I really hate the know it alls. The ones that think thier way is the only way of doing something. Another thing that bothers me are people who lie and makeup fake online persona's.
That's exactly how I feel, and it irritates me endlessly that I do it, but just cannot help myself. That darn exclamation mark, so tempting!!!! The thing is that I find the bad habits I've acquired on the Internet transfer over to my other written communications, most embarrassingly in my work emails. I'm always looking for smilies to punctuate them with...Originally Posted by CarolPetunia
I think we're all painfully aware of how easy it is to be misunderstood online, so some of us go to extremes in trying to make our intentions clear -- and part of that is trying to make our written words "sound" more like actual speech. So we take liberties, throwing in ellipses and Italics and smilies in an effort to create a more natural flow with our words than legitimate punctuation would render.
The interesting thing about people who tend to use lol, especially in chats, is that they don't always use it when they think something is funny. It's sort of the internet version of 'uh huh' that a person uses to prove they're still there and listening. I'm certainly guilty of using it as such.Originally Posted by CarolPetunia
Now, finally... the thing I hate most of all on the internet:
LOL.
I hate LOL. I have never LOLled, and I never plan to LOL so long as I live.
Originally Posted by Rockcat
...During a forum debate, it irritates me when people who have already made their point keep posting the same thing with different wording. I feel like posting back "I understood the first 18 times!"...
Originally Posted by CarolPetunia View Post
I think we're all painfully aware of how easy it is to be misunderstood online, so some of us go to extremes in trying to make our intentions clear -- and part of that is trying to make our written words "sound" more like actual speech. So we take liberties, throwing in ellipses and Italics and smilies in an effort to create a more natural flow with our words than legitimate punctuation would render.
Im sorryOriginally Posted by Bonnie1965
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I don't feel I'm too much a grammar/spelling nazi though. I don't speak/write as well on forums as I do in real life. People can either accept me or not
Originally Posted by mybabyphx View Post
One pet peeve of MINE (that I do personally) is whenever I write on here, I always find myself doing this ....... a lot! I will read over my posts and see that I do it all the time! Instead of using commas and periods were needed.... I use these. Look I just did it again! Why doesn't someone slap me?
Me too!Originally Posted by ConsumerKitty
BTW, I like smilies.