| ? posted by Leperous |
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Hrm, methinks something needs to make our written language a bit better (i.e. in a non-pretentious/long winded manner and/or in an Orphish way) at describing meaning, sarcasm, tone etc. |
very funny lep ![]()
| ? posted by Leperous |
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Hrm, methinks something needs to make our written language a bit better (i.e. in a non-pretentious/long winded manner and/or in an Orphish way) at describing meaning, sarcasm, tone etc. |
very funny lep ![]()


| ? posted by Gollum |
| Our written language is perfectly adequate for that task. It's just easier in conversation, and generally people write on forums as though they were conversing. |
you know, i have had my wife read some of my posts that have gotten me into hot water here and she understood what i said, with almost no explanation at all, other that to update here on what the topic was about.
i think the inflections that are missing cause some of the problem, but mainly i think its a manner of how we think, according to where we live, i am not just talking about the US and the UK, i am talking also of the deep south vs. the north east, we all think, actually process words differently.
also i think facial expressions, or the lack thereof, cause many communication issues.
most of all, i think the reason we argue most is, people always assume ill intent first (the ones participating in the argument) when they should always assume its a breakdown in communication.
my first question i ask myself when i read something that irks me is "did i just read that, the way he/she wrote it?"
i cannot count 5 times in 5 years i started a fight, its usually always the other way around, and invariably, its because the other side failed to comprehend.
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| ? posted by scary_jeff |
| I would have thought that the fact that I was talking about Lep selling email addresses automatically turned my post into a joke, as Lep would not even consider doing this. I write this as jeff and being of sound mind |
at least, no less sound that it was when you joined snarkpit eh jeffery ![]()
/runs
on a side note, i would like to say, that snarkpit hasn't run/loaded this slowly in a VERY long time, i sure hope its sorted soon, cause this is rather annoying ![]()

| ? posted by Orpheus | ||||
remember Cass, his grasp of the English language is patchy. Asterix, i came back because i couldn't be away, as bad as it gets around here, its better than the alternative. |
welcome back, then !!
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