Tracker's Writing Style

[garyl62]

Tracker, I'm always curious when I read your posts why you normally don't write in complete sentences, but rather make a short statement then add several dots before your next short statement. Maybe you can give us all the logic behind that style as I for one can not understand any benefit to it.

 

[Go Fast or Go Home]

Good question.

Don~

 

[snobuilder]

Tracker, I'm always curious when I read your posts why you normally don't write in complete sentences, but rather make a short statement then add several dots before your next short statement. Maybe you can give us all the logic behind that style as I for one can not understand any benefit to it.

I am guilty of this at times myself.....I think it is done to indicate that I am simply spewing out what pops into my gourd at that very moment.

 

[Tracker]

Tracker, I'm always curious when I read your posts why you normally don't write in complete sentences, but rather make a short statement then add several dots before your next short statement. Maybe you can give us all the logic behind that style as I for one can not understand any benefit to it.

ok i'll bite.....its due to reading and comprehension....similar to blue light calming study....a run on sentence on a computer screen gets less attention than one with spacing...I.E. dots----or any other symbol >>>> and can be understood what is trying to be conveyed in said sentence by an average user +++++ CAPEESH #### does that help...dots are the easiest...it simulates a persons breathing if you were in an actual conversation with a live being **** I am all aboot science and facts

 

[Grant Hoar]

Punctuation is pretty valuable, for example: "Let's eat, Grandma" and "Let's eat Grandma" .

Same words, slightly different meaning.

 

[chords]

iss it much betrr wen sumone writs in text mode ? u kno who u r. i gues itz str8 up but w/o da fax. Huh ?

 

[Tracker]

Punctuation is pretty valuable, for example: "Let's eat, Grandma" and "Let's eat Grandma" .

Same words, slightly different meaning.

yes...same effect grant....mine are easier to read....it slows the mind down...forcing it to take in what it sees with more fervency

 

[POLARISDAN]

I am guilty of this at times myself.....I think it is done to indicate that I am simply spewing out what pops into my gourd at that very moment.

imagine that

 

[garyl62]

I understand, but not sure I agree with the logic. In my opinion it is much easier to read complete sentences and when I read something presented that way I tend to give more credibility to what is being said. As snobuildler said, the dot dot dot presentation seems more like spewing out random thoughts. I guess I think if someone presents themselves in an intelligent manner when it comes to grammar I'm more likely to think their point will be intelligent also. If the presentation comes across disjointed I'm more likely to think the points they are trying to make are also disjointed.

Not trying to change your style, just wanting to understand it so thanks for the reply.

 

[Willh]

It's what you do when you're choosing to stick with periods, commas and that's about it.

I used to do it before I went to uni (Eng Lit) but am now sort of stuck with formality.

I used to hate formality and try to type the way I speak without coloring it with other influences. Sometimes perfect grammar sounds impersonal and imprecise when you have a style of yourself in your mind.

 

[POLARISDAN]

Ya hey der...

 

[garyl62]

Ya hey der...

Dat's a komplete sen-tanc der in my book.... if ya no what I mean!

 

[russholio]

Tracker, I'm always curious when I read your posts why you normally don't write in complete sentences, but rather make a short statement then add several dots before your next short statement. Maybe you can give us all the logic behind that style as I for one can not understand any benefit to it.

Punctuation is pretty valuable, for example: "Let's eat, Grandma" and "Let's eat Grandma" .

Same words, slightly different meaning.

I understand, but not sure I agree with the logic. In my opinion it is much easier to read complete sentences and when I read something presented that way I tend to give more credibility to what is being said. As snobuildler said, the dot dot dot presentation seems more like spewing out random thoughts. I guess I think if someone presents themselves in an intelligent manner when it comes to grammar I'm more likely to think their point will be intelligent also. If the presentation comes across disjointed I'm more likely to think the points they are trying to make are also disjointed.

Not trying to change your style, just wanting to understand it so thanks for the reply.

 

[Grant Hoar]

Tracker and snobuilder have same writing style. Nuff said.

And they think that is easier to read and comprehend. Makes one wonder why our education system doesn't teach that.

 

[frnash]

Ya hey der...

Dat's a komplete sen-tanc der in my book.... if ya no what I mean!

Okay, I'm gonna be picky about "der":

If yer gonna go inventing such slang(?) you have to consider that there really is a correlation between spelling and pronunciation!

Note that "der" comes off reading like the German grammatical masculine article "der", equivalent to "the" in English, as in:

German	English
Der Hund	The dog
Der Spiegel	The mirror
Der Führer	(Well, you know.)

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So if you're trying to fabricate an analog of "there" as it might sound in "U.P. English" or "Yooperese",
c.f. (click →) "Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan's Upper Peninsula", by Kathryn A. Remlinger, then you should probably use "dere" (pronounced ≈"dare"), thus:

"Ya hey dere…"
"Dat's a komplete sen-tanc(?) dere in my book…"

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"FRNash lähtee soapboxista." ("FRNash leaves the soapbox.")

 

[snobuilder]

Tracker and snobuilder have same writing style. Nuff said.

And they think that is easier to read and comprehend. Makes one wonder why our education system doesn't teach that.

"Nuff said"????....you could be lumped in with many.