Man, you should've seen what it did to my illiterate friend. We left them alone for an hour, didn't find the poor sod until we found him ripped up, soaking up sewage down in the gutters. The book was in fine condition, though.
I'll post again since you fuckers simply love hash, hash, and rehashing old threads without realizing it: Words that should be shot: Paradigm shift Dicta Dichotomy Ad hominem Ad nauseum iota plethora And about 9/10 of the kind of words one finds in a Tiassa post.
"Words that should be banned. All 'txt spk'. Spell words correctly, or get ignored. I work in tech support. I bounce any calls with 'txt spk' back to the helpdesk. I speak English, not txt. Sooner or later, they'll realise that typing in txt isn't quicker than typing in their stupid childish shorthand, and retyping it in correct English so it can be understood." They neednt be baneed, they have a very useful purpose in SMS, where you are charged an amount per message, and the messages have a max length of 160 characters or watever terrorist, Aluminum and military intelligence should all be banned as none of them actually exist (anymore) 'surfing the web' as it just sounds lame from almost anyones mouth
So, brainiac, do you think that might be why I have a problem with the phrase? DUH! [/quote] Or a cliché, .... I don't have a problem with metaphors in general.
No offense, but.... but what?? Come on! surely offense is intended. that phrase is never followed with anthing pleasant!
Jesus christ, stop whining. Not everyone makes forum use into a lifestyle or knows every thread posted in the last 5 years by heart. Don't read/reply to the thread if you've seen it before, pretty simple really.
I think the expressions "You know... wahtever..." should be outlawed. I also dislike it when people use unnecessary conjunctions like "and sofourth(sp?)... or like blah blah and like blah blah it was so like blah blah blah... and it was like ...".
I forgot this one: "It was so fuckin'... and, FUCK it was... holy fuck, and... fuck.... fuckin'... fuck..." I think that when you swear too much, it is impossible to emphasize anything when you really are feeling something important... like the pain of stubbing my toes.
Buffys: Kiss my sweet, sweet, melancholic ass. And "5 years", "lifestyle", and "whining" is your folly. Another group of proletarian words that should be outloawed: "pretty simple really".
I just cam eback from a social outing, and I heard a few others: AnywayZ Regardless Anywho Anyhow Jeebis Golly Oh my gosh! Oh my goodness ain't yall (Dr. Phil)
Useful? Only to cheapskates on crappy tarifs with non T9 phones. There is no excuse for txt spk. If you need to convey a long message, hey, you could actually use words, expressed vocally, and talk to the recipient! Or, send an email using WAP.
Actually everyone i know uses txt spk, and hardly anyone i know has WAP, and its surprising how quickly you can go through money on a phone, it gets very expensive, especially for young people who dont have a job. Though txt spk is exactly that, for txts, it shouldnt be used elsewhere.
i dont really get the anger toward txt spk. If someone writes "txt" and the reader understands it at a glance to mean "text" then whats the problem? words are just groups of letters that we all agree mean a certain thing, they're hardly sacred. Who cares if an "e" is missing when you understand the word without it? I'm not saying I'd enjoy reading a book written in txt spk but a few words of it sprinkled throughout a paragraph doesn't bother me anymore than someone calling diving gear "scuba" instead of "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatus".