Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:40 pm
Just been reading a report that younger people are now finding full-stops offensive and 'abrupt'...WTAF?
Disgraceful and offensive,this punctuation lark.
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Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:51 pm
Wait until you see what they are saying about commas and semicolons !!!
Disgraceful and offensive,this punctuation lark.
Disgraceful and offensive,this punctuation lark.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:51 pm
I blame their parentheses.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:52 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:53 pm
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:07 pm
Did you read it and think.... young people, so softClaretDiver wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:40 pmJust been reading a report that younger people are now finding full-stops offensive and 'abrupt'...WTAF?
Or did you read it and think...... I’ll
Never get the time I wasted reading this nonsensical illogical report?
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:10 pm
I was genuinely interested in the thinking behind the linguists who conducted the study.dandeclaret wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:07 pmDid you read it and think.... young people, so soft
Or did you read it and think...... I’ll
Never get the time I wasted reading this nonsensical illogical report?
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:15 pm
I don't agree. Period.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:16 pm
I've been talking to lots of young people about this. Its just modern text language and how its interpreted. Most interactions don't end with full stops.
So if your texting / messaging or whatever, a full stop basically indicates, 'end of conversation' or someone is is not willing to discuss the topic any further.
So if a person was to text:-
Are we still going to the cinema tonight?
No
That's the answer, probably too busy to go into detail - a follow up likey though
Are we still going to the cinema tonight?
No.
That's that. Why are they ****** off?
So if your texting / messaging or whatever, a full stop basically indicates, 'end of conversation' or someone is is not willing to discuss the topic any further.
So if a person was to text:-
Are we still going to the cinema tonight?
No
That's the answer, probably too busy to go into detail - a follow up likey though
Are we still going to the cinema tonight?
No.
That's that. Why are they ****** off?
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:24 pm
But I've also noticed that sarcasm doesn't work - you HAVE to put a smiley face or a winky face or 'jk' because people are too thick to understand.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:48 pm
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:16 pm
Cool, another made up story to brand a whole generation of youngsters as over sensitive.
Let's test it, to see just how snowflakey they are. Which of these gets you most angry and agitated?
"Rule Britannia is being removed from Last Night of the Proms"
or
"Rule Britannia is being removed from Last Night of the Proms."
Let's test it, to see just how snowflakey they are. Which of these gets you most angry and agitated?
"Rule Britannia is being removed from Last Night of the Proms"
or
"Rule Britannia is being removed from Last Night of the Proms."
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:30 pm
The sentence with a full stop in, if you were to send it as a text message might be interpreted that its matter of fact and you're not happy.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:45 pm
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:48 pm
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:54 pm
Any one else had to look up parentheses, or am i
the only thicko ( second thoughts don't answer that )
the only thicko ( second thoughts don't answer that )
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:55 pm
I used to have an aunty who wrote long letters without one singe full stop. She used to talk like that as well.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:04 pm
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:11 pm
Most women doCirrus_Minor wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:55 pmI used to have an aunty who wrote long letters without one singe full stop. She used to talk like that as well.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:51 pm
My Geordie Uncle is a canny linguist, so my Auntie says.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:06 pm
Black Dots Matter
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:18 am
Women’s problems are no joke. Period.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:35 am
I've stumbled across this excellent video explaining this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS4X1JfX6_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS4X1JfX6_Q
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:55 pm
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 1:40 pm
claptrappers_union wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:16 pmI've been talking to lots of young people about this. Its just modern text language and how its interpreted. Most interactions don't end with full stops.
So if your texting / messaging or whatever, a full stop basically indicates, 'end of conversation' or someone is is not willing to discuss the topic any further.
So if a person was to text:-
Are we still going to the cinema tonight?
No
That's the answer, probably too busy to go into detail - a follow up likey though
Are we still going to the cinema tonight?
No.
That's that. Why are they ****** off?
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:25 pm
Read it a while ago in the Guardian. One of their young writers penned it.ClaretDiver wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:40 pmJust been reading a report that younger people are now finding full-stops offensive and 'abrupt'...WTAF?
Daily Snowflake. Many of these young people today really need something to be upset about.
Re: Full Stops...
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:27 pm