We don't even try

[plonq]

This probably bothers me more than it should:


That silly "ur" affectation is one of my pet peeves. It is bad enough that we have barely-literate people using it in various discussion groups and chat venues that I follow, but now I am seeing it in official correspondence at work.

HAV U UPGRADED UR SAP LOGON??LOL U SHUD CUZ IT WONT WORK AFTR FEB10!!LOL

Blah. Plonqie does not approve.

Comments

[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your concern about my SAP login password. However, I am not able to act on your email at this time. As you could not be bothered enough to use professional English text, I'm unable to respond to it with professional English thought. And as I am currently certified only to think in English, your email is being rejected by the Plonq Brain Daemon.

Please consider leaving your AOL leet-speak at home and using standard English when writing to your fellow professionals.

[elynne.livejournal.com]

/wrists

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

It's SAP. Nobody who uses SAP's systems likes them. It's like brainsucking. That must be it.

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

That's funny. I'm stealing it.

[farlo.livejournal.com]

Grammar Fascist. *snerk* :D

I can see there becoming two standards ... "high" and "low" English. Maybe "Ebonics" will make a comeback.

"Ebonics" had me rolling ... what a retarded concept! Now we get cyber-bonics by little noobs that ... hey, did I just hear a monkey call? Oh yeah, I am in the "Library", OF COURSE there are monkey noises.

DEVELOPERS

[neverville.livejournal.com]

Steve Ballmer, his own isms, and monkeys do go together I think.