A video I would like you to watch

[Sabre]

Recently I have noticed a trend on this forum, I'm talking about very poor use of English.
Either there has been a rise in the number of 5 year olds on here or people aren't spending the time to make their posts coherent. The biggest problem is the lack of fullstops and commas, this makes some posts almost impossible to read. This short video will benefit those of you who struggle to grasp the basics of punctuation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5L4MioobLI&feature=related

 

[stryker]

Lol. Thats the texting generation for you Sabre.

 

[system]

You want to see something worse?


 

[alex]

Amen to that Sabre!

Also:


 

[Sabre]

You want to see something worse?


That reminds me of when I was in Uni and we were learning about the ANZACs and Australia's involvement in World War 1 when somebody said 'I've lived in Australia my entire life and never heard of Gallipoli'

 

[cunno]

You want to see something worse?
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That reminds me of when I was in Uni and we were learning about the ANZACs and Australia's involvement in World War 1 when somebody said 'I've lived in Australia my entire life and never heard of Gallipoli'

Surely they were joking :astonished:

 

[GoldXR50Leroy]

Well written, you have gotten your point off extremely well.
I am 52 and have just learned how to send text messages, big deal you may say but it took the near death of my wife to realise that I should be contactable all the time after I had deliberately forgone technology.
What I have learnt from my texting excercises is that you can put capital letters in the message, full stops, commas, punctuation marks etc etc, as I am with the same service provider as the wife all this is for free so I don't have to resort to abbreviating words in the messages.
And it is far better to read a post written in plain English & not have to read from a Ghetto Gangbanger wannabe!.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I hate people who use the term 'bra'

 

[Yossarian]

I'd be happy if people understood the difference between LOSE and LOOSE

LOSE is the opposite of WIN

LOOSE is the opposite of TIGHT

We did not loose the game!!!!!!

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

That reminds me of when I was in Uni and we were learning about the ANZACs and Australia's involvement in World War 1 when somebody said 'I've lived in Australia my entire life and never heard of Gallipoli'

Surely they were joking :astonished:

You smacked them in the head for that, surely?

 

[Sabre]

That reminds me of when I was in Uni and we were learning about the ANZACs and Australia's involvement in World War 1 when somebody said 'I've lived in Australia my entire life and never heard of Gallipoli'

Surely they were joking :astonished:

You smacked them in the head for that, surely?

I wanted to, but was too perplexed to do anything.
All I could think of is how is that even possible.

 

[AJ1]

My pet hate is people who say 'F' instead of 'Th' I.e. Fursday /Thursday or Fink instead of Think :brick:

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

My pet hate is people who say 'F' instead of 'Th' I.e. Fursday /Thursday or Fink instead of Think :brick:

What if they have a speech impediment? Do you hate people with a Rhotacism?

 

[AJ1]

Of course not. Bit rich trying to cut me down mate considering you state you reside 'Penriff'.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Of course not. Bit rich trying to cut me down mate considering you state you reside 'Penriff'.

Sorry AJ, didn't mean to come off as brash as I did.

I do reside in "Penriff," and much like many, I've spent a large part of my life here and that's how it's affectionately known these days… Much like Brissy for Brisbane, Cambo for Campbelltown, Colo for Colyton and 'Nulla for Cronulla.

My point was that some people, especially some with an overbite, struggle to pronounce the "th" sound, it's not necessarily an issue of lazy pronunciation.

 

[Juro]

That reminds me of when I was in Uni and we were learning about the ANZACs and Australia's involvement in World War 1 when somebody said 'I've lived in Australia my entire life and never heard of Gallipoli'

Surely they were joking :astonished:

You smacked them in the head for that, surely?

I wanted to, but was too perplexed to do anything.
All I could think of is how is that even possible.

This story reminds me of a girl I used to work with. Someone was showing some holiday snaps of their recent trip to the UK. Here is how the conversation went:
Girl: What is that?
Guy: It's Stonehenge.
Girl: Is that famous?
Everyone:

 

[Juro]

And back to the topic at hand, my point of view is that if you want people to bother to read your post, try to make it easy for them to understand what you are trying to say. Spelling mistakes, lack of punctuation, poor grammar only lead to confusion and angst. Sure, nobody is perfect but a bit of effort would go a long way.

And for the record, our team's captain is Farah, not Farrah!

 

[AJ1]

All good CB, you're a good man and your point is taken.

 

[underdog]

Of course not. Bit rich trying to cut me down mate considering you state you reside 'Penriff'.

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….cause Ashfield is awesome.... right AJ? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfield_gang_rapes
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I'm being a bit facetious here, but the point i'm trying to make is don't tar one person with the whole brush mate.

***EDIT***

All good CB, you're a good man and your point is taken.

And all is right in the world again. :mrgreen:

Back on topic. I think for one liners texted from your mobile phone, you can almost let it slide - (tigersrule4life im looking at you) however when you do a whole paragraph without any punctuation or capitalization, (bigdamo!!) It can be incredibly hard and tiresome to read.

 

[stryker]

Jesus. That was one hell of an over reaction Underdog….