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Post by rosesablaze on Oct 25, 2006 22:35:51 GMT -5
Okay, this is kind of a strange thing that's been bothering me for a long time. I realize there's no standard for how to handle Internetisms, but if there were, what do you think would be the correct way to:
~handle smilies after sentences? Should they be used in place of punctuations? After the punctuation? Before?
~spell the word for annoying messages on messageboards? SPAM (an acronym for Short Pointless Annoying Messages) or spam (an alternate definition for the word that means soliciting e-mails)?
And if someone's screenname is all lowercase, should you still capatalize it at the beginning of a sentence? Some people can get really sensitive about not punctuating their screenname properly...
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Post by konran on Oct 26, 2006 0:24:06 GMT -5
Smilies replace periods or question marks if it is the confused one with question marks above it. Excalamation points are the most powerful punctuation and always take priority, so they can go after a smiley. SPAM/spam, who knows, depends on the context and how you wish it to be perceived by others. Unless SN's are all defaulted to lower-case, maintain the case in which it is, when reproducing.
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Post by Joe Shmoe on Oct 27, 2006 10:36:30 GMT -5
I personally use punctuation with smilies usually after. Like this.  SPAM/S.P.A.M/Stupid(Short) Pointless Annoying Messages is just according to you. However, if some one's name has no capitalization, they have no right to bitch if you don't capitalize it.(As in, are allowed to use caps, but chose not to.) |
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Post by SilverAmaranth on Oct 28, 2006 20:09:44 GMT -5
Hmmm. I think I usually use smilies before the end punctuation, but I don't really care about those little things.
Just watch; one day, MLA will come out with a handbook on this stuff. On this day I will lose all hope for America and its citizens and kill myself.
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Post by Trey on Oct 29, 2006 14:30:03 GMT -5
Well, if you're just writing once sentance, then the smilie can replace the period =D
But not all smilies go at the end of a sentance. I mean, I could be talking about vampirates =DD and want to show my utter affection for it, so I post a smilie mid sentance. But if people suddenly think that smilies represent a punctuation like that, then 1/ how the hell do we tell punctuations apart because you can't have the smile be period, the frown be comma, etc. 2/ my sentences wouldn't make much sence.
Honestly, there are no rules for internetisms. You do as you please=D.=o
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