Process of Elimination...Maybe? - Page 7

Lali...hola...namaskaram...bangaru...so long it has been...

oh how tardy of me Onu..my sweets hola to u too

Someone is urging those they deem the true and faithful devotees of the show to write to the PH ( I think as a protest against people who've been making posts that the writer feels are harming the show).

By the way, I have taken immense care in quoting the writer exactly as they have written out their message. The spelling, grammar, syntax, semantics, discourse and pragmatics are all taken verbatim from the post.

Sudha...that took me a while...dont kill me pleeege...

i actually quite like spelling things worng (when I perposely do so) and the hinglish words...bhah Annie this is turning out to be a confessional of sorts...

how many lines do i get to do to pa for it all

Laligaru...its me Tangam...

But you have to consider some points:

1. All may not have been exposed to wide and correct use of English Language. Some may not be good with English, so what? Are we going to ridicule them just because they make spelling mistakes or they have limited vocabulary?

2. Many of us do not have English as our mothertoungue and while expressing emotions in an excitement may go back to our mothertoungues to find words or to coin new words.

3. Language is and has to be flowing and natural. We cannot forget that Grammar DESCRIBES language. We study grammar as prescriptive rules because we are not the first users of it and hence grammar gives us an insight into how a language works. But Language is a flow. All the languages of the world have changed a lot over the length of time. If not so, what you and I are typing, would be wrong, given the sensibilities and understandings of people who lived even just a 100 years ago!!!

4. Conveying your thoughts, emotions through some medium is what language is all about! And if saying "I am excited!" is not enough for someone and they say " III AAAMMM SUPER DUPER EXXXCITED YAAR!" I am all for it!

5. People come on this forum to enjoy, what's wrong if they express themselves in a non-standard way? If they do not write good english, does it mean they have not right to express? Even if they know good English and decide to have a little fun by using some wacky short forms or othre expressions, is it really wrong? What we going to do, hang them?

6. Aren't you being unreasonable? Nobody's stopping you from using good English Language and I must say you are really good with it! But expecting everyone to use a certain type of language is a tad little too much to my thinking.

7. Everything else apart, should this happen, the Forum will lose it's variety and flavours for sure!

I'd say, relax. Cut everyone some slack. And you too enjoy!

I did not mean to offend you personally. Just putting forth my point of view.

I also get irritated by texting language and it is used by lots of people around here on the forum...probably because there are too many teenagers or people just find it easier, but I find it annoying as it takes time for me to understand their posts.( I am not an old ghost) Even the so called "spoilers" are given out in this texting style and I think it creates chaos among the fans to decipher it properly. However, seems like it is the language of the forum so I don't mind it as there are lots of people around here who are not very fluent in English language. Just for the record, I have never called Arnav or barun "hotwa" or "hottie" 😉 but you are right, everyone loves to call him that in here. Perhaps you can come up with a new name for him? :) not harvard!