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General => The Campfire => Topic started by: AustinBoston on Mar 26, 2007, 04:18 PM

Title: Punctuation
Post by: AustinBoston on Mar 26, 2007, 04:18 PM
[INDENT]Important note: If you have trouble typing or using punctuation, please do not take the following personally; in addition, I personally would rather you participate without punctuation than to leave or stop posting.[/INDENT]

punctuation and capitalization makes it a lot easier to understand what a person is trying to say when you leave punctuation out it makes it more difficult for others to understand what you are typing for an example consider this it makes perfect sense when it has proper punctuation

that that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is

but without punctuation that statement appears to be total nonsense so please try to put in periods question marks commas and capital letters when and where they are needed thanks

Austin
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Post by: AustinBoston on Mar 26, 2007, 04:25 PM
Quote from: AustinBostonthat that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is

That that is, is.  That that is not, is not.  Is not that it?  It ts.

Exactly the same words, 100 times the meaning.

Austin
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Post by: Jofabietz on Mar 26, 2007, 06:48 PM
Keep the small stuff,small.................
Love your God ,country,family,friends....................
and strangers better than these.
The grammer will come in time.
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Post by: TheViking on Mar 26, 2007, 08:07 PM
Git er dun
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Post by: wavery on Mar 26, 2007, 08:32 PM
Quote from: TheVikingGit er dun
O G, I C U 8 1 2.
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Post by: brainpause on Mar 26, 2007, 09:39 PM
MR Ducks
MR Not Ducks
OSAR
LIB MR Ducks
CM Wangs
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Post by: aw738 on Mar 26, 2007, 10:19 PM
QuoteMR Ducks
MR Not Ducks
OSAR
LIB MR Ducks
CM Wangs


That makes perfect sense to me. I don't see the problem.  :p
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Post by: Camping Coxes on Mar 26, 2007, 11:40 PM
Quote from: brainpauseMR Ducks
MR Not Ducks
OSAR
LIB MR Ducks
CM Wangs
AB, CD PPs
L, M N O PPs.
O S A R!  C M P N!
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Abby, see the puppies?
Hell, them ain' no puppies!
Oh yes they are!  See 'em peein'!
(From the warped mind of my parents, who probably learned it during WWII.  I also was subjected to "Maresy dotes and doseydotes and littlelamseydivey" on road trips :p )
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Post by: rccs on Mar 27, 2007, 05:34 AM
YYUR,YYUB,ICURYY4me
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Post by: AustinBoston on Mar 27, 2007, 07:42 AM
Quote from: Camping Coxes"Maresy dotes and doseydotes and littlelamseydivey"

A kiddley divey too, wooden shoe?

Austin
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Post by: wavery on Mar 27, 2007, 11:55 AM
:book: fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs?
Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! :sombraro:
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Post by: dcampbell1969 on Mar 27, 2007, 12:37 PM
Nicely done, wavery!
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Post by: AustinBoston on Mar 27, 2007, 02:11 PM
Quote from: wavery:book: fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs?
Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! :sombraro:

The pcdeeeinrg paaagprrh cainnots faactul eorrrs.  An ealmpxe is the leertts do not cinostttue a "taotl mses;" the leertts are siltl mlosty in the peoprr sceenque (eaceillspy cmnoopud wdors).  Jsut smoe of the leertts are meessd up, and those dno't taervl far.  Oh, and the aaegrve peorsn who can raed it taeks tciwe or tehre teims as lnog, so seillnpg deos conut.  The olny pinot taht is ceellmopty cceorrt is taht we do raed wdors as a whloe.

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The preceeding paragraph contains factual errors.  An example is the letters do not constitute a "taotl mses;" the letters are still mostly in the proper sequence (especially compound words).  Just some of the letters are messed up, and those don't travel far.  Oh, and the average person who can read it takes twice or three times as long, so spelling does count for ease of reading.  The only point that is completely correct is that we do read words as a whole.

If you deciphered both paragraphs, you almost certanly took many times as long with mine than Wayne's; that's because the original author(s) mixed up some of the letters, but not all.  What I have done is to put the letters (between the first and the last) in alphabetical order, making sure they had no relationship to the original order.  Some words will obviously be easy to deciper; there is only one way to misspell words with four letters if the first and last are not changed.  But the order does count.  We also gain meaning from context, so we can figure a word out if it's in a paragraph.  But try to get this commonly-used word right:

uaciinnnoostttul

Austin (never spellt a word worng...honset, never evr...thos C's in spellign were the teachers falt...I don't neeed no spelln checkor...)
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Post by: Kelly on Mar 27, 2007, 03:52 PM
unconstitutional
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Post by: AustinBoston on Mar 27, 2007, 04:11 PM
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unconstitutional

So, did you read it or did you figure it out?

Austin
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Post by: wavery on Mar 27, 2007, 04:27 PM
Teh wya taht yuo usde teh eaxmple wuold be jguded uaciinnnoostttul in a crout of lwa.

Msot any lnog wrod, ptu out on it's own, wuold be hard to dicipehr. Alhtuogh, wehn uesd in a snetnece, the brian wlil esaily pcik up teh corerct word.


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 :yikes: OMG....I'll never be able to right correctly agian. :banghead:
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Post by: Dee4j on Mar 27, 2007, 05:14 PM
Quote from: wavery:book: fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs?
Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! :sombraro:


if you can read this you have a strange mind too can you read this only 55 of 100 can

i couldn't believe that I could actually understand what I was reading the phenomenal power of the human mind accordingto to a research at cambridge university it doesn't matter in what order...

okay tired of typing...this comes so easy to me, you are actually typing "DEE" language :J
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Post by: Kelly on Mar 27, 2007, 05:58 PM
Quote from: AustinBostonSo, did you read it or did you figure it out?

Austin


Neither really.  I looked at it and "saw" unconstitutional then double checked that the letters matched.  So ~ I didn't sit there and try different letter combinations until I found one that worked, but I can't say I read a random group of letters either!
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Post by: ScoobyDoo on Mar 27, 2007, 09:12 PM
When I read a thread like this I wish I had payed more atention the 9 years I was in school. I type the colubuis methed. I spell a word, if it doesn't look right, I try again then delete the most wrong. Most of what I know I have learned by living, a wrench or gearshift don't care if you know how to spell them.
   "I have know use for a man who can only spell a word one way" Mark Twain
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Post by: Camping Coxes on Mar 28, 2007, 01:42 AM
Quote from: AustinBostonA kiddley divey too, wooden shoe?
 
Austin
I thought my parents had lost their minds when they were laughing and singing this song on the way home from vacation.  But they were having so much fun, and eventually I got the hang of what they were singing.
 
Does anyone else have any idea what song we're talking about, and what the words really mean?
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Post by: AustinBoston on Mar 28, 2007, 07:33 AM
Quote from: Camping CoxesI thought my parents had lost their minds when they were laughing and singing this song on the way home from vacation.  But they were having so much fun, and eventually I got the hang of what they were singing.
 
Does anyone else have any idea what song we're talking about, and what the words really mean?

You would be surprised what you can find on Wikipedia.  Here is their article on the song (with history):

Mairzy Doats

And for the record, if you know the whole song, it's actually explained in the lyrics.

Austin
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Post by: HouseInABox on Mar 28, 2007, 02:08 PM
Quote from: Camping CoxesI thought my parents had lost their minds when they were laughing and singing this song on the way home from vacation.  But they were having so much fun, and eventually I got the hang of what they were singing.
 
Does anyone else have any idea what song we're talking about, and what the words really mean?



its  " a kid will eat ivy too wouldn't you"    as in a kid goat
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Post by: HouseInABox on Mar 28, 2007, 02:11 PM
Quote from: HouseInABoxits  " a kid will eat ivy too wouldn't you"    as in a kid goat


sorry forgot

mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy
a kid will eat ivy too wouldn't you....
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Post by: cyclone on Mar 28, 2007, 06:58 PM
My mom always sang that song, too.  (ok, she probably would still if I mentioned it to her.)  And, dang it - after reading this that silly song was in my head all morning!
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Post by: Jeremy on Apr 09, 2007, 08:55 PM
I've always thought this one was hilarious.  Hopefully it doesn't offend anyone.
 
 Capitalization is the difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse".
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Post by: CajunCamper on Apr 10, 2007, 07:09 AM
look im not using proper punctuation and im running with scissers

cajuncamper