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Has MN turned into NM today????

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hairyprawn · 15/09/2012 09:34

I am simply referring to a random sample of threads I have come across today.

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akaemmafrost · 15/09/2012 10:06

I think it was a sterling effort pavlov. I would not know where to begin.

PavlovtheCat · 15/09/2012 10:07

Can't we just ask MNHQ to pull all inappropriate thread titles? like Cunt is not not allowed, so txtspk should not be either surely, it is just as bad no?

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5inthebed · 15/09/2012 10:14

I was going to start a thread like this t'other day. I've noticed a lot of ck and b**s going on across the boards, amongst all the itchiness and hunning.

Makes me sad :(

Three seconds since I did a :( face

MyNeighbourIsStrange · 15/09/2012 10:20

kk so we are no longer allowed to use Cu t? when was this decreed?

X days to my Wedding.
X days to my hen weekend in Brighton.

PunkInDublic · 15/09/2012 10:24

Well someone posted the plot of Jane Eyre as an AIBU and most people clicked right away, so my faith in MN is whole for now.

SoleSource · 15/09/2012 11:26

The future Mrs Rochester is here not NM.

PowerDresser · 15/09/2012 11:38

I offered something on Freecycle the other day. I had a 'phone mustn't forget the apostophe there call that finished it all but also had an e-mail for it before that in textspeak, beginning Hello, Hun. I ignored it. Don't people realise that there are different ways of communicating for different things?

SharpObject · 15/09/2012 12:10

I didn't mean the way we quote punk < like that.

It always turns weird when someone asks again for a like button and a button that lets you copy "quote" the whole post and reply within your reply, I'm not explaining it very well -

here is an example of the quoting I mean

LadyBeagleEyes · 15/09/2012 12:14

I can't do textspeak, either read it or write it.
It takes me ages to decipher a post on a forum, I'm too old for it.Blush
When I text myself I use proper words.

CJCregGOLDandORANGE · 15/09/2012 12:21

I had to run away from the 'Can we have a like button' thread because it was as if I'd inadvertently walked into the 'coffee house'

Since when can we not say cunt? I will get cross if I can't say cunt.

crackcrackcrak · 15/09/2012 12:25

Have the swearing police been out then?

Mrsjay · 15/09/2012 12:30

she sounded desperate and sad I didn't realise being distressed you had to add full stops to be taking seriously Confused

Mrsjay · 15/09/2012 12:31

she sounded desperate and sad I didn't realise being distressed you had to add full stops to be taking seriously

I meant the mum and daughter thread

SirGOLDBoobs · 15/09/2012 12:33

omg hun r u ok?????

^^ That was actually physically painful to type.

I can't take text speak, lack of paragraphs or lack / misuse of grammar seriously. I've tried before. Its like my body rejects it.

SecretCermonials · 15/09/2012 12:36

If cunt goes then MN will literally fall. I love a good bastarding fuck as much of the next person, but cunt is necessary, at times.

Do ya ppl get me hunnies?! Baby dust all round lol lol

SirGOLDBoobs · 15/09/2012 12:37

"... cunt is necessary, at times." Grin Grin

lol lol lol luv ya hun, xxxxxxx

EllenJaneisnotmyname · 15/09/2012 12:44

Please link the Jane Eyre thread, pretty please...

Nagoo · 15/09/2012 13:12

we can say cunt, oliva said cunt this week Shock

cunting sainsbury's was an old thread that was frowned upon, as I recall.

CJCregGOLDandORANGE · 15/09/2012 13:16

I used to be on an AIBU Books thread until we used up all the books we could possibly think of. Sounds a bit like the Jane Eyre one. It was brilliant, I loved it [nostalgic]

Thumbwitch · 15/09/2012 13:21

I loved the "cunting sainsbury's" thread! Was aghast at people whinging about the title.

Can't be doing with txtspk - Pavlov, your example was excellent, took me at least 3 goes to work out wtf you were trying to say!

While perfect grammar is not a pre-requisite, breaking sentences up into readable chunks, using commas and full stops, does rather help with intelligibility. And paragraphs increase the number of people who will bother to read a long post. Soooo - it's up to the poster really - if they want to maximise their chances of decent advice/ response, then effective communication will help (including basic punctuation, whole words and paragraphs).

SirGOLDBoobs · 15/09/2012 13:23

Olivia said cunt? Shock

EllenJaneisnotmyname · 15/09/2012 13:38

Thanks Zombie

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