The Internet Is Ruining Our English

[sodamntired]

Something I realized. What are you supposed to say...

 

"I am going to check MY myspace"

 

I'm not an English major, but do you get my problem here?

[RicardoObviouso]

it's not a problem at all.

 

 

this should be in the random thoughts thread anyways.... or maybe your journal, but definitely not it's own thread.

[borntohula]

i am an english major and i've come to this conclusion:

 

don't you have anything better to do with your time?

 

i'm sure there are better, and more permanent examples out there of how the internet is changing the english language than this. first of all, the example you've given is something that is exclusive to the internet only, and is still written properly aside from the sneaky fact that the company's name starts with "my." wow. good eye.

 

because it's a name of a company, i'm very certain that this won't have any lasting effects on the english language.

[RicardoObviouso]

i'm sure there are better, and more permanent examples out there of how the internet is changing the english language than this.

omg

wtf

lol

pwnd

 

...to name a few

 

 

 

and he's right... it's coincidence, and coincidence isn't enough to drastically impact the english language.

[LonelyWreckage]

"I'm going to check my Myspace" sounds alright to me ?

 

I don't really see these lol, wtf etc. as ruining the English language, as they're rarely ever used 'offline', in written or spoken word; they're just daft abbreviations.

 

'Txt Spk' is definitely detrimental to many though. Our mam used to be a child fosterer and it didn't take long to work out the spelling skills of the teenagers we had here was depressingly shit. Too much time spent shortening words (which didn't need shortening in the first place !) on MSN and their mobiles meant they'd forgotten how to fucking spell !

[RicardoObviouso]

i say wtf and stfu all the fucking time.

[LonelyWreckage]

Weirdo !!

[RicardoObviouso]

i actually say it more than i use it on the internet.

 

stfu and gtfo, mostly.

[Dan #3]

I refuse to use "lol" et al expect in rare cases because I'm being ironical. I type out "el-oh-el," or "double-you-tee-eff" far more often than proper "leet-speak." Again, only whilst being ironical.

 

EDIT: Spelling[which is kinda fitting given the subject matter].

Edited September 10, 2008 by Dan #3

[LonelyWreckage]

i actually say it more than i use it on the internet.

 

stfu and gtfo, mostly.

So out loud you'll say "Ess-Tee-Eff-You" ? Or am I misunderstanding, and you actually say "Shut the fuck up" ?

 

I dunno how technologically advanced Canada is, but over here you'd get some right dodgy looks saying STFU out loud. lol

[Muran]

I say "roffle" sometimes. It's unfortunate, but I also slip into catspeak in public, far too often. But only in the right crowds. Don't want to come off like a weirdo now XD

[RicardoObviouso]

i say "ess-tee-eff-you" and "gee-tee-eff-oh" often.... but mostly to people like my assistant or my girlfriend, and half heartedly.

[LonelyWreckage]

I see...did you have to explain it them at first like ?

 

What the bloody hell is catspeak ? Like baby-talk, but with cats ?

[RicardoObviouso]

no. like most things, it was more for my own amusement than anything.

[Muran]

What the bloody hell is catspeak ? Like baby-talk, but with cats ?

More or less.

 

i can has gud inglish.

[LonelyWreckage]

Ohh lolcatz - I did think that at first, but then I discarded it as preposterous...silly me !

[Sparq]

Languages evolve. Stop trying to preserve it like a goddamned museum display (France, I'm looking at you). Stasis is not the natural state of common languages.

[Seanathon]

More or less.

 

i can has gud inglish.

I had no idea there was a icanhascheezburger website.

Oh and hey, none of them are funny (on the first page at least).

[borntohula]

I say "roffle" sometimes. It's unfortunate, but I also slip into catspeak in public, far too often. But only in the right crowds. Don't want to come off like a weirdo now XD

same to both of those!

[mrs jesus]

this should be in the random thoughts thread anyways.... or maybe your journal, but definitely not it's own thread.

3/4 of the threads this fuck makes should have been in the random thoughts thread or his journal.

[hum-an-ole]

some friends of mine are all over icanhascheezburger talk

[sodamntired]

3/4 of the threads this fuck makes should have been in the random thoughts thread or his journal.

If i put it in my thread, or I put it in random thoughts, those either go unread, or they turn into conversations with other people.

[mrs jesus]

If i put it in my thread, or I put it in random thoughts, those either go unread, or they turn into conversations with other people.

boo fucking hoo.

 

here's something to chew on :

 

every thought that goes through your head is not interesting, much less important.

[little miss sunshine]

boo fucking hoo.

 

here's something to chew on :

 

every thought that goes through your head is not interesting, much less important.

I've missed you.

[hum-an-ole]

me too. we need a mother hen to keep us bitches in line.