2008-07-17, 02:41 AM
Eneko Wrote:Ya, literacy criticalness over/on a online game is a form of Grammar Nazi. One to make a big deal about using your instead of you,re (cant use commas cause of keyboard is in swedish mode and i cant figure out to turn it back) has more problems then the person not using correct grammar. See, yea you can go on and use your good grammar and spelling but it inderectly tells people you think your better/smarter then them cause you use good grammar. EVEN if you say you dont think that, its subconscienal. Yea you should use good grammar when it is important but over online game it dont really matter. What matter is ASLONG as the person reading your text can understand you and when the sentence is said it sounds like what its suppost to. Even if you say "your going to the mall" when its suppost to be "you,re going to the mall" or w/e. You still know what your talking about. Then if you pull that crap OH you have freedom of speech or opinion. Well it comes to a point where your being down right rude.
Your post was kind of a really long conjecture.
Your reference to the First Amendment is downright provoking. You're basically saying that we shouldn't type with correct grammar even though we have the freedom of speech [expression, really], since it's rude.
To say that typing like this as opposed to typin lyk dis is inappropriate and shouldn't be done [in order to protect the grammatically incorrect majority from our literate rudeness] is going too far.
Which of the following is more rude?
1) CC PLOX
2) Can you change channels please?
Most would say that the grammatically correct one is less rude.
"Good grammar vs. Bad grammar" is basically "Roundabout rudeness vs. Straight-out rudeness."
P.S.: We make fun of people who type in excessive 1337sp34k amongst ourselves, but rarely do we do so to people outside of our guild/guild alliance.