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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL 
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Sorry..this had to have a space all its own. LOL! Comment or not. I had to get it out. Okay..seems like twice. Geesh...  Rant starts here... IF I SEE ANOTHER POEM IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE TOO LAZY TO TYPE "ARE" instead of R....or "YOU" instead of U, I think I'm going to go off on a rant so big that you could cover a small country with the words! GEEESHH!! R or U and other one or 2 letter substituted words do NOT belong in poetry! *KICKS, SCREAMS, RANTS, RAVES, FUMES* Ohh..and thanks to Kitten for making realize that THRU doesn't belong either... |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
How bigge a kontry iz u yakin abut? Ghana? Or mor lak da United State uv Texas? Tho ah ken sea u'r pont, ah just cunnat rezizt.  Alicat the Persnikitty *MUUUAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA* |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
wht r u talkin bout??? I dunno bout any1 lse. . . but I lik tht u r doin this. . . it bout tim somone does somthin bout dis!! LOL  btw, I see your point 2!!! ------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. [This message has been edited by Sven (edited 02-12-2001).] |
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dreamer1 12 5 24 Member
since 2000-12-11
Posts 150crossing between |
Oh, come on, she didn't come here to be laughed at, and have her pet peeve abused!!! Be nice!!! Yeah, Temptress, I know what you mean, it makes things harder to read and it looks, well, wrong!!! Oh well, what can we do??? ....peace as a primary objective is dangerous because it implies that we would sacrifice anything for the sake of it.... Robert Kaplan |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Personally, I chalk it all up to poetic license. It's just like driving; at least half of the people out there shouldn't be driving but they're all doing it anyway and somehow, most of them are licensed too. I can overlook these substitutions for these people probably don't know any better to begin with. It's the people that do know what quality poetry may be but insist on butchering it by not using speelchecks or watching there grammur that get too me! Michael |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Hugs2u  ~coco~ |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
You know, you people are all just a bunch of smarty pants, but you're all lucky that I adore all of you! LOL! Thanks for sticking up for me, dreamer! Micheal: Poetic License or not it gets pretty annoying!  just makes me crazy! Kitten: I know! I know! You couldn't resist, but at least you agree with me! Sven: Like I said..Smarty pants! Geesh..we need a "stick my tongue out" icon now! Coco: Thanks for the hugs, but I can't resist the urge to *SLAPS YOU* LOL! *sigh* At least you meant well!  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sorry but I side with Temptress....take it to forums who don't care....she cares, I care...it takes away from what could be a lovely piece of work and frankly, shows me that the poet didn't care one way or the other how the poem was to be viewed...which is a shame and waste of space.... oops, I think I just stood on a soapbox.... |
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Dark Enchantress Senior Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 1258meet Morgana |
Yipes....I'm glad I don't do that. I'm sure if I did I wouldn't do it now. lol I am no one if not myself. Angel of Darkness |
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fractal007 Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958 |
I don't mean to be indelicate to the people who are guilty of Temptress's pet peve, but if I could add something: Putting U instead of you, or R instead of are in a poem is rather immature. It sounds rather "teenybopperish"[assuming that's a word], and not very poetic. But that's just my own opinion. I dunno, maybe it's some poetic device designed to convey some current mentality or ideal among youth that I'm not aware of... But really, whether or not I'm right about the immaturity, putting the abbreviations in the place of real words in poetry is simply detramental to the quality of the work of art you are creating. |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Actually, for some odd reason, such syntaxical abuse seems more like *shudder* cummings....... |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Can we blame it on text messaging...?  K...and I have found that a lifetime can be lived in one moment... T.G.M. |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
he he he -- you guys I'm with you on this temp So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
It's chat room lingo..pure and simple. People are too lazy to type in the right word!!! |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
YAY! More people who agree with me! Thanks everyone! LOL! I used to write that stuff in my letters to my friends and boyfriend in school until I realized that I could do better! Yes, I'd have to agree that it comes from laziness; and I also agree with anyone else to who agrees with me. [This message has been edited by Temptress (edited 02-13-2001).] |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I hear ya  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Yes, I agree with you. . . just having a little fun. . . and yes. . . it's TOTALLY becuase of text messaging and chat room lingo. . . BUT. . . like Ali said. . . it's very Cummingsesque. . . (to coin a word). . . so, like everything else. . . there are two sides to every coin. . . ---------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Swamp¤Faeryie Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 393fairyland....of course;) |
it's bad enough in everday icq or aol or yahoo messenger,speaking of which i do have the habit of saying enuf,but that's it unless i'm in a huge hurry,but in poetry :! WAY OUT OF LINE. It really doesn't belong at all!! unless of course that's the theme of the poem.... Do i contradict myself?Very well i contradict myself.I contain multitudes.~walt whitman |
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Greeneyes617 Member
since 2000-11-22
Posts 329Arkansas |
Hummmmm...pet peves?? I got a few of those myself..... I gree with Temptress though. Although in the past I have been guilty of the U's and R's but oh well. |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
i agree with you..theres a place for such abbreviations..and poetry is not the place..but like michael(i think it was) said, you kind of have to call it poetic license..he made a very good point on that... quite truthfully, when i see poetry written in that fashion, i dont much feel like reading it..which is sad..  couldve been a good poem..the other thing that bothers me is, a whole blasted poem in CAPS!!! grrrrr.. , g"maybe one day we can turn and face our fears maybe one day we can reach out through our tears..." -a grant |
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Colin Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596Callington, Cornwall, England |
u'r right u no, I h8 it 2! (sorry )Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. - Bill Vaughan |
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