Comments for Has it really been a year?

Comment from Engelbrekt on 2010-08-12

2010-08-12T13:09:34Z

It's not so much that the english has deteriorated or somesuch. If anything, people are, globally, getting better at it. It's merely that the internet is a lot more accessible to people from, as you stated, across the globe.

Of course, those who natively speak english yet seem to misunderstand it's finer nuances, are hopefully merely lazy youth. They're not going to use proper english no matter where, complete convenience. Of course, then you have that same generation of former youths growing up, with their english just as flawed as before. Ugh, I just keep telling myself it's because everyone is a lot "closer", so you have a bigger chance of experiencing other spectrums.

Naive? I'm keeping that bubble intact.

As far as people completely ignoring the answers. They open the page, scroll down, look for a commenting box, they type it in and hope a personal notification is going to tell them the magic words or combinations of keypressing that'll solve whatever issue they have. Reading a big article means understanding underlying issues. Such as preventing said issue arising to begin with, they lack the priorities for that. Afterall, your articles are too indepth and detailed. I doubt a summary would help, they'd have to identify the summary. Noticed this throughout my short 12 years on the internet...

Other than that, thank you for providing this. While I rarely have any major issues that can't be solved with a simple google, it's a comfort knowing someone is so openly sharing their knowledge. Truly admirable and respectable.

I type too much, also damnit, I'm already subscribing to your newsletter, I can't do it twice. Damn popup. ;_;
Take care. / Engelbrekt.

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Comment from Justin on 2005-07-28

2005-07-28T19:48:50Z

English, as used by many people who claim to have it as a first language, is misused and abused. Shorthand and laziness is a lot of what's going on.

I often see people use the lower case 'L' to represent the upper case 'i'. For example, 'l am l33t'.

Using these shortcuts just makes it harder for ESL or ETL people to understand what you are trying to say.

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Comment from eelco on 2005-03-11

2005-03-11T23:13:59Z

Ooooh,

I j�st posted a Q to you, and reading this article now makes me feel a kind of pity for you. The things you have to deal with.
And...I had no idea that you have a Dutch name and speak Dutch too ! So now you'll answer my Q in Dutch ? Ja toch ? Niet dan ?
I vote for making Dutch the leading language on this site.

Bye,
eelco

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