fuyu: (grammar whore away!)
Lyssie ([personal profile] fuyu) wrote2006-03-23 10:45 pm

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Dear College/University Students, or Alternately, Anyone Over The Age Of Ten:

Please, for the love of sweet merciful Buddhafish, please, PLEASE type like you have any fucking idea what composes a word.

The pronoun "I" is capitalized. "Kewl" is no longer a cute or current slang word.

Apostrophes are IMPORTANT. "Dont" is not a word. It is letter vomit. "Aint" makes you sound like you're struggling to say "ant".

Commas are also important.

YOU ONLY EVER NEED ONE FUCKING EXCLAMATION POINT.

"Couldn't have". Never, EVER "couldn't of". (Or couldnt. See above point about letter vomit.)

I love you all, seriously, but? YOU ARE FUCKING MURDERING THE LANGUAGE. Some of us LIKE our English intact. LANGUAGE IS THE BASIS OF SOCIETY. PLEASE DO NOT UNDERMINE THIS. I ENJOY BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

You are in college. You should know better.

(Anyone younger: Please learn better before you become another college student who doesn't.)

Otherwise perfectly willing to get along with you,
Lyssie ♥

[identity profile] elanor-pam.livejournal.com 2006-03-24 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like patricide, only it affects something that's been around for much, much longer. Like grafittying a romanic cathedral or something equally heart-wrenching.

[identity profile] elanor-pam.livejournal.com 2006-03-25 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Ignorance is their only excuse.

...scary how many dumb people there are in the world. I love writing in AOLer lingo to sound dumb (it makes for excellent in-jokes), but, frankly, I can't stand reading anything like that for too long. It makes me feel like my IQ points are dropping dead from the pain.