Popular Post EDcase Posted April 7 Popular Post Share Posted April 7 I don't want to start a discussion I'm just putting this here for anyone interested in seeing the difference so their messages are clearer to read. Your - Belongs to you Example: Your gear You're - Short for 'You are' Example: You're right There - Referring to a place Example: Lets go over there Their - Possession Example: Don't touch their RIF They're - Short for 'They are' Example: They're going to be surrounded Hope this helps clear things up a bit. Nick G, Diemaco, Jedi_Master and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommikka Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 On 07/04/2025 at 18:57, EDcase said: I don't want to start a discussion I'm just putting this here for anyone interested in seeing the difference so their messages are clearer to read. Your - Belongs to you Example: Your gear You're - Short for 'You are' Example: You're right There - Referring to a place Example: Lets go over there Their - Possession Example: Don't touch their RIF They're - Short for 'They are' Example: They're going to be surrounded Hope this helps clear things up a bit. Expand Are you sure that you're not worried that they’re touching your new gear with their sticky fingers over there? Tackle, Skara, Nick G and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Didn't even include its vs it's smh Tommikka and EDcase 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Popular Post Rogerborg Posted April 7 Supporters Popular Post Share Posted April 7 Well, that's yore opinion. Nick G, Tommikka, Galvatron and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skara Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 As a non native english speaker (more like I can read and write okay, but when I open my mouth I sound like a demented australopithecus), it has always puzzled me how easily y'all can fuck those up.... Tackle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommikka Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 08/04/2025 at 07:55, Skara said: As a non native english speaker (more like I can read and write okay, but when I open my mouth I sound like a demented australopithecus), it has always puzzled me how easily y'all can fuck those up.... Expand Simple - you just need to not care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkee Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 It is entirely the fault of the mobile phone generation and text speak becoming the predominant form of communication. Plus, noone writes anything physically anymore.... Tommikka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDcase Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 On 07/04/2025 at 21:10, Impulse said: Didn't even include its vs it's smh Expand Go ahead 😁 On 08/04/2025 at 07:59, Tommikka said: Simple - you just need to not care Expand That's what leads to failure. On 08/04/2025 at 11:01, EvilMonkee said: It is entirely the fault of the mobile phone generation and text speak becoming the predominant form of communication. Plus, noone writes anything physically anymore.... Expand Partially in the early days, but autocorrect is built into most phones now so it should actually be easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Unfortunately auto correct only deals with spelling mistakes and won't detect the wrong use of your/you're etc. While we're at it I'd like to add sight and site Tackle, EvilMonkee, Galvatron and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBow Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 What pisses me off more then general grammatical errors is when people use shortned text speak from the days before full keyboards! They must be fecking demented if they think u an aceptable spelling of you?!?!?!?!? EDcase, Nick G and Tommikka 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDcase Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 (edited) On 08/04/2025 at 12:28, Cannonfodder said: While we're at it I'd like to add sight and site Expand Yeah add it On 08/04/2025 at 14:27, DanBow said: What pisses me off more then general grammatical errors is when people use shortned text speak from the days before full keyboards! They must be fecking demented if they think u an aceptable spelling of you?!?!?!?!? Expand In the early days it was necessary. Remember when we only had numbers on the keyboard so we had to press several times to get different letters 😄 Edited April 8 by EDcase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommikka Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) On 08/04/2025 at 14:27, DanBow said: What pisses me off more then general grammatical errors is when people use shortned text speak from the days before full keyboards! They must be fecking demented if they think u an aceptable spelling of you?!?!?!?!? Expand My old mother was taught text speak by my niece, and now has a smart phone and multiple ipads You don’t want to try and read an 80 year olds text speak that is sent via email, text message, facebook messenger and WhatsApp - all in one fractured conversation across numerous apps On 08/04/2025 at 15:07, EDcase said: Yeah add it In the early days it was necessary. Remember when we only had numbers on the keyboard so we had to press several times to get different letters 😄 Expand I’ll see your Nokia 3210 numeric keypad and raise you the Nokia 7280 ‘lipstick’ wheel pad I was the master of quick spin typing, aided by standard messages (yes, no, on my way etc) but also skilled in ‘spin & click’ across the alphabet to make real English words However my mates did take great joy in seeing how long it would take a back & forth text conversion to change to me phoning them back Edited April 8 by Tommikka DanBow, Tackle and EDcase 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDcase Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 Wow, I never saw one of those. Takes minimalism to the extreme 😄 Tommikka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommikka Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 08/04/2025 at 16:35, EDcase said: Wow, I never saw one of those. Takes minimalism to the extreme 😄 Expand You might not be old Or you weren’t cool enough / as much as a mug (They didn’t last long, just a tiny blip in the ‘make things smaller’ era just before going to the ‘make things bigger’ era) ….. and the customer base was probably meant to be to fit in girly tiny ‘night out’ bags as opposed to overgrown boys pretending they had a spy gadget phone. EDcase 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DanBow Posted April 8 Popular Post Share Posted April 8 On 08/04/2025 at 16:43, Tommikka said: ….. and the customer base was probably meant to be to fit in girly tiny ‘night out’ bags as opposed to overgrown boys pretending they had a spy gadget phone. Expand I saw a thing a while ago that attributed phones screens getter bigger to when we realised that we could watch porn on them. 😁 EDcase, ButcherBill, Skara and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommikka Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 08/04/2025 at 17:33, DanBow said: I saw a thing a while ago that attributed phones screens getter bigger to when we realised that we could watch porn on them. 😁 Expand Porn always leads the way EDcase, DanBow and Cannonfodder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 08/04/2025 at 16:35, EDcase said: Wow, I never saw one of those. Takes minimalism to the extreme 😄 Expand Let me show you the Siemens SL55 On 08/04/2025 at 17:33, DanBow said: I saw a thing a while ago that attributed phones screens getter bigger to when we realised that we could watch porn on them. 😁 Expand That wouldn't surprise me. Nobody wants to be trying to work out what they're watching while wrestling with the one eyed trouser snake DanBow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tackle Posted April 9 Moderators Share Posted April 9 On 08/04/2025 at 07:55, Skara said: but when I open my mouth I sound like a demented australopithecus Expand Mate, shouldn't have told us that, now when I read your posts, in my head I can hear captain bertorelli's voice in 'allo 'allo Cannonfodder, Tommikka, EvilMonkee and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 09/04/2025 at 11:24, Tackle said: Mate, shouldn't have told us that, now when I read your posts, in my head I can hear captain bertorelli's voice in 'allo 'allo Expand What a mistake-a to make-a Tackle and Tommikka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Lozart Posted April 14 Supporters Share Posted April 14 On 08/04/2025 at 15:07, EDcase said: In the early days it was necessary. Remember when we only had numbers on the keyboard so we had to press several times to get different letters 😄 Expand In the before times it was because there was a character limit on text messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Adolf Hamster Posted April 14 Supporters Share Posted April 14 On 14/04/2025 at 11:33, Lozart said: In the before times it was because there was a character limit on text messages. Expand Then it evolved into using the mini keypad on an xbox controller to insult random strangers in cod lobbies, and as we all know letting random strangers know what you think of they're mothers is a time-critical task. Tackle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Lozart Posted April 14 Supporters Share Posted April 14 On 14/04/2025 at 11:52, Adolf Hamster said: Then it evolved into using the mini keypad on an xbox controller to insult random strangers in cod lobbies, and as we all know letting random strangers know what you think of they're mothers is a time-critical task. Expand *their Tackle, EDcase and DanBow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Adolf Hamster Posted April 14 Supporters Share Posted April 14 On 14/04/2025 at 13:33, Lozart said: *their Expand If it helps, it hurt to do that even as a bit Lozart, LMKipper and Jedi_Master 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egon_247 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago As i work at a fruit packing place, there are a ton of languages that these guys speak, my go to phrase is "i only speak bad english!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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