[PHP] IRC and English

2009-08-31 Thread Paul M Foster
I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not in native English speakers. It's often accompanied by English so broken I don't even both

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-08-31 Thread Stephen
Paul M Foster wrote: I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not in native English speakers. It's often accompanied by English so b

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-08-31 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 21:06, Paul M Foster wrote: > I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC > jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly > enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not in > native English speakers. I

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-08-31 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 09:10:54PM -0400, Stephen wrote: > Paul M Foster wrote: >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC >> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly >> enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread tedd
At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote: I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not in native English speakers. It's often a

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Martin Scotta
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote: > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote: > >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC >> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly >> enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign langu

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Luke
2009/9/1 Martin Scotta > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote: > > > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote: > > > >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC > >> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly > >> enough, I'm

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 11:16 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote: > > > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote: > > > >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC > >> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" fo

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread tedd
At 3:27 PM +0100 9/1/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 11:16 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: -snip- > Martin Scotta Spanish Speaker I disagree (and I did translate and read your Spanish message). This mailing list is English (I'm not sure if similar ones exist for Spanish-speakin

RE: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Luke > 2009/9/1 Martin Scotta > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote: >> >> > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote: >> > >> >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC >> >> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". O

RE: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 11:05 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Luke > > > 2009/9/1 Martin Scotta > > > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote: > >> > >> > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote: > >> > > >> >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread tedd
At 11:16 AM -0300 9/1/09, Martin Scotta wrote: As a non-english speaker I feel very uncomfortable with this thread. You shouldn't feel uncomfortable because no one is talking about you. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP Gene

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 13:33 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 11:16 AM -0300 9/1/09, Martin Scotta wrote: > >As a non-english speaker I feel very uncomfortable with this thread. > > You shouldn't feel uncomfortable because no one is talking about you. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > --- > http://sperl

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 13:36, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > I'll second that, I've not once seen you use txt spk, 744t speak, or any > other abominable mess that passes for language these days! 744t speak is that like 733t speak 2.0? ;-P -- daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 14:07 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 13:36, Ashley Sheridan > wrote: > > I'll second that, I've not once seen you use txt spk, 744t speak, or any > > other abominable mess that passes for language these days! > > 744t speak is that like 733t spe

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Jessi Berkelhammer
As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with this thread. A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for list, but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English is not. This thread began with a mention of the "attitude" that non-native

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 17:02, Jessi Berkelhammer wrote: > As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with this > thread. > > A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for list, > but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English is not. This >

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread Paul M Foster
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 02:02:31PM -0700, Jessi Berkelhammer wrote: > As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with this > thread. > > A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for > list, but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English i

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-01 Thread tedd
At 2:02 PM -0700 9/1/09, Jessi Berkelhammer wrote: As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with this thread. A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for list, but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English is not. This thread beg

Re: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-02 Thread Peter Ford
tedd wrote: > At 2:02 PM -0700 9/1/09, Jessi Berkelhammer wrote: >> As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with >> this thread. >> >> A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for >> list, but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English

RE: [PHP] IRC and English

2009-09-02 Thread Ford, Mike
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Ford [mailto:p...@justcroft.com] > Sent: 02 September 2009 09:40 > > Words that are two lengthy: "of", "an", "to", "it" (etc.) > Words that are too lengthy: "antidisestablishmentarianism", > "internationalisation" and that other one that begins with > "

Re: [PHP] IRC and English (Bible)

2009-09-02 Thread tedd
At 9:40 AM +0100 9/2/09, Peter Ford wrote: The American standardisation of English spelling did quite enough damage to the beautiful language of Shakespeare (who couldn't even spell his own name consistently), without any more neologisms creeping in. Okay, Shakespeare... "2B || !2B" is an examp