but I feel good grammar is a sign of courtesy, like sending a letter on nice paper, instead of ratty foolscap. Plus, it's hard to be sure ideas *are* being communicated accurately if people aren't all using the same linguistic conventions.

I love the mouse' pic i dont really like to speel ather what can u do

 

[Lewis526]

Nope, the Midwest does it too; the sad part is your useage is still technically incorrect as the proper saying is " a whole other " adding the 'n' has nothing to do with another, it's just poor grammar. However, I too have done it and it took years for me to realize it was wrong. Oddly enough, it was when I wrote it on paper whilst writing a story that I realized how poorly my English had been influnced by my 'regional dialect'.

Interesting, and I've never thought about it that way. I'm not convinced that "another whole" is wrong, unless it's not what you mean.

Dood: did you ever hear of the 'semicolon'?

Semicolon, hell. Learn to use a period.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Interesting, and I've never thought about it that way. I'm not convinced that "another whole" is wrong, unless it's not what you mean.
<SNIP>

Nope, 'another whole' would be fine but the phrasing is context is incorrect, e.g.:

"Give me another whole pie and 3 slices of as well." (correct/sort of/) While there are better ways to state this, it is technically correct, assuming that the person already had a whole pie.

"That's a whole nother kettle of fish." (incorrect) While your theory of 'another whole' would be correct /but again, a poor choice/ if you were to mean additional kettles, the focus of the sentence here is contrasting points, so the correct choice would be 'a whole other'. (Which is the usual context of that phrase)

Make sense?

 

[Impeesa]

There is a gaming company called Blizzard. They made a certain MMORPG. There is a web forum dedicated to that game. Time spent on those boards has removed a chunk of my soul and any hope for the future of humanity.

There should be a support group for decent people who, for whatever reason, have immersed themselves in those forums for extended periods of time. For the last year or so I've been reading a fair bit of those forums and not much of these ones, and let me tell you, coming back here is quite a culture shock.

Regarding the topic, though: I find unintentionally poor spelling and grammar irritating, sure. Internet jargon and acronyms, and the subset thereof used by the gaming community, don't really bother me because normally they're used intentionally, often tongue in cheek. It's just another in-joke of a certain demographic, and if you're not in on it, all I can say is "Don't confuse it with the abundance of actual stupid on the internet."

--Impeesa--