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Dec 29th 2007, 1:41 pm

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Re: Risking egg on face here

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What gets my ginch though is when a whole sentence is txt spk, u no wht i mn, m8? i h8 it! :curse:

Pardon?

Dec 29th 2007, 1:46 pm

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Re: Risking egg on face here

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Grammar and spelling mistakes don't really bother me all that much so long as I can get the drift of what's being written. I know I make mistakes and often leave out entire words in my writing. I find it hard to proofread my own writing as my brain just 'fills in the blanks' and mistakes just don't register. I spent a fortune on beer to ply my friends into proofreading my boring essays at uni.

What gets my ginch though is when a whole sentence is txt spk, u no wht i mn, m8? i h8 it! :curse:

ok c u l8ter

Dec 29th 2007, 1:52 pm

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Re: Risking egg on face here

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ok c u l8ter

Dear Ms. Bucket,

Take a hundred lines. "I must start my posts with a capital letter". By prep tomorrow, if you please.

Novo.

Dec 29th 2007, 1:56 pm

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Dear Ms. Bucket,

Take a hundred lines. "I must start my posts with a capital letter". By prep tomorrow, if you please.

Novo.

prep? never did anything so posh as that

Dec 29th 2007, 2:03 pm

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prep? never did anything so posh as that

It doesn't show. Honestly. Know, you'd never no.

Dec 29th 2007, 2:07 pm

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It doesn't show. Honestly. Know, you'd never no.

But i woz brung up proper

Dec 29th 2007, 2:10 pm

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But i woz brung up proper

Aha! Progress. A capital letter is perceptible at the start of your post. Keep it up, dear gal.

<muses over the rain in spain thingy....nah>

Dec 29th 2007, 2:14 pm

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Aha! Progress. A capital letter is perceptible at the start of your post. Keep it up, dear gal.

<muses over the rain in spain thingy....nah>

The pleasure is all yours

Dec 29th 2007, 2:16 pm

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The pleasure is all yours

Oh dear. A hundred "I must end my sentences with a full stop".

<shakes head.>

Dec 29th 2007, 2:18 pm

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Oh dear. A hundred "I must end my sentences with a full stop".

<shakes head.>

Goodbye Mr. Chips

Dec 29th 2007, 2:20 pm

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Goodbye Mr. Chips

You know, it would be easier to have this conversation on one thread instead of two.

But this is fun as well.

Dec 29th 2007, 2:20 pm

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Re: Risking egg on face here

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Pardon?

WAN2TLK? RU F2T 2nite? IYKWIM...? PCM L8R. CNT w8 2 CU B/C SO QT!

Dec 29th 2007, 2:22 pm

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WAN2TLK? RU F2T 2nite? IYKWIM...? PCM L8R. CNT w8 2 CU B/C SO QT!

Where the hell did you learn to do that? And why?

Dec 29th 2007, 2:25 pm

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Re: Risking egg on face here

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I spent a fortune on beer to ply my friends into proofreading my boring essays at uni.

How do inebriated proofreaders do at reading boring essays?

Dec 29th 2007, 2:27 pm

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Where the hell did you learn to do that? And why?

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