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Daughter Scooter has a site on "Music MySpace." It's public, anyone can access it, she uses her real name, and her "friends" can comment. ("Friends" meaning kids her age who have a "MySpace" account. Although my girl inexplicably wrote in her profile that she lives in California-should I be concerned about the quality of her education or is she wiser than I think she is?)
Anyway, mom also gets a chance to check out these "friends." Most of them I know-and ALL of them use a language that sort of resembles English written by someone who's had a massive stroke.
Today, however, I noticed a picture and a posting by a "young man" who looks suspiciously like he may have just committed an armed robbery. And I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that Harvard is not in his future.
His Post, Verbatim:
"WHOA is that u singing!!!??? nd i dont know ur damn last name to be ur other myspace friend nd it pisses me off!!>:-o"
Where do I begin???
First of all Einstein, her last name is RIGHT THERE... and you had to type it into your stupid computer to GET to get to the site in the first place.
Secondly, do you have something against the word "and?" Too much trouble to bother writing those other really long 3 and 4 letter words correctly? And those goofy symbols at the end of your post-do they MEAN something or did your "bling" accidentally hit the keyboard?
Finally, what's with the gangsta wannabe photo? Was that taken to send along with your resume to The Crips Corporation?
I don't know him. I'm pretty sure my daughter doesn't know him. And never will. Never ever. He may NOT be her "other myspace friend" or she'll be double grounded for life.
Anyway, mom also gets a chance to check out these "friends." Most of them I know-and ALL of them use a language that sort of resembles English written by someone who's had a massive stroke.
Today, however, I noticed a picture and a posting by a "young man" who looks suspiciously like he may have just committed an armed robbery. And I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that Harvard is not in his future.
His Post, Verbatim:
"WHOA is that u singing!!!??? nd i dont know ur damn last name to be ur other myspace friend nd it pisses me off!!>:-o"
Where do I begin???
First of all Einstein, her last name is RIGHT THERE... and you had to type it into your stupid computer to GET to get to the site in the first place.
Secondly, do you have something against the word "and?" Too much trouble to bother writing those other really long 3 and 4 letter words correctly? And those goofy symbols at the end of your post-do they MEAN something or did your "bling" accidentally hit the keyboard?
Finally, what's with the gangsta wannabe photo? Was that taken to send along with your resume to The Crips Corporation?
I don't know him. I'm pretty sure my daughter doesn't know him. And never will. Never ever. He may NOT be her "other myspace friend" or she'll be double grounded for life.
posted by Bemisdown at 5:25 PM
10 Comments:
HA! I mispelled "Einstein" AND "verbatim" in the process of making fun of someone else's spelling! That's pretty close to illegal.
Well, at least gangsta boy will never see this.
I'll send you Scooter's link-(Beautiful picture of her on stage in the paper today by the way)
And I'm sorry to hear about your daughter's divorce. She's young-she'll bounce right back.
Lots of people my age have myspace accounts, and I hate them. Can't anyone spell properly these days? Am I the only teenager around who actually can spell?
I much prefer my blogger account. At least I can talk about things more interesting on here, instead of talking to a 10 year old 'gangster' who can't spell to save his life.
Helen x
Motheragawd-
I sent the address to your blog...Not really sure what sense that makes, but noone's ever accused ME of being an "Einstein."
Helen,
I'm laying off bad spellers from now on.
But the MySpace/IM thing seems to have
created a culture of PURPOSEFULLY stupid writing.
(Note Everyone I said "purposefully.." as opposed to the occasional ACCIDENTAL and innocent misspelling!!!!)
Even kids who are perfectly articulate fall into the trap.
And let's not even get into the dictionary sized list of "internet acronyms..." My kid will actually SAY to me "BRB Mom!" And I do not LOL when she does it.
I can't speak for kids in the U.K., but
as a teacher I can say with some confidence that kids here have overall become worse spellers and writers over the years. There are LOTS of reasons why this is the case, but I think it's primarily because so many kids don't read anymore.
Anyway, keep writing!
Motheragawd,
For some reason the site didn't show up on your blogisphere.
So what the hell-I'M the one who said it was public!
www.myspace.com/madioleary
And YES Motheragawd,
Unless I come up with a "Theory About My Relatives," bad things will happen to you if you refer to me as Einstein sarcastically again.
Consider yourself on probation.
Ok Helen....
I can't access your site for some reason but you can access mine.
What's up with that? Just curious, especially since I spent a fraction of my life studying in your country.
Again, just curious. I may just be a Computer Dolt.
"Tori Spelling"
Clinky,
How do you spell "random?"
Tori Spelling probably can't even "spell" her own last name.
You've got me all stressed now...was that an apology I heard?
Motheragawd,
Dug up some old photos of yours and mine when they were young and cute hamming it up wearing the exact same outfits.
Cracked me up-I'm pretty sure that's the last time THAT'S ever going to happen!
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