German teenager loses driving licence after 49 minutes (BBC)

Dingaling wrote:

davel wrote:

janusz0 wrote:

simonmb – Of course, I expected to be subject to the inevitability of Muphry’s Law.  s/,/./  I’ve been an Internet dog for 40+ years, so I recognise text based slang too.

If you was on teh Internet 40+ years ago, you would of had to invent it, innitroflmao.

“ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.”

Bit short of 40 years! There were earlier versions of networking computers but I wouldn’t consider them to be the internet as we know it today.

Prestel? Minitel? Both (just) over 40 years old

I enjoy a well crafted turn
I enjoy a well crafted turn of phrase, with proper grammar and spelling. However, picking up on mistakes made by others is fraught with peril for the internet forum pedant. For one thing, and as demonstrated above, you can pretty much guarantee that any post you make on the subject will contain at least one typo that will be gleefully leapt upon and exposed.

More importantly, it can be a form of bullying. Not all contributors may have English as a first language, some may have specific language difficulties such as dyslexia others might simply be less skilled in the use of language. Often the technology interferes to add artifacts. In any event I personally am more interested in what they have to say rather than how they say it.

Don’t even get me started on emojis though. Forum ban at minimum.

Your write its not important
Your write its not important correct grammer spelling and puntuation our their four a reason be proud off being wrong.

Okay, Don, This!

Okay, Don, This!

(or rather, That!)

hawkinspeter wrote:

janusz0 wrote:

simonmb – Of course, I expected to be subject to the inevitability of Muphry’s Law.  s/,/./  I’ve been an Internet dog for 40+ years, so I recognise text based slang too.

As Canyon48 illustrates, “This” all by itself doesn’t tell you what the responder is agreeing with.  Once Canyon48 has explained, it’s a superfluous distraction,  There was no need for it in the first place!

Custom and practice says that sentences end with a full stop.  I wouldn’t have risen to the bait if it had read “This ” rather than “This.”

I pointed out that: “This:  I was living in a village close to Bristol …” could be an improvement.

@FluffyKitten > (Hell, ‘Next?’ is also ‘not a sentence’, come to that!).

Now you’ve taken my bait.  It’s a truncated sentence commonly used when expecting more of the same.

Have a listen to Stephen Fry (and maybe read the cool typography): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

(To be honest, I do get irritated by the use of wrong words (e.g. lose/loose), but you’ve got to expect internet comments to be informal/careless etc. What bugs me more is the lack of spell-checking in the articles).

This. 

janusz0 wrote:

simonmb – Of course, I expected to be subject to the inevitability of Muphry’s Law.  s/,/./  I’ve been an Internet dog for 40+ years, so I recognise text based slang too.

As Canyon48 illustrates, “This” all by itself doesn’t tell you what the responder is agreeing with.  Once Canyon48 has explained, it’s a superfluous distraction,  There was no need for it in the first place!

Custom and practice says that sentences end with a full stop.  I wouldn’t have risen to the bait if it had read “This ” rather than “This.”

I pointed out that: “This:  I was living in a village close to Bristol …” could be an improvement.

@FluffyKitten – (Hell, ‘Next?’ is also ‘not a sentence’, come to that!).  Now you’ve taken my bait.  It’s a truncated sentence commonly used when expecting more of the same.

You’re fighting a losing battle. Not only do people not care about their poor use of english, they’re proud of it and you are the bad guy for correcting them.

simonmb – Of course, I

simonmb – Of course, I expected to be subject to the inevitability of Muphry’s Law.  s/,/./  I’ve been an Internet dog for 40+ years, so I recognise text based slang too.

As Canyon48 illustrates, “This” all by itself doesn’t tell you what the responder is agreeing with.  Once Canyon48 has explained, it’s a superfluous distraction,  There was no need for it in the first place!

Custom and practice says that sentences end with a full stop.  I wouldn’t have risen to the bait if it had read “This ” rather than “This.”

I pointed out that: “This:  I was living in a village close to Bristol …” could be an improvement.

@FluffyKitten > (Hell, ‘Next?’ is also ‘not a sentence’, come to that!).

Now you’ve taken my bait.  It’s a truncated sentence commonly used when expecting more of the same.