It is more efficient, though. Uses one-third fewer syllables.
jason
2742
I’ve used that particular sort of construction, but mainly when I’m trying to parallel another sentence (i.e. this sentence begins with “I’ve used” and were I responding and attempting to parallel phrasing I’d go with “I’ve not used”) or specifically wanting to place emphasis on the word “not”.
Also, I think it is a thing among Steampunk people, as I do here it there quite a bit.
corsair
2743
Not sure how inflection is necessary with something like:
(froth, foam, urk, heart attack! Thud)
But in any case, you, of all people, can’t claim ignorance.
Either that or change your name. ;-)
(internet alert: Humor! Teasing! Chill! Please don’t take me seriously! I’m yanking your lariat!)
corsair
2744
I’ve not heard it is a problem.
Cheap humor aside, is there an order of precedent on which words should be contracted in favor of others? Like, don’t start a sentence with a contraction if it can be avoided?
Saying my first sentence above out loud several times…you know, it does sound kinda clunky.
Jessie, Jessie, Jessie…you’ve not got a sense of humor!
Awful pretty though…
No idea. I think the verb-contraction construction is more versatile though, so I would think it would be preferred. For instance, when using it to refer to a third party:
Steve hadn’t gone to the store.
Steve’d not gone to the store.
Clearly the second one makes no damn sense.
I want to blame the internet or the tweet-book, and the myspace, but I have no idea how that would apply.
Umm since forever? I use both forms. And I honestly don’t remember when I started using it so I assume it developed as part of my natural language acquisition. Perhaps it is regional? I live in the Toronto area of Canuckistan.
It’s British-Commonwealth much more than US.
When someone pronounces ‘Moog’ to rhyme with ‘Moon’. I know what it looks like, but it’s a proper name for crying out loud. There’s no ambiguity. It’s supposed to rhyme with ‘rogue’, in case you were wondering.
RichVR
2750
Yeah, I love to pronounce it the wrong way and piss off my musician friend.
But you can’t know simply by reading the word - you must hear it pronounced properly or as part of a dictionary with the pronunciation laid out. Far more annoying is 5000 times an hour people writing rouge when they mean rogue in WoW.
Wait…you wrote “of” rather than “off” just to piss me off, right?
wumpus
2753
When I’m looking at a Tie Bomber and the description says “Tie Fighter”.
THAT IS A FUCKING TIE BOMBER YOU MORONS
RichVR
2754
No, but that is why I corrected it.
I tried to give you a face saving way out! ;-)
But yeah, Moog is something you can go a long, long time before you hear the correct pronunciation.
It irritates me, yes, but not as much as self-professed Rush fans mispronouncing Neil Peart’s name.
I figured it had to be something like that, but I thought it was weird I hadn’t heard it much before. But then again, Singapore has it’s entire own family of linguistic idiosyncrasies. Lah.
That reminds me — a friend sent this link the other day, and I’m-a buy me a copy:
ShivaX
2759
Strange use of words and whatnot can often come from the natural of the first language as well.
Just as an example with say, German. The order of things is backwards compared to English, so when learning its not impossible to make odd choices in sentence structure.
I mean strictly translated the order of things is basically:
English : I went to the store.
German: To the store I went.
Oh hey, browser redirect.
Uhm…MSE? Crap, disabled.
Cue 2 hours of fun and games.
This is the second time MSE has fucked up lately for me.
Back to Avast then. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
