Internet slang, slowly, yet strongly affecting mordern english?

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Posted by daffodil on Oct-07-2003 04:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
Internet slang has AFFECTED modern language.

OR

Internet slang has EFFECTED a change in modern language.

orbax, you love me for my alcoholic tendencies, i love you for making that point! caddyshack, i'll whip you for "same difference" as well

quote:
Originally posted by Essential1
There's a house on my street that says "kitten's for sale". I thought I was wierd for wanting to tear it down every time I drive by. It's nice to know that I'm not a wierdo.

yeah, the dining hall had something like that today: "Grape's will not be available until further notice." I almost clawed my eyeballs out. I swear this will be my last one: weirdo

Posted by Essential1 on Oct-07-2003 04:58:

quote:
Originally posted by daffodil
yeah, the dining hall had something like that today: "Grape's will not be available until further notice." I almost clawed my eyeballs out. I swear this will be my last one: weirdo

typo

Posted by daffodil on Oct-07-2003 05:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Essential1
typo

i believe you! i like your sig too, even though it kind of bugs me out.

Posted by Essential1 on Oct-07-2003 05:04:

quote:
Originally posted by daffodil
i believe you! i like your sig too, even though it kind of bugs me out.

www.danasoft.com

I wouldn't be able to make that sig on my own.

Posted by Orbax on Oct-07-2003 05:15:

quote:
Originally posted by daffodil
orbax, you love me for my alcoholic tendencies, i love you for making that point!

Posted by DasBrotBesser on Oct-07-2003 08:31:

quote:
Originally posted by daffodil
on the flip side, some teachers have commented that students are more sensitive to what their writing conveys and the precise tone that one word or sentence construction can create. think about middle school girls throwing hissy fits and taking hidden stabs at each other over AIM. they can express exactly what they are trying to say pretty succintly and extremely accurately because they become comfortable with the written word in a social manner.

I can definitely see that. I've noticed that many times, not in class, but when I'm talking online. I've actually had many "deep" conversations online, and I always think it's funny how much time I sometimes spend on just trying to think of the perfect word to use (as opposed to just saying a sentence fairly close to what I'm trying to say when we're talking face-to-face). In some cases (not many), I actually prefer to use online for talking because of that difference.

About internet words in general, there's a few that I use normally, and I think it's so amusing to see people type full posts strictly in internet talk, but dear goodness I'd freak if I heard someone actually say "rotfl."

quote:
Originally posted by daffodil
p.s. -- PLEASE edit the title of this thread if you can. it's Affect, not effect (pet peeve of a grammar nazi). i'll only bore you with the grammar lesson if you ask

I know exactly what you mean. Here I thought I was the only one with this pet peeve. That definitely is one of the worst that has always bothered me, but another one is with the use of quotes. One thing that seriously made me freak a couple years ago was when I was working for Domino's one summer. They have stickers with reminders all over the store... IN QUOTES. On the safe there's one that says "Is it locked?" (actually with the quotes). The first time I saw that, the whole store heard me yelling, "What the shit is this?! "Is it locked" with quotes?! What is that, some kind of store motto?! "You know what we always say around the store, 'Is it locked?'"

Another one is when company vans use quotes for generic descriptions of their services when advertising on the side of the van, e.g [Insert random plumbing company here] and then underneath the name it says something like "Residential and commercial plumbing," as if it was a motto or something.

Sorry for the rant. I could feel the blood rushing to my face with this one.

Posted by StalkerElmo on Oct-07-2003 13:26:

Whoops, sorry for the typo.

Will be fixed, thanks to those that pointed it out.

Posted by netw3rkd on Oct-07-2003 15:45:

oos forgot, me and my buddyys say owned too

Posted by daffodil on Oct-07-2003 16:44:

quote:
Originally posted by DasBrotBesser
I know exactly what you mean. Here I thought I was the only one with this pet peeve. That definitely is one of the worst that has always bothered me, but another one is with the use of quotes. One thing that seriously made me freak a couple years ago was when I was working for Domino's one summer. They have stickers with reminders all over the store... IN QUOTES. On the safe there's one that says "Is it locked?" (actually with the quotes). The first time I saw that, the whole store heard me yelling, "What the shit is this?! "Is it locked" with quotes?! What is that, some kind of store motto?! "You know what we always say around the store, 'Is it locked?'"

Another one is when company vans use quotes for generic descriptions of their services when advertising on the side of the van, e.g [Insert random plumbing company here] and then underneath the name it says something like "Residential and commercial plumbing," as if it was a motto or something.

Sorry for the rant. I could feel the blood rushing to my face with this one.

I FREAK OUT ABOUT THAT TOO! quotation marks are not fucking used for emphasis goddammit!!!! it skews the whole flaming meaning when morons do that. things like, please make sure the water is "off." i always think of someone doing air-quotes with their fingers when i see nonsense like that.

QUOTATION MARKS ARE FOR QUOTATIONS!!!!!!!!! THEY DO NOT ADD EMPHASIS

i think this has been hijacked into the grammar rant thread.

Posted by KandyKid_420 on Oct-07-2003 16:48:

Re: Internet slang, slowly, yet strongly affecting mordern english?

quote:
Originally posted by StalkerElmo
"Dude rofl, don't make me take out my leet haxor and p-wn you"

Bwahahahahha, that made my day

Posted by StalkerElmo on Oct-07-2003 21:46:

quote:
Originally posted by netw3rkd
oos forgot, me and my buddyys say owned too

it's a very popular term now used in modern english.. i've even heard adults say it!

Posted by drizzt81 on Oct-07-2003 22:19:

quote:
Originally posted by caddyshack
ROFL, GG, LMAO, LEET, HAXOR, PWN, TEH ROXOR, OMGHI2U

what the hell do these mean? there should be a users manual to this site!!

welcome to teh intarweb!!1

Posted by drizzt81 on Oct-07-2003 22:23:

quote:
Originally posted by daffodil
QUOTATION MARKS ARE FOR QUOTATIONS!!!!!!!!! THEY DO NOT ADD EMPHASIS

i think this has been hijacked into the grammar rant thread.

agreed. If you need to _emphasize_ something on the web, I am sure you can find OTHER methods to >>do<< it

In other writing, I think underlining stuff has been used for ages and is widely understood.

Posted by drizzt81 on Oct-07-2003 22:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Essential1
There's a house on my street that says "kitten's for sale". I thought I was wierd for wanting to tear it down every time I drive by. It's nice to know that I'm not a wierdo.

shouldn't it be "kittens for sale"? I am not a native speaker.. so don't mind me being wrong.

Posted by Essential1 on Oct-07-2003 22:38:

quote:
Originally posted by drizzt81
shouldn't it be "kittens for sale"? I am not a native speaker.. so don't mind me being wrong.

Yes, you are correct. That's exactly the point I was trying to make. Thank you.

Posted by UWM on Oct-07-2003 23:02:

If I ever witnessed someone using any one of these internet slang terms in everyday conversation I'd probably punch them.

Posted by netw3rkd on Oct-07-2003 23:09:

this reminds me...this one kid at school...says j/k...

its gay

he'll go

j slash k

meh

Posted by whiskers on Oct-07-2003 23:23:

like, so totally not true. but i'm too lazy to read thtrought the whole theread and tooa lazy to correct mey typeos>

Posted by Nosmo on Oct-08-2003 00:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
Internet slang has AFFECTED modern language.

OR

Internet slang has EFFECTED a change in modern language.

I'm pretty sure both of these sentences require "Affected". The difference between the two words is that Effect is a noun and Affect is a verb. In both of the above examples, the word in question is used as part of a compound verb. Ergo, both are used as verbs so both require Affected.

Posted by Echo of Silence on Oct-08-2003 00:36:

Posted by Nosmo on Oct-08-2003 00:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Could he have said, "Internet slang has effectuated a change in modern language?"

Yes, I think "effectuated" is a transitive verb and would work in the above sentence.

I'm sure someone will let us know if I'm wrong.

Posted by Aya Brea on Oct-08-2003 00:48:

it is. there are people in my english class who use internet slang in their essays. and they're in college.

Posted by UWM on Oct-08-2003 01:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Aya Brea
it is. there are people in my english class who use internet slang in their essays. and they're in college.

I can only imagine what one of my professors would say to me if I put 'LOL' or something of the sort in a paper.

F

Posted by daffodil on Oct-08-2003 01:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Nosmo
I'm pretty sure both of these sentences require "Affected". The difference between the two words is that Effect is a noun and Affect is a verb. In both of the above examples, the word in question is used as part of a compound verb. Ergo, both are used as verbs so both require Affected.

nope. i can't explain it clearly in my own words, so here it is straight from the associated press style manual:

quote:
Affect, as a verb, means to influence: The game will affect the standings.

Effect, as a verb, means to cause: He will effect many changes in the company.

anytime you want to check the usage, substitute the verb "to cause" for effect, and "to influence" for affect. don't forget to conjugate

Posted by EriK_V on Oct-08-2003 01:52:

what does OMGHI2U mean??

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