Author Topic: Does anyone else think contractions are stupid? (Read 17135 times)

Fiero · « **on:** Aug 01, 2012, 11:33:59 AM »

I do not know why, but every now and again I challenge myself to not use contractions.

There is something about them that makes me angry.

Am I alone in this thought?

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1 on:** Aug 01, 2012, 06:06:24 PM »

I thought you were talking about giving birth- related contractions LOL

joe · « **Reply #2 on:** Aug 01, 2012, 09:55:52 PM »

It only bothers me when people use contractions improperly, otherwise I have no problem using them myself.

Rama · « **Reply #3 on:** Aug 01, 2012, 11:15:05 PM »

I don't use them. You'd think everyone would wise up and stop. We'd be better off if they did. You're not going to convince me we need them.

joe · « **Reply #4 on:** Aug 01, 2012, 11:39:20 PM »

Let's put an end to contractions before it's too late.

B E C K · « **Reply #5 on:** Aug 02, 2012, 12:38:29 AM »

I do not think they are stupid.

Fiero · « **Reply #6 on:** Aug 02, 2012, 11:11:07 AM »

Well ain't that 'bout a'bitch.

B E C K · « **Reply #7 on:** Aug 02, 2012, 02:18:15 PM »

Why do you not like contractions?

Fiero · « **Reply #8 on:** Aug 02, 2012, 02:57:57 PM »

I sort of feel like they dumb down the English language even more than it already is.

Rama · « **Reply #9 on:** Aug 02, 2012, 02:59:41 PM »

I'll take contractions over text speak any day.

Fiero · « **Reply #10 on:** Aug 02, 2012, 03:57:01 PM »

Quote from: Rama on Aug 02, 2012, 02:59:41 PM

I'll take contractions over text speak any day.

But it started somewhere, and somewhere is contractions.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #11 on:** Aug 02, 2012, 05:06:26 PM »

Quote from: Fiero on Aug 02, 2012, 02:57:57 PM

I sort of feel like they dumb down the English language even more than it already is.

I'd say it doesn't dumb it down...you have to have a tiny bit more sophisticated understanding of the language to use them. But if you want to emulate Data, then that's cool, too.

Rama · « **Reply #12 on:** Aug 02, 2012, 09:21:00 PM »

He just wants to bang Tasha Yar.

B E C K · « **Reply #13 on:** Aug 03, 2012, 12:39:02 AM »

Pfft! Who doesn't?

joe · « **Reply #14 on:** Aug 03, 2012, 07:27:17 AM »

I never really found her very attractive.

Fiero · « **Reply #15 on:** Aug 03, 2012, 11:15:07 AM »

I find her nearly repulsive.

B E C K · « **Reply #16 on:** Aug 03, 2012, 12:03:51 PM »

Put a bag over her head.

Fiero · « **Reply #17 on:** Aug 03, 2012, 12:41:59 PM »

Quote from: B E C K on Aug 03, 2012, 12:03:51 PM

Put a bag over her head.

I don't find her body attractive, either. At least not on Star Trek. I saw a picture of her in normal 90s clothes and she looked ridiculous because she was wearing 90s clothes but she did seem more attractive.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #18 on:** Aug 03, 2012, 06:57:54 PM »

It's hard for me to find anyone attractive in TNG, as I found everyone to be pretty dull.

Rama · « **Reply #19 on:** Aug 05, 2012, 02:55:23 AM »

That Riker is a hot piece of man meat...

I mean....Whoopi Goldberg?

Fiero · « **Reply #20 on:** Aug 05, 2012, 11:44:53 AM »

Quote from: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 03, 2012, 06:57:54 PM

It's hard for me to find anyone attractive in TNG, as I found everyone to be pretty dull.

Honestly, I was mostly attracted to Beverly Crusher.

Rama · « **Reply #21 on:** Aug 06, 2012, 02:47:45 AM »

I wouldn't mind spending some time with Ensign Ro.

Fiero · « **Reply #22 on:** Aug 06, 2012, 10:34:05 AM »

Quote from: Rama on Aug 06, 2012, 02:47:45 AM

I wouldn't mind spending some time with Ensign Ro.

She's alright, but she's got weird eyebrows and that hair is awful and I don't know if I could deal with the ridges. And I prefer hoops to the sort of earrings she wears.

B E C K · « **Reply #23 on:** Aug 07, 2012, 02:07:46 AM »

Quote from: Rama on Aug 06, 2012, 02:47:45 AM

I wouldn't mind spending some time with Ensign Ro.

....played by Nana Visitor.

Chopper Face 69 · « **Reply #24 on:** Aug 07, 2012, 07:36:56 AM »

Not sure big on any of the main cast members of most Star Trek shows but a lot of the one of guests stars were super hot, including some actresses which later went on to do other stuff like Ashley Judd, Terri Hatcher and the chick with three boobs from Total Recall.

joe · « **Reply #25 on:** Aug 07, 2012, 07:48:26 AM »

Jesus Christ.

Ashley Judd is fucking busted now. Surgical overload! And Terri Hatcher's on her way there, too.

Chopper Face 69 · « **Reply #26 on:** Aug 07, 2012, 09:43:54 AM »

Well they're both showing signs of age but I still think Ashley Judd is decently hot. Terri Hatcher's way over the hill but she was hot as hell right through Superman. Both were younger and therefore hotter when they were on TNG, but that show is 25 years old so...

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #27 on:** Aug 07, 2012, 10:17:01 AM »

NIIRC, Nana Visitor played Major Kira, not Ensign Ro.

Fiero · « **Reply #28 on:** Aug 07, 2012, 11:00:47 AM »

Quote from: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 07, 2012, 10:17:01 AM

NIIRC, Nana Visitor played Major Kira, not Ensign Ro.

Correct. Ensign Ro was played by Michelle Forbes, whose most notable roles, at least to me, are Maryann Forester on True Blood and Admiral Helena Cain on Battlestar Galactica.

Apparently she has been in a shit-ton of stuff. Maybe turning down DS9 was a good choice for her. Nana Visitor seems to have had bit roles since her DS9 run except for some show called Wildfire, and she was on Dark Angel, but nobody noticed because Jessica Alba's lips at that time took up the entire screen.

B E C K · « **Reply #29 on:** Aug 07, 2012, 07:19:35 PM »

I know who Nana Visitor played, it was a joke.