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LittleBug 
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 Posted: 23 January 2010 at 10:18pm |
 caitlynsmygirl wrote:
sometimes I call it dot dot dot |
That's what it's called! *smacks head* LOL
ellipsis?  
I often have to read over my posts and delete !! from the end of every sentence. Hehe!!
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M2K
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Posted: 23 January 2010 at 11:17pm |
I don't use lol but type haha (and some people have taken that as a nya nya nya haha) and I tend to go overboard with dot dot dot also 
I did have a small giggle to see f*** spelt fux
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Posted: 24 January 2010 at 8:35am |
lol, wow, 3 pages of comments!! well at least now i know how to annoy some of you if you piss me off not that that would ver happen of course lol.
i don't mind spelling mistakes because, lets face it, we pretty much all make them every now and again. i can't stand no punctuation though, i got really frustrated when i read 'once were warriors' because there are no speech marks.
i'm one who really overuses lol, especially when i'm texting so sorry in advance for that one 
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Posted: 24 January 2010 at 10:34am |
No caps = fine online. I reckon 
I'm chronic with the '...' too. And always use full words and punctuation in my texts. (Nana)
One thing that really irritates me is the massive overuse and misuse of apostrophes (apostrophe's).
But then, I am a rampant grammar freak.
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Posted: 24 January 2010 at 10:54am |
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i'm one who really overuses lol, especially when i'm texting so sorry in advance for that one |
Same, it seems to be an automatic space filler for me  "can't think of anything else to say, oh well!! I'll just add 'lol'"
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Posted: 24 January 2010 at 5:05pm |
No caps doesn't bother me as long as your posts are still readable! I NEVER used caps until last year, so I'm not allowed to be bothered lol.
Lol is my filler word. I use it way too often, and very rarely am I actually laughing (see above :P). If I'm laughing I'll say something more, like rofflecopter. (Isn't the word "rofflecopter" awesome?)
Txt speak DOES bother me though. It takes me ages to read! I use predictive text, so now I struggle to read half of what my friends say most of the time.
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Posted: 24 January 2010 at 6:38pm |
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I love predictive text, don't know how I got by without it
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Posted: 25 January 2010 at 7:32am |
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i can't figure out how to use predictive txt, i get so frustrated!! and my txts end up saying something reeeeally random. it's very weird.
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Posted: 25 January 2010 at 10:19am |
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LOL drives me insane, as do ROFL and PMSL. People seem to use these in place of a fullstop nowadays. Most of the time what they are saying isn't even remotely funny.
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Posted: 25 January 2010 at 12:24pm |
Then you get the people who think lol means lots of love...... 
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Posted: 25 January 2010 at 12:42pm |
My no no the other night.. LMAO = Laugh my ar$e out. Why I said that I don't even know, I know its off!
Reminds me of that ad on TV (can't remember for which show) where the guy is saying "Yeah I'm up with all the text speak... LOL = Laugh out loud, ROLF = Roll on floor laughing, WTF = Why the face"
hehehe made me giggle every time
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Posted: 25 January 2010 at 7:54pm |
Wow, hot topic!!
I don't mind lack of capitals, and if I am holding a bubba I don't bother either. But most of the time I touch type so capitals are all part of the habit.
I am a grammar and spelling nazi, but am fairly tolerant online, and also appreciate that some people find it hard. I guess it's laziness and poor punctuation that bugs me the most. I hate the you're/your, its/it's, too/to/two, their/there/they're mistakes - that's the nazi part of me.
I also use "dot dot dot" excessively, which is probably poor grammar in itself!
And I despise text speak. Eurgh. 
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Posted: 26 January 2010 at 1:00pm |
kiwilaurie wrote:
Wow, hot topic!!
I hate the you're/your, its/it's, too/to/two, their/there/they're mistakes - that's the nazi part of me.
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Misuse of "you're" and "your" do my head in. Plus when people put captions on FB photos and say things like "This is baby and I at the park". It's "baby and ME"!!
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Posted: 26 January 2010 at 1:22pm |
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My grandmother taught me a good way to remember that rule (whether it is I or Me)
simply take the person's name out , say the sentence again and see if it makes sense
eg "Sarah and I went to the park "
"Sarah and me went to the park "
Take out Sarah , and " I " makes more sense
(this is when I was a kid )
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Posted: 26 January 2010 at 1:41pm |
While we are kind of on the topic. Another thing that peeves me....and I'll probably offend people here, is topic headings that dont tell you what the topic is about
eg. "have you ever..." Grrrrr. I then have to open it to see if its something that I should read or not. I generally dont open them till much later on. Is it so hard to make the topic heading informative????
Thats my moan for the day
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Posted: 26 January 2010 at 2:21pm |
caitlynsmygirl wrote:
Take out Sarah , and " I " makes more sense
(this is when I was a kid ) |
That's exactly how I was taught too and it makes it so easy.
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Posted: 26 January 2010 at 2:23pm |
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I agree on the topic thing too. Sometimes I think people keep it ambiguous to make you open it.
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no capitals. bothering anyone?
