[TopPop]

I won't go pointing any fingers, but is it just me or has the average person's ability to form grammatical phrases gone swiftly and quietly down the porcelain hole? I can't even begin to come up with a reasonable explanation for some of the errors I've seen.

I've noticed this in the past months... it has probably always been there, but I've just noticed it recently....

Sad days.

 

[darknix]

Thy has been PWNT!!!

 

[klamP]

Ya i is agreeing with you, you and me is agreeing yes?


On a serious note, i know. I think it's part of e-culture though, to always try and make things as fast as possible. I sometimes miss a capital 'I' when referring to myself, habits are not good. D:

However, a bit of effort by Head-fiers to make sure their posts are as legible (sp?) as possible would go a long way.

 

[NightStalker]

Is it just me or has peoples ability to select the appropriate section of the forums to vent such frustrations also deteriorated

 

[myinitialsaredac]

That's why I have the Mozilla Firefox spell check plug in. It is quite awesome. Try walking around a high school though, the average person has issues with four syllable words, let alone using them correctly in sentences.
Cheers,
Dave

 

[bce22]

Don't forget that not everyone on these forums are native English speakers. For numerous individuals English is their 2nd or 3rd or 4th language... You get the picture.

It may not just be laziness. Just something to consider.

 

[TopPop]

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Originally Posted by NightStalker /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is it just me or has peoples ability to select the appropriate section of the forums to vent such frustrations also deteriorated

Yeah, I was wondering if somebody would catch that!

It seems that I've seen it around here more than other forums, though... or maybe I just spend too much time in this one.

 

[TopPop]

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Originally Posted by bce22 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Don't forget that not everyone on these forums are native English speakers. For numerous individuals English is their 2nd or 3rd or 4th language... You get the picture. It may not just be laziness. Just something to consider.

Good point. That's acceptable.

For the others, though...

 

[nor_spoon]

English are not mine naturel language, but i talk grate, and write fluids.

 

[donunus]

meez not english first languajjee... but I'm exaggerating hehehe feel free to correct my english anytime so that I can learn to write better.

 

[progo]

I don't mind unintentional grammar errors, but when people (there isn't luckily many here, but on other forums) use those completely unnecessary* abbreviations such as 'u' as you or 'y' as why, it makes me boiling.

* for your info: there is no character limit on the posts in Head-fi.

 

[subtle]

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Originally Posted by TopPop /img/forum/go_quote.gif I won't go pointing any fingers, but is it just me or has the average person's ability to form grammatical phrases gone swiftly and quietly down the porcelain hole? I can't even begin to come up with a reasonable explanation for some of the errors I've seen. I've noticed this in the past months... it has probably always been there, but I've just noticed it recently.... Sad days.

I have an explanation. I chalk it up to plain apathy and how it seems as though the 21 and under age group finds it trendy to pretend to be more ignorant than they really are. I really don't understand it. I see it all the time on tv and in the movies and especially out and about at restaurants and coffee shops. Look at the show "Gossip Girl" for instince. Horrible. To think that teenagers are watching that crap and actually believing that people are supposed to treat and speak to others like that is just appalling.

The base level of conversation between people has degraded incredibly. I hear/see people asking questions they already know the answer to all the time, simply for the sake of generating a mundane base level of conversation. It's really depressing. It's almost as though there is now a stigma that to be intellectual is trying to "better" than someone else, instead of seeing it as self improvement and awareness.

How did it become trendy to be lazy, apathetic, and stupid? I will never know.

 

[jpstereo]

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Originally Posted by subtle /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have an explanation. I chalk it up to plain apathy and how it seems as though the 21 and under age group finds it trendy to pretend to be more ignorant than they really are. I really don't understand it. I see it all the time on tv and in the movies and especially out and about at restaurants and coffee shops. Look at the show "Gossip Girl" for instince. Horrible. To think that teenagers are watching that crap and actually believing that people are supposed to treat and speak to others like that is just appalling. The base level of conversation between people has degraded incredibly. I hear/see people asking questions they already know the answer to all the time, simply for the sake of generating a mundane base level of conversation. It's really depressing. It's almost as though there is now a stigma that to be intellectual is trying to "better" than someone else, instead of seeing it as self improvement and awareness. How did it become trendy to be lazy, apathetic, and stupid? I will never know.

That's why I wear headphones on the train ride to and from work each and every day - that way I do not have to listen to any unintelligible conversations. It is truly remarkable and very sad all at once!

 

[klamP]

I'm only 17 guys, and i know Fraser is around my age, there are exceptions to the rule. (My grammar isn't the best, but I try.

)

I'd consider Head-fi's members to be quite intelligent as it were anyway, as opposed to some forums. I guess we're lucky to lack an excess of immaturity

 

[coco]

I understand that most of discussion on the web is like standing around with a group of friends in grade 9, no one is too concerned with grammar. That said, one thing that annoys me is that many people seem not to know the difference between "than" and "then" and I am not talking about those whose English is a second language. Is schooling really at a point where this is not taught? "I like Grado much more then Senn" Yikes.