Capital Letters Disease
- Thread starter Mabsoot
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Globalpeace
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W-Salam,
I was referring to english being my 2nd language.
Sorry for the confusion.
I was referring to english being my 2nd language.
Sorry for the confusion.
Salaam aleikum...
Nah, english is my 3rd... Norwegian first, then Swedish, then English...
Esteemed Brothers and sisters
Yes, I can agree that a complete post in all caps is a bit much.
As far as the slang issue.....we are Muslims, alhamdu'lillah, yet some responses I have read mentioning slang have almost been hurtful and mocking.
Yes, some people are quite accustomed to text messaging and take shortcuts.
On the other hand, some of our brothers and sisters may not be strong in spelling and resort to spelling phonetically. Rather than use proper grammer, some brothers and sisters may write precisely in the way they speak.
When I encounter a particularly difficult post to read, I sound out the words, and often the statement comes out in a Brittish accent, something similar to Bert the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.
I realize this is a virtual conversation, and the person reading this message is on the other side of a computer screen, but for a moment, lets imagine we are all at a community gathering.
If one of your brothers or sisters addressed the group, would you then turn to your neighbor and say how annoying is their manner of speaking? Or, how irritating that the person can't speak proper English? Just something to think about.
I apologize for being longwinded.
Salamo Aleikom wa rahmatullah
Yes, I can agree that a complete post in all caps is a bit much.
As far as the slang issue.....we are Muslims, alhamdu'lillah, yet some responses I have read mentioning slang have almost been hurtful and mocking.
Yes, some people are quite accustomed to text messaging and take shortcuts.
On the other hand, some of our brothers and sisters may not be strong in spelling and resort to spelling phonetically. Rather than use proper grammer, some brothers and sisters may write precisely in the way they speak.
When I encounter a particularly difficult post to read, I sound out the words, and often the statement comes out in a Brittish accent, something similar to Bert the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.
I realize this is a virtual conversation, and the person reading this message is on the other side of a computer screen, but for a moment, lets imagine we are all at a community gathering.
If one of your brothers or sisters addressed the group, would you then turn to your neighbor and say how annoying is their manner of speaking? Or, how irritating that the person can't speak proper English? Just something to think about.
I apologize for being longwinded.
Salamo Aleikom wa rahmatullah