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raerae by raerae · Jun 7, 2004 · 341 views · · · Journal

whats with people. who don't know how to use? punctuation. It gets me so annoyed you know.
Im trying to read a journal and i have to; re read it like a. thousand? times because it is
just horribly punc! tuated. do you? know what i (mean).

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thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

i, think its (cause) many: people can t see. they're own? punctuation mistakes! but can see others...

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

that was fun

reaf reafOG 2002 ·

i know with me, its just cause i am not thinking about it so i just type, hence my bad spelling among other reasons, ha

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

i'm usually pretty anal with punctuations, but on here it's like a different world, like it doesn't matter as much. I guess its because i'm doing work also so it's a "quick" comment (response) and no proof-reading.

icescream22 icescream22OG 2004 ·

yea, I think ppl just think "why even take the time?" it's not really gunna make or break ya.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ·

i type like i talk ...

so punctuations are retarded
i never really whip out a marker and put a dot in the air when i'm talking to people so why should i dot a period
i never ask people a question and then put my finger up and make it crooked so it looks like a question mark... but i do put lots of .... .... eclipse gum

flomojopoanode flomojopoanodeFounder ·

Ah, yes, ellipsis gum. mmmmm...

modestjesse modestjesseOG 2004 ·

I wasn't such a great english student in highschool so I at times, probably more often then not, say things improperly. But I think you can always get the gist of what I was saying. I think that's what matters.

But I agree, I can't stand when you have to keep reading something over just to decipher what they were saying.

violetboregaurd violetboregaurdOG 2003 ·

Yea I'm not anal or anything, BUT seriously words spelled incorrectly make me itch. I can't handle it, I have to spell correctly, I've always been able to and I think that I have some kind of ability to spell insane words I have never even read half the time - same goes for punctuation as well... total weird ability... eh.

iwz iwz ·

Haha, sometimes I run news posts for the homepage through a spellchecker and fix them up before I approve them cause it bothers me so much.

raerae raeraeFounder ·

lol.. i remember when someone was talking to you online pretending to be me and you didn't believe them because their spelling was so bad.

hunkpapap hunkpapapOG 2003 ·

so wait, what you're saying here is that there is not only a well read, intelligent person in jersey but a woman? I'm impressed...

iwz iwz ·

haha seriously! dead giveaway. i was like, waaait a sec, I know rachel is a spelling/grammar freak... this just ain't right!

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ·

Forget punctuation... What annoys me most on this site is when an individual says something and it makes absolutley no sense.

raerae raeraeFounder ·

haha... the funniest thing about that is that most of the time you're the worst offender

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ·

Lets break down the word OFFend and see how it applies here. See, It's really two words... OFF and End... and apparently you need to get off my end and go fishing.

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

such eloquency

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ·

eloquent and poignant, kinda like a tastey cookie, am i right?

hunkpapap hunkpapapOG 2003 ·

i'm annoyed at people who don't know how to use the english language in general. Punctuation is a part of that as well..

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

It really annoys me when the English language is not used properly in public speaking.

perrin perrinOG 2004 ·

Personally I always seem to have trouble figuring out where to put commas, I know where periods and such go but the commas just baffle me sometimes.

icescream22 icescream22OG 2004 ·

oh ducks like ran

icescream22 icescream22OG 2004 ·

i'm not sure i wrote that......hmmmmmmmmm?

flomojopoanode flomojopoanodeFounder ·

since we are on the subject of things that tick us off. Noise ticks me off. Let me show you some examples:

My dad talks loud.

In the morning because he talks a lot AND really loud. Night time can be pretty bad, too, though, because he makes his gum snap or crack really loud.

perrin perrinOG 2004 ·

My dad hates the sound of peoplem chewing gum. Growing up we weren't even aloud to chew gum it bothered him so much.

flomojopoanode flomojopoanodeFounder ·

lol, ahh, I bet that was fun!

perrin perrinOG 2004 ·

Yeah we had fun with him of course we always ended up paying for it. lol

icescream22 icescream22OG 2004 ·

My mom talks loud, screams 4 no really good reason at me &&&& she slurps her soup!

raerae raeraeFounder ·

soup slurping is definitely worse than the whole punctuation thing. That and sniffing continuously. I always seem to sit next to a person who is doing this while i'm trying to take a test.

malibu malibuOG 2001 ·

i hate it when people have the ketchup turned the wrong way.

you know those ketchups that have the special flat squeeze part at the top so that you don't have to wait for it all the come out? my lil sisters always turn it the wrong way on purpose. it annoys me to no end. it's made specially so that you won't have to wait for it, why do you make it difficult???? i was even at a restaurant and at all the booths it was upside down. so frustrating!

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rocksupastarFounder ·

wow... spaz... i recommend you get another job... you seem to have too much time on your hands....

malibu malibuOG 2001 ·

no. we dont' have this at my job. it's just all these diners and stuff. you have them to make the customers ketchup to come out easier and then you let it sit the wrong way so it is just as difficult as regular ketchup when it doesn't have to be. how annoying is that?? don't tell me it don't bug you.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

Okay..this bugs me SO much too! People kept doing it at dinner the other night and I kept fixing it!

malibu malibuOG 2001 ·

see mike!??? it is soo annoying. and other people have it too.

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