Disclaimer: These are my views, please don't be offended
I don't know about everyone, but TOO many people type using net-speak and horrid spelling, grammar, and capitalization. Typos are perfectly fine, but when someone types something that looks like this:
i lyk ttly luv edward he is so s3xy jacob is a hawttie 2
It completely irritates me.
Those few lines have many things wrong with it:
1) Lack of capitalization and punctuation.
Without proper capitalization, the sentences look very amateur. We don't know when a new sentence starts, and it shows lack of respect (excuse me for sounding cheesy) towards the characters. If you were to read the Preamble to the Constitution, you would see that certain words, that seem random, are capitalized. That is because they capitalized any word of importance back in those times. Today, we capitalize the first word of a sentence, and proper nouns. Is that really too much to ask?
Without proper punctuation, you could easily confuse someone. If you look at the example above, you wouldn't be able to tell how many sentences that was, and you would assume one. Well, when I was typing that, it was supposed to be 3. Punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence entirely, and using it correctly, makes you seem a little more intelligent.
2)Use of net-speak/numbers for abbreviating.
When someone uses net-speak in their sentences (ex. ttly, luv, lyk, hawttie) it makes them seem unintelligent. The exceptions I make are words like lol, heh, haha, because their really isn't a way to portray laughing in a comment/post.
Using numbers to abbreviate things is one of the worst things I have ever seen. 3 is not an 'e', 5 is not an 's', 8 (as in l8er) does not substitute for the 'ate' sound, and 2 is not the same as too or to. It makes you seem unintelligent, and is it really that hard to type a few, extra characters?
3)Grammar errors.
Though there aren't any grammar mistakes in the example lines (besides capitalization and punctuation), there are many common grammar mistakes people make. Is it really that hard to apply your knowledge you learned in language arts to Fanpop.
4)Spelling.
I'm not sure about your computer, but mine has this thing called SPELL CHECK! Mine even applies it to text boxes on Fanpop. Also, if you know something is spelled wrong, you could always type it into a Google/Yahoo/search engine search box, and it will either be correct or come up with something that says "did you mean [insert word(s) here]" instead of saying, "I don't know how to spell that." It really takes a few seconds, and you won't appear as unintelligent.
These changes could make the Twilight spot, and possible the entirety of Fanpop, a better place.
|
Join this Spot
Invite friend 
Well done. Nice soapbox :)
Anyway, nice job.
Thanks for posting this.
Also, my computer has Spell Check as well, but I don't really like to use it. It's good for telling me words that I misspelled, but clicking a button to correct something you don't know is not going to help you learn how to spell the word correctly for future reference. Now this is starting to become my catch phrase on Fanpop, but I'll say it anyways; It's called a dictionary folks.
Another thing I think is funny about some net speak, is that some of the net speak words are longer than the words they are trying to abbreviate. In your example, you used "hawttie." "Hawttie" has seven letters, while "hottie" (even if it isn't a word), has six. Also, there are the morons who have started to write "el oh el" or "oh em gee" instead of "lol" or "omg". What's the point? Where is the logic in that? I'll tell you where the logic is. It's not there.
Alright, I think I'm done with my little ranting comment.
Thanks again. :)
Oh, and for the record, I really hope that Michellebob was kidding.
Sign In or join Fanpop to add your comment