Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 14, 2013

rofl. 2 rite.

As we have seen, ain’t nobody got time for that…

I thought tweets were what Elmer Fudd gave to his pets.

Six, once again you’ve made spill my drink….

Having said that, I am a bit of an anarchist when it comes to words. I’ve taught English, in all grades, including ESL students. But I love, and even revel in slang..It’s the future language living now…I used to teach in Benton Harbor, MI…..The slang I heard six years ago is just starting to be used by the larger culture, Jus’ way is, man,

Lack of usage of proper grammar and spelling now a days is my biggest pet peeve. I guess I’m getting old. The way this younger generation talks drives me crazy. And forget Twitter, it’ll never happen with me.

But it’s “Publish or perish” in the field of Academia, so although they’re not getting rich off of needless revised editions, it is helping their bottomline by keeping their jobs, status, etc.

No, “tweets” are what Sylvester the cat gives to his tweetie on Valentine’s Day.

I find it ironic that in this day and age, in which you can instantly communicate with anyone, anywhere and at any time, is when communications are abbreviated the most…

Cheers to all of us that refuse to give up complete sentences!

Academia is “publish or perish” because we are rarely paid for what we publish, we publish in order to get pay raises and permanent jobs. The majority of what we publish is read only by other academics. The textbook industry (elementary and higher ed) is driven by publishers.

I’ve thought about trying twitter but I’m too old to learn a foreign language.

If the Twittersphere collapsed into nonexistence, I wonder how much the total World I.Q. would increase in that instant…

Make time for it.

Alas for the future of society! Eventually we will all collapse into a language of single syllables and grunting and all will be lost! AIEEE!

And circle shall be complete. Ugh! Ugh!

Yeah, and besides, it’s the wrong time of year for twit or tweet.

Everybody has that much time; just get a good word processor.

What came before tweeter? Nothing, thank goodness…..

Good stuff!

I have NEVER sent a text message on my phone, and, quite frankly, I have NO idea how to do it.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>For years, even when I had a cell phone with text capabilities, I resisted. Finally, I came to the realization that for very short messages, particularly business ones ( ie. the check bounced ) it was very useful. And while I try to avoid abbreviations, I have found texting to be a valuable tool. I DO NOT TWEET !

I take great care to use proper spelling, syntax and grammar in my tweets, and consider it a challenge to convey complete worthwhile thoughts in 140 characters or less. Usually.

Danae should learn a new song.“Its the End of the World as we know it,And I feel fine.”I was watching an NFL story (which is bad enough) the jock was reading or at least looking at Shakespeare. He remarked “Man this dude was using Ebonics before it was cool.” ????? I just sighed.

Yes, like the old days.

a hole? can you call a lack of vacuum a hole?

I have found texting to be useful in certain circumstances, but those aren’t common. I can go days at a time without sending a text message.

I haven’t got the slightest desire to do Twitter.

Why do you think they call it Twitter?

Speaking of grammar and it’s proper use, why do so many have difficulty with the use of the words, their, there and, they’re? Your and you’re as well. It’s not rocket surgery or brain science, or is the other way around. Sometimes I’m not the brightest knife or sharpest crayon :)

I’m kinda surprised that nobody has posted using text type lingo…

Linguist, yeah, a lot of people don’t like slang I think they’re booger brains…….

masterskrain, most academics insist on APA style writing. American Psychological Association style. Cutsie text abbreviations (and slang) is not acceptable….

Excellent

Nabuquduriuzhur: Under the traditional contract, the author gets 10% of the retail price, the publisher 50%, and the bookstore 40%. In the case of Texas public school texts, the author gets 0% unless agrees to the fictionalizing changes ordered by the State Board of Education. Try to do something about that (like run for the Board) and you will probably never see print again, not even the bare mention of your name.

I don’t think I could ever get the hang of Twitter…..my brain cramps when I think in short hand……and almost blows up when I try to decipher it!

deja vu – or flattery?

some slang is clever and very creative – not lazy – and intentionally exclusive and elitist

I know who’s got time for that, Danae. The “proles” of George Orwell’s “1984” would welcome that with open arms — none of that “Newspeak” horse-hockey.

I think Lucy forgot to add “words more than two syllables long” to the list. Red Green was right, computers aren’t progress; it’s a return to the days of people in caves pounding on drums to send messages.

Great, a politics joke. Keep the opinions to yourself, ok?

Deja vu! Methinks I heard that quote yesterday.

…I’m intrigued by people who…“can’t live without”…something that didn’t even exist a few years ago…