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[MK]

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....and I always make sure to use more than three dots for an ellipse.....just to goad the punctuation Nazi's.

 

[Feraud]

....and I always make sure to use more than three dots for an ellipse.....just to goad the punctuation Nazi's.

lol that is..hilarious!!

O.k. I have now broken the peeves listed in this topic. I use them in online writing when trailing off an incomplete thought or to emphasise a word. I do not engage in any pen writing, it is sooo...passe!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Mostly they (elipses) are completely misused. As an avid Celine reader, i'm afraid i fall into the trap.

Yes, smilies are irritating. I find they are generally used in a passive aggressive manner to indicate that the writer thinks the person he's addressing is stupid but doesn't have the guts to say so. This, the most blatant of this type: Seen an AWFUL lot in the OB

bk

 

[Elaina]

I use smilies because I know I'm too dry when I type, and rather then be offensive I toss out the to show I'm okay with it, or meaning it less like it reads, or the as self-effacing. I will use the [huh] because I get to the point off here I shrug at stuff I'm saying and use it as a trail off of a thought.

Of course...I'm just annoying. I have older brothers so I have lots and lots of practice.

Elaina

 

[Girl Friday]

...it's a dramatic pause for me, like a shrug or something. [huh]

as for the smiley faces, they are handy, especially since you can't hear someone's tone of voice and something might come across as rude or mean if you can't say... or whatever... to make sure something you have said isn't taken the wrong way

Alright, maybe I am just a geek. I don't like them either but they do serve their purpose...

 

[Johnnysan]

I agree with Elaina...I use both elipses and emoticons online to help convey my feelings about the topic and to add a sense of cadence to my words. In my opinion, both are fine when used in moderation.

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

....and I always make sure to use more than three dots for an ellipse.....just to goad the punctuation Nazi's.

"Nazis" is vritten viss-out an apostrophe. You cultureless Amerikans vill never understand vhat iss really important in life!

 

[FedoraGent]

Herb Caen...three dot journalism

Out here, Herb Caen, our beloved chronicler of San Francisco got me into the three dot system. Seen here, he used to use it all the time:

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/caen/

FG.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

I use the three dots, but only in my online writing. I have been doing it so long now that it's part of my personality.

Even when trying to become other characters in online role playing games (yes, I am a geek), my typing style gives me away every time.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

"Nazis" is vritten viss-out an apostrophe. You cultureless Amerikans vill never understand vhat iss really important in life!

[best Herr Flick voice] Ve haf vays of making you punctuate!

bk

 

[Elaina]

Even when trying to become other characters in online role playing games (yes, I am a geek), my typing style gives me away every time.

Eh, no geekier then me I suppose. What's geeky is being online since 91 just to roleplay.
Elaina

 

[Quigley Brown]

I do it. It's nothing to feel guilty about. I figure the English language...written and spoken...is always evolving.

 

[WEEGEE]

Can you understand what is written ?

Quigley Brown

I do it. It's nothing to feel guilty about. I figure the English language...written and spoken...is always evolving.

I agree...

 

[Baron Kurtz]

yes, 'tis evolving ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis

bk ...

 

[raiderrescuer]

use...

Ok, I overuse it...but it does come in handy for SOS: ...---...

 

[Cobden]

On the forum's I admin (for a couple of re-enactment groups) I have banned the use of ellipses; I feel that there is usually a better piece of punctuation that fits rather, such as the semi-colon or colon.

 

[scotrace]

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And they say WE'RE tough!


(dot dot dot and a smiley face too)

 

[deanglen]

On the forum's I admin (for a couple of re-enactment groups) I have banned the use of ellipses; I feel that there is usually a better piece of punctuation that fits rather, such as the semi-colon or colon.

dean

 

[Cobden]

I just like semi-colons

 

[deanglen]

I just like semi-colons

That's cool. Just funnin'. Love your reenactment outfit, by the way. Good work!

dean