Spelling and Grammar!!
 

This is just a little venting thread.

I have seen so many people recently using horrible spelling and grammar it makes me sick. I know for some people english isn't their first language, and sometimes you make a mistake or two, but some things are inexcusable.

Some things I hate to see:

sux
ur
u
r
ERBE (this one irritates the heck out of me!!)
ie (when "y" should be used at the end of words)
i (not capitalizing it)
plz (another really bad one)
no (know)
ppl (people)
"y" in place of "i" (i.e. excytement)
Nue (Comes off to me as disrespectful; The guy's name is Steve Neu)

Don't forget your apostrophes! (It's in bold)

Use the correct form of "to"! It's to or too. Take your pick. Not 2.

Use the correct form "your"! Your shows onwnership. You're is a contraction for "you are".

Use the correct form of to be! (am, is, are) Practice

Use the correct form to there! Their represents ownership. They're is a contraction for "they are". There means "It's over there". This might be the thing that bothers me most..

Is it that people just don't care? Please, read your post before you post to make sure it makes sense and to make sure there aren't any horrible grammar errors in it. Go ahead and post your frustrations below, I would love to hear them.

:whistle:

I would like to add:

Edit your post if you find a mistake!

:lol:

It is in my nature to be compulsive when it comes to stuff like this, but I am fortunate that I don't obsess over it. It seems as though I've gotten so used to seeing it that it doesn't affect me any more (as opposed to "effect") although deep down it does :angel:

Omg... WTF? I m teh l33t haxxorz..... :rofl:

This also irritates me somewhat, but it's honestly kind of fun to correct people when they're wrong.

Just my opinion..

I like to use abbreviations sometimes, like ERBE, sometimes it will in fact get annoying, but would you really type out ERevo Brushless Edition twenty million times in a review? =/

I hate it how the traxxas kids have to use that dang expression so much... "I'm gettin a ERBE this winter, shud I get maxamps are venom lipos??? Plz help plz!!!"

You could just say revo, e-revo, or brushless e-revo. Brushless edition sounds so dumb to me...

there are idiots everywhere. i never capitalize stuff and have the occasional mispelled word. with all the dum dums my hack typing is better than most.

it bothers me too. you may as well learn to live with it, it gets worse as you grow older and learn more because you see more mistakes.

what is the difference between affect and effect?

ebonics is my biggest pet peeve. "mines"? "cut the light off"? wtf?

No capital letters at the beginning of proper nouns....tch. :lol:

Oh, and in your first post:

Do you not mean 'of there/they're/their' (you forgot the really big one, 'their.' This is the one that most people get wrong).

I prefer BEER :yes:

I'm with you & but the latest Traxxas-ism "merv" is kind of appropriate

LOL :rofl:

I know what you mean, but it's hard for me, and I think also other people to speak English well. I'm using babelfish.altavista.com so often, because my own English is worthless :lol: But you have to understand that my first language isn't English, so it's hard for me, and I'm still learning it at school...

I too have my issues with post's that look like they were some kids text messaging. This forum is one of the best around (for RC) in regards to this, and as long as we keep the standard up, it should remain that way.

My other pet peeve is people posting in the wrong forums, just because it will get more traffic in some other area.

My favorite:

deffinitly
defanately
definatly
deffanitaly
defenatly

It's

D E F I N E T E L Y

One more time, slowly.

D E F I N E T E L Y

Spell checker >>FTW<< Haha

I just ignore posts/threads that have some idiot who cannot spell or convey his question correctly.

What annoys me most are the people who state "I'm new to brushless, so here are my 500 questions that could easily be answered by just reading the last few pages of the forum..."

Well, the don't quite say that, but you get the point...

Before I signed up to this forum I used the search button, and then I decided that reading the forum from the beginning would be a good idea. It took 6 months, but I did it! Not sure if I learned anything, but it was a good read. Lacked humor until Aug 2007 though....

Actually, Merriam-Webster says it's DEFINITELY

D E F I N I T E L Y

:whip: :na: :whistle:

all i can say....their r some guys who don't no what there doing with they're puter

Glassdoctor gets the 'paying attention' award!

I wondered if anyone would catch that.. :yes:

dud tis tread izz dam hilariz i dnt think diz mofo shud b gettin izz titie wities al inn 1 uv doez nots...

HAHA, this thread is great. But Riley, seriously, why are you so anal about it? :lol:

I personally like the phrase, word, whatever you wanna call it, ERBE. Maybe we should shorten it to ERB. Does that make you happy?

Poor spelling and grammar don't really bug me much, unless it's completely illegible garbage, and I don't really give much credibility to P33ple wh0 tipe li3k th1$.

Incorrect use of then, should be than.

Improper abbreviation of assuming

Didn't capitalize the F in fastest

LOL it's all good metallover, just trying to give you a hard time!

Byte- you probably shouldn't watch this video then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UwPzRFg3Gw

^x2. Some people use vulgarity to make themselves seem "bad" or "cool". I use it here and there to express emotion but it gets ridiculous.

That was me 10 years ago, that is me today. The F word has just become a part of the lingo that flies out of my mouth. I'm from South Louisiana anyways and most of you wouldn't understand a word of what I say... :whistle:

I love Davesfarm!:party:

reminds me of Joe Dirt. "guy likes to see homos naked":lol:

I heat it wehn pelpoe dnot selpl wdors rhgit.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe

Not guilty.

Actually, that is a sentence fragment, which is a grammar infraction. :wink:

I text alot so that somewhat comes out in my posts. but its only things like not capitalizing the first words in the sentance, or starting my sentances with but lol

And ending sentences with "lol" instead of a punctuation mark!

Americans also often say: Oh my god!

Americans are just a bit strange :whistle:

It never ended! Im still laughing!:lol:

No one really cares what you are saying...

Fair enough.

this bothers me too.
it's going to change language of future generations in my opinion.
but i am also a culprit. i do not type perfectly but i try my hardest to speak correctly and not fall to the "i seen you" or "where is you" crowd.

Do you know what really bothers me? Being in a line at the grocery store titled "10 items or less". Arrgg! It's "10 items or fewer".

Or when I ask someone how they're doing (usually as an informal greeting), and they reply "I'm doing good". It takes all my willpower not to respond "It's 'I'm doing well'".

as long as i can understand what they are saying, i dont really mind.

now what pisses me off is when people love talking and talking and talking like they never ever ever take a breath gosh those noobs this really pisses me off now im going to tell you guys about my foot its got a ***** awesome huge ass ***** gash in it like some ***** trex ripped through it its so ***** badass o i also got my emaxx to exactly where i love it jumps amazing i also did a speed run that makes it so awesome should i get venom lipos ugh hpi is so stupid tracxas rocks my pants off every day they are so awesome all teir trucks are superior to any other brand in the world my emaxx can beat any rc out there it goes 60 mph on 7 cell nimh with the kershaw design 700high output motors i dont understand why people buy brushless systems my moms hotter than yours omg i jsut got integy bulks and its awesome why does everyone here like hand porn


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Byte, I am with you on this. It was different when I was 12 and just realized I could use foul language but come on people. How do you function in a professional world like that? One of the first turn offs when dealing with a vendor/contractor for me is if they start cussing like a drunken sailor right off the bat. This can pretty much guarantee I will not use them.

I had a contractor on my last big job that cussed every other word, literally. I asked his boss to remove him from my job permanently or he would lose the contract. I have customers that come around too, I can't have this type of behavior going on.

The grammar and spelling on the forums doesn't get to me too much and unless it's just horrible. When a post if that bad or especially if it's just one long run on sentence I stop reading and go to the next post in line.

However nitrostarter, the South Louisiana accent is a whole other cookie! I love Louisiana and thick Nawlin's accents. If I didn't have a Texas accent (that's Texas, not southern people) I would want a Louisiana accent for sure, then Australian would be 3rd. An Aussie accent is like a British accent with balls! My apologies to all you Brits who I have offended with this remark......:intello:

My cousin moved to Australia some 10+ years ago and now has an Aussie/Texas accent and I am kind of jealous. People really trip when he's back home and they hear a black guy (he's half black but looks all black) with his accent speaking.

Yes we are!

But in our defense, look at what our jackwad former president (not capitalized on purpose) did to the language.

Yes, a shining example of word usage, and eloquence to put a Noble Laureate to shame.

Some more favorites:

irregardless

heighth

changed-out, changed-up

riddle-me-this

TomKat, Brangelina (and various other stupid celeb name fusions)

Every lame campaign (or advertising) slogan

A company's "Mission Statement"

..... yes woe to the kids, they'll have to decipher every new 'ism' that comes their way... or is it they're... there?

OMGWTF!!! I'll never figure this out! English is stupid!