Put Shorthand & Chat Speak In The Corner!

[Oniya]

I knew 'effing', but I always spelled it 'f-ing' (which is where I'm sure it came from).  But - 'effing and blinding'?

[Trieste]

This seems to have been a hot topic and the blog entry has spiralled. Perhaps the Admins should look again at leetspeak and see if there is a strong desire among members to officially ban it in the OOC forums. I suspect a huge majority would support the move.

Haibane needs a rules refresher, it seems, or simply to reread the first post. :)

Rule number nine: This is an English forum, and a literary one. Use full words when typing, do not type in "Internet Shorthand" - spell out 'you', 'are', 'too', 'be'. 'for', and so on. If you post something in a foreign language and someone asks you to translate, please do so.

[Paradox]

Ur kewl, my gawd i am hawt.

lolwut

[Paradox]

Seriously though, I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment of this. I suppose it's a bit biased, but I tend to ignore people who habitually use "lol" or similar devices. It just disappoints me that such language is used on a forum full of writers, regardless of their background or skill with English.

[Gunslinger]

"Dammit" the gunslinger said and began walking towards the corner.

[Haibane]

Haibane needs a rules refresher, it seems, or simply to reread the first post. :)

Except Rule #9 isn't enforced. *big cheesy grin*

Hence this thread.

[Haibane]

EDIT: Or should I say, I don't see evidence of Rule #9 being enforced. It may well be behind the scenes but the use of 'internet shorthand' continues unabated.

[Trieste]

Well, sure, I mean. We could be iron-fisted about 'lol' all the time, but that would be kinda like trying to micromanage the internet.

[Bliss]

Wow. Just.... wow.

[Trieste]

I know, I wouldn't want to micromanage the internet, either.

[Bliss]

Me either. I mean geeze, I don't even have a cybersweeper anymore. It broke trying to keep the corners clean.

[Trieste]

What did I tell you about poking your head into dirty corners of the internet?

No wonder you have so many weird fetishes.

[Desan]

Look who's talking.

/hijack

[Marguerite]

Seriously though, I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment of this. I suppose it's a bit biased, but I tend to ignore people who habitually use "lol" or similar devices. It just disappoints me that such language is used on a forum full of writers, regardless of their background or skill with English.

Thank you Para, maybe it is because I enjoy writing so much I hate to see it turn into LOL and JK.

[Majere Dreavan]

Back when I worked as online tech support, we were not allowed to use abbreviations or shorthand.  As a result, I got quite proficient in using substitutions for all the various emoticons and 'chat talk'.  (By the way, Trieste, the bit with the numbers and making letters with typographic symbols is more commonly called 'leet', or '1337', and started out being used by hackers before being adopted by script-kiddies who want to look like they're bad-ass.)  Yes, I recognize and translate seamlessly, but I'm far more likely to use *laughs*, *smiles*, *snickers*, *frowns* etc. for expressing an emotion.  Just me.

And really, is it that much harder to type 'Wow' than 'OMG'?

Hello, I only read these posts because of my own love of all languages. Leet was at one point coders language- Used by hackers and freedom developers abroad. Though now, just as you said oniya, It has been stolen from us them by simple script kids or just chat yackers that want cool points. Now we speak in .nfo to keep things secret. Which I have yet to learn. Such a shame English, I'm going to miss you in 10 years, Maybe less.

DISCLAIMER : I'm not perfect, I never claim to be, But when someone comes to me with how I am doing it wrong, I strive to fix it. In any language.