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11/30/09
WaHaHa... I Do Love Using Superfluous Caps In Everything! Even Better If It's InAppropriAte In A Way That Makes The Word HArDeR tO REad...
*tazes self*
Sorry... I don't know what came over me there... I just uh... sorry... Won't Happen Again...
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12/01/09
There was actually a hidden message in there if you look at the context. I didn't just make a "your mom" joke so I could see words come up on the screen as I typed them.
11/30/09
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Your iPhone will be an iphone forevermore!
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Thank you for stepping up as prime example that even the internet troll can be supplanted by a lesser intellectual animal.
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11/30/09
[www.mtholyoke.edu]
The opening paragraph:
"Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language -- so the argument runs -- must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes."
Very interesting how it all seems to have been reversed as of late, yes? A return to the more complex?
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In short, I don't think we ought to be worrying about language too much.
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Not as often as I used to. I've gotten into the habit of writing "The" at the beginning of the sentence to save myself the trouble. So now I say "The iPod needs..." or "The iPhone is..." instead of starting a sentence with either of the brands.
11/30/09
Language is always changing, and it always has, influenced by the culture of the day. Just let it happen. Maybe it's okay that in the not-too-distant future we'll all be typing long strong-together words intermixed with random capital letters, all written out in the Comic Sans font. So what?
11/30/09
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NYT isn't an acronym, it's an abbreviation. Unless you actually pronounce it as "Nite". then it's an acronym.
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ahem:
an acronym is an abbreviation that is spoken as if it is a word, like NASDAQ (naz-dack).
Things like NYT or FBI or LSD or NAACP are not acronyms, as they are not spoken as if they are words.
dude... i know what the friggin NYT is.
wtf.
11/30/09
Acronyms can even create words or names that didn't previously exist such as SCUBA which is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
So "Ahem" your wrong.
11/30/09
"An acronym (pronounced AK-ruh-nihm, from Greek acro- in the sense of extreme or tip and onyma or name) is an abbreviation of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself forms a pronounceable word. The word may already exist or it can be a new word. Webster's cites SNAFU and radar, two terms of World War Two vintage, as examples of acronyms that were created.
According to the strictest definition of an acronym, only abbreviations that are pronounced as words qualify. So by these standards, for example, COBOL is an acronym because it's pronounced as a word but WHO (World Health Organization) is not an acronym because the letters in the abbreviation are pronounced individually."
11/30/09
Now that we have all demonstrated our ability to use a dictionary, this case is dismissed based on the grounds that it is ridiculous by nature. Court is adjourned.
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we haven't all demonstrated that ability - still waiting for Bwehngamun to catch up with us.
11/30/09
It is believed by some that a capital letter beat matt up as a child.
The walls of matt's bedroom are painted with phrases like "capital letters = satan's propaganda", "shift = shit getting f'ed" and "camel case will spit cancer on your soul", as well as big capital letters with "x"es marked all over them with notations saying "this is a lower-case x in a big font-size NOT a capital x".
The irony of that last one has not yet dawned on matt.
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It helps to remind ourselves that this is not actually a form of language, but rather just another way to design a branding image, like a logo. They are made that way just so that it gives off a certain look when plastered to a display centerpiece, and on the product itself. When you see the brand on a poster, the "misplaced" capital letters are distinctive and often memorable, like iPod.
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My sister in law is a kindergarten teacher and she has a little girl in her class named "La-a," which is pronounced "Ladasha." You can't make this stuff up.
11/30/09
I'm more inclined to spell SteveDave to capitalize to spell other words or acronyms, like STeveDave or sTevEDave.
11/30/09
[www.snopes.com]
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11/27/09
To be serious though, one cannot expect Apple to offer huge discounts as they don't want to undercut the retailers who carry their products.
By essentially matching their prices, they aren't really competing against their retailers yet Apple gets all of the additional profit which would be shared with the distributors and retailers.
Buying directly from Apple is a win for Apple, but a loss for the distributors, retailers, and especially consumers.
11/27/09
I'd say slicing out the middle man and dealing with a company directly is more efficient and generally more pleasant for the consumer.
Screw the distributors and retailers.
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