One of my big forum nonos is to put things in CAPS when I want to emphasize something. I realize that it might seem to others like I'm SCREAMING...when I really should just use italics.
What's one of YOUR favorite forum/email/internet nonos?
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
(I corrected it )
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
Once I see a poster I like, I stalk her through every thread.
Oh hi Narnia! Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
deleted because now I get it.
*waves at Beren*
[ January 08, 2005, 07:19 AM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
I feel like I've missed something...
*eyes thread suspiciously*
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
None. I always do everything correctly.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
*chortle* It's true though you should ALWAYS italicise for emphasis.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
A good rule of thumb:
If you want it to be possessive, it's just "I-T-S." But, if it's supposed to be a contraction then it's "I-T-apostrophe-S," scalawag!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
oh, and I did do the NoNos right.
like 1980s instead of 1980's.
Apostrophes are not to be used for my amusement!!
Posted by Trisha the Severe Hottie (Member # 6000) on :
Extraneous exclamation points? frag P.S. Did you mean to capitalize whimsically and use an ellipsis in your thread title? I guess the use of "you" and the parentheses was also deliberate. Hrmmph. I was going to say something different but I can't remember what it was.
[ January 08, 2005, 12:14 PM: Message edited by: Trisha the Severe Hottie ]
Posted by Trisha the Severe Hottie (Member # 6000) on :
Oh, yeah. I sometimes italicize movie titles and sometimes use quotes. It may look like I'm just ignorant, but deep down I'm very judgemental about which movies have the stature of a play or book and which are more like a magazine article. i.e. "Shark Tale" vs. Finding Nemo .
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Oh yeah, that's another one that I do terribly...elipses...it's like I'm still thinking and haven't finished the thought...
I just need to use punctuation already! (I know)
I did mean to capitalize though.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote: It may look like I'm just ignorant, but deep down I'm very judgemental about which movies have the stature of a play or book and which are more like a magazine article. i.e. "Shark Tale" vs. Finding Nemo
HAH! I like that! I might just adopt that as a convention myself!
Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :
I'm not sure if it's a "no-no" or not, but I never proofread before I post...
And then, 10 minutes later I read it and I see I wrote, "George Bush is the best President we've had in years!"
So then, I have to edit the post so it correctly reads, "gerog3 bush si a no-bra1n ahXOr job, suX0r!!!!!!!!!!~~~"
Edit: See! I originally spelled "correctly," "coreectly" and posted before I proofread...
[ January 08, 2005, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: Godric ]
Posted by Trisha the Severe Hottie (Member # 6000) on :
I sometimes use smilies as punctuation too. Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
quote:Oh, yeah. I sometimes italicize movie titles and sometimes use quotes. It may look like I'm just ignorant, but deep down I'm very judgemental about which movies have the stature of a play or book and which are more like a magazine article. i.e. "Shark Tale" vs. Finding Nemo .
I pretty much use quotation marks to designate the titles of things (books, films, TV shows) because I truly hate having to go down and click on "italics", type in the words to be italicized, and then click to add them to the text of my post. Quotation marks are just so much easier. Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
*idly wonders where that Posting And You flash thingie got off to...*
--j_k
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
I try to italicise, occasionally I WRITE IN ALL-CAPS.
Bold never made sense to me, nor Underlining, unless quoting something in regular text (so said my English teacher).
Go figure...
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I italicise everything. All the time. Quotes are lame, and underlining is worse.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: Quotes are lame.
Too bad, I find them very efficiet when analysing philosophy, and footnotes help as well..
JH
P.S. For those who asked, that stuff I'll ALSO/also/also discuss in my book.
[ January 08, 2005, 04:10 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I *emphasize* things with *asterics* instead of italics because it's easier to do, and I got into the habit with purely ASCII communicaiton.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
I always thought that *asterisks* were meant to show *ironised* *emotion*.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Actually, they are supposed to indicate action.
*frolics*
[ January 08, 2005, 04:19 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I say silly stuff about things I should be more educated.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
But... but... but... I LIKE capitalizing for emphasis. It gets the point across!!!! And so do lots and lots and LOTS Of exclamation points!!! NYAH!!
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I put my actions in parentheses. (grins)
[ January 08, 2005, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
But if I didn't put it in all caps, how would they hear me in Utah?
CONGRATULATIONS Nate and Jamie! Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
asterisks are both. It netspeak, they mean actions (typically in infinitive form *grin*). But in the days before everybody had access to typesetting programs, asterisks were used to indicate words that would be *italicized*, and underscores were used to indicate words that would be _underlined_. MS Word can be set to recognize this, for oldtimers who can't break the habit.
Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :
quote:MS Word can be set to recognize this, for oldtimers who can't break the habit.
I think my copy of Word sets *word* to bold not italic.
Also, for people who want easier access to BB code, the BBCode Firefox Extension is quite a little useful tool. You can highlight text in your entry box and make it bold, italic, underlined, etc. I'm playing around with it now.
Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
Sentence fragments. And short, incomplete sentences. Those are two of my NoNos. (I'm also a terrible sucker for parenthesis, and dashes -- isn't there a more technical term for dashes?). I got my habit for elipses from Narnia . . . *curses Narnia*
I HARDLY EVER USE CAPS OR ITALICS. Or exclamation points!!!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I've been cursed! I feel so special!
No wait, I'm supposed to say "I win I win I win!!!"
*wink wink nudge nudge*
[ January 08, 2005, 08:46 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by raventh1 (Member # 3750) on :
is she a goer?
Posted by ladyday (Member # 1069) on :
I think it's really rude when someone stays away from the boards for a year or so and then just strolls back in like she owns the place.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hey! There's nothing wrong with elipses!
And I only use all caps instead of italics because I'm lazy -- it is so much easier to hit the SHIFT key than to type in the code or hit the italics button at the bottom.
FG
Posted by Ginol_Enam (Member # 7070) on :
quote:*idly wonders where that Posting And You flash thingie got off to...*
That what you're talking about?
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: And I only use all caps instead of italics because I'm lazy -- it is so much easier to hit the SHIFT key than to type in the code or hit the italics button at the bottom.
Likewise!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote:I think it's really rude when someone stays away from the boards for a year or so and then just strolls back in like she owns the place.
Um . . . But . . . I didn't mean to act like THAT!!!! Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
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