12-14-2003, 09:44 AM
Well, that's the apellation I adopted for myself, kind of, after being mocked/praised for good language skills.
For the most part, {wcip}angel has already covered most of my sentiments(replace Norwegian with Chinese dialect, and you have my life story, kind of)
However, it is my divine duty to pick out these errors in your post.
One. Not once.
Faux pas.
I couldn't find any others, although it's possible that I might have missed one or two.
Also, a few common errors:
definate/definatly===>definite/definitely(correct version)
certanly/cretinly(I WISH someone would make this mistake so I could mock them)===>certainly
I am not above saying "LOL" to my brother or (younger) cousins in real life. I do of course refrain from putting smileys into written matter as far as possible, but it seems that the written word is slowly dying out, as teachers start requiring typed projects as handwriting got worse(mine is not too bad, but not particularly exemplary either)
Oh yes, and if you think typing like an AOLer is bad, you haven't seen what flies from the hands of Singaporeans/Malaysians.
As an example:
Translation to "proper" Singlish(English with dialect/local vernacular thrown in):
You don't play me out lah. You *censored*!
Further translation to proper English.
Don't you play me for a fool! You *odourous bodypart undergoing biological function*(lah has no real equivalent in English. At best, I guess you could consider it an extraneous sound that one adds for emphasis.)
There's worse.
Translation into proper English:
"OMG! (this is about as accurate as I can get it. Wah Piang means something like 'My Father!' or 'My God!' Used as an exclamation of shock/surprise)
Don't come in here being a nosey-parker/busybody. This is none of your business."
Feel free to leave offerings for future divine intervention. ;)
For the most part, {wcip}angel has already covered most of my sentiments(replace Norwegian with Chinese dialect, and you have my life story, kind of)
However, it is my divine duty to pick out these errors in your post.
Quote:However, to examine Netspeak as a language, once must examine present-day languages
One. Not once.
Quote:faux paus
Faux pas.
I couldn't find any others, although it's possible that I might have missed one or two.
Also, a few common errors:
definate/definatly===>definite/definitely(correct version)
certanly/cretinly(I WISH someone would make this mistake so I could mock them)===>certainly
I am not above saying "LOL" to my brother or (younger) cousins in real life. I do of course refrain from putting smileys into written matter as far as possible, but it seems that the written word is slowly dying out, as teachers start requiring typed projects as handwriting got worse(mine is not too bad, but not particularly exemplary either)
Oh yes, and if you think typing like an AOLer is bad, you haven't seen what flies from the hands of Singaporeans/Malaysians.
As an example:
Quote:U dun play me out lahz! U *censored*!(censored word is a certain three letter abbreviation that is identical to that which we use here to mean the highest damage prefix on the biggest possible swords. I censored it myself though.)
Translation to "proper" Singlish(English with dialect/local vernacular thrown in):
You don't play me out lah. You *censored*!
Further translation to proper English.
Don't you play me for a fool! You *odourous bodypart undergoing biological function*(lah has no real equivalent in English. At best, I guess you could consider it an extraneous sound that one adds for emphasis.)
There's worse.
Quote:WAH PIANGZ! u dun come here kaypo la. non of ur biznez!
Translation into proper English:
"OMG! (this is about as accurate as I can get it. Wah Piang means something like 'My Father!' or 'My God!' Used as an exclamation of shock/surprise)
Don't come in here being a nosey-parker/busybody. This is none of your business."
Feel free to leave offerings for future divine intervention. ;)