Semantics and grammar in general.

[Rock Hard]

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

[Hobgoblinpie]

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.

[Rock Hard]

still trying too hard ;)

[Hobgoblinpie]

hurr durr I talk liek this nao.

 

Better?

[Saru Inc]

yar yar yar@@@@ der be great grammatocals areas to explur with chur mined!!!!!

[Rock Hard]

hurr durr I talk liek this nao.

 

Better?

 

nah man, just be yourself

 

even if you are a pedant ;)

[Shangdi]

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.

[Normalize]

lol nerd who cares how u type on a video game, grow up

 

Prime example. Thanks for giving further evidence. :thumbup:

 

np anytime chief

[Kimberly]

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.

[Cassynder]

wat ru tlakin abot? let ppl tipe how they wont 2 tipe it not ur gaaem.

[holiday]

This is Runescape, not english101

[Saru Inc]

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!!!

[Kimberly]

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.

[Saru Inc]

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.

[Pinkbullet3]

"sell feathers!"

 

or

 

"buy flour!"

[Kimberly]

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:

[Saru Inc]

I probably did.

[Obtaurian]

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.

[Zierro]

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.

[Saru Inc]

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.

[Omali]

"sell feathers!"

 

or

 

"buy flour!"

 

Usually at this point I shout back "You can't tell me what to do!"

[Saru Inc]

"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.

[Pluckey]

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.

[Naraku893]

Its the internet who cares?

[Pluckey]

Its the internet who cares?

 

 

 

Bad grammar and semantics can lead to tragic misunderstandings.