> -Original Message-
> From: Peter Ford [mailto:p...@justcroft.com]
> Sent: 02 September 2009 09:40
>
> Words that are two lengthy: "of", "an", "to", "it" (etc.)
> Words that are too lengthy: "antidisestablishmentarianism",
> "internationalisation" and that other one that begins with
> "
At 9:40 AM +0100 9/2/09, Peter Ford wrote:
The American standardisation
of English spelling did quite enough damage to the beautiful language of
Shakespeare (who couldn't even spell his own name consistently), without any
more neologisms creeping in.
Okay, Shakespeare... "2B || !2B" is an examp
tedd wrote:
> At 2:02 PM -0700 9/1/09, Jessi Berkelhammer wrote:
>> As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with
>> this thread.
>>
>> A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for
>> list, but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English
At 2:02 PM -0700 9/1/09, Jessi Berkelhammer wrote:
As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with
this thread.
A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion
for list, but criticizing how non-native English speakers write
English is not. This thread beg
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 02:02:31PM -0700, Jessi Berkelhammer wrote:
> As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with this
> thread.
>
> A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for
> list, but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English i
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 17:02, Jessi Berkelhammer wrote:
> As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with this
> thread.
>
> A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for list,
> but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English is not. This
>
As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with this
thread.
A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for
list, but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English is
not. This thread began with a mention of the "attitude" that non-native
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 14:07 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 13:36, Ashley Sheridan
> wrote:
> > I'll second that, I've not once seen you use txt spk, 744t speak, or any
> > other abominable mess that passes for language these days!
>
> 744t speak is that like 733t spe
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 13:36, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> I'll second that, I've not once seen you use txt spk, 744t speak, or any
> other abominable mess that passes for language these days!
744t speak is that like 733t speak 2.0? ;-P
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On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 13:33 -0400, tedd wrote:
> At 11:16 AM -0300 9/1/09, Martin Scotta wrote:
> >As a non-english speaker I feel very uncomfortable with this thread.
>
> You shouldn't feel uncomfortable because no one is talking about you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
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> ---
> http://sperl
At 11:16 AM -0300 9/1/09, Martin Scotta wrote:
As a non-english speaker I feel very uncomfortable with this thread.
You shouldn't feel uncomfortable because no one is talking about you.
Cheers,
tedd
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On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 11:05 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote:
> From: Luke
>
> > 2009/9/1 Martin Scotta
> >
> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote:
> >>
> >> > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
From: Luke
> 2009/9/1 Martin Scotta
>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote:
>>
>> > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
>> >> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". O
At 3:27 PM +0100 9/1/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 11:16 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote:
-snip-
>
Martin Scotta
Spanish Speaker
I disagree (and I did translate and read your Spanish message). This
mailing list is English (I'm not sure if similar ones exist for
Spanish-speakin
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 11:16 -0300, Martin Scotta wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote:
>
> > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote:
> >
> >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
> >> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" fo
2009/9/1 Martin Scotta
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote:
>
> > At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote:
> >
> >> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
> >> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly
> >> enough, I'm
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, tedd wrote:
> At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
>> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly
>> enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign langu
At 9:06 PM -0400 8/31/09, Paul M Foster wrote:
I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly
enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not in
native English speakers. It's often a
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 09:10:54PM -0400, Stephen wrote:
> Paul M Foster wrote:
>> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
>> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly
>> enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 21:06, Paul M Foster wrote:
> I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
> jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly
> enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not in
> native English speakers. I
Paul M Foster wrote:
I'm sorry, but is anyone else annoyed by people who attempt to use IRC
jargon on mailing lists? For example, substituting "u" for "you". Oddly
enough, I'm seeing this primarily in foreign language posters, not in
native English speakers. It's often accompanied by English so b
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