Internet-isms

And what's so confusing about Roman numerals? All over eBay there are Mirage 111, Type V11 U-boats & Fokker E. 111s & D. V11s! Not to mention that horrendous WW11 ! Is there something wrong with typing "I"?

"frank" wrote

And the inevitable response of the lazy/ignorant is: "But you know what I mean!"

True, but my computer's search engine doesn't.

KL

At least you didn't fall for the Young Ones skit. The normal reply is "It's the first time I've heard it call THAT before!"

She scrubs up very nice and one memorable moment was when she turned up at the end on the French & Saunders series to get back at them, all dressed up in tight black sparkly dress, black stockings and little black high heels.

She still looked cute in the spoof 'hidden camera' sketch on the same series of her dressed in loose shabby clothes in a darkened room watching tv, drinking beer out of a can then throwing the can on the floor, burping and lifting one arse-cheek to break wind.

Richard.

This is turning into a 'Grumpy Old Men' thread - great stuff !!!!

Can I have a go - and raise the temperature a little ????

What is it with you Americans and 'you do the math' ????

Surely it's an abreviation of 'mathematics' - plural.

So it should be 'you do the maths' - no ??

Dons flak jacket and waits for the incoming.........

Ken

PS - Speaking of the English language - and we are aren't we? - has anyone got the complete text of the classic Three Stooges(?) routine 'Who is one first base'?

PPS - Can anyone think of a sentence containing the word 'and' five consecutive times using correct grammar?

Kurt Laughl> "frank" wrote

I thought this routine was first done by Abbot and Costello. Pete

That would be Abbott and Costello.....

TMB

Hmm, OTOH, it isn't singular, "mathematic".

Another comes to mind. Why do people put the $ AFTER the numbers? You know, 25$.

"frank" wrote

Probable explanation: They start typing then realize that the symbol needs to come first, so rather than going back they just add it at the end. Because all rules are null and void on the Internet, it's OK - "You know what I meant!" After all, creative geniuses shouldn't be hobbled by structure and conformity and it would be a crime against humanity to deprive the World of that Ebay listing for the time it would take to make the correction . . .

KL

Yeah, just plain lazy & don't care. I try to proofread my stuff before I send, because I don't want people thinking what an ignorant person I must be. I often wonder if people talk the way they really write. I had an English teacher in high school tell me that "we write like we speak". If it's so, there sure are a lot of cavemen talkers out there! Uh, oh, here comes the Geico commercial! :)

""I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign."

The one that always cracks me up is the use of the decimal point AND the cent sign or word "cents," e.g. ".50 cents." I always feel like chopping a penny in half and throwing it at them...

I nearly got a negative feedback at eBay once because the dipstick seller said to pay .07% sales tax, which I did. He insisted he meant

7%. I told him that's what he should have written & if he insisted I pay the 7%, I'd report him to eBay. Using his logic, he could have meant 70%.

Gawd, I hate it when people end a statement with "- no ??"

:)

-Bill

Fortunately (or not) I write much better than I talk. I think my English teachers would be astounded to know I've turned into such a punctilious writer. I've known a few men for whom grunts are very much their entire vocabulary. They showed no outward signs of Neanderthalism though.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Beg pardon, Steve, but I must LOL!

Bill Banaszak, MFE