Is the English language no longer relevant? [Archive]

Veteran

2004-02-17, 11:19 AM

I've been seeing a lot of people who have next to no facility with the English language. I'm not referring to d00ds who take liberties with it, but people that spell words in completely ridiculous ways, like "aloud" for "allowed" and "threw" for "through".

So how about it... Is English a dying language? Does anyone still love it?

Vote.

Liquidtide

2004-02-17, 11:22 AM

I completely agree Veteran. Forget those more 'complicated' words. I don't think they teach the difference between there, their or your, you're; or it's, its... and that's not even the more complicated ones affect, effect (yes they are different).

I just shake my head when I read some of the posts on PSU because it's not even typos it's ( <--- correct use) complete and utter misuse. There is no love for english anymore.

Grammar People.... do you use it?

~Phonetically yours.... Tide

Biohazzard56

2004-02-17, 11:24 AM

Triggar

2004-02-17, 11:25 AM

I took an AP class in high school in English and Composition. Then I moved across the pond and got an A-Level in English. I got A's in all four English classes I had to take in college.

So yes, I squirm when I see someone say, "So this guy sais" or "Where you at". I also have beef with the fact that everything these days comes with both English and Spanish on the package - but that's a seperate thread entirely.

Wraithlord

2004-02-17, 11:32 AM

http://www.sitinthecorner.com/binary/aolertranslator.html

pretty soon they will have wrist mounted versions of this so people can understand each other

Biohazzard56

2004-02-17, 11:33 AM

:rofl: Everything I type in sounds like something Dharkbayne would say if he hasnt already :rofl:

Indecisive

2004-02-17, 11:36 AM

Much h8 for people using the language of the "streets"

Yo dawg we fin'da ride. Why you cappin?

DIE.

Welcome to America.

Now speak English.

Biohazzard56

2004-02-17, 11:38 AM

Much h8 for people using the language of the "streets"

Yo dawg we fin'da ride. Why you cappin?

DIE.

Welcome to America.

Now speak English.

Thats all that needs to be said

:diethreaddie:

Kikinchikin

2004-02-17, 12:07 PM

WTF IV0 1_0\/3 F0IZ 1337 $P34K???!!!!

:lol:

Squick

2004-02-17, 12:10 PM

I usually don't run into people that misuse words, but one that I have noticed a lot is "thru" instread of through... MS Word doesn't even pick it up as a misuse...

So maybe I don't understand the use of thur...

martyr

2004-02-17, 12:17 PM

can i axe you a question?

Squeeky

2004-02-17, 12:38 PM

wut iz inglesh!

Fragmatic

2004-02-17, 12:58 PM

This thread fried my brain :(

Liquidtide

2004-02-17, 01:02 PM

Frag is this type of laziness in speaking an American phenomena or do you see it in England as well?

Kaltagesta

2004-02-17, 03:09 PM

Frag, are you with me when you hate it when installers and that have all the language settings, and it says:

'English - American'
'English - Other'

... what about 'English - England'?? We deserve that, surely?

Veteran

2004-02-17, 03:12 PM

I think the urban myth that English originated beyond the shores of America is finally being dissipated.

In other news, Beatle Bailey not in trouble with his sargeant.

Sputty

2004-02-17, 03:31 PM

Languages are always evolving, but that being said, some people are just stupid and make dumb mistakes

Onizuka

2004-02-17, 03:49 PM

English is a faulty language when applied imo.

Dharkbayne

2004-02-17, 04:00 PM

Biohazzard, indeed.

Ebonics. I hate them. I do not care WHO you are, if you say "In the heezy fosheezy" you are a fucking moron. Doesn't matter if you're black, white, mexican , chineese, you're a fucking retard. Same with the AOL Kiddies who tAlK lIeK dIs and spell everything wrong on PURPOSE "An den me an mah gurlz wen' on dizzown to dat place across from 'da macdonalds." or talk ONLY IN CAPS. I also hate the losers who think they are "Super l33t" because they use Kazaa and/or AIM.
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Vick

2004-02-17, 04:05 PM

Languages are always evolving, but that being said, some people are just stupid and make dumb mistakes

yup

Triggar

2004-02-17, 04:14 PM

Dhark, I think I like you.

Like, like you :fro:

Just kidding.

Dharkbayne

2004-02-17, 04:19 PM

Dhark, I think I like you.

Like, like you :fro:

Just kidding.
:lol:

Fragmatic

2004-02-17, 04:20 PM

Angel_of_Death

2004-02-17, 04:26 PM

I don't get what the fuckin big deal is about people who use slang. Everyone use slang, some people just use it more than others. If it annoys you, fuckin cry. You hate how they talk "street", they hate how others talk so perfect and grammatically correct. I'd rather listen to someone talk with alot of slang, then with none.

And on the net, who gives a fuck about how perfect someone types. Nobody minds their own typing, especially on MSN or AOL or whatever you use.

Dharkbayne

2004-02-17, 04:29 PM

Squick

2004-02-17, 04:30 PM

Languages are always evolving, but that being said, some people are just stupid and make dumb mistakes

True, but just like biological evolution taught us, all evolution is not necessarly a good thing...

Sickle Cell Anemia is a good example.

Angel_of_Death

2004-02-17, 04:36 PM

It's because they wouldn't normally talk like that, they just do it to sound cool.

But they don't. They sound retarded.

PS. The people who use all the interweb slang constantly are just lazy and retarded too.

Nobody normally talks the way they do, everything influences the way someone talks, from TV to your friends. They just like talking like that, so let'em talk like that.

I use slang, especially on the net. Though maybe not in here, in games and on MSN I don't type anything how it should be spelt.

So people use slang, people are lazy, someone give dhark the who gives a fuck award.

Dharkbayne

2004-02-17, 04:37 PM

You post what you want, I'll reply how I want. Shut the fuck up.

dscytherulez

2004-02-17, 04:40 PM

English is relevant to me, I can explain this:

15 year old preppy girls who do nothing other than listen to 50 cent and watch American Idol will be the undoing of Human Existance, starting with the english language.

IMO...

Examples: Wif, Hawt, u, wuz up, homie, r u, kewl

HEY!!! I listen to G-Unit(and 50)!!! NAZI. I try to speak more formally on the boards though. I'm white believe it or not ;). I don't speak ghetto, in fact I don't even try, but don't bring 50 into this!

Spee

2004-02-17, 04:44 PM

PS. The people who use all the interweb slang constantly are just lazy and retarded too.

Owned.

[/irony]

Dharkbayne

2004-02-17, 04:59 PM

??? :confused: ???

Sputty

2004-02-17, 05:37 PM

So people use slang, people are lazy, someone give dhark the who gives a fuck award.
Why? I give a fuck. and he's right.

TheN00b

2004-02-17, 05:50 PM

Anyone who figures out what this is actually saying, and name the song, gets... Something:

ALRIGHT S2P COLABORAET AND LISTAN IEC IS BAK WIT A BRAND NU INVENTION1!!1! OMG WTF LOL SMOKIN GRABS A HOLD OF ME TIGHTLY GLOWS LIEK ITS HOT DALEY AND NIGHTLY
WIL1!1!!111 OMG WTF LOL IT EV3R S2P YO I DONT KNOW!!!1 OMG WTF TURN OF TEH LIGHTS AND I GLOW111111 OMG LOL

Veteran

2004-02-17, 05:53 PM

Oh please, that Vanilla Ice pollution is quick to dissolution. Word.

TheN00b

2004-02-17, 06:00 PM

Have some Kudo Points.

Veteran

2004-02-17, 06:02 PM

thanks, those kudo points are a start to paying back the legacy of damage that ol' Vanilla Ice did to my early synaptic development.

(stuffs brain matter back in skull)

xmodum

2004-02-17, 08:41 PM

http://www.sitinthecorner.com/binary/aolertranslator.html

pretty soon they will have wrist mounted versions of this so people can understand each other
uh...wtf?
And it came out with this:
UH ..1!!!!1!!!111!!11!!11!!1!!1!! WTF??!????!! LOL
Just foung another one:
Dude....like no.
DUDE ..111!11111!11!11!!1!11!!!11!1!11!1!!1 OMG LOL LIEK NO!111111 OMG LOL

Indecisive

2004-02-17, 08:43 PM

can i axe you a question?

I KNOW!!! GOD!

AztecWarrior

2004-02-17, 08:46 PM

Aunque ingles es mi segundo lenguaje, no lo voy a matar con palabras falsas como "hawt" y "dat."

Even through English is my second language, I won't kill it with false words like "hawt" and "dat."

Rbstr

2004-02-17, 08:49 PM

Nothing bugs me more than people that won't learn the English even though they live in the USA. Realy would you go live in germany without learning german? i think not, why can't it be the same here

Gigabein

2004-02-17, 08:54 PM

Because much like the NC, noobs flock to the side with the best guns! :)

Indecisive

2004-02-17, 08:55 PM

PS =noinlobby

Biohazzard56

2004-02-17, 08:59 PM

HEY!!! I listen to G-Unit(and 50)!!! NAZI. I try to speak more formally on the boards though. I'm white believe it or not ;). I don't speak ghetto, in fact I don't even try, but don't bring 50 into this!

I said 15 year old preppy girls, guys who like 50 are ok just as long as you dont proclaim to everyone that your white chocolate. Girls who like 50 are bad cuz they like dis wif a ghetto accent and wnat to shcuk 50's d*ck

Angel_of_Death

2004-02-17, 09:11 PM

Nothing bugs me more than people that won't learn the English even though they live in the USA. Realy would you go live in germany without learning german? i think not, why can't it be the same here

Everyone knows the language, just because some people fuck around with a few words doesn't mean they don't know it.

[I]Even through English is my second language, I won't kill it with false words like "hawt" and "dat."

Exactly.

Once again, who gives a fuck how someone talks? If you don't like it, don't talk to them.

worldvengence

2004-02-17, 11:26 PM

Because much like the NC, noobs flock to the side with the best guns! :)HAHAHAHAH

Deutsch ist die Sprache des Gottes! Das oberste Rennen wird wieder regieren! erm....*cough* i mean....english is kool and all dat, but nutin like chillin wit my homies up in my crib.

(germany owns u all!)

Hamma

2004-02-18, 12:11 AM

This is a very strange thread/

I Hate Pants

2004-02-18, 12:13 AM

English is relevant to me, I can explain this:

15 year old preppy girls who do nothing other than listen to 50 cent and watch American Idol will be the undoing of Human Existance, starting with the english language.

IMO...

Examples: Wif, Hawt, u, wuz up, homie, r u, kewl

I always thought it would be the l33t speaking lolly gagging ******* who infest the online world, who would eventually lead to mankind's downfall.

Dharkbayne

2004-02-18, 12:33 AM

This is a very strange thread/
:nod:

1024

2004-02-18, 04:20 AM

martyr

2004-02-18, 12:24 PM

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ellipsis.

Onizuka-GTO

2004-02-18, 02:05 PM

Nothing bugs me more than people that won't learn the English even though they live in the USA.

To tell you the truth, Is the language Americans speak really English? :lol:

Do you think it has finally evolved to "Americana" or simply a "dialect" of the English language?

I find that a quite alot of younger people (i.e. My younger brothers) sometimes spell stuff the American way, or find them talking in American ghetto way (they like rap :rolleyes: )
I mean when kids in the native homeland of the English language is gradually changing and being influent by a oversea dialect can we truly still call it "English" the language of England?
mmm? :rolleyes:

Dharkbayne

2004-02-18, 02:45 PM

Rap sucks.

Onizuka-GTO

2004-02-18, 02:52 PM

Fragmatic

2004-02-18, 03:02 PM

Your telling me, :rolleyes:

I think I failed as a sister, i mean really I tried gettin them to listen to boy bands and pop.....

naaaa...just joking... :lol:

Everyone knows Trance, and Rock is the best....

What the fuck? You're a girl?

Woah, you learn something new every day!

/me goes back to listening to jpop albums

Onizuka-GTO

2004-02-18, 03:06 PM

ah....yes.

If you pop into the post your picture thread, you might catch my picture (but 4 years younger in my prime I might add..) all thanks to flakman...if he ever got my e-mail that is...

Happy lil Elf

2004-02-18, 04:56 PM

People who intentionally mutilate the language they are trying speak when writing to another person should be shot. It's amusing to use it occasionally to mock the leet/ghetto speaking fucktards, but to continuously maul the English language does nothing more than make you look like an illiterate tool, which you should be treated as.

Actually, I take that back, they shouldn't be shot. The punishment should be using a hammer to crush every joint in their body, followed by testicles (or nipples if female) and finally the slitting of the offender's throat from ear to ear so we can all laugh at them as they lose consciousness and eventually their life.

Ok, so I'm sadistic. Sue me.