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Old 16-08-2010, 03:05 PM   #31
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The world isn't getting dumber, more people are gaining access to the internet.

I also blame the rap music.
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Old 16-08-2010, 03:29 PM   #32
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I blame the internet, and its army of tubes
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Old 16-08-2010, 05:29 PM   #33
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I blame the vuvuzela.
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Old 17-08-2010, 01:11 PM   #34
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I blame BP.
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Old 17-08-2010, 02:07 PM   #35
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I'm surprised no one has blamed it on the boogie yet.
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Old 17-08-2010, 02:16 PM   #36
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I blame the French.

But seriously, I can put up with some of the abbreviation and spelling mistakes, but just the lack of capitals, full stops and paragraphs makes things incredibly hard to read sometimes.
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Old 21-08-2010, 02:50 PM   #37
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is just going to restrict access to those with lesser English skills (often through no fault of their own)
I'm not so sure about the "often" part, I'd say for most people the poor English skills have more to do with carelessness and laziness than being a victim of circumstance.

The your/you're and lose/loose things among my pet language hates, but I have to laugh at myself sometimes for getting frustrated by some semi-literate person's words on a page. It's not like the person who wrote it cares so I'm probably better off finding something more worthwhile to whinge about.

It's good having this thread here to get it off our chests though - good therapy
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Old 21-08-2010, 03:13 PM   #38
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Hmmm Rap / the net / a horn... ok. Can someone please decipher this email that I had received via the 'Contact us' page on my online business:

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From: Freetoe freet
Email: trimmon treemon tree otay way fee@yahoo.com

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Treemon Hi to T off to Tie Land D, O'tay Way,Tazabell Z,Tazer On and Sham of
Me Z..O'tay an anderthol thee tho thee are A thee,tho thee thou art are E
and tho thee thou art are E and anderthol thee tho, thoo the thar out thee
or thoo thee thou art thee an anderthol thee tho, thoo thee thou art thee
tho thou thee thart or thoo thee thou tho thee tho thoo thee thou art thee
and anderthol thee tho, thoo thee art art thee. Thee thend of the
theemiracal E 9 7 tree treetoe to T and i am off, O'tay...O'tay. Now time da
Bomb to your *** and ask Me to T. O'tay..O'tay. TRIP.

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Office Use Only:
From: Freetoe freet
Email: trimmon treemon tree otay way fee@yahoo.com
Login Name: Not logged in
Login Email: Not logged in
IP Address: 66.213.14.119 - 66.213.14.119
Host Address: lodi-user.medina.lib.oh.us
Date and Time: Sat May 15 2010 12:20:01 CDT


Ok...

My guess is a smacked out / doped out Shakespearean 'G' tragic?

Gave me a little chuckle I must say.
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