y On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Jeeves wrote: > > > Ok. Since you have ever so casually grouped me into this group of > > > people, I will point out the fact that I asked nicely for him to use > > > 'anyways' instead of 'neways' and suchnot. > [SNIP] > > > Aren't you slightly hipocritical ?? (how ever you spell it) > > For your information my "talk" has nothing to do with warez, and by no > > means does it matter to you.. I have stated that i will not use my > > abbreviations for words incase people cannot read, but this i sgeting out > > of hand.. > > Hypocritical. H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L . > Write it correctly 5 times on the back of your paper. > > > > I asume you run a mud or are at least assocaied with a few so I ask you this > > when you have 10 people asking you questions do you really spend the time > > to use proper punctuation ? and insetad of saying anyone , isnt it easier > > and more conviniant to write ne1 ? come on ?? > > I take pride in my English, as some of you may know. Not only does > constant use of barely translatable abbreviations cost everyone else > time and temper, they make the one using them seem lazy or possibly > ignorant of proper spellings and sentence structure. > > > I get around 160+ messages in my mbox, and I try to at least read > > the interesting ones and perhaps contribute my thoughts if i feel they > > might add an intelligent outlook.. > > Don't we all? However, those messages actually written in some > language that is widely understood (be it English or not), are far > more likely to be taken seriously by those subscribing to this > particular mailing list. Your perversion of common English words does > *not* count as language. Perhaps it is easy for you, but it results > only in more work for everyone else. > > CRASH COURSE IN ABBREVIATIONS AND ENGLISH GRAMMAR > > 1) Titles and lengthy terms may be abbreviated by their first > letters. For example, 'Multi User Dimension' is almost always > abbreviated to 'MUD' in almost all discussions. Ideally, the > letters should be separated by periods (M.U.D.), but it has > become a common convention to write acronyms without periods. > Acronyms written in lowercase can confuse people. > > 2) Commonly used words with several syllables can be shortened, but > this does not apply to all words. For example, the word 'megabyte' > is often shortened to 'meg'. This is appropriate for > computer-related discussions, but it is considered jargon > and should not be used in non-computer-oriented situations > without clarification. > > 3) ALWAYS END ALL SENTENCES WITH A PERIOD, QUESTION MARK, OR > EXCLAIMATION POINT. Sometimes, ending with ellipses (...) is > appropriate, and very occasionally with a dash (-). > > 4) CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER OF EVERY SENTENCE AND THE FIRST LETTER > OF ALL PROPER NOUNS. > > 5) PUT PUNCTUATION MARKS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. Know the difference > between 'your' and 'you're'. The former is a possesive, the latter > is a contraction for 'you are'. Also a problem are 'it's' and > 'its'. The first is a contraction for 'it is', and the second is > a possesive. Examples: > It's raining. > My computer died last night. Its processor just quit. > > 6) SEMICOLONS ARE NOT JUST FOR C/C++/PERL CODE. Semicolons are used > to connect two complete thoughts for effect. Example: > This list is mostly decent; its members are often helpful. > You know you have used a semicolon correctly when the linked > sentences can be rewritten with a period at the end of each one. > > 7) PHONETICS ARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE JUST LEARNING TO WRITE. > 'ne1' must be read phonetically to have any meaning, and most > English-speaking people do not read phonetically past the age > of about 10 years. Despite the context, 'ne1' looks more like a > UNIX device than a shortened form of 'anyone'. > > Class dismissed. =) > > Jeeves > Creator/IMP/Builder of CalaisMUD (under development) > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > USER: > % ^What is saccharine? > UNIX: > Bad substitute. > Now here is the difference between you and me, obviously you have lots of timw to waste wrting this, and I DONT.. hey simple :) n thnaks for the lesson,.. (no i am not 10) :) FRag +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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