Does the term "wat" offend you?

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07 Apr 2011, 10:35 pm

It's the way kids are spelling "what" these days.

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07 Apr 2011, 10:40 pm

I view it as ignent .. (The ignorant word/term for ignorant)

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07 Apr 2011, 10:53 pm

Typing like that is part of the whole text lingo craze that young people are so into these days. I have disdain for that entire fad, although I do understand why you'd use it whenever sending text messages. Otherwise, it just makes you look lazy whenever you use that lingo.

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07 Apr 2011, 10:59 pm

"Should of"

"Alternate" instead of "alternant", and analogues

They make me want to nuke something.

I don't always utilize full sentences when I text, but I do spell words correctly-
I'd have to make a conscious effort not to.

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07 Apr 2011, 11:02 pm

It offends me very much. The English language is falling apart. I don't like the way that young people spell a lot of their words.

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07 Apr 2011, 11:44 pm

I disagree. I think the language is going through the much-needed process of refinery. What's the point in a silent H anyway?

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08 Apr 2011, 12:46 am

I don't have a problem with it but I'm dyslexic & really s#ck with grammar & spelling. I barely passed my English classes in school. I also into the teen/tween culture more than most people my age are

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08 Apr 2011, 12:51 am

"wat" is a very specific way of saying "what". They aren't misspelling it because they're lazy.

It's like "o rly" or "yesh".

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08 Apr 2011, 1:03 am

It's laziness IMO. Can't be arsed to put in the. What is this? Texting? Can they even bother hitting the extra key?

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08 Apr 2011, 1:09 am

League_Girl wrote:

It's laziness IMO. Can't be arsed to put in the. What is this? Texting? Can they even bother hitting the extra key?

Not when it comes to texting. Some have character limits for text

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08 Apr 2011, 1:12 am

League_Girl wrote:

It's laziness IMO. Can't be arsed to put in the. What is this? Texting? Can they even bother hitting the extra key?

I use it sometimes, and laziness has nothing to do with it. "wat" shows a very specific emotion.

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08 Apr 2011, 1:15 am

it does?
i think it represents laziness, laziness of the brain 'o rly' too, but 'yesh' is a cute pronunciation.

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08 Apr 2011, 1:21 am

Fudo wrote:

it does?
i think it represents laziness, laziness of the brain

'o rly' too, but 'yesh' is a cute pronunciation.

Maybe it's the stoner in me (HAH!) but 'wat' is that half baked confused emotion.

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08 Apr 2011, 1:34 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

"wat" is a very specific way of saying "what". They aren't misspelling it because they're lazy.

It's like "o rly" or "yesh".

This.

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08 Apr 2011, 1:37 am

well each to their own, i think i'd prefer 'wha..' lol looks closer to being correct.

have a bit of a thing for spelling though.

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08 Apr 2011, 1:42 am

Fudo wrote:

well each to their own, i think i'd prefer 'wha..' lol looks closer to being correct.

have a bit of a thing for spelling though.

I've used that one, too. However, "wha..." is more of a shocked emotion than half baked and confused.

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