Proper grammar and speech patterns a must for me. Not only are all kinds of h4x0r-speek fairly hard to read (I run HL at 1600x1200 now that it supports that res, and my monitor is only 19" across), but I have found that most people who speek like that are idiots. When instant-messaging people, I still can't get over everyone using moronic expressions and contractions like "lol", "ur", and "2" as in "i got 2 go". It drives me nuts. Sure, I do use some acronyms (like "RTFM"), but not to these extreme excesses. Also, the people who speek in normal English, but leave it all lower case annoy me. To me, with the number of people gaming and chatting online, all of these corruptions of English appear like there will be long term effects. Even if we don't see them yet, I can see them coming in the future. Many people here have probably read 1984. Think newspeak. Newspeak, I think, is disgusting. This is where I believe all of these corruptions will head. I could not stand talking (or for now, speeking) like that. Anyone else feel the same way?
Just my 50^-1 cents. --agenthh On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:29:57 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can't believe you guys are really this anal > to carry on proper grammer > usage on a game server admin list. Do you > really talk proper in your > servers, forums, and IRC? Just curious. O_o > > -HD- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Gurney" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:16 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [UA] Cheating-Death > v2.1.x Released > > > > Brad Schulteis wrote: > > > HoundDawg, not to be an ass, but > irregardless is not a word. Back in > > > > Depends who you listen to. I happen to agree > with your opinion on this > > one, but Merriam-Webster says: > > > > "Irregardless originated in dialectal > American speech in the early 20th > > century. Its fairly widespread use in speech > called it to the attention > > of usage commentators as early as 1927. The > most frequently repeated > > remark about it is that "there is no such > word." There is such a word, > > however. It is still used primarily in > speech, although it can be found > > from time to time in edited prose. Its > reputation has not risen over the > > years, and it is still a long way from > general acceptance. Use > > regardless instead. " > > > > Although dictionary.com then says: > > > > "Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many > mistakenly believe to be > > correct usage in formal style, when in fact > it is used chiefly in > > nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined > in the United States in the > > early 20th century, it has met with a > blizzard of condemnation for being > > an improper yoking of irrespective and > regardless and for the logical > > absurdity of combining the negative ir- > prefix and -less suffix in a > > single term. Although one might reasonably > argue that it is no different > > from words with redundant affixes like debone > and unravel, it has been > > considered a blunder for decades and will > probably continue to be so." > > > > Pick a side :) > > > > Just being devil's advocate 3:-) > > > > James > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, > or view the list archives, > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or > view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
