How series can you take threads with misspellings in title?

[AlicetheKurious]

Do you have a problem with the way the Brits on the board use standardised English English, as opposed to, say, those of us who use standardized American English?

I was raised on the standardized English English, and that's what I used to be naturally inclined to use. However, the red-underlining on this board annoyed me so much I kept going back and changing my spelling to the American.

Now I've become fully rehabilitated and I automatically use American spelling. One more thing for which I have this board to "thank".

§ê¢rꆧ said:

...does the comma go INSIDE the quotation or OUTSIDE the quotation?

I think that if the quotation marks are on a statement or a piece of dialogue, they go inside; otherwise, they'd go outside.

Like this:

"I hate trying to decipher incoherent posts," she said.

What some people perceive as "incoherent", others may find inspiring and earnest.

[chiggerbit]

Hmmm, looks like Jack abandoned his own thread.

The point I wanted to make about standardised British English and standardized American English was that, if you can accept those differences--and I imagine the prissiest of spellers would--then why can't you accept other differences? Is it because you're big on RULES? I say, vive la différence! Well, unless the misspeller disagrees with my politics.

Besides, I still haven't figured out how to get Opera's spell-checker to operate.

[JackRiddler]

Actually, I hate spell-checker even more. Can't write with that crap on, policing my every word. Every word is underlined until you complete it, meaning that you are always provisionally wrong. Makes me want to murder MS executives. (Wait, did I say murder? Mercy kill! It's legal in Washington State!)

And I don't mind most common usage, even if technically wrong, like my own "there's a lot.." or "hopefully..." and all the rest of the usual peeves of grammar mavens.

You might write with misspellings and poor grammar and yet have narrative continuity, strong turns of phrase, the facts and the logic all on your side. No doubt, I've seen it often.

So I swear, I specifically mean thread titles. Because you can't avoid reading them.

Like here's one on GD right now:

"Moon Anomalies new movie,ebook"

That's a double. Can't be bothered to put a space in after the comma? Also inconsistent capitalizing, or else failing to clarify that the first two words are the book title. Add that it's obviously moon hoax bullshit, and I know I'm never gonna click on that. Gives the impression of someone cutting and pasting, anyway (since that sometimes produces the artifact of no space after the comma).

Forgive me.

[barracuda]

How's about...

Denver Airport High Wierdness Continues

The common rule straight out of 2nd grade english of "I before E except after W" was lazily ignored here. TOTAL FACE-PALM!

Here are a few words and phrases that one simply should ought never EVER have gotten wrong around here, but fuck me up nevertheless always when I encounter them:

weird - Please get this one right. 97% of our discussions center upon this concept. Fundamentals, people.

UFO spelled as "WOO" - a very common error.

Zion, zionist - someoftentimes rendered as xionist, or n-a-z-i. Confusing.

keyword highjacking - or is it hijacking? And why is it abbreviated as KWH rather than KH, or KWHJ? And do we really need "KWHing" as a possibility? Let's attempt to standardise the HMW nomenclature.

Mind Kontrol with a "K" - Certain subjects don't respond well to being cutened up this way, this perhaps being one of those. Frivolous.

ARG - is this the pirate-uttered gutteral or the soul-destroying time waster? Clarify through context, please.

And while we're on the subject, consider thread titles which get cut off due to lack of space.

ABC News "Kinky" sex on rise - bigtime KWH (TRIGGE

This just won't do, lbo. At first glance I thought the thread was about one of Sarah Palin's children. Honestly, couldn't the superfluous "bigtime" modifier have been abandoned in the name of, I don't know, closure or something? Or what of this construction:

2 Japnse natls. arrsted w/ $134 Billion in bonds into Swtzld

Okay pepsified thinker gets points here for title condensation, but at what cost?? These abbreviations are simply not functioning intuitively whatsoever at all. "Swtzld"??? What the devil is that? May as well just write potzrebie, or furshlugginer or somesuch. And "arrsted"? This sounds suspiciously like the way the more crusty denizens of the British Isles refer to getting butt-fucked.* Just read that thread title aloud phonetically sometime when the room is cleared of children and you'll see what I mean.

Here's another recent example that gave me Möbius panties...

Photo sparks push for new cloud type

seemslikeadream, I know you meant well, but think about encountering that declarative completely without prejudice or aforethought and I think you'll agree it contains in its ambiguity the main reason your thread received what is certainly every posters worst fear: zero replies. I mean, what are photo sparks in the first place? Do I want to care?

And don't even get me started on the double periods or truncated ellipses, like

Mena Clinton Vince foster etc.. resources

because even I'll admit that to bring that one up in the context of this thread, well, that's just nit-picky. Even if it does grate like a fucking sharpened sand grain under the eyelid.

I'm done now. Thanks Jack for letting me get this off my chest.

* Speaking of which, does it drive anyone else insane when AhabsOtherLeg drops into his gaelic patois? Can we all agree to write in that manner for a week or a day sometime?

[AhabsOtherLeg]

Speaking of which, does it drive anyone else insane when AhabsOtherLeg drops into his gaelic patois? Can we all agree to write in that manner for a week or a day sometime?

Dinnae ken whit yur oan aboot, Barra. It's not even Gaelic. It's lowland Doric Scots slang - ie. drunk.

You must understand drunk. You've been here longer than me.

Can we all agree to write in that manner for a week or a day sometime?

Aye. Fur wance ah'll ken whit ye's ur aw oan aboot, an yous wullnae huv a scooby!

C'mon, it's not complex. If you can't figure out "bawbag" you're not going to track down the real perpetrators of the 9/11 atrocity. Cos they wur aw bawbags.

Anyway, the only thing that ever annoys me is the acronyms for things I don't know about. Even CNBC had me wondering for a while. But that's my problem.

[chiggerbit]

Oh, don't mind barracuda, Ahab--he's just jealous because American women get all giddy around men with a Scots accent. I think it may have more to do with those kilts, though, to tell the truth. Low hanging fruit and all that.

[AhabsOtherLeg]

Oh, don't mind barracuda, Ahab--he's just jealous because American women get all giddy around men with a Scots accent.

Why was I not informed of this?

I mean, how come ah wisnae tellt aboot it, eh?

I think it may have more to do with those kilts, though, to tell the truth.

Aye, see, they're only looking to steal my skirt. Away with ye, she-devils!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIWRu_rfsUU

Is this still RigInt?

[chiggerbit]

Why was I not informed of this?

Yer kidding, right? It's a well-known fact.

Here's a discussion I found on a quick search:

http://www.scotland.com/forums/personal ... men-8.html

[barracuda]

What in the name of all that is holy is a "bawbag"?

Google Translate is no help here - there's no option for English >> Drunken Scot.

And as long as we're here... a Scooby? I only know one Scooby.

I daesnaote ken this shite at all waetimes, ney.

[chiggerbit]

~sigh~

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bawbag

1. bawbag 273 up, 18 down
Glasgow, Scotland origin, derogitary name given to one who is annoying, useless or just plain stupid. To compare one with such an ugly part of the male anatomy should be insult enough...
"Look you fuckin' bawbag, you are about as useful as a tit with no nipple."
by Jamie Aug 12, 2003 share this
2. bawbag 180 up, 24 down
Scots, literally "ball bag": scrotum (derogatory)
The guy who put the original definition for bawbag appears to be a bit of a bawbag!
by Gezza T Apr 9, 2003 share this
3. Bawbag 179 up, 55 down
A Scottish term for English professional footballer David Beckham. Usually chanted by pissed up Scots before, during and after football matches.
Beckham is a Bawbag,
Beckham is a Bawbag....

[chiggerbit]

Here we say, "..as useless as tits on a hog".

[chiggerbit]

Three of 28 explanations for Scooby:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Scooby

4. scooby 50 up, 26 down
When a piece of ash or bud flies into your mouth during the act of chiefing
Jimmy was chiefing down the last hit of the bowl when a scooby flew into his mouth.
by AllYourBass Mar 17, 2004 share this
5. scooby 47 up, 28 down
The act of taking a massive crap.
Me- Dude, Spence, I gotta take a massive scooby!!!
crap poop slang scooby-doo poo
by Stoked Dec 9, 2005 share this
6. scooby 42 up, 22 down
another work for a joint
pass dat scooby

[AhabsOtherLeg]

Not having that. My scooby's nothin' to do with illegal drugs - especially not rubbish illegal drugs like hash.

A Scooby is a Scooby Doo. A clue.

Cockney rhyming slang, but dumber. I'm Hank Marvin, by the way.

If you don't have a scooby about what's going on here, you're much like myself, and welcome to it.

All the definitions of bawbag seem right enough, though. Can't argue.

[chiggerbit]

I tried to come back and post another definition, but I couldn't get into RI:

3. scooby 74 up, 40 down
English slang:
"scooby doo" = clue

As in:
- "What time are we going out"
- "I ain't got a fucking scooby mate"

[chiggerbit]

Maybe we should start a slang/acronym thead.