sorry chap...this is how i write when i write informally...i kinda like the t.s. eliot style, kinda suits me...
(i know you were just joking, but i couldn't resist calling you "chap" for some reason :P )
God bless
KaraLynn
You're an AOL user, right?
http://ssshotaru.homestead.com/files/aolertranslator.html
Welcome to FR. At the risk of harping on style v. substance, if you look at mosts posts on FR, folks try to write in a way that's readable and coherent, and not like they are teenagers in an AOL chat room.
I've found myself conciously or unconciously avoiding posts that are tedious to read because of run-on sentences (lack of capitalization can appear that way), line breaks every 5 words, or lack of paragraph breaks. One person on FR writes solely in Japanese stanzas, for some reason, which I find completely unreadable.
Yes, I probably miss a good idea or two by skipping such posts, but I make up for it elsewhere.
Hi Kara and welcome to FR. I'm glad you can take some ribbing!
i was thinking
along the lines
of
eecummings
Is there a feminine version of "chap?"
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Yes, its called writing incorrectly or poorly.
It reflects badly on you and on the site.
Unless you are running a mac, which removes your ability to capitalize the letter "I".
bade speilung. an iregularr puntuashun: our rood couse they make you're? reedahs worck a lot haada to figger ut whatcha try an sey!
e e cummings did not write informally. His writing was highly structured.
Look at the situation this way: unlike other chatrooms, millions of people who depend on their writing skills for their livelihood read this BBS every day and the entire record is archived. At least do it for the high horsepower eyes that scan the day's proceedings for any sign of original or critical thought and authority.