Random Rants : Someone is wrong on the Internet

[Kozmos]

So the job testing I went to was the weirdest thing ever. It encompassed such a wide range of technologies and specializations that half the time I had no idea what I was dealing with besides the bare essentials. I reviewed very specific parts that were supposed to be related to the job at hand but it was like getting a mega-test on all five years of college education and then some work experience. I have no idea how to feel after that.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I'm reading some previews of tomorrow's UFC 187, or trying to, and it's shocking how badly written some of the things published on supposedly professional sites are. Typos, missing words, sentences that make the writer look like an ESL student. I've just quit reading three articles now because they were pissing me off so badly.

I couldn't care less if you write like a toddler in reddit or in a forum like this (don't expect me to read it, but go ahead), but if you publish in anything like a news site or a blog, at least pretend to be a grownup. And I swear to god, if someone who worked for me ever used an apostrophe to pluralize a noun, they'd be fired on the spot.

 

[Arakhor]

And I swear to god, if someone who worked for me ever used an apostrophe to pluralize a noun, they'd be fired on the spot.

I feel your pain!

 

[gay_Aleks]

I can't imagine the thought process leading to that. "you know, apostrophes are woefully under used. I think I should pluralise nouns with 'em".

No, I just can't imagine it.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I sometimes wonder if it's a writer whose first language is one that doesn't pluralize nouns at all, like Japanese. As someone who has staggered and stumbled through a couple of foreign languages, I can imagine writing something that looks decent for a while, but then has one or two errors that tip off a native speaker. But if you're from an English-speaking country, don't come anywhere near me with "could of", "would of", or "should of."

 

[gay_Aleks]

As long as I only write English, I'm rather good.

Now once I open my mouth that's when problems start.

 

[JohannaK]

I sometimes wonder if it's a writer whose first language is one that doesn't pluralize nouns at all, like Japanese. As someone who has staggered and stumbled through a couple of foreign languages, I can imagine writing something that looks decent for a while, but then has one or two errors that tip off a native speaker. But if you're from an English-speaking country, don't come anywhere near me with "could of", "would of", or "should of."

Well, these errors I can understand perfectly. Phonetically speaking, the weak form of 'have' sounds just like 'of'. But then again this is in informal speech. So.

 

[Arakhor]

But if you're from an English-speaking country, don't come anywhere near me with "could of", "would of", or "should of."

Ooh, I know.

Maybe we should start up a business together!

 

[Kyriakos]

Innit

 

[Arakhor]

If you pronounce all the letters in "innit", you're not saying it correctly.

 

[warpus]

I am trying to act as middleman in the project of introducing my sister's dog to my roommate's dog, so that they can get along while I look after my sister's dog while she is away in Cuba for a week.

It's been so problematic that I just texted my sister that it feels like we're trying to introduce Obama's cat to Putin's dog...

Dog's meet today after work. finally..

Left something in there ^^ for EgonSpengler

 

[JohannaK]

tbh that makes the sentence barely intelligible.

 

[bhavv]

I remember I was taught in first school to not use apostrophes for plurals, only use them when whatever comes after belongs to the previous word.

 

[Snerk]

On the mends after another round of fever and tonsillitis. Man I can't remember ever having so many bouts of illness as I've had this year. It's just been one thing after another. I'm thinking about cutting out people for a few years so I don't catch anything new for a while.

 

[classical_hero]

But if you're from an English-speaking country, don't come anywhere near me with "could of", "would of", or "should of."

You should of been much more understanding than that.

 

[gay_Aleks]

That sounds like Polandball talk.

 

[bhavv]

Could of, should of, would of and innit are all kill mode triggers for me.

I have an unbearable desire to want to seriously harm people who make such obvious errors.

 

[azzaman333]

Could of, should of, would of and innit are all kill mode triggers for me.

I have an unbearable desire to want to seriously harm people who make such obvious errors.

Innit isn't really an error. It's just a contraction of a contraction, innit?

 

[Borachio]

I don't like "off of" myself. I saw a notice pinned to a telegraph pole today. "Please keep off of my wall" it read, and then went on to rant about loose bricks and how passersby didn't have any right to sit, stand or walk on this wall.

Also getting something "for free" should be banned.

But it's useless to complain.

People will mangle the language as they please without a by your leave. It's almost like they think they own it. When, in fact, it belongs to me.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Borachio: the High Overlord of the English Language