People who type "your" instead of "you're"

**SchwarzeN!GGER** · 09-25-2004, 10:06 PM

What are your thoughts on this issue? Should they be shot? Discuss.

**c.lefort** · 09-25-2004, 10:09 PM

They are slow to pick the concept of the english language, but it really isn't my problem. Let them go through life looking uneducated, it's amusing to those smarter than that.

**bearfan3420** · 09-25-2004, 10:11 PM

your post is dumb..

thats right..
YOUR

**FSUFontenot7** · 09-25-2004, 10:12 PM

This has to be my favorite.

Originally Posted by Way_2_Skinny!

=/ if your from the states...your not one to talk ...atleast everyone here gets healthcare and we dont need programs like No-One-Left-Behind....people dont get left behind all the while we have a harder curriculum..

**SchwarzeN!GGER** · 09-25-2004, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by bearfan3420

your post is dumb..

thats right..
YOUR

At least you used the word in the correct, possessive context.

**TDW586** · 09-25-2004, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by FSUFontenot7

This has to be my favorite.

Ahahaha, ha, haha. The irony is delicious, rep point for you my friend.

**TDW586** · 09-25-2004, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by bearfan3420

your post is dumb..

thats right..
YOUR

In that context, the word "your" is proper.

Dumb****.

**bearfan3420** · 09-25-2004, 10:16 PM

o shux..

Well your a dummy

**SchwarzeN!GGER** · 09-25-2004, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by bearfan3420

o shux..

Well your a dummy

My WHAT is a dummy???

Irony at its best.

**Apo** · 09-25-2004, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by bearfan3420

o shux..

Well your a dummy

i was about to say owned but then i saw your fabulous comeback. rep point!

**-TC-** · 09-25-2004, 10:58 PM

i understang the meaning of both, but just type out "your" regularly

"your" getting a rep point

**Kayla** · 09-25-2004, 11:00 PM

That drives me nuts. Especially UR.

**bearfan3420** · 09-25-2004, 11:02 PM

damn right. lol

**Mighty Mikey G** · 09-25-2004, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by SchwarzeN!GGER

What are your thoughts on this issue? Should they be shot? Discuss.

yeah it does sometimes get on my nerves but I sometimes make the same mistake and then go back and edit my post

**momotheglutton** · 09-25-2004, 11:05 PM

Annoys me. When I see "your" I think possessive and when that doesn't make sense in the context of the sentence it breaks up the flow. Then I don't want to read the post anymore. As much as I hate being a grammar nazi, this is one of many mistakes that makes it tedious to read someone's post.

**Predatawr** · 09-25-2004, 11:21 PM

This is the kind of sh!t rich little girls from poetry class discuss at their pony club

**SchwarzeN!GGER** · 09-25-2004, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Predatawr

This is the kind of sh!t rich little girls from poetry class discuss at their pony club

I wouldn't know...but thanks for providing me with those first-hand details. Good to know that if we ever want to know about the discussion that takes place at rich little girls' pony clubs, you're our inside source. Keep up the good work.

**Ephemeron** · 09-25-2004, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by SchwarzeN!GGER

What are your thoughts on this issue? Should they be shot? Discuss.

Can I ask you for permission to do a research project? I plan on shadowing YOUR screen-name for the next 4 weeks. In this time, I will make a note of every grammatical and punctuation error. Whenever you enter a thread, PM me and I will be a little spelling detective. I will post the results of my research in late October. Just like in Field of Dreams, people will flock to my conclusive thread..because..well..that is the only reason we are at BB.COM message boards. People will open the "Thread" without even thinking about it. And it will be as if they've dipped themselves in magic waters.

**Reck** · 09-25-2004, 11:40 PM

Everyone makes that mistake now and then. I agree though, people who don't know the difference are annoying.

**HulkHagen** · 09-26-2004, 12:34 AM

Doesn't really bother me.

When people don't put commas in words like don't, doesn't, you're, etc, or make small mistakes, it doesn't bother me.

What bugs me is when people misspell words that should be common knowledge to spell correctly, or people who use the word 'then' in place of 'than.' That really bugs the **** out of me.

Like, for example, someone says "I'm bigger then you."

I hate that. It also really annoys me when people spell 'offense' like 'offence,' TONS of people do it and I just think it looks dumb spelled out that way.

**orzonus** · 09-26-2004, 01:21 AM

I have a friend that when I talk to him on messenger he types like this, "today i going to the store. i not feeling to good right now." Theres always other errors too... But the main one is that he says "I" instead of "I'm!". Drives me phucking insane. Oh ya, and he doesn't talk like that in person or anything... just on the net.

**Predatawr** · 09-26-2004, 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by orzonus

I have a friend that when I talk to him on messenger he types like this, "today i going to the store. i not feeling to good right now." Theres always other errors too... But the main one is that he says "I" instead of "I'm!". Drives me phucking insane. Oh ya, and he doesn't talk like that in person or anything... just on the net.

But its the internet, people type like that because its faster, not to look like they got honors for writing at College.. and wtf this is a bb forum, although it is misc. its generally people who have interests that pertain to BB'ing, not friggin syntax and semantics.

**orzonus** · 09-26-2004, 01:32 AM

Originally Posted by Predatawr

But its the internet, people type like that because its faster, not to look like they got honors for writing at College.. and wtf this is a bb forum, although it is misc. its generally people who have interests that pertain to BB'ing, not friggin syntax and semantics.

No I dont have a problem with abbreviating and typing fast on the net... Like saying "brb, gtg, omg, etc.." But he doesn't even do that... He just phucks up the word "I'm" lol. And I don't care if someones post is missing some punctuation, normal spelling errors and ****.. I just care if i can read it. But my friend just sounds like a retard.

**SchwarzeN!GGER** · 09-26-2004, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by Predatawr

But its the internet, people type like that because its faster, not to look like they got honors for writing at College.. and wtf this is a bb forum, although it is misc. its generally people who have interests that pertain to BB'ing, not friggin syntax and semantics.

This, my friend, it a text medium. It is a place where your only means of communication is what you type. You will be judged accordingly. Welcome to reality.

Moreover, imprecise typing reflects imprecise though, and makes it difficult to trust that the writer knows what he's talking about. Think about it - if your doctor gave you a prescription that said "U need 2 get [whatever] @ [wherever]," you'd go and get a new damn doctor. It's not the most intelligent sounding way to type.

**SchwarzeN!GGER** · 09-26-2004, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by orzonus

No I dont have a problem with abbreviating and typing fast on the net... Like saying "brb, gtg, omg, etc.." But he doesn't even do that... He just phucks up the word "I'm" lol. And I don't care if someones post is missing some punctuation, normal spelling errors and ****.. I just care if i can read it. But my friend just sounds like a retard.

I don't know how much longer it takes to type words like "people" over "ppl." Last time I checked it's about a fraction of a second. This isn't me bitching, it's a reality check. All that crap makes messages (particularly really big ones) damn near impossible to read.

**No0b** · 09-26-2004, 02:33 AM

I hate that. It's annoying.

Stupid people don't understand why it's annoying either. Only smart people do. When you're reading something, you see "your" and proccess it as "YOUR"..then the rest of the sentence stops making sense and you got to think back oh..he meant you're as in you are! Damn. This **** is supposed to be taught in Elementary.

LOOSE and LOSE piss me me off too, because they're pronounced different. So when you read them, it sounds different in your head and it's annoying when you figure out the person meant the other word.
But being called a LOOSER is just funny.

Internet abbreviations suck too.
BRB! GTG! PPL, UR, The newest one.."IKR!"
I think WTF and lol are the only ones that aren't bad. "lol" is dumb though cause you can just put 'haha"
The worst internet abreviations have to be the stupid 13yrold baby talk **** because they think it's cute: "cuz" "Wut" "2nite"

I think it's faster to type the whole word out too. Because to sit there and think in your head "be right back" and then to think of the abreviation, and then B---R---B.. Probably takes longer. Unless maybe you taught yourself the letters as a word "brb" Plus, for the reader.. takes longer for them to read it and figure out what you're saying.. Unless they're stupid too. I skim posts fast before I start reading. If it looks stupid, I don't read it.

**the rich pimp** · 09-26-2004, 02:36 AM

Yes people who use your when they should be useing you're should be shot.

**Predatawr** · 09-26-2004, 02:47 AM

i understand completely, and would prefer people employ a little more precision in their messages and such, but the reality is, these people aren't going to become intelligent overnight nor learn to formerly construct a sentence, so it is pointless to try.....

**SchwarzeN!GGER** · 09-26-2004, 02:47 AM

Originally Posted by No0b

I hate that. It's annoying.

Stupid people don't understand why it's annoying either. Only smart people do. When you're reading something, you see "your" and proccess it as "YOUR"..then the rest of the sentence stops making sense and you got to think back oh..he meant you're as in you are! Damn. This **** is supposed to be taught in Elementary.

LOOSE and LOSE piss me me off too, because they're pronounced different. So when you read them, it sounds different in your head and it's annoying when you figure out the person meant the other word.
But being called a LOOSER is just funny.

Internet abbreviations suck too.
BRB! GTG! PPL, UR, The newest one.."IKR!"
I think WTF and lol are the only ones that aren't bad. "lol" is dumb though cause you can just put 'haha"
The worst internet abreviations have to be the stupid 13yrold baby talk **** because they think it's cute: "cuz" "Wut" "2nite"

I think it's faster to type tye whole word out too. Because to sit there and think in your head "be right back" and then to think of the abreviation, and then B---R---B.. Probably takes longer. Unless maybe you taught yourself the letters as a word "brb" Plus, for the reader.. takes longer for them to read it and figure out what you're saying.. Unless they're stupid too. I skim posts fast before I start reading. If it looks stupid, I don't read it.

Bump. You hit the nail on the head. Although, acronyms like LOL and LMAO I don't have a problem with, since a laugh is pretty damn hard to convey in a text medium. I mean "hahahahahahaha" is only so effective.

**Predatawr** · 09-26-2004, 02:53 AM

actually i think the most annoying acronym is that 'PIITB'.. its tossed around in nearly every thread to erupt laughter from everybody, which has been since depicted as a 'LOLCANO'

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