Anti Email Geldof

[Howard]

I never really shorten my words on IM or anywhere online really... Only use acronyms like lmao, lol, tbh, and so forth

[Ramedge]

Fair enough for IM, but the day i see 'tbh' or 'imo' in anything formal I think i'll cry.

hahaha!

I believe the term "To google","googling" and "google" are now in the dictionary, which is great google is great term for 'to search' or 'to find'

i wonder in if inlike another 50-100 years we will see Abreviations in the language.

[Skii]

Never.

Doesnt give him the right to do charity appearance, for example during the run up to live8 he bumped his appearance prices from about 5k, to 50k, none of that money went to charity, it went to him

If that is true he needs a jolly good virtual head-kick.

whump

delivered

[Ramedge]

i say we all send bob gmail invites.

[Trippledence]

hahaha!

I believe the term "To google","googling" and "google" are now in the dictionary, which is great google is great term for 'to search' or 'to find'

i wonder in if inlike another 50-100 years we will see Abreviations in the language.

Thats not too strange really. Ever done the 'Hoovering'.

[TheAnimus]

i can't find my sellotape.

I never understand why watresses look at your funnily when you say "cola" because its pepsi/coke/virgin they just want you to use the brand name. Yet lemonade they always get when you mean sprite or 7up

[Ramedge]

i can't find my sellotape.

I never understand why watresses look at your funnily when you say "cola" because its pepsi/coke/virgin they just want you to use the brand name. Yet lemonade they always get when you mean sprite or 7up

lol - next time a waitress comes up to you ask her for "A beer"

[Mutley]

I think along with text messages and Instant messaging, e-mail IS undermining the English language and is encouraging people to be more lazy when writing...even the likes of Microsoft's Office Suite namely "Word" is also a culprit of the demise of the English laguage...

That said, everyone who sends e-mails, text messages and instant messages knows that they are not formal methods of communication and as such, perfect spelling and grammar is not essential however, when I'm using MSN Messenger I type with the correct English as long as I have time, but if I'm having a heated debate / arguement then I degrade my english to something faster to type, for example, I usually type "thru" as ooposed to the correct "through"...

I think its good to type the correct English, with the correct terminology, grammar and spellings every now and again...

I personally think, Bob Geldof is a grumpy old man who has nothing to do but moan about everything and in his rant he forgot to notice that e-mails are an informal method of communication and were never intended to take over paper letters...

And thats my 2 cents...

NOTE: I've taken great care to make sure that this post is free of errors and other defects so as to not be a hypocrite..

Except for "arguement" of course....

[herulach]

lol - next time a waitress comes up to you ask her for "A beer"

Ah, but thats different isnt it, how often have you been in a place where they sold more than one brand of cola? Personally i always say coke, cos pepsi tastes like sweetened pig swill and id rather drink water.

[Trippledence]

i can't find my sellotape.

I never understand why watresses look at your funnily when you say "cola" because its pepsi/coke/virgin they just want you to use the brand name. Yet lemonade they always get when you mean sprite or 7up

I was under the impression at Sprite, and prehaps 7up as well there Lemon and Lime...

I alwase ask for coke, and am slighly disapointed by Pepsi, which doesnt have the same Massively sucsessful advertisng campain taste.

[Ramedge]

usally when you say "coke" its what ever type of cola they sell.
nothing to get excited about
personally i prefer something more refreshing like a double whiskey lol! (ermm no thank you)