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raerae by raerae · Jun 7, 2004 · 328 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 #1 thatdarngirlOG 2002

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

thatdarngirl #1.1 thatdarngirlOG 2002

that was fun

reaf #1.2 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 #2 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 #2.1 icescream22OG 2004

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

ilikebirds #3 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 #3.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

Ah, yes, ellipsis gum. mmmmm...

modestjesse #4 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 #5 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 #5.1 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 #5.1.1 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 #5.1.1.1 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 #5.1.1.2 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 #6 ilikebirdsOG 2002

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

raerae #6.1 raeraeFounder

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

ilikebirds #6.1.1 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 #6.1.1.1 socalgalOG 2003

such eloquency

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

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

hunkpapap #7 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 #7.1 thatdarngirlOG 2002

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

perrin #8 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 #9 icescream22OG 2004

oh ducks like ran

icescream22 #9.1 icescream22OG 2004

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

flomojopoanode #10 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 #10.1 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 #10.1.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

lol, ahh, I bet that was fun!

perrin #10.1.1.1 perrinOG 2004

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

icescream22 #10.2 icescream22OG 2004

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

raerae #10.2.1 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 #11 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!

rocksupastar #11.1 rocksupastarFounder

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

malibu #11.1.1 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 #11.2 thatdarngirlOG 2002

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

malibu #11.2.1 malibuOG 2001

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

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