Interview postponed until next week. It's better to be at the end of the interviews than the beginning, right?

Freestyle language = portend of the pending apocalypse.

At the same time, given how much I abuse the ellipse, I suppose I can't throw stones at anyone's glass language house.

This is true, because I routinely say things like "I haz a sad," even though LOLspeak is SO 3 years ago. (I do, however, have friends on FB who delight in busting me when I post like that, gleefully telling me I apparently don't have a good grasp of grammar. And, I really feel I should note, I absolutely DO NOT grammar police people's posts, EVER. Because I do know it's a dick thing to do. So I might *think* "Jesus Christ on a crutch, the word is 'aw', not 'awe' STOP MISUSING IT!", but I don't ever post stuff like that. Because that's not nice. Which makes it interesting that I have friends on FB who are wholeheartedly willing to police my posts. But whatevs.)

Anyway, my point, which is now 3 miles away, is that yeah, my own language, in a casual setting at least, is kind of appalling, so I really ought not turn into a pedantic scold about aw/awe. I guess I just want people to abuse the language in the EXACT SAME WAY as me. Is that so much to ask?

I used to genuinely get confused when someone used "walla!!!" in a post, because...it means nothing. It's not a word.

Well -- it is half a city in Washington.

On the other hand, when watching news reports from France lately, I've been translating things from French to English. With fair, but not great, success.

"whoa" is spelled "woah"

I really think of those as two different words!

And also hope that the "Awe." epidemic is about autocorrect.

Also, they specifically state that no underwear must be visible (which I assume is for low-pants boys as much as bra-strap girls.)

I really really hope so!

On Saturday, my mother was like, "Why are you so dressed up???" It's because I was going to a clothing swap, so wanted to wear leggings, but don't think leggings are pants, so put a skirt over them.

I get that, Tep. I'm pretty descriptivist about language usage on the whole, but there are a few things that really get my goat. I can't think of them unless they happen and then I can't think about anything else.

Instead of having a second cup of half-caf I went for a walk and now I'm having a pot of tea (but made with one teabag which I understand some people regard as an abomination but it's how my mother always made tea so I like it. And, I assume, limits my caffeine intake). Have not fallen asleep yet!

Steph, given how often you and I agree on matters of language, uou can be well assured you're never alone!

"Awe" for "aw" makes me exhausted. Just... really? I think maybe autocorrect has made these problems worse, in that people assume what pops up is right.

My sister, a very educated woman, abuses ellipses. It is a shame upon our family. But at least she doesn't use comma ellipses!

I don't really care about bra straps and most sartorial decisions. Mostly I just laugh. It's language mistakes that torque my gib.

"Awe" for "aw" makes me exhausted. Just... really? I think maybe autocorrect has made these problems worse, in that people assume what pops up is right.

I see #awe as an Instagram hashtag now, and I wouldn't think autocorrect would correct hashtags (although I don't know that).

I guess I just want people to abuse the language in the EXACT SAME WAY as me. Is that so much to ask?

This is totally me.

I honestly don't care when people have fun with language where that is an expected thing, such as FB.

It just bothers me when people think faux language is real language.

I honestly don't care when people have fun with language where that is an expected thing, such as FB.

I admit I get frustrated (and, okay, my pride is wounded) when people think I actually used poor language skills versus just playing with language. These are people who know what I do for a living AND who read other, presumably intelligible, posts I make. That they jump to thinking I made an error, rather than I was just goofing around -- well, that's hurtful, man.

Also, they specifically state that no underwear must be visible (which I assume is for low-pants boys as much as bra-strap girls.

The students at the HS that Bobby attended in Fort Lauderdale managed to shock me with their dress regularly. I know it is warm here, but seriously, the girls were way exposed. Half of their buns exposed in super short shorts, midriffs, see through tops, and of course it was 'not allowed' but ignored by all. They would also walk out of the building and light up cigarettes and other substances immediately outside the door. Whenever I picked him up or dropped him off I was amazed. And it was a 'good' school for the area. He did survive the experience, and even has some fashion sense.