Post by: Sindawe on July 19, 2005, 10:19:09 PM
Anyone else notice this, or is the toll of a miss spent youth catching up to me?
Post by: Winston Smith on July 19, 2005, 10:22:31 PM
How many times have you heard this: "Today - terror in the streets of baghdad - 10 killed and more wounded - terrorists to blame, officials say - details at 10."
Post by: Guest on July 19, 2005, 11:17:11 PM
Post by: Sindawe on July 19, 2005, 11:23:20 PM
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I do that.
Do you know why?
Post by: Guest on July 19, 2005, 11:56:05 PM
Post by: Guest on July 20, 2005, 01:24:45 AM
Post by: Werewolf on July 20, 2005, 04:58:29 AM
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This probably doesnt bode well for the future of our society.
I tend to agree but then I'm old, conservative and don't always see new things in the same light as those much younger than me do.On the other hand what we're observing may just be the beginnings of the next evolutionary change in human language...
It is often stated that the only constant is change.
Post by: GT on July 20, 2005, 05:50:25 AM
Like Werewolf said change and stuff. But is it good.
I mean like... my wife was saying the other day about taking out the trash and it wasn't even.
But back to the point.
Really.
What?
G
PS. +1
Post by: SalukiFan on July 20, 2005, 08:13:41 AM
Post by: griz on July 20, 2005, 08:20:27 AM
I also wish I could blame cell phones, but I'm not sure how to do it
Post by: USP45usp on July 20, 2005, 09:43:38 AM
.I still read but sometimes I do the same thing.
Wayne
Post by: Sindawe on July 20, 2005, 09:51:26 AM
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My mind just goes blank sometimes and for the life of me I can't remember what the heck I was saying/talking about
Did'nt your physician recommend that you stop huffing the Hoppes #9? 
I do that occasionally USP45usp, but what I refereeing to are those who speak in fragments constantly. And its not the younger people, but those of my own age grouping (35-45) where I most often encounter it. OK, so I'm not going crazy (well, crazier).
Interesting postulation Werewolf, I'd not considered that.
Post by: Felonious Monk/Fignozzle on July 20, 2005, 09:56:40 AM
Many of the MTV "Real World", VH1 video runs in the same fashion, like visual "sound bites'.
It wasn't long until the culture began to devolve into communicating in the same patterns.
"'Sup, dog?"
"yo, Howzit, G?"
"Word"
"gotta jet. Holla atchya".
Ummm...what did they just say?
Hello, my friend. How are you today?
Fine, thanks. And you?
Very well, thanks.
I must leave now. I'll talk to you again soon.
Sad it's come to this.
Post by: Guest on July 20, 2005, 01:48:10 PM
I also tend to read like that, too, now that I think about it. I have books all over and read whatever I'm near, rather than taking a book with me all the time.
Post by: thorn on July 21, 2005, 04:47:22 PM
but online- forget it. i am working on the typos, but besides that i would also read IDEAS rather than drawn out stories, tpying them is tedious as anything.
one hopes the readers have enough
in·sight Audio pronunciation of "insight" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nst)
n.
1. The capacity to discern the true nature of a situation; penetration.
to figure it out, but they often dont. sad.
Post by: Guest on July 21, 2005, 04:52:24 PM
My story and I'm sticking with it.
Post by: DJJ on July 21, 2005, 05:21:34 PM
Post by: Sindawe on July 21, 2005, 06:14:43 PM
Interruption is a pet peeve of mine, and a practice very rarely tolerate. Maybe once and awhile with friends gaming, but elsewhere, forget it. When it happens to me DJJ, I'll interupt right back AND point out the rudeness of the other speaker. That usually puts an end to right quick. Same with raised voices in a heated conversation, 'specially in my home.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on July 21, 2005, 07:17:19 PM
Also, as I speak, I often will throw in asides to preempt any potential arguments as that potential arises rather than letting someone get a comment/interruption out which I'll just have to destroy or counter later.
Too much arguing with friends while growing up, I guess, or too legalistic of a mindset.
Post by: Standing Wolf on July 22, 2005, 06:10:30 PM
Some years ago, intending to write shorter, I tried switching to a much looser first person stylecomplete with lots of dashes. It was fun. It was much harder work than I anticipated, but the net result was lively, punchy, quick-paced, and much shorter. I pursued it a couple more years, then abandoned writing altogether in favor of painting.
A couple years ago, the Great American Novel struck out of a clear blue sky. I refused to have anything to do with it. I put it off. I tried deliberately to botch it. Finally, in desperation, I wrote the @#$%^&! thing. Somewhere around the fourth draught, I tossed it in the closet and took a break to write a novella with no dashes, no first person extravagances, no loopy conversational segues, no disjunctions or whims or spins. Returned to work on the novel, I found I was able to resume writing in a slangy style much more easily. I made it work with the tale instead of against it.
I'm now working on another novella. This one's about a sculptor, who tells his tale in sentence fragments. Lots of sentence fragments. Little fragments. Big fragments. All the various different in between fragments. Lots of missing verbs. People can probably figure it out. Right? No doubt.
I've recently discovered a most curious fact: deliberately slovenly writing is harder work than writing well. Slovenly speech isn't necessarily an indicator of slovenly thinking, but there's definitely a correlation.
I'd still much rather paint than write.
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 23, 2005, 08:49:33 AM
Brad