Even worse is the abbreviation, mb for "my bad."
mb could be: Milton Bradley, motorbike, motherboard. motorboat ...Even worse is the abbreviation, mb for "my bad."
What kind of uncultured philistine uses ya?🤨 Us Southern gentry uses the proper y'all.🤠🧐Just got a text that reads "You'll def be kept in the loop, we'd love to have ya." Which is of course very nice of this person to include me, but I have two problems:
- "Def" for definitely
- "Ya" for you
One weird trick...None of these are as bad as:
"This bad boy has been my daily driver for a month!" and
"This [product] is a game-changer!"
And of course you can't forget about "LET'S GET STARTED!"
Then there are the cringy titles of videos:
"Lenovo Legion 1-month Review: ALMOST AS GOOD AS WE THOUGHT?!"
"Cozy, aesthetic apartment tour" - give me a break.
"Day in the life of a 17-year-old streamer. Aesthetic Christmas shopping, ..." Aesthetic is one of those words that has lost all meaning because of YouTube and TikTok.
"How Becoming a Dad at 20 CHANGED MY LIFE" - Yes, this is seriously an actual video I came across.
Oh, but it gets worse:
"MUST WATCH: ENORMOUS FISH WASHES UP ON FLORIDA COAST" and
"🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Thunderbolt 5 Dock Unboxing and Review"
And don't even get me started on thumbnails...
Amen to this, a passionate amen to this.None of these are as bad as:
"This bad boy has been my daily driver for a month!" and
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Completely agree.And don't even get me started on thumbnails...
Agreed.I find "headline language" in general to be irritating, because it's so blatantly a ploy for clicks, often behind a paywall (even MacRumors is guilty of it):
"Furious"?"Here's what you need to know". Really, you know what I need?
"People are furious about X, Y, Z. Here's why."
And "here's why" I'm not gonna click on your clickbait.![]()
Lynn Truss - you may recall her wonderful book "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" - actually addressed that very subject in the actual title of her best known work.what is most annoying these days is a general lack of punctuation.
without which, the intended meaning can easily be misconstrued.
example:
he helped uncle jack, off his horse.
or, as AOC declared - abolish capitalism. use lowercase instead
Just use majuscules instead?hi. it's me. i hate capitals. i really, really, do, but i will use them if i really need to (and i am 50 years old - i understand when i need to). i am a casual person, and feel that using lower case makes things way less formal.
however, i am a diehard user of punctuation (except sometimes i leave off a . at the end of a text to my kids or an ig group chat). long live the oxford comma.
Perhaps it is just as well that you were not born German.hi. it's me. i hate capitals.
Personally, I dislike - actually, deeply dislike - sentences without proper punctuation.i really, really, do, but i will use them if i really need to (and i am 50 years old - i understand when i need to).
Perhaps your recipient is not a casual person.i am a casual person, and feel that using lower case makes things way less formal.
Agree re the Oxford comma.however, i am a diehard user of punctuation (except sometimes i leave off a . at the end of a text to my kids or an ig group chat). long live the oxford comma.
Disrespect can be expressed in many different ways; I tend to have limited (indeed, little) respect for messages I receive which are - to my eye - poorly written.frankly, i think speaking in passive agressive tones about someone when you could be candid be shows direct disrespect for the intended recipient(s). particularly when an expressed opinion is already offered. are some people just afraid of being forthright? why?
OR YOU COULD WRITE THE WAY THE ANCIENT LATINS DID WITH NO LOWERCASE AND NO PUNCTUATION
INFACTINEARLERTIMESTHEYDIDNTUSESPACINGEITHER
Romanes eunt domus (People called 'Romanes' they go the house???)
No! (Said John Cleese as a Roman Centurion/Latin teacher to Judean People's Front revolutionary Graham Chapman)
Romani ite domum!!!!
Now write it a hundred times!
One of my all time favourite films (movies); brilliant, hysterically funny, and wonderfully intelligent.
Love that team, the series and the films.
I have to say, while using foreign phrases in English can be appropriate but can also sound pretentious.
The good news is I really don't need the approval of anyone on MacRumors, nor do I take it very seriously. If my worst failing is sometimes not using capitals, then so be it. Judge as ye wish. But much like people with "too many piercings" or tattoos, if you aren't into those sorts of things, people are more than one thing. And just because I sometimes type more casually doesn't mean I am any less knowledgeable about a specific subject.Perhaps it is just as well that you were not born German.
Now, that is a language that loves capital letters.
Personally, I dislike - actually, deeply dislike - sentences without proper punctuation.
They strike me as careless and casual, casual of language and perhaps, casual re the recipient.
More to the point, I will take a message written thus a lot less seriously (and a lot less urgently) than I will a message that has been composed and written correctly. If someone chooses not to write (to me) properly, then, I can (and will) choose not to take their written remarks seriously. If they prefer not to respect language (above all, when this is a deliberate choice, which is not the case with someone who suffers from, for example, dyslexia) then, I choose not to respect what they have written, and not take it terribly seriously.
Is this judgmental? Yes, but it is a judgment that I am entitled to make. If someone writes sloppy, casual and deliberately careless sentences, I reserve the right to draw my own conclusions.
And, had they foolishly done so in a term essay or paper submitted for a course I taught, in the days when I graced the groves of academe, they would have read my copious and far from complimentary remarks in the margins and at the end of the essay.
Do I make exceptions? Of course, yes, close friends and family are excused (with rolled eyes) - but, as it happens, close friends and family (most of whom are voracious readers, and thus, appreciative of, and respectful of, the written word) actually tend to write proper (grammatically correct) emails and texts.
Perhaps your recipient is not a casual person.
And, unless it is someone who is a close friend or a family member - why on Earth would you wish to make things "less formal"?
This presupposes a familiarity for which there is no evidence - or may not be any evidence - in the relationship in question; personally, I dislike the assumption of familiarity - or assumed informality - unless the context allows for it, and yes, unless I have consented to this - inferred or otherwise.
I'm not casual or informal, and people who assume informality - without the context of the specific relationship allowing for it, through evolution, or personal preference, if it is not already presupposed by context (friends, family), close professional ties (friends you develop through common professional experiences and interests), people you become close to through mutual interests, and so on, and other forms of consent - are, in my experience, sometimes people who have issues with accepting the boundaries (formal and informal) set by others.
Now, perhaps this is a cultural (as in, UK vs US) difference - I don't know and cannot say; and, it may also be a matter of temperament - for I am reserved and fairly introverted by nature.
However, I do deeply dislike the automatic assumption of informality and casual familiarity on the part of someone else, that someone can arrogate to themselves an assumption of the nature of a relationship, (which may neither be shared nor reciprocal) and for them to act accordingly seems to me to be quite presumptuous.
Agree re the Oxford comma.
Disrespect can be expressed in many different ways; I tend to have limited (indeed, little) respect for messages I receive which are - to my eye - poorly written.
Yes, as a former academic, I will make excuses for - allow for - a lack of education, limited literacy, or problems - such as dyslexia - but, am rather unforgiving when such actions are a result of a deliberate action, or choice.
One (or anyone) may choose to write in such a manner, but the manner of writing will influence my response.
What genius invoked the Rite of AshkEnte?OR YOU COULD WRITE THE WAY THE ANCIENT LATINS DID WITH NO LOWERCASE AND NO PUNCTUATION
INFACTINEARLERTIMESTHEYDIDNTUSESPACINGEITHER