Rock Hard Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 i think you need to mature slightly, this sort of pedantry smacks just a little too much of adolescence trying just a little bit too hard to be 'grown up' don't worry about it - it doesn't 'really' matter 'Rock Hard' boss pure - 60/60 Attack | 99/99 Range | 1/1 Defence | 44/44 Prayer | 99/99 Strength | 99/99 Mage - level 79 combat EOC ## '07 Server ## "Best Runescape update ever: Removing 6 years of updates." "Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned- Tyler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgoblinpie Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 i think you need to mature slightly, this sort of pedantry smacks just a little too much of adolescence trying just a little bit too hard to be 'grown up' don't worry about it - it doesn't 'really' matter Therefore any prescriptivist (for example John Humphrys, who takes pedantry to the extreme) is adolescent? I will admit, that did sound childish, but I'm allowed to have my opinion, and you're allowed to have yours. POH Agility Course, Please Support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hard Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 still trying too hard ;) 'Rock Hard' boss pure - 60/60 Attack | 99/99 Range | 1/1 Defence | 44/44 Prayer | 99/99 Strength | 99/99 Mage - level 79 combat EOC ## '07 Server ## "Best Runescape update ever: Removing 6 years of updates." "Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned- Tyler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgoblinpie Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 hurr durr I talk liek this nao. Better? POH Agility Course, Please Support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 yar yar yar@@@@ der be great grammatocals areas to explur with chur mined!!!!! I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hard Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 hurr durr I talk liek this nao. Better? nah man, just be yourself even if you are a pedant ;) 'Rock Hard' boss pure - 60/60 Attack | 99/99 Range | 1/1 Defence | 44/44 Prayer | 99/99 Strength | 99/99 Mage - level 79 combat EOC ## '07 Server ## "Best Runescape update ever: Removing 6 years of updates." "Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned- Tyler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shangdi Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I'm OK with minor errors (No capatalisation, no aposterphes, etc) but major things (like "barrowing" instead of "borrowing") annoy the hell out of me. [hide=A funny conversation]Me:Have u wondered how my brassard, which leaves my chest bare, give about the same def as ur pile of rocks?Friend:HahahaFriend:Maybe you are just good at blocking with your shoulder?Me:Ahahahahaha[/hide]Rare drops: 4 D legs, 1 D skirtBarrows items: 2 Verac's helms, 1 Dhorak's Greataxe, 1 Dhorak's platelegs, 2 Karil's leathertops, 1 Karil's crossbow, 1 Guthan's chainskirt Quest cape achieved 28 Dec, 2009, lost with Nomad's Requiem, re-obtained on 19 Mar 2010. Fire cape achieved 1 Nov 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normalize Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 lol nerd who cares how u type on a video game, grow up Prime example. Thanks for giving further evidence. :thumbup: np anytime chief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Within RuneScape, I am seeing a dramatic degradation of grammatical standards. I'm sure many of us have encountered the 'Can I lend x', only to actually mean that they want to borrow an item. Obviously, English is not everyone's first language, and I have a level of tolerance (as in, I'm not going to demonise anyone for spelling things incorrectly) but when these mistakes come from people whose first language/mother tongue is indeed English, it infuriates me somewhat. I'm not talking about typos (missing a letter out), I mean proper errors like 'Barrowing [insert item here]'. It makes me question whether these are genuine mistakes, ignorance disguised as trolling, trolling disguised as ignorance or anything other possible combination. Barrowing gs plz hobgabbin plz plz plz It bothers me too, but I've just started putting people on ignore. It's snobbish, I know, but my eye literally starts twitching when I see something so terribly done as the joke I made at the beginning of the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassynder Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 wat ru tlakin abot? let ppl tipe how they wont 2 tipe it not ur gaaem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 This is Runescape, not english101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I'm OK with minor errors (No capatalisation, no aposterphes, etc) but major things (like "barrowing" instead of "borrowing") annoy the hell out of me. I know, goddamnit! I hate no aposterphes!!! I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I'm OK with minor errors (No capatalisation, no aposterphes, etc) but major things (like "barrowing" instead of "borrowing") annoy the hell out of me. I know, goddamnit! I hate no aposterphes!!! I hate them too, they're almost as bad as trolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I'm OK with minor errors (No capatalisation, no aposterphes, etc) but major things (like "barrowing" instead of "borrowing") annoy the hell out of me. I know, goddamnit! I hate no aposterphes!!! I hate them too, they're almost as bad as trolls. Thats not trolling, it's taking advantage of a situation. This forum really needs to learn the definition of trolls. I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkbullet3 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 "sell feathers!" or "buy flour!" ^ Blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I'm OK with minor errors (No capatalisation, no aposterphes, etc) but major things (like "barrowing" instead of "borrowing") annoy the hell out of me. I know, goddamnit! I hate no aposterphes!!! I hate them too, they're almost as bad as trolls. Thats not trolling, it's taking advantage of a situation. This forum really needs to learn the definition of trolls. I think you missed my point entirely. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I probably did. I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtaurian Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I relax on the punctuation and capitalization when typing in Runescape, and I'll often type "shorthand" if I'm doing something that requires my full attention. I'm somewhat of a fascist when it comes to typing correctly, too, but I can usually tell if someone's just joking around or not. I guess it just depends on the situation and the person. To put it bluntly, [bleep] off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zierro Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Who cares about how people type? You get what they mean. Not all the time. I think if you want what you said to be heard, you should do your best to make sure it's coherent enough. Small mistakes don't bother me that much, but it's still an aesthetic hazard. No one says pl0x, except for the e-hipsters trying to make others sound stupid. Some people aren't joking around when they use that term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Who cares about how people type? You get what they mean. Not all the time. I think if you want what you said to be heard, you should do your best to make sure it's coherent enough. Small mistakes don't bother me that much, but it's still an aesthetic hazard. No one says pl0x, except for the e-hipsters trying to make others sound stupid. Some people aren't joking around when they use that term. While I am aware of that, through my personal experience, it's just really rare to see someone actually mean it. Usually it tend's to be the grammatical upper classes mocking the lower classes. I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omali Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 "sell feathers!" or "buy flour!" Usually at this point I shout back "You can't tell me what to do!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 "sell feathers!" or "buy flour!" Usually at this point I shout back "You can't tell me what to do!" lol'd By looking at how people write/speak/type, one can usually tell who to add to their ignore list. I'm not an elitist, I couldn't be a very good elitist because of my deplorable stats, but I do think that it really says something about the user and whether they're worth speaking to. You seriously add people to your ignore list. I mean, I find it kinda trifling (o lawd that word used to haunt me), since you are just pushing the problem aside, instead of confronting it imo. I mean tbh I never ignore anyone, though sometimes I say I do just to see what they will then say. Sometimes it can be great funny. I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluckey Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Being a linguist, I almost never make a grammar mistake and have the bad tendency to turn off public chat just to spare myself the agony. It's not just the English speakers either, Dutch, Portuguese, French, German you name it. They're all using poor grammar. Even if it is their first language.Ever seen an English speaker try to type Dutch with only a Dictionary at their disposal? The result makes me cry more than a basket of onions. Even the Esperantists I know that play RS besides me use poor grammar and spelling. Which in case no one knows, Makes it VERY hard to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku893 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Its the internet who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluckey Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Its the internet who cares? Bad grammar and semantics can lead to tragic misunderstandings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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