Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: Lurch lurch@****.net
Subject: (OT) Spelling Rant (was Please!)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 23:14:31 -0600
Oh boy, another spelling & grammar thread I can chime in on...

This is a major sore point with me, perhaps because I'm an aspiring
writer and hold myself to a slightly higher standard of written
articulation than most. I apologize if I ruffle feathers or come off
like a curmudgeon with this, but to a large degree I blame the
near-simultaneous rise in popularity (and partial merging in tone) of
both "gangsta" and "hacker" cultures for the decline in coherent
literacy among today's youth. Both cultures appear to embrace
deliberate misspelling and poor grammar as some sort of identifying
mark, if not a badge of honor.

I've lost count of how many times I've logged off of chatrooms in
disgust after being forced to listen to users with handles like
"{{Gh0sTfAyCeThRiLlA}}" and "[yBaPiMpZ_|87" (not real users AFAIK,
just
fictional examples) drone on in endlessly circular, profanity-laden
breastbeating ("Dat's right yo, my warez are da bomb cuz I gots da mad
skillz, beeyotch -- glock glock!"). This coming from hackers, a
subculture which in theory is supposed to be smarter than the average
citizen and yet persists in writing like a bunch of Games Workshop Orcs?

(Interesting that SR deckers aren't generally portrayed this way, don't
you think?)

Now, I have no problem with the occasional typo or misunderstood
definition of a word (none of us are perfect), though it probably
wouldn't hurt anyone to take a moment and give their postings a quick
once-over before sending them. I also realize not everyone is a
spelling/grammar whiz. It's when poor language use is the result of
sheer laziness, apathy, or the embracing of ridiculous social
conventions that I tend to get upset.

As always, thanks for not killing the mic while I rant... :)

--
Lurch
http://yourang.freeservers.com
"Sic gorgiamus allo subjectatus nunc"
Message no. 2
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: (OT) Spelling Rant (was Please!)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 23:18:54 -0800 (PST)
--- Lurch <lurch@****.net> wrote:
> Oh boy, another spelling & grammar thread I can
> chime in on...
>
> This is a major sore point with me, perhaps because
> I'm an aspiring
> writer and hold myself to a slightly higher standard
> of written
> articulation than most.
<BigSnip(TM)>

Brother!

*Doc' hugs Lurch in a fashion that makes him decidedly
uncomfortable...especially when Doc's hands stray down
in the direction of Lurch's butt...*

====Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow, aka Doc'-booner)

S.S. f. P.S.C. & D.J.

.sig Sauer

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
http://im.yahoo.com
Message no. 3
From: Adam J adamj@*********.html.com
Subject: [OT] Spelling Rant (was Please!)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:25:32 -0700
At 23:14 3/22/00 -0600, Lurch wrote:

>As always, thanks for not killing the mic while I rant... :)

I'll kill it next time if you don't get the OT tag right - it's [OT], not
(OT). ;)

Adam
--
< adamj@*********.html.com / http://shadowrun.html.com/tss >
< ICQ# 2350330 / ShadowFAQ: http://shadowrun.html.com/shadowfaq >
< ShadowRN Assistant Fearless Leader / Shadowrun Creative Resources >
< FreeRPG & Shadowrun Webring Co-Admin / The Shadowrun Supplemental >
Message no. 4
From: Lurch lurch@****.net
Subject: (OT) Spelling Rant (was Please!)
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:56:43 -0600
Rand Ratinac wrote:
>
> Brother!
>
> *Doc' hugs Lurch in a fashion that makes him decidedly
> uncomfortable...especially when Doc's hands stray down
> in the direction of Lurch's butt...*

Umm...errr...okaaay... (*glances around uneasily*)

--
Lurch
http://yourang.freeservers.com
"Sic gorgiamus allo subjectatus nunc"
Message no. 5
From: Lurch lurch@****.net
Subject: [OT] Spelling Rant (was Please!)
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:04:05 -0600
Adam J wrote:
>
> At 23:14 3/22/00 -0600, Lurch wrote:
>
> >As always, thanks for not killing the mic while I rant... :)
>
> I'll kill it next time if you don't get the OT tag right - it's [OT], not
> (OT). ;)

Duly noted; obviously, it's time to spring for some new glasses... :)

--
Lurch
http://yourang.freeservers.com
"Sic gorgiamus allo subjectatus nunc"

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about (OT) Spelling Rant (was Please!), you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.