Words that gamers get wrong

[TheRealFluffy]

The common response to being corrected, at least on the Internet, is to get all defensive and attack the one giving the correction. Rarely do kids online accept good advice and correct their mistakes.

 

I suggest trying it at school, next time you have an English test. Or at your next job interview.

[LyraineAlei]

I know why people write it "could of" but it still doesn't make it acceptable.

 

I agree. It's just awful looking. And unfortunately I think it is on the way to being dictionaried. Just like literally Noe also means figuratively. Trust me, I swear I will cause at least a literal grammar headache if I hear another person use literally in a figurative manner.

[Jeweledleah]

"Marhurrdurrdurr" or something like that is probably the worst I've seen on these forums.

 

 

 

I don't think "could of" is slang.

 

no that's covered by grammatical errors - a part of that sentence that you quoted.. yet chose to ignore. stats and endgame and pug and all that other stuff however? is slang when used in context of an MMO

Edited August 30, 2014 by Jeweledleah

[HelinCarnate]

Hmm.

 

Well, by that matter, then gamer's get pot, pug, raid, twink, level, flag, bug, patch, themepark, sandbox, bank, inventory and que wrong as well.

 

Some words have different and/or multiple definitions...just in case you were misinformed. Any common dictionary stands in evidence.

 

Your welcome.

 

Eye sea what yew did they're.

[DarthMurdek]

Personally i sea no poynt in korrectin' gramerical errers on the Internet. Because i thinks most people jsut slap the kaybored in a vauge atempt to get there poynt lacross.

 

ANd if them we're actuale tryin' to tipe properle you wood sea bettr results.

[LordArtemis]

The common response to being corrected, at least on the Internet, is to get all defensive and attack the one giving the correction. Rarely do kids online accept good advice and correct their mistakes.

 

I suggest trying it at school, next time you have an English test. Or at your next job interview.

 

Well, if you are referring to what is happening in this thread, I don't think you're being attacked here. Perhaps we are just having some fun at your expense.

 

My guess is that most are likely aware of proper linguistics...grammar, syntax and the like. It's most likely, IMO, that most folks simply don't care on an internet forum such as this. Also...I would assume that most of the folks that post here on a regular basis are not, in fact, children.

 

I think the overall gist is to lighten up a bit.

[well]

Are we going to be tested on this?

[theUndead]

...is "agreein" really acceptable? If so I just punted myself in the tomatoes....

 

I literally spat out my coffee reading this. Thank you for the entertainment LA.

[jpswtor]

If only players are required to use the correct form of you're/your and than/then in a sentence before they are allowed to log in...

 

Well, they are before they can get a job at my company. And I am not the only one

 

If it takes someone more than 20 years to notice how to properly use “it’s,” then that’s not a learning curve I’m comfortable with. So, even in this hyper-competitive market, I will pass on a great programmer who cannot write.

 

Writing ist part of almost every job worth doing these days. If you cannot do it properly, you are stuck with the McJobs.

 

Cheers

 

JP

Edited August 30, 2014 by jpswtor

[TheRealFluffy]

 

I think the overall gist is to lighten up a bit.

You seem to assume there is some gravity of mood associated with literacy, and an opposing lightness of mood associated with illiteracy. Such is not the case. One's mood is not relevant to one's facility with English, except in extreme circumstances. Pretending that habitual stupidity is the result of being in a fun mood is disingenuous. You can have a good time and still be literate.

[TheRealFluffy]

Well, they are before they can get a job at my company. And I am not the only one

I agree. We actually have standards where I work. If you can't handle the fundamentals of English, you won't make it inside.

[Vishnell]

*takes the bait*

*Isn't

*He and I

*understanding,

*aren't

*agreeing (although agreein' is also acceptable)

 

*understanding;

[mokkh]

I keep reading over that example, but I just can't decipher what anyone saying such a thing would actually think that they're trying to say. Is it supposed to be an abbreviation of something? Is it supposed to be 7 words all mashed and jumbled and slurred together? Is it derived from Cockney English slang or something like that?

 

It's "urban" for "fixing to", and that's southern slang for "about to."

[Dras_Keto]

This thread is idiotic. Its almost as bad as seeing a grammar nazi try to go off on someone in game. Just about everything (games, clubs, groups, anything that you can partition even slightly from the main bulk of society [so conequently, everything]) develops a specialised vocabulary used by the members of the group. Its called jargon.

 

So, before you try to get all high and mighty, you should ask yourself this very important question, "Do I have the slightest clue what I am talking about or am I going to open my mouth and end up deepthroating my foot?"

[KALELSAB]

This is English you are talking about. Right? Because words mean what people want them to mean. That is how language works. It is "hot" or "cool" mean really different things in some situations. None of your examples are correct. Gamers use the words they want to use and have them mean whatever they want. It is called colloquial.

[Khevar]

Because words mean what people want them to mean.

Oh freddled gruntbuggly,

Thy micturations are to me

As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.

Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes,

And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,

Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts

With my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't!

[rashencyberspeed]

You seem to assume there is some gravity of mood associated with literacy, and an opposing lightness of mood associated with illiteracy. Such is not the case. One's mood is not relevant to one's facility with English, except in extreme circumstances. Pretending that habitual stupidity is the result of being in a fun mood is disingenuous. You can have a good time and still be literate.

 

You're being a bit extreme. Sure, you CAN have a good time and still be literate. But do you really have to be? If it's a job or school or something else professional, well then yeah, you should be literate. But this an MMO, a casual and fun game environment, so it shouldn't be that big a deal. I do personally try to be accurate in my spelling, but I think as long as the intended message is clear, a few misuses and typos shouldn't be a big deal.

 

Oh and another thing:

 

dis·in·gen·u·ous

/ˌdisinˈjenyo͞oəs/

adjective

adjective: disingenuous

 

not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

 

 

 

Essentially, it's a way of calling people liars.

"Pretending that habitual stupidity is the result of being in a fun mood is disingenuous."

So when we say our mistakes are the result of being in a fun environment, we're lying? Because we only pretending that's the case? And by the definition of disingenuous, we must KNOW that it really isn't the environment and are only pretending.

 

Yeah, no. I actually legitimately believe that the casual and non-seriousness of the environment has an effect. Funny how the guy who is giving us a hard time about misusing words is himself misusing a word.

[wainot-keel]

What an ungrateful bunch.

We have a professor here, spending his valuable time trying to educate us and you spit it in his face. Shame on you.

[thewitchdoctor]

What an ungrateful bunch.

We have a professor here, spending his valuable time trying to educate us and you spit it in his face. Shame on you.

 

Would you say that he was 'slapped in the face?'

 

'Cause that's really the minimum level of acceptable outrage on these forums. It's like the application of a legal test for 'reasonable' or 'negligent,' I guess.

 

I, for one, am glad to salute our new Imperial English Syntax, Grammar, and all-around Great Decideror of Jargon/Slang, Appropriate For Our Use in Future (or even Present) Employment and/or Tertiary Education Opportunities Overlord.

 

And I agree, it is a weird weekend on the forums.

[Darth_Wicked]

Oh freddled gruntbuggly,

Thy micturations are to me

As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.

Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes,

And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,

Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts

With my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't!

 

Genius.

[Jeweledleah]

You seem to assume there is some gravity of mood associated with literacy, and an opposing lightness of mood associated with illiteracy. Such is not the case. One's mood is not relevant to one's facility with English, except in extreme circumstances. Pretending that habitual stupidity is the result of being in a fun mood is disingenuous. You can have a good time and still be literate.

 

you can be literate (i.e use proper spelling and grammar when applicable) and still understand existence and fluidity of slang. in fact awareness of slang is part of literacy. insistence that words must have a certain meaning, even when that meaning has since changed or adjusted or was expanded in a specific environment is a sad, rigid misunderstanding of linguistics.

 

language evolves with society. refusing to accept it is akin to hiding your eyes with your hands and insisting that you made it dark for everyone.

[Vandicus]

You seem to assume there is some gravity of mood associated with literacy, and an opposing lightness of mood associated with illiteracy. Such is not the case. One's mood is not relevant to one's facility with English, except in extreme circumstances. Pretending that habitual stupidity is the result of being in a fun mood is disingenuous. You can have a good time and still be literate.

 

Says the guy communicating in a bastardized germanic tongue.

[MSchuyler]

 

Writing ist part of almost every job worth doing these days. If you cannot do it properly, you are stuck with the McJobs.

 

Ist surely is!

 

This thread is idiotic. Its almost as bad as seeing a grammar nazi try to go off on someone in game. Just about everything (games, clubs, groups, anything that you can partition even slightly from the main bulk of society [so conequently, everything]) develops a specialised vocabulary used by the members of the group. Its called jargon.

 

So you are claiming common mistakes constitute "jargon" now? Is mistaking "your" and "you're" an example of "specialised vocabulary?" How about "its" vs "it's." If I say, "Its not in the cards," is that now an example of a "specialised vocabulary" and deemed jargon, or is it a common mistake showing either sloppiness or a lack of education?

 

For an example of putting one's foot in one's mouth, we need look no further than your post.

Edited August 30, 2014 by MSchuyler

[LyraineAlei]

*understanding;

 

Ah yes, my bad. I'm a habitual comma abuser.

 

I think most of us were just having fun with the internet-old debate of proper grammar on forums and in chats.

 

And because we're using a Germanic-based language, we can use prepositions to end sentences. It is in Latin-based languages commonly used by the world that say other wise. Just in case anyone was going to bring up preposition-ending sentences.

[Shikyo]

Oh I love these!!

 

Here is a message from one of the great lords of language from our time Stephen Fry:

 

 

 

Seriously watch it, only a few of you will regret it *cough* language police *cough*

 

I always find the "literally" misuse's effect on people amusing. You are smart enough to know it isn't being used correctly but not smart enough to know it's being used to exaggerate(many times humorously) or emphasize a situation or emotion, sort of like satire but without the criticizing part.

 

Anywho, enjoy the link!