Capitalisation and slang
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- Skaalib Drurr
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Capitalisation and slang
This is a bit of a gripe aswell as a question I suppose.
I just returned from a break from Illa, and have noticed there seems to be a lot more modern day colloqiual language used (like the 'screw you' example) and also many lines aren't typed with a capital at the start.
Is this acceptable? What do you guys think is ok?
I just returned from a break from Illa, and have noticed there seems to be a lot more modern day colloqiual language used (like the 'screw you' example) and also many lines aren't typed with a capital at the start.
Is this acceptable? What do you guys think is ok?
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A pardon for my horrible mechanical skills with writing. I always forgot caps, how to spell something ig, typos and so on. the reason i can spell here is i use Firefox and it has a spell check built in for anything typed. caps not at start and misspellings should be okay, especially if you can tell it's not intentional. (or if it's meant to sound like an accent or something) common sayings are a not. for instance "that's cool" try something a little different "wicked..."so that my two cents.
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Must be hard looking at yourself in a mirror, huh.LifeWonder wrote:Must be hard looking at yourself in a mirror, huh.Julius wrote:I know this sounds elitist, but I typically try to stray away from those that are too lazy to at least attempt standard english (if it's there "mother tongue" of course.) It's just hard to look at.
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Must be hard looking at yourself in a mirror, huh.Skaalib Drurr wrote:Must be hard looking at yourself in a mirror, huh.LifeWonder wrote:Must be hard looking at yourself in a mirror, huh.Julius wrote:I know this sounds elitist, but I typically try to stray away from those that are too lazy to at least attempt standard english (if it's there "mother tongue" of course.) It's just hard to look at.
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proper grammar and capitalisation comes first, surely. One should always try to achieve this. Of course there are some situations when one has to type quickly, but there are people who don't try it even if there is no stress.
Additionally I can't stand such things:
- We will meet tomorrwo!
- *tomorrow
Everyone knows that it should be "tomorrow", no need to break the atmosphere by such unnecessary additions.
proper grammar and capitalisation comes first, surely. One should always try to achieve this. Of course there are some situations when one has to type quickly, but there are people who don't try it even if there is no stress.
Additionally I can't stand such things:
- We will meet tomorrwo!
- *tomorrow
Everyone knows that it should be "tomorrow", no need to break the atmosphere by such unnecessary additions.
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Capitalizing and simple grammatical mistakes are two different, distinct things. It's at least attempting standard English.LifeWonder wrote:Must be hard looking at yourself in a mirror, huh.Julius wrote:I know this sounds elitist, but I typically try to stray away from those that are too lazy to at least attempt standard english (if it's there "mother tongue" of course.) It's just hard to look at.
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Alright. I think everyone else here with at least a high school education understood my meaning.LifeWonder wrote:Ok den, amma rite everthn widda capital an propa punktuwayshun. Logeekally, akkordin 2 wat u said, u shold b ok wid roleplayin wid some1 hus typin like dat since it has propa capitals an punktuwayshun.
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In general its wanted to write in a proper gramatical way in the game. Along with capitals and punctuation. But since there are some who are not able due what ever reasons to do this, I think its acceptable if a few leave the capitals away. But it should be a target for everyone to write proper sentences.
When it comes to the "modern language" the thing looks different. Modern language is forbidden in the game, as you can read at rule 7 (OOC). Any player who uses those modern language that does not fit the enviroment of Illarion should get a information that this is wrong. Eigther the player who encounters someone else using a inproper language can tell him about this himself, or tell the GMs about the player.
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When it comes to the "modern language" the thing looks different. Modern language is forbidden in the game, as you can read at rule 7 (OOC). Any player who uses those modern language that does not fit the enviroment of Illarion should get a information that this is wrong. Eigther the player who encounters someone else using a inproper language can tell him about this himself, or tell the GMs about the player.
Nitram
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