YAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGANARRRRRRRG!

[Suu]

That's emphasis, which you only get in spoken word, not in written. Which is why there's so much unnecessary drama on the internets.

Yeah, because you can't make the wild gesticulations with your arms.  That always gets the point across better.  RWHN said while doing The Robot.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If you read or write poetry, English is fucking GREAT.

I can see how it would irritate everyone else, though.

[LMNO]

[Nephew Twiddleton]

If you read or write poetry, English is fucking GREAT.

I can see how it would irritate everyone else, though.

That's one thing. Field related jargon gets pretty ridiculous though. Since English allows for weak grammar, you get crazy shit like that. Like the "do a solve" thing mentioned earlier. Pointful annoys me.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Ah, the classics. 
Never figured out if Bill Milano really believes all that stuff or if he's makig fun of it. Poe's Law.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If you read or write poetry, English is fucking GREAT.

I can see how it would irritate everyone else, though.

That's one thing. Field related jargon gets pretty ridiculous though. Since English allows for weak grammar, you get crazy shit like that. Like the "do a solve" thing mentioned earlier. Pointful annoys me.

Yeah, that shit's basically obfuscation.

[AFK]

Ah, the classics. 
Never figured out if Bill Milano really believes all that stuff or if he's makig fun of it. Poe's Law.

This may help answer your question.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J88OsUcEDOs

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

  Thanks, R.W.H.N...
I've wondered about those guys ever since this...the calculated stupidity had me thinking it might be a troll.

[Jenne]

I almost picked up a T-shirt at the last convention that said something along the lines of:

"English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over the head, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."

FUCK YEAH.  I want that t-shirt!

I love the plasticity of English.  I know it drives others nuts, but I fucking love it.

[Succulent Plant]

Is anyone noticing other languages starting to steal words too?  My cousin lives in Russia and works as an interpreter, and called raging last week because someone put up a sign in St. Petersburg about a shopping mall.  They apparently nicked the English word 'shopping' and spelled it Russian style.

[Jenne]

That happens a lot, Aloe.  If a language doesn't have the term in its lexicon, or if there's a certain what linguists call a "prestige factor" or cultural asset attached to the meaning of the word in that foreign language, it's borrowed. 

L'Ecole Francaise in France is dedicated to weeding this out and replacing the borrowed words with long, drawn-out French ones.

...but the French still use the English words as argot, of course...

[Succulent Plant]

That happens a lot, Aloe.  If a language doesn't have the term in its lexicon, or if there's a certain what linguists call a "prestige factor" or cultural asset attached to the meaning of the word in that foreign language, it's borrowed. 

L'Ecole Francaise in France is dedicated to weeding this out and replacing the borrowed words with long, drawn-out French ones.

...but the French still use the English words as argot, of course...

Interesting, I wasn't sure if this was a common practice or not. lol

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Russians don't have a word for "shopping"? Or they think there's something prestigious about american MALLS?

[Adios]

Russians don't have a word for "shopping"? Or they think there's something prestigious about american MALLS?

How dare you question marketing skillz!!! 

[Succulent Plant]

Russians don't have a word for "shopping"? Or they think there's something prestigious about american MALLS?

Not sure if there's not a word for it, or if the advertisers just decided to use the english word to promote their "American Style" mall.