How do you envision the 'Mooters? - Page 25

Lizra · 03-09-2003, 05:35 PM

Oh geez!

UR - YOUR......this is the most annoying!

u - you
cud - could
cuse - because
shud - should
4 - for
4got - forgot
r - are
im - I'm
2 - to
id - I'd
I'm sure she is a very nice and sweet girl!

I don't think I should have to learn a new language to read the posts on Entmmot!

Lady_of_the_Golden_Wood · 03-09-2003, 06:23 PM

Can I ask again, I only got three responses. One from someone who obviously knows what I look like.

Lady of Rohan · 03-09-2003, 07:22 PM

Did I respnd LotGW? If I didn't then here is what I think you look like.

Medium length, light brown hair. Brown eyes. Medium length hight. No frekles. How did I do?

Lady_of_the_Golden_Wood · 03-09-2003, 07:31 PM

I don't have freckles, hmmm, I have long dark brown hair, tallish. Over all, you did good.

Tanoliel · 03-10-2003, 01:02 AM

There are so many new people on Entmoot that I'm begginning to blank out...I can't think what people might look like.

And by the way, I agree with Lizra...

Elven Archer · 03-10-2003, 01:26 AM

i agree with lizra too. but it doesn't bother me as much. i try not to make alot of spelling mistakes,in fact i spell check the stuff i don't think i spelt right most of the time. although i miss some of my mistyped words so they become misspelled. sorry about that.

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-10-2003, 01:57 AM

Yes, the dire tongue of 'chat-speak' is most annoying!

Coney · 03-10-2003, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Yes, the dire tongue of 'chat-speak' is most annoying!

Yes, chat-speak can be most annoying

... I know that I sometimes still use it

I know that I do slip into typing with my own accent quite regularly, that's a slip-back from my old chatroom days where a bunch of use all typed in our accents....made it easier to recognise each other in a crowded room.

If ya wanna use chat-speak you should really use it propers, like so-

AQAQAQICI82QB4IP!

Lizra · 03-10-2003, 08:34 AM

Having never "chatted", I am totally clueless here. (I guess that's more than obvious!

)
You mean you all typed in your "funny"

English accents? What a trip!

Coney · 03-10-2003, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lizra
You mean you all typed in your "funny" English accents? What a trip!

Yeah, we didn't get many non-UK regulars in the room

...poor buggers couldn't understand us

Lady of Rohan · 03-10-2003, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elven Archer
i try not to make alot of spelling mistakes,in fact i spell check the stuff i don't think i spelt right most of the time.

I never try and spell any thing wrong, I am just such a terrible speller that it just happens naturally. I normaly look up the words that I can't spell in my online dictonary (see sig below). And thanks again for the link to the online dictionary link Crickhollow!

Baby-K · 03-10-2003, 10:50 AM

I don't think anyone really tries to spell words incorrectly (unless they do so in jest), but to deliberately use "chat-speak" all the time becomes tiresome.

And just to show that I can actually stay on topic - how do I envision the 'mooters?:

Fangirls - all seem to fade into 1 blurry vision of screaming teenagers, resembling the mobs that were "Beatle Mania"
Lizra - very pretty & pensive with a quirky sense of humour and loves nature
Coney - drunken rabbit ('nuf said)

and I'm unable to go on 'cos I seem to be typing very slowly and it is infuriating me, if I muster the energy I shall post the rest later

Edit - added pretty with Lizra's description ('cos I thought that anyway and was horrified to find that I had omitted it

- my humblest apologies Liz)

Lizra · 03-10-2003, 11:15 AM

Baby K, You are pretty "right on" with my description,

just add pretty! (you know, make me feel good!

)

Insidious Rex · 03-10-2003, 11:25 AM

I used to be annoyed by chat speak as well then I got used to it. Now I barely even notice it. Its just a slang short cut language developed by teens to chat online while minimizing finger use. I dont really see the harm in it. Once you become "fluent" you dont even notice it. And yet you can respond in "normal" english to it and both parties understand each other. I have even seen chat speak in other languages. Its really part of the lanscape now. No sense trying to resist it. Resistance if futile after all. You will be assimilated.

Or you will die by the side of the road and join us dinosaurs. In my book anything that bridges communication is a good thing. k? c-ya.

Coney · 03-10-2003, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Coney - drunken rabbit ('nuf said)

*nods*...that's pretty much me

How do I envision the 'mooters?

I have no idea....I've seen a piccy of a lot of you on the relavant (or sometimes not-so-relevant) threads but I very rarely read the profiles or anything.

Next person who comes along I'll try to guess 'em.

Lizra · 03-10-2003, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Insidious Rex
I used to be annoyed by chat speak as well then I got used to it. Now I barely even notice it. Its just a slang short cut language developed by teens to chat online while minimizing finger use. I dont really see the harm in it. Once you become "fluent" you dont even notice it. And yet you can respond in "normal" english to it and both parties understand each other. I have even seen chat speak in other languages. Its really part of the lanscape now. No sense trying to resist it. Resistance if futile after all. You will be assimilated. Or you will die by the side of the road and join us dinosaurs. In my book anything that bridges communication is a good thing. k? c-ya.

Guess I'm just old school. It comes across as laziness to me. I think the quality of the post suffers when poor language is used. Maybe Entmoot is becoming too childish for me!

Insidious Rex · 03-10-2003, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lizra
Guess I'm just old school. It comes across as laziness to me. I think the quality of the post suffers when poor language is used. Maybe Entmoot is becoming too childish for me!

Well I think its much better here then in a lot of places. Poke your nose into some of the AOL chat rooms and this place will look like the Harvard english department in comparison. Fear not the new day my lady. As a self described regular and quality poster you still hold influence over the young here who for the most part seem eager to follow the rules and the examples of the most experienced. so using proper speech in combat to their new speech would be a much better alternative then bailing out altogether and writing it all off to a new generation you dont understand. tilt at windmills I say. and let them figure out what thats a reference to.

Andúril · 03-10-2003, 03:50 PM

I spend most of my free time at work reading posts on an email list inhabited mainly by professors, authors and doctorate holders. The only time I have ever seen shorthand used there was by some kid who thought he could take on the big guys (but got his ass nailed to the wall instead). At a place like that, shorthand is seriously frowned upon. As are emoticons.

So now you know why I don't use smilies that often. Nevermind about me holding the record for most

smilies in one post...

Lizra · 03-10-2003, 03:58 PM

Our

smilie here is very nice! I post on several forums, and "chat talk" is always frowned on.

Legolaslvr! · 03-10-2003, 06:19 PM

How do you think BQ1146 looks like?

03-09-2003, 05:35 PM	#481
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Oh geez! UR - YOUR......this is the most annoying! u - you cud - could cuse - because shud - should 4 - for 4got - forgot r - are im - I'm 2 - to id - I'd I'm sure she is a very nice and sweet girl! I don't think I should have to learn a new language to read the posts on Entmmot! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats! Last edited by Lizra : 03-09-2003 at 07:58 PM.

03-09-2003, 06:23 PM	#482
Lady_of_the_Golden_Wood The Precious Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Glasgow Posts: 204	Can I ask again, I only got three responses. One from someone who obviously knows what I look like. __________________ was holding on hanging by a thread clinging to three words you said but words are meaningless in your absence.

03-09-2003, 07:31 PM	#484
Lady_of_the_Golden_Wood The Precious Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Glasgow Posts: 204	I don't have freckles, hmmm, I have long dark brown hair, tallish. Over all, you did good. __________________ was holding on hanging by a thread clinging to three words you said but words are meaningless in your absence.

03-10-2003, 01:02 AM	#485
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	There are so many new people on Entmoot that I'm begginning to blank out...I can't think what people might look like. And by the way, I agree with Lizra... __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

03-10-2003, 01:26 AM	#486
Elven Archer Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: America! Posts: 480	i agree with lizra too. but it doesn't bother me as much. i try not to make alot of spelling mistakes,in fact i spell check the stuff i don't think i spelt right most of the time. although i miss some of my mistyped words so they become misspelled. sorry about that. __________________ "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: 'it goes on'." ~robert frost

03-09-2003, 07:22 PM	#483
Lady of Rohan Doughy Elf Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,006	Did I respnd LotGW? If I didn't then here is what I think you look like. Medium length, light brown hair. Brown eyes. Medium length hight. No frekles. How did I do?

03-10-2003, 01:57 AM	#487
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Yes, the dire tongue of 'chat-speak' is most annoying! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-10-2003, 08:34 AM	#489
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Having never "chatted", I am totally clueless here. (I guess that's more than obvious! ) You mean you all typed in your "funny" English accents? What a trip! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

03-10-2003, 10:50 AM	#492
Baby-K Corruptor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jozi SA Posts: 1,885	I don't think anyone really tries to spell words incorrectly (unless they do so in jest), but to deliberately use "chat-speak" all the time becomes tiresome. And just to show that I can actually stay on topic - how do I envision the 'mooters?: Fangirls - all seem to fade into 1 blurry vision of screaming teenagers, resembling the mobs that were "Beatle Mania" Lizra - very pretty & pensive with a quirky sense of humour and loves nature Coney - drunken rabbit ('nuf said) and I'm unable to go on 'cos I seem to be typing very slowly and it is infuriating me, if I muster the energy I shall post the rest later Edit - added pretty with Lizra's description ('cos I thought that anyway and was horrified to find that I had omitted it - my humblest apologies Liz) __________________ Don't wet yourself with excitement. Last edited by Baby-K : 03-10-2003 at 11:38 AM.

03-10-2003, 11:15 AM	#493
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Baby K, You are pretty "right on" with my description, just add pretty! (you know, make me feel good! ) __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

03-10-2003, 11:25 AM	#494
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	welcome to the 21st century I used to be annoyed by chat speak as well then I got used to it. Now I barely even notice it. Its just a slang short cut language developed by teens to chat online while minimizing finger use. I dont really see the harm in it. Once you become "fluent" you dont even notice it. And yet you can respond in "normal" english to it and both parties understand each other. I have even seen chat speak in other languages. Its really part of the lanscape now. No sense trying to resist it. Resistance if futile after all. You will be assimilated. Or you will die by the side of the road and join us dinosaurs. In my book anything that bridges communication is a good thing. k? c-ya. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

03-10-2003, 03:50 PM	#498
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	I spend most of my free time at work reading posts on an email list inhabited mainly by professors, authors and doctorate holders. The only time I have ever seen shorthand used there was by some kid who thought he could take on the big guys (but got his ass nailed to the wall instead). At a place like that, shorthand is seriously frowned upon. As are emoticons. So now you know why I don't use smilies that often. Nevermind about me holding the record for most smilies in one post...

03-10-2003, 03:58 PM	#499
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Our smilie here is very nice! I post on several forums, and "chat talk" is always frowned on. __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

03-10-2003, 06:19 PM	#500
Legolaslvr! Super Smilie Freak Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the entmoot army, trying to get rid of black and blue! Posts: 350	How do you think BQ1146 looks like? __________________ MO The fat hobbit hobbit knows!

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