# 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:** 10
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/181 "2013-09-24T19:51:15Z")
So how do you spell “masochist” in your language? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/182 "2013-09-24T19:51:53Z")
So, to sum up the OP: “I don’t care what you think of my writing skills!” Correct? So… why should we care that you don’t care? ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/183 "2013-09-24T19:51:56Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Come again? He has. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/184 "2013-09-24T19:53:12Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > So, to sum up the OP: > > “I don’t care what you think of my writing skills!” > > Correct? > > So… why should we care that you don’t care? So to sum up the OP: “I didn’t get enough attention the last time I tried this.” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/185 "2013-09-24T20:00:26Z")
Orthographic conventions as prescribed by the etiquette of the crossroads proscribe jargonistic neophilia as quisquillious antagonisms. ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/186 "2013-09-24T20:00:59Z")
i think im gonna chill off this thread 4 now as obviously everyone reading is kind ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/187 "2013-09-24T20:01:00Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Don’t forget the [Ignore](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/profile.php?do=ignorelist)feature! 😃 Wow - 14 years and I’ve just done my first Ignore. StG ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/188 "2013-09-24T20:01:16Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > How about we don’t do this again. > [Dudes of straight dope, if I type in proper english... - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=702341) That was my first thought. OP, post any way you like; the rest of us will ignore or read your posts based on our own preferences. I’ll probably lean towards ignoring them; I like my English with all the characters typed out. > [@Merneith](#): > > It’s ok everyone - I speak Jive. > > The OP wants you all to know that he has a small penis and that his momma is popular with both sailors _and_ soldiers. I KNEW IT! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/189 "2013-09-24T20:02:55Z")
This person has to be a troll, right? I don’t believe anyone could write in, er, text-speak(?) so thoroughly without doing it on purpose to piss people off. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/190 "2013-09-24T20:03:48Z")
UR a ghoti out of H2O. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/191 "2013-09-24T20:05:05Z")
Oh good, a rehash of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=702341). If the last time we did this was good enough for the Pit, why should this be any different? Moving this one to the lower depths. (And please note, the rigor mortis has barely begun to break on the last one, so don’t be surprised if this go-'round winds up being shut down.) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/192 "2013-09-24T20:07:32Z")
Has anyone actually reported the OP? Wow. this was in MPSIMS when I started the post. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/193 "2013-09-24T20:10:17Z")
I think the OP wants to pit the pitters, so it got moved here. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/194 "2013-09-24T20:10:19Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > This person has to be a troll, right? I don’t believe anyone could write in, er, text-speak(?) so thoroughly without doing it on purpose to piss people off. It’s not just writing in text, it’s thumbing your nose at everyone (in text) who might get on their case for writing in text. If there’s a word more content, it 3l00did me. Equivalent to “You assholes are going to get all up in my face because I called you assholes, now, arntcha?” ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/195 "2013-09-24T20:13:47Z")
Oh my god, I didn’t think **Gateway** could become more boring, but he managed it. Srsly. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/196 "2013-09-24T20:17:04Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Has anyone actually reported the OP? It’d probably be quicker to list those who _didn’t_ (not that that’s a bad thing – seeing multiple notifications come in within a short time is what got me to put the PS3 controller down). ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/197 "2013-09-24T20:18:01Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > This person has to be a troll, right? I don’t believe anyone could write in, er, text-speak(?) so thoroughly without doing it on purpose to piss people off. He claims to be using a PS2 on-screen keyboard with a game controller, so his style of posting may be simpler than whole sentences. This may also not be the ideal discussion board for him. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/198 "2013-09-24T20:20:46Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > I think the OP wants to pit the pitters, so it got moved here. So is the OP the pitter patter of little feats? ---
**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 24, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/199 "2013-09-24T20:20:50Z")
I used to post on a Sega Dreamcast (not here, but on other message boards), but then I finally bought an actual keyboard for it, you know. ---
**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 24, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/200 "2013-09-24T20:21:15Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Wow - 14 years and I’ve just done my first Ignore. > > StG Couldn’t have said it better. I never felt the need before. All things change I suppose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=11)