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Jul 22, 2005 | 12:27 PM

#51

chows4us

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Quote:

Originally Posted by STLMINI

... we all have pet peeves, too. let's use this thread to CONSTRUCTIVELY voice our pet peeves as they relate to NAM, posting and pretty much anything relating to NAM.

Overquoting can be annoying, especially when only one sentence is added to a paragraph but far more annoying are indivduals who have chosen to "write" phonetically.

That is, the people who use "d" for the, "2" for two, "cuz" for because, etc. The reason this is so annoying is because, I don't know about anyone else, but I do NOT read phonetically. I don't sound out each word as I see it like I'm 3 years old. Rather, I (and I am sure others) read the sentence as a whole and just understand what it says. I don't read "word for word".

Writing in a phonetic style is not only lazy, but inconsiderate and results in that whatever the author has to contribute gets lost. It takes way to long to go back and read word by word and try to figure out what he's really saying. So, those posts end up in the virtual bit bucket. I haven't got time to waste trying to figure out what they are trying to say. ....

Jul 22, 2005 | 12:35 PM

#52

kaelaria

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Originally Posted by chows4us

OVARQUOTNG CAN B ANOYNG ESP3CIALY WHAN ONLY ON3 SENT3NCA IS AD3D 2 A PARAGRAPH BUT FAR MORA ANOYNG R INDIVDUALS WHO HAEV CHOSAN 2 WRIET PHONETICALY
TAHT!11!1 WTF IS DA PAOPLE WHO USE D FOR THA 2 FOR TWO CUZ FOR B/C ETC!1!1!!!! LOL TEH RAASON THIS IS SO ANOYNG IS B/C I DONT KNOW ABOUT ANYON3 ELS3 BUT I DO NOT R3AD PHONATICALY111!1 I DONT SOUND OUT EACH WORD AS I SE IT LIEK IMM 3 YEARS OLD1!1!!!11 LOL RATHER I (AND IM SUR3 OTHERS) READ TEH SENT3NCE AS A WHOLA AND JUST UNDARSTAND WUT IT SAYS1111!111 I DONT READ WORD FOR WORD
WRITNG!!!!1 LOL IN A PHONATIC STYLA IS NOT ONLY LAZY BUT INCONSIEDRAET AND RESULTS IN TAHT WUT DA AUTHOR HAS 2 CONTRIBUTE GETS LOST1111 WTF LOL IT TAEKS WAY 2 LONG 2 GO BAK AND R3AD WORD BY WORD AND TRY 2 FIGURE OUT WUT HES RILLY SAYNG1!!11! LOL SO THOSE POSTS 3ND UP IN DA VIRTUAL BIT BUKET!1111!1 OMG WTF I HAEVNT GOT TIEM 2 WASTE TRYNG 2 FIGUR3 OUT WT R TRYNG 2 SAY!!!!1! OMG WTF LOL ..
!!!!!!1111!!111!!!1!!!! LOL....

lol

Jul 22, 2005 | 12:46 PM

#53

Edge

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Originally Posted by kaelaria

lol

Hmmm... only 8 minutes to do that... scripted conversion process, or manual?

Jul 22, 2005 | 01:16 PM

#54

kaelaria

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It's my 7eet skilz dawg!

Jul 22, 2005 | 01:31 PM

#55

The Short Bus

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again, kaelaria, you're my hee-ro.

Jul 22, 2005 | 02:58 PM

#56

chows4us

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bitbucket

Aug 23, 2005 | 05:21 PM

#57

STLMINI

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WIDE PHOTOS! DO NOT POST WIDE PHOTOS. KEEP THEM UNDER 800 PIXELS WIDE...

YOU WIDE PHOTO POSTERS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO READ THE THREAD.

yes, i know it's all caps but i'm frustrated, ok? and, yes, i know that this pet peeve has been posted before.

Aug 23, 2005 | 07:42 PM

#58

jggonzalez

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My pet peeve is people who assume I'm psychic and will automatically know whether they are talking about an MC or MCS. Please identify the type of car you're referring to and the model year if it isn't clearly spelled out in your signature! Also, if someone asks for advice on getting a little more horsepower out of an MC, don't tell them to buy an S! If you don't have anything constructive to say, please make room for those who do!

Aug 23, 2005 | 07:43 PM

#59

Dr Obnxs

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After dealing with this for a while...

Quote:

Originally Posted by STLMINI

WIDE PHOTOS! DO NOT POST WIDE PHOTOS. KEEP THEM UNDER 800 PIXELS WIDE...

YOU WIDE PHOTO POSTERS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO READ THE THREAD.

yes, i know it's all caps but i'm frustrated, ok? and, yes, i know that this pet peeve has been posted before.

I've limeted myself to 600 wide.....

to make it nice on everyones eyes. Now, if you could get the rest to do that, and not quote the whole string of 27 photos, then you will be king!

Matt