# Dudes of straight dope, if I type in proper english... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899 "2013-09-15T08:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/1 "2013-09-15T08:14:33Z")
Then go cry abt it. In every post i made sum1 is on my ass abt how its not up to their level of how they think every1 should type apparently. 1. Its faster 2. There is no 2 cuz 1 is all u need! For reel… if u dont like it tuff. As long as i get the message across then i dont see y u guys r so sensitive abt it. Go talk abt it with ur therapists or sumthin, but keep ur obvious observation that im not using “proper” english outta my threads. And i suggest u all look at ur reel motivation behind needing my posts to be written “properly” Why is tradition good 4 the sake of tradition? Who’s idea was it that this or that way is the rite way? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/2 "2013-09-15T08:17:36Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Why is tradition good 4 the sake of tradition? Bkz. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/3 "2013-09-15T08:31:05Z")
Wow. I have a headache now. ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/4 "2013-09-15T08:31:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Bkz. So, meaning? BTW, if this was an attempt 2 bait me into asking u wat did u say in order that u can tell me how if u dont type full words then u cant understand, well theres a difference between typing shorthand and B-ing illegible. So, nice try. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/5 "2013-09-15T08:38:32Z")
Go away. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/6 "2013-09-15T08:41:03Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > 1. Its faster For you, maybe. Not for the poor sods who have to read it. > [@Gateway](#): > > As long as i get the message across There’s your other problem. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/7 "2013-09-15T08:48:19Z")
Thank you September 2013! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/8 "2013-09-15T08:54:35Z")
I was going to say that people are trying to help you not sound like a frothing idiot, but the posts where you aren’t using your ludicrous “shorthand” are equally incomprehensible, so I dunno. Anyway jack, you’re like a droid in a Mos Eisley cantina: we don’t serve your kind here. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/9 "2013-09-15T08:57:26Z")
You know what, OP? You’re right. Your more economic style of typing is clearly the way of the future, and obviously superior to our cumbersome, old-fashioned ways. So much so that I think you should type all your college essays, job applications and love letters like that. I wish you a happy and prosperous life ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/10 "2013-09-15T08:59:07Z")
[quote=“Martian Bigfoot, post:6, topic:668899”] For you, maybe. Not for the poor sods who have to read it. **Point taken, mayB u guys r not used to reading this sorta thing…** There’s your other problem. **Where did u think my message was not getting across?** ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/11 "2013-09-15T09:00:56Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Go away. If u r the 1 coming to my thread, shouldnt it b u who goes away? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/12 "2013-09-15T09:07:20Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > If u r the 1 coming to my thread, shouldnt it b u who goes away? No, you’re the one who’s come in and polluted our forum. You don’t get to refuse to leave a party you’re not welcome at just because they’ve approached you in a corner of the house you’ve decided is “yours”. Use proper English or fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/13 "2013-09-15T09:07:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I was going to say that people are trying to help you not sound like a frothing idiot, but the posts where you aren’t using your ludicrous “shorthand” are equally incomprehensible, so I dunno. > > Anyway jack, you’re like a droid in a Mos Eisley cantina: we don’t serve your kind here. So, if they r incomprehensible, how did u no wat i was explaining? And b/c i type differently then u, I M “your kind?” See, is that not a bit intense for typing a dif way? ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/14 "2013-09-15T09:10:35Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > If u r the 1 coming to my thread, shouldnt it b u who goes away? **Gateway** is right. Responding to his threads is just encouraging him. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/15 "2013-09-15T09:10:55Z")
I’m just a caveman. Your modern world frightens and confuses me! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/16 "2013-09-15T09:11:46Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > **Where did u think my message was not getting across?** I think I’m getting about 50% of it. The rest looks like freaking hieroglyphs. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have an appointment to go mud wrestle a pig. Kthxbye. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/17 "2013-09-15T09:13:11Z")
Do you have any fucking idea how horrible it is to try to read that crap? If you can’t show common courtesy to the people you would like to engage and communicate in an easily readable manner then you show contempt for the very people you’re trying to reach. The issue is not what is easier for you but what is easier for your audience. If you want to get your message across it’s best not to encrypt it. ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/18 "2013-09-15T09:15:36Z")
No, you’re the one who’s come in and polluted our forum. **Define "polluted"** You don’t get to refuse to leave a party you’re not welcome at just because they’ve approached you in a corner of the house you’ve decided is “yours”. **In this case it looks like i do** Use proper English or fuck off. **No** ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/19 "2013-09-15T09:20:58Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I think I’m getting about 50% of it. The rest looks like freaking hieroglyphs. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have an appointment to go mud wrestle a pig. Kthxbye. Well I see a valid point then. I figured that my posts r pretty easy 2 understand but u all were just grammer Nazis just 2 b grammer Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/20 "2013-09-15T09:36:45Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > For you, maybe. Not for the poor sods who have to read it. Who says we have to read it? When I see a post typed in the manner that **Gateway** does, I skip right past it. I’m not bothering to decipher that crap. No wonder the fight against ignorance seems to be endless. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=2)