Comments on: words to ban http://www.jon22.net/words-to-ban/ The Website of Jonathan Dobres Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allison http://www.jon22.net/words-to-ban/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Allison Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:00:39 +0000 http://www.jon22.net/words-to-ban/#comment-93 "Boi" can also be used to describe a transgender person who is FTM. Even so, I still hate purposeful misspellings. If I were the boss of the universe, I would get rid of all abbreviations as used in text messages, IMs, email, etc. It's YOU and YOUR and YOU'RE. It is NOT U or UR. Same thing goes for using numbers instead of words. It's "for," not 4. "We are the most inarticulate generation to come around in, like, a really long time." - Some linguist whose name I can not remember. “Boi” can also be used to describe a transgender person who is FTM. Even so, I still hate purposeful misspellings.

If I were the boss of the universe, I would get rid of all abbreviations as used in text messages, IMs, email, etc. It’s YOU and YOUR and YOU’RE. It is NOT U or UR.

Same thing goes for using numbers instead of words. It’s “for,” not 4.

“We are the most inarticulate generation to come around in, like, a really long time.” – Some linguist whose name I can not remember.

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