JimmyPinkerton said:

I look at a handful of fan sites, and Prince.org has by far the most poorly written posts on it. My questions are: does Prince's imaginative spelling in his song titles and lyrics confuse his fans? Or do his fans just not care about writing properly, in a way that makes their posts easily understandable? I've just not seen such poor grammar or spelling on one site anywhere else and I wonder why. Don't mean to be rude, but come on, let's at least attempt to communicate efficiently even if we don't always agree!

Jimmy feel free to correct me anytime, because everyone needs an editor.

If we R Princez fams, we all shud rite lyk dis, NO there iz no CONtract but if U stop counting U will live as long as a tree, C?

NouveauDance said:

If we R Princez fams, we all shud rite lyk dis, NO there iz no CONtract but if U stop counting U will live as long as a tree, C?

/thread

JimmyPinkerton said:

I look at a handful of fan sites, and Prince.org has by far the most poorly written posts on it. My questions are: does Prince's imaginative spelling in his song titles and lyrics confuse his fans? Or do his fans just not care about writing properly, in a way that makes their posts easily understandable? I've just not seen such poor grammar or spelling on one site anywhere else and I wonder why. Don't mean to be rude, but come on, let's at least attempt to communicate efficiently even if we don't always agree!

what, you've never seen anything ?love writes over at okayplayer.com?

nevermind the fact that there are a lot of posters on here for whom English is not their first language.

and I belive your last sentence should have started "I don't mean to be rude...."

beginning it with "Don't mean to be rude" is technically meant to be taken it as a command to the reader, not your own intention.

I've corrected your post for grammar and clarity:

I've seen a handful of fan sites, and Prince.org has, by far, the most poorly written posts. My questions are: 1. Does Prince's imaginative spelling confuse his fans? 2. Are his fans just unconcerned with writing properly?

I just haven't seen such poor grammar and spelling on any other site, and I wonder why.

I don't mean to be rude, but come on. Let's at least attempt to communicate efficiently, even if we don't always agree!

Just doing my part!

shut up.. already damn

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Eye speak good england eye does!!!!

the only thing about the way people write on here that bothers me is the whole 'eye' thing

uuhson said:

the only thing about the way people write on here that bothers me is the whole 'eye' thing

Why pray tell does it bother so???

davetherave6767 said:

uuhson said:

the only thing about the way people write on here that bothers me is the whole 'eye' thing

Why pray tell does it bother so???

it's an annoying afffect. even with Princebonics taking over the world because of text messaging to shorten the number of keys required to type a message, typing out "eye" takes more effort than typing "i". and took an effort to re-train the brain to remember to type it "eye" instead of "i".

and if you're doing it to suck on prince's balls, you might as well put in the extra effort and type out

it's the same amount of characters after all.

"i'll write you a letter when i learn how to spell jimmyplankton"

I have an excuse: I am brazilian, and english is not my native language . But I try to write well.

[Edited 6/21/11 19:54pm]

MickyDolenz said:

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

A better title for your thread would have been, "The use of English on Prince.org."

davetherave6767 said:

Eye speak good england eye does!!!!

I was just about to come here and suggers OP doesn't read YOUR posts

UltraLash said:

I've corrected your post for grammar and clarity:

I've seen a handful of fan sites, and Prince.org has, by far, the most poorly written posts. My questions are: 1. Does Prince's imaginative spelling confuse his fans? 2. Are his fans just unconcerned with writing properly?

I just haven't seen such poor grammar and spelling on any other site, and I wonder why.

I don't mean to be rude, but come on. Let's at least attempt to communicate efficiently, even if we don't always agree!

Just doing my part!

Zoinks!

So JimmyPinkerton, was that enough proper English for you?

Jimmy got SPANKED!

Try to avoid any threads or posts from Imago. That might help.

errant said:

nevermind the fact that there are a lot of posters on here for whom English is not their first language.

But the saddest and most bleedingly true FACT is that normally the poorest English comes from English-speaking natives, especially Americans.

And for worse, they hate to be told so. They don't care about their spelling, thy don't think that's important.

Handling one's native language correctly is the least a human being could do.

It's so shameful to see so many non-English native people write MUCH better than them.

vitriol said:

errant said:

nevermind the fact that there are a lot of posters on here for whom English is not their first language.

But the saddest and most bleedingly true FACT is that normally the poorest English comes from English-speaking natives, especially Americans.

And for worse, they hate to be told so. They don't care about their spelling, thy don't think that's important.

Handling one's native language correctly is the least a human being could do.

It's so shameful to see so many non-English native people write MUCH better than them.

If a post is full of ebonics and other "cute" misspellings, I don't bother reading.

^Well done.

In 95% of cases you won't be missing anything. People who use those normally don't have anything interesting to say.

Same for those who think typing in caps or (coloured) bold letters will make their post more noticed and appreciated.

And when you really have NOTHING to say, you just ornate your lame sentence with a rosary of smileys and add 'I love my Princey'.

vitriol said:

errant said:

nevermind the fact that there are a lot of posters on here for whom English is not their first language.

But the saddest and most bleedingly true FACT is that normally the poorest English comes from English-speaking natives, especially Americans.

And for worse, they hate to be told so. They don't care about their spelling, thy don't think that's important.

Handling one's native language correctly is the least a human being could do.

It's so shameful to see so many non-English native people write MUCH better than them.

Obviously neither do you..

vitriol said:

errant said:

nevermind the fact that there are a lot of posters on here for whom English is not their first language.

But the saddest and most bleedingly true FACT is that normally the poorest English comes from English-speaking natives, especially Americans.

And for worse, they hate to be told so. They don't care about their spelling, thy don't think that's important.

Handling one's native language correctly is the least a human being could do.

It's so shameful to see so many non-English native people write MUCH better than them.

Well you certainly aren't one of them. We see you garble English phrases all the time. So watch where you're throwing your attitude.

[Edited 7/10/11 19:12pm]

^Well, being a foreigner, I know very well my English is far from perfect.

But, honestly, you're the first ever native -if you are one- that has something bad to say about it.

And I don't need anybody's judgement to know perfectly that my English is much better than that of many Americans and a few Britons.

But I can't be bothered paying any attention at what you say. Sorry.

vitriol said:

^Well, being a foreigner, I know very well my English is far from perfect.

But, honestly, you're the first ever native -if you are one- that has something bad to say about it.

And I don't need anybody's judgement to know perfectly that my English is much better than that of many Americans and a few Britons.

But I can't be bothered paying any attention at what you say. Sorry.

Except for twice on this thread already.....

Wow! I payed attention to you twice (and now once more)!

I must've made your day.