Lingua Franca

An exploration of the uses and misuses of the English language, including amusing signage, mind-boggling linguistic contortions, grammatical debates, etymological musings, and other forays of interest to those of us obsessed with this strange and often absurd language.

7.06.2009

*sigh*

I haven't been able to gather my thoughts enough to write any deep posts lately, so I'm reduced to pointing out, in passing, annoying things I see. Such as this comment on a friend's Facebook status:

"yeah, no your talking!"


Somehow the combination of the typo, the stupid your/you're error, and the enthusiastic exclamation point just epitomized so much of the language I see every day (especially online).
Posted by Alexis

3 comments:

  1. AlekseiJuly 6, 2009 at 4:55 PM

    One thing I find incredibly annoying in internet speak is the use of chat acronyms as punctuation. you often see things like, "Oh yea I know he's crazy lol"

    but "yeah, no your talking!" really is quintessential 21st century English. It's sort of perfect.

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  2. AlexisJuly 6, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    Oh yea your so right, I h8 that 2 lmao!! Their all so dum wtf?

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  3. AlekseiJuly 6, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    rotflmaoksibuytoiinmmgo8d45sf!!!!!1!

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