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    Default Why butcher the English language?

    So say what you will, but yes, I'm a Facebook whore. I have a friend on there- more of an anquaintance really, who always posts crap like this:
    Am i wrong for tellin my bro to just let things go? I dnt knw wat to do im so hurt i hate when people lie n break promises tht is my biggest pet peave someone help me plz!
    Note: I didn't change anything she wrote... it's all unfiltered, missing letter, missing caps and what not.
    Here is my response:
    Not to be mean, but one of my biggest pet peeves is the absolute butchering of the English language... dnt knw wat? I know what you're saying but if I was an English Teacher I'd probably have an aneurysm.
    I know there are many on here like my that "hte whyn ppl fck up the englsh langge."
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    Amen. Down with the tardbaskets.

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    I agree, Ronin, but it's a different world. When I text my niece and nephew they always berate me, telling me that they don't want to read the novel I just wrote - and it was only a sentence, fully formed, with punctuation. It's like some crazy acid trippin' meathead took shorthand, combined it with court reporting, married it to ebonics and called it a language.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ranger View Post
    I agree, Ronin, but it's a different world. When I text my niece and nephew they always berate me, telling me that they don't want to read the novel I just wrote - and it was only a sentence, fully formed, with punctuation. It's like some crazy acid trippin' meathead took shorthand, combined it with court reporting, married it to ebonics and called it a language.
    That's comedy Ranger, you the man.

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    Unless one is captioning photos of cats engaged in humorous hijinks, the abuse of the English language only serves to make one look ignorant.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
    Unless one is captioning photos of cats engaged in humorous hijinks, the abuse of the English language only serves to make one look ignorant.
    +1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
    Unless one is captioning photos of cats engaged in humorous hijinks, the abuse of the English language only serves to make one look ignorant.
    I also makes you look lazy and disrespectful. It says to me that the sender is telling me you're not worth the time and effort to use proper English.

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    I don't text.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
    Unless one is captioning photos of cats engaged in humorous hijinks, the abuse of the English language only serves to make one look ignorant.
    I can haz cheezeburger!

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