Author Topic: Contractions (Read 9546 times)

Fiero · « **on:** Feb 16, 2010, 10:43:13 PM »

Fuck them. Seriously. I personally feel they are damned pointless and often make no sense.

I'd = I would / I had / I should? How the fuck does one apostrophe equal almost a WHOLE FUCKING WORD, and three different ones at that!

That is probably the stupid of them, but seriously, I am ready to just say fuck it to all contractions. Fuck it. Seriously.

Rama · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 11:11:34 PM »

When I first saw this...I thought Faye was having the kid or something. Had to do a double take when I saw who posted it.

B E C K · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 11:18:00 PM »

Ha ha, ditto.

OT - Its vs. It's was a stickler for me for a while.

Fiero · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 17, 2010, 12:14:49 AM »

Oh! I totally fucking forgot!! The where / we're and there / their / they're fuckups would be greatly alleviated if it were not for stupid ass contractions.

B E C K · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 17, 2010, 12:26:49 AM »

You're/your/yer

Derrick · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 17, 2010, 06:54:24 AM »

I try to avoid typing them, since they are not supposed to be typed.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 17, 2010, 07:37:52 AM »

Quote from: Rama on Feb 16, 2010, 11:11:34 PM

When I first saw this...I thought Faye was having the kid or something. Had to do a double take when I saw who posted it.

LOL I thought he was talking about that kind of contractions too!

And Fiero, you are going to have to thank your ancestors for those.

Fiero · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 17, 2010, 05:03:13 PM »

No thanks is necessary because they are fucking retarded.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 21, 2010, 12:38:57 PM »

What are you anyways? Didn't you have red hair? So, irish???

B E C K · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 21, 2010, 05:58:56 PM »

If he has red hair then I'm Sandy Claws.

Fiero · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 21, 2010, 10:40:45 PM »

Beard is red. I am some kind of European mutt. At leas English and Irish. Probably others.

B E C K · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 22, 2010, 10:29:05 AM »

Beard is red? Mind is blown!

Fiero · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 22, 2010, 09:22:42 PM »

Quote from: B E C K on Feb 22, 2010, 10:29:05 AM

Beard is red? Mind is blown!

You need a blown mind smiley.

B E C K · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 22, 2010, 10:40:29 PM »

I could've sworn I had one somewhere, but I apparently didn't name it something I'd remember like "brainexplodey.gif".

Rama · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 12:42:58 AM »

Your mind seems to be easily blown.

Fiero · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 03:06:26 AM »

Well perhaps Rama does not know of the prophecy of the red bearded fellow.

Rama · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 12:36:06 PM »

Well my beard is also of the reddish color. Soooo...

Fiero · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 01:07:05 PM »

They have tried to keep the story from us, the men of the beard red, but we must persevere and learn the truth, and the bring the prophecy to fruition, because I hear we are gonna get laid.

Sam · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 03:31:48 PM »

Redheads will soon become extinct. The strong, black-haired people will rule the earth.

Rama · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 04:12:11 PM »

I think then that all of us with the red haired gene should go forth and fuck all the women with the same red haired gene in order to insure the survival of our race.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 04:21:01 PM »

Quote from: Sam on Feb 23, 2010, 03:31:48 PM

Redheads will soon become extinct.

cause they have no soul

The D · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 04:22:07 PM »

Redheads are the kinkiest bitches I know.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 04:36:52 PM »

Quote from: Dangerous D on Feb 23, 2010, 04:22:07 PM

Redheads are the kinkiest bitches I know.

Fiero · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 07:09:26 PM »

I do not have a read head, only a red face.

Rama · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 23, 2010, 11:39:58 PM »

That's how I am as well. My hair just kept getting darker as I got older till it turned brown. Beard is only red when it's short, longer it gets the darker it gets.

B E C K · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 24, 2010, 02:22:36 PM »

Quote from: Faye Valentine on Feb 23, 2010, 04:36:52 PM

Quote from: Dangerous D on Feb 23, 2010, 04:22:07 PM
Redheads are the kinkiest bitches I know.

Rama · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 24, 2010, 04:27:01 PM »

That reminds me. Anyone else see that video of Shaun White explaining what a Tomahawk move was to that reporter? Such a Fail on the reporter's part.

Fiero · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 24, 2010, 05:32:12 PM »

No.

But I did hear about the speed skater that called a reporter stupid because she did not seem to know his name. Fucking dutch asshole.

B E C K · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 24, 2010, 05:46:44 PM »

Was that the poor fellow who got DQ'ed because his coach told him to change lanes?

Quote from: Derrick on Feb 17, 2010, 06:54:24 AM

I try to avoid typing them, since they are not supposed to be typed.

This has kinda been nagging me. What does that mean anyway? Like is Tom-D trying to avoid them so he doesn't stick them in papers, official correspondences and whatnot?

Fiero · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 24, 2010, 05:56:21 PM »

They are not supposed to be used for formal papers. I think forum posts are a legitimate use, as most forum posts are part of a dialogue, and contractions "flow naturally," in conversations. I just think they are stupid.