The irony is unintentional I assure you.

wait a minute…. I agree. Nevermind.

I’m not too concerned about the recent issues, although sure I’d prefer more civility.
After some overwrought early posts of my own, I’ve learned to ignore the problem posters, and it makes life nicer.

As Dave frequently points out, new posters often take some time to learn our culture (well, I’m still kinda new, but I post up a storm, so I’ve got a vet’s comment total). And those that don’t, find they are no longer invited to play. So it’s generally self-correcting.

People in general are very sensitive to rejection or criticism. If you get the point of what they are trying to say, why bother correcting their grammar or spelling? I have mentioned this before. This is a sports blog and not everyone is going to come from a background where they excel in writing. Some with valuable opinions may be scared off of contributing all together.

Some feel that it is their ‘duty’ to correct people to prevent digression into an uncivilized society (someone actually said that in here) . Some feel more important or superior when they get to correct someone. An uncivilized culture to me is one where we do not value or treat one another with respect. Not whether or not we punctuate properly.

Thanks for the post.

and I also think that a fair amount of it has been unnecessary. I also think that it wouldn’t hurt some to make at least a little more effort.

But what chaps my hide more than that, is people that post statements that anyone with a modicum of sense should be able to determine will cause others here to react in a very strong and negative fashion. An example would be to trumpet the praises of a team that everyone here agrees is our most hated enemy, or slamming one of our players and then acting as if they have done nothing wrong when someone gets pissed off at them.

There are many ways to be uncivilized, some of them are accepted, some are not.

Simply because it’s easier to read quickly if someone “plays by the rules.” This place is so active and vibrant that it takes a while to get through all of the posts. But there’s no way I’m going to give someone flack for minor stuff like spelling. (And I hope these folks will cut me some slack when it comes to fuzzy thinking and limited BBIQ.)

The way I figure it, some people take a little more time to read than other people. About 97% of the time, it’s well worth it—there’s a ton of knowledge here. In general, we don’t have a lot of bozos posting just to get an angry reaction out of someone. There have been a couple of waves of uncivility since I’ve come aboard, but things seem to settle down after a short while.

That said, I’m not sure I’m ready for the return of fatty.

a proof reader’s eye and typos jump out at me as if they were neon. I do try to hold my tongue except to point out something funny.

OTOH, if someone is trying to convince me of something and their writing is full of typos and misuse of words then I won’t be swayed. It’s hard to take something like that seriously. ( I also agree with Corvid that it is hard to read if you have to stop and translate every other sentence.)

But why ? Was there no communication on this site?
Had we deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts?

I like the post and your additional thoughts on the thread (Jorga’s comment and your response.) Good thoughts.

Don’t take any guff from these swine.

Oh and by the way, you have two independent clauses connected with only a coordinating conjunction in your third paragraph, second sentence. There should be a comma before the coordinating conjunction, which in this case is the word “and.”

Yeah, I correct others’ grammar… But I try to keep it in check. Poor grammar usually bothers me, but come on. This is the internet.

If I honestly can’t tell what you’re saying, I either won’t read your comment or I’ll ask for clarification.

When I do correct grammar on this site, I usually do it out of love. I’m a high school English teacher in training, and I realize that there are many rules that simply don’t get taught well (or don’t sink in for one reason or another). I want to help create a more grammatically correct world, and I want to teach those rules tactfully. I’m not trying to make fun of you for using “there” instead of “their,” I just want you to understand your error and learn something for next time!

However, if you’re being a jerk AND have improper grammar, I will correct without hesitation or tact. Book it.

I think most people who post regularly on sites are used to being able to edit/correct their posts after they hit “post”, so I’m sure that this contributes to a higher error rate in here (I know it does for me).

And see? I said “their”, not “there”. So there.

Cmon, as long as evry1 can understnd wht other ppl r tryin to say, then itz all good! Grammar is teh suxors!!!!

j/k. ~Nathan

I really REALLY hate typos, misspellings, grammatical errors and such, but I’ve pretty much kept mum on those I’ve encountered here. I suppose it’s out of a sense of the tacit understanding many have alluded to above. Also, it can be interpreted as being mean, picky, etc. so I generally keep it to a minimum. That said, I’m TOTALLY against typos and our culture is going down the turlet, yadda yadda yadda, so here’s my proposal:

Let’s have one day where all the typo-haters can call out typos with total impunity. Just one day, everyone knows in advance, no hurt feelings. Two rules – 1) The corrector has to be nice, and 2) The corrector must provide an explanation on why the mentioned is a typo and/or suggest a corrected version. The correctors get to blow off steam, those corrected might learn something.

It would kind of be like a lingual version of the graduation hazing day in Dazed and Confused, everyone running around and counting coup. Man that would be sweet – what do you think, Dave? If you need me, I’ll just be over here drilling holes in Fah-Q paddle..

(oh, and the title of this comment is a play on Dave’s earlier OKC uproar – just a joke, y’all..)

except “greater THEN” – arrggh!!

But I am usually hardest on myself when I make them.

Still, it is one of the peeves that I keep as household pets which can’t stand text messaging lingo as actual communication. I don’t want to have to put a message through a secret decoder ring to figure out what was said.

“You’ll shoot yer eye out!”

I posted once or twice. Never again. It’s fun for me to read other peoples posts but I’ll never post one of my own again. People around here seem to love jumping on someone about gammar or spelling or that “that would’ve fit better in the junkdrawer thread.” I no longer post my own opinions or any stories because of this. This site is still fun for me because I read other fans posts and comment if I feel it’s worth it.

The more seasoned members seem to go off on the newer guys/gals and it’s a huge turn off for us. This is the first site I’ve joined like this so I’m not very educated about alot of internet protocol, but it seems that every time I read a post that some other member has an issue with it just takes away from the fun of the site, especially when it’s just a short comment like “this has already been posted” or “this belongs in the junk drawer thread”

How about you more experienced bloggers/posters leave the new people alone and if you don’t have anything nice to say just don’t say anything at all.

Thanks.

Please.

Just to raise a point or two for the other side of the argument />1. When Firefox puts a red line under a word I typed, I look up the correct spelling.
2. I always ALWAYS read over my comments before posting them (as we all know – no edits).

I get the feeling that a lot of people here don’t do either of those two, or do them very infrequently. To me, I take the time and effort to do so because, yes, it means something to me, but also because I want to present myself in a respectable way (even if sometimes I say things that are less than respectable). To do otherwise, in my opinion, is like talking really close to someone’s face when you have bad breath and if someone complains be like “hey man, it’s the message that’s important”.

Anybody agree or am I totally wrong AGAIN?

I love this game – Name the author and book: (without Googling the line please – be fair!)

“O here here how hoth sprowled met the duskt the father of fornicationists but, (O my shining stars and body!) how hath fanespanned most high heaven the skysign of soft advertisement! (page 4, lines 11–14)”

Extra credit: Spelling problems or genius? Contemporary or archaic?

I am risking being “way over the top” here, I know that. Hey! It’s summer – what the heck.

Rick

Google made our lives so much easier. Go ahead. I was more interested in the spelling aspect.

religious and otherwise, is interesting, but let’s not hijack the thread.

—Dave

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