Comments on: UHaul 1, London bus 0 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:23:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael L http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/comment-page-1/#comment-101193 Michael L Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:28:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/#comment-101193 Quiet Desperation, that makes it look like you waz homeskooled TH3Y NED 2 AKSEPT TAHT LANGUAEGS EVOLVERS AND ADAPT 2 NU EKOLOGIKAL NICHES. Quiet Desperation, that makes it look like you waz homeskooled

TH3Y NED 2 AKSEPT TAHT LANGUAEGS EVOLVERS AND ADAPT 2 NU EKOLOGIKAL NICHES.

]]> By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/comment-page-1/#comment-100581 Torbjörn Larsson, OM Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:59:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/#comment-100581 <blockquote> TH3Y NED 2 AKSEPT TAHT LANGUAEGS EVOLVERS AND ADAPT 2 NU EKOLOGIKAL NICHES.</blockquote> Lungage nazies makz bunnys cry. *Epic fail*. Admit it, it is a bit ironic to complain about internet language on the internet. The reverse of communication skill?

TH3Y NED 2 AKSEPT TAHT LANGUAEGS EVOLVERS AND ADAPT 2 NU EKOLOGIKAL NICHES.

Lungage nazies makz bunnys cry. *Epic fail*.

Admit it, it is a bit ironic to complain about internet language on the internet. The reverse of communication skill?

]]> By: Viewer 3 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/comment-page-1/#comment-100455 Viewer 3 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:32:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/#comment-100455 Yes Andrew, those who use such terms are merely sheep conforming to something making us feel "hip". Oh wait... isn't that why a bazillion words have been added to the English dictionary over the past few centuries? You know, because terms and "jargon" eventually catch on to attain everyday-use status? And oh my, hasn't the internet become one of the most influential sources for new terms being introduced into our culture? Hmm, actually I guess you're just an idiot then. Oh well. Yes Andrew, those who use such terms are merely sheep conforming to something making us feel “hip”. Oh wait… isn’t that why a bazillion words have been added to the English dictionary over the past few centuries? You know, because terms and “jargon” eventually catch on to attain everyday-use status? And oh my, hasn’t the internet become one of the most influential sources for new terms being introduced into our culture?

Hmm, actually I guess you’re just an idiot then. Oh well.

]]> By: RL http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/comment-page-1/#comment-100377 RL Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:26:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/#comment-100377 Oh, for cryin' out loud. It's an ad put together by marketing types. It has no bearing on the state of British engineering or the school it represents. It's cool that U-haul put the eject equation on a truck. Even if it was missing a paranthesis. By this blogs standards it's Uhaul 0, British bus 0, Phil 0, Andrew 0...there's nitpicking and then there is this stuff. Sheesh. Oh, for cryin’ out loud. It’s an ad put together by marketing types. It has no bearing on the state of British engineering or the school it represents. It’s cool that U-haul put the eject equation on a truck. Even if it was missing a paranthesis. By this blogs standards it’s Uhaul 0, British bus 0, Phil 0, Andrew 0…there’s nitpicking and then there is this stuff. Sheesh.

]]> By: freelancer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/comment-page-1/#comment-100323 freelancer Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:49:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/#comment-100323 Shorter Andrew: Like <a href="http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2008/06/thanks-to-911-shes-outraged-by.html#583745" rel="nofollow">vanderleun</a>, <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=10643" rel="nofollow">I am aware of</a><a href="http://iamawareofallinternettraditions.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> all internet traditions.</a> Shorter Andrew:
Like vanderleun,

I am aware of all internet traditions.

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/comment-page-1/#comment-100312 Dave Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:45:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/#comment-100312 It's his blog, he can post however he would like. It’s his blog, he can post however he would like.

]]> By: Quiet Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/comment-page-1/#comment-100308 Quiet Desperation Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:53:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/12/uhaul-1-london-bus-0/#comment-100308 <i>But really, people, since when is an writer (of any kind) obligated to restrict himself to the Queen’s English(TM)?</i> Especially with internet postings, or even fictional prose if the story is from a colorful character's POV. None of this is technical writing. I think some people still haven't come to terms with this new form of communication. TH3Y NED 2 AKSEPT TAHT LANGUAEGS EVOLVERS AND ADAPT 2 NU EKOLOGIKAL NICHES. But really, people, since when is an writer (of any kind) obligated to restrict himself to the Queen’s English(TM)?

Especially with internet postings, or even fictional prose if the story is from a colorful character’s POV. None of this is technical writing. I think some people still haven’t come to terms with this new form of communication.

TH3Y NED 2 AKSEPT TAHT LANGUAEGS EVOLVERS AND ADAPT 2 NU EKOLOGIKAL NICHES.

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