ChatterBank2 mins ago
Is It Too Much To Ask?
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I have just read a thread with a reply that I simply cannot understand as it is using abbreviations/street slang/local dialect/I don't know what.
When such posts are queried the questioner is frequently vilified with a similarly unintelligible response.
Can anyone please tell me why adults feel the need to use such inane phrasing that is to many of us complete gibberish? If it was an obvious short cut I would understand but quite frequently the gibberish word is longer than the dictionary listed version.
We have a hard enough time struggling through posts that are poorly punctuated and have a total absence of paragraphs, to add translating gibberish just adds to the mire.
Given that this a Q&A site it would be a good thing if both the Q&A were easily understood?
When such posts are queried the questioner is frequently vilified with a similarly unintelligible response.
Can anyone please tell me why adults feel the need to use such inane phrasing that is to many of us complete gibberish? If it was an obvious short cut I would understand but quite frequently the gibberish word is longer than the dictionary listed version.
We have a hard enough time struggling through posts that are poorly punctuated and have a total absence of paragraphs, to add translating gibberish just adds to the mire.
Given that this a Q&A site it would be a good thing if both the Q&A were easily understood?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I sympathise with you, Eccles. It is certainly irritating when one reads a thread that is obviously written by someone who wants to put over a message, but manages to make that message unintelligible. Some people really do talk in the way that you describe, and they naively believe that others can understand them. The easy way out is to just ignore them, and have a look at Crosswords or Quizzes and Puzzles.
And that is precisely what I do Woofgang when I cannot get me head around an OP. However, the gibberish responses are of no use to man nor beast if they are unintelligible. It frustrates me when I read drivel from apparently intelligent folk who seemingly have something to offer but insist on using a phrasing that is so difficult to understand. It strikes me as a sad waste of everyone's time and intellect.
Ecclescake, I sympathise with you.
I think these posters are intelligent enough to post in plain English, but feel more confident posting in their local argot.
I think it is laziness, and give their posts little attention.
The English language is very widely recognised and spoken throughout the world.
Surely best to post in a language understood by most if us.
I think these posters are intelligent enough to post in plain English, but feel more confident posting in their local argot.
I think it is laziness, and give their posts little attention.
The English language is very widely recognised and spoken throughout the world.
Surely best to post in a language understood by most if us.