What an awful name!!

[cilitbang]

I've just received a text to tell me that a friend (of sorts!) has called her poor baby Sloane Anais....WTF??? Am I missing something here or does everyone else agree this is just awful?

Kelly - to be fair to HBurns, using capitals is usually interpreted as someone 'shouting' in forums etc

I didn't call you thick, I said it makes you LOOK thick, I was being daft, trying to do you a favour, etc etc

But it obviously wasn't taken that way. I hope that makes it clearer.

oh my god

LSITD...THAT'S OK...INTERPRET AWAY...I DON'T MEAN OFFENCE BY USING CAPS.
& AS I JUST DEMONSTRATED..IF I AM SHOUTING...YOU WILL KNOW.
HELEN HAS ALREADY EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO READ CAPS.

stop with the caps

its fucking annoying

And fwiw you didn't come across as thick initially, so I did think you would get the joke.

I DON'T NEED YOUR "FAVOURS" SWEETY...DID I ASK YOU FOR FAVOURS?
NO,I DON'T FEEL THREATENED IN THE SLIGHTEST.
WHY SHOULD I?

Do you have a sight problem? Sorry if so.

NOT FUNNY HELEN.
IF I WANT TO USE CAPS...I WILL USE CAPS.
OK?

I'm not trying to be funny,

gosh you really do know how to make friends.

please dont use caps
change your font to large or whatever but dont use caps

I THOUGHT THAT I HAD EXPLAINED THAT BY SAYING THAT IT IS EASIER FOR ME TO READ CAPS?
I DO NOT LIKE MAKING MISTAKES IN MY POSTING.
IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO CHECK.
THAT IS ALL.

You just might find that other people interpret your caps as shouting when you are not shouting.

People are very attuned to the subtleties of how you write on here.

I wanted to warn you so that you didn't get into fights by accident but it appears to be too late for that.

I WASN'T TRYING TO MAKE FRIENDS HELEN.
NO OFFENCE.
I INITIALLY CAME HERE FOR INFORMATION FOR A PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING & SAW SOME THREADS THAT I HAD AN INTEREST IN.

no offence Kelly but if it's easier for you to use caps wouldn't it make more sense to ask everyone else to write in caps. It's not easier to type in caps, it's exactly the same as typing in lower case (the keys are in the same place).

No one should have implied you are thick of course but I think calling someone a bitch is worse.

Go ahead and use caps if you like but I think it's the language you use and attitude you are displaying which is upsetting people more.

Maybe you should take a littel of your own advice and step back and go and have a coffee yourself, so you can chill a bit and then return?

um ok then...

i will be avoiding threads you are on cos caps give me a headache

Kelly MG - I am really surprised that you are insisting on sticking to your guns. It has been pointed out that its considered impolite to 'shout' but you won't back down.

Lets stop this. Its all really ugly

(walks away)

Thanks Kelly.
I honestly didn't mean to imply you were actually thick. Really. I read your posts and thought, 'she sounds pretty bright, I'll risk a silly joke' and thought you would probably know I was only teasing.

Sorry it went a bit off. I don't always judge these things right.

You don't sound thick. Bit rude maybe

and Kelly - you had a different reason for your use of caps in another thread when you said (excuse the caps I copied the post) "I USE CAPS BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT LESS TIME THAN SWITCHING CASE CONSTANTLY,(MY TIME IS LIMITED.)"

please don't get offended but I really think it's wise to take on board other people's advice about the etiquette expected on a forum if you are a new member. It's only polite to do so.

LOL! HELEN LUV...YOU'RE ABOUT THE 3RD.
I JUST FIND IT STRANGE THAT PEOPLE TAKE SUCH OFFENCE.
ISN'T IT MY WORDS & SENTENCES THAT PEOPLE READ & INTERPRET?
SURELY,IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE HOW I TYPE.
HEY,IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A BABY & YOU CAN BARELY STAND FROM LACK OF SLEEP.
(IN A VERY SWEET VOICE,) YOU SAY "NOW,GO TO SLEEP OR MUMMY WILL HAVE TO WRING YOUR NECK & THROW YOU OUT OF THE WINDOW,BABY"
...OH LORD..JUST OPENED MYSELF UP FOR MORE THERE I SUPPOSE...BUT,YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN?

CHRIST BEANIE...WHO AM I TO DICTATE TO EVERYONE ELSE HOW TO TYPE?
THAT'S NOT MY RIGHT.
SURE,IT TAKES ME A WHILE TO READ & RESPOND...AS I'M SURE YOU CAN SEE...BUT,I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT OF PEOPLE.

"ISN'T IT MY WORDS & SENTENCES THAT PEOPLE READ & INTERPRET?
SURELY,IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE HOW I TYPE."

fair enough - you may well have a need to type in Caps but what you say is also aggressive

Goodness me Kelly, you cannot join a forum and expect people to understand if you start breaking the rules...
Other people don't like reading caps. Switching case does not take any longer, because when you do a capital at the start of a sentence you press teh up-arrow key at teh same time as the letter you want capitalised, so no time wasted or lost! (Unless you are a one-fingered poster in which case it could be a bit different)

Typing in caps implies shouting on all forums I have been on. It is just the way it is!

Incidentally (the reason I came here) Sloane Anais both not bad separately, but not sure about them together...

Of course people try hard to read your actual words. We're generally a nice bunch.

It's just harder to switch your eye muscles into reading caps, so many people will just gloss over the post instead of bothering.

It'd be easier for all of us to type in caps tbh, but we don't, because we want everyone else to be able to read what we write without making a huge effort.

It's just our way of being polite, you'll find it on most forums like this.

Also what are we meant to do when we really want to shout?!