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Mike Harrison
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 4:57 pm    Post subject: Way OT: Social media posts Reply with quote

I'm behind in social media technology. Do some people make their posts on the various social media platforms by speaking them, and their device converts what it thinks it "hears" into text? It's the only thing I can imagine when reading some of what is posted.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I frequently speak my comments into my phone, but the key is to make sure you check it before you hit "enter." I do this because I make more mistakes trying to type with my thumbs.

Some people speak in jumbled sentence fragments (hmmmm, now who comes to mind?), and the computer in our hands doesn't have a fighting chance to use it's predictive text effectively, so it becomes even more of a word soup. At least that is my impression!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Connie. That explains a LOT of what I've been seeing. One example, in particular, is the phrase "well-known." Increasingly, when it appears in tweets, etc., it is without the "n." And, between that, the "to, too and two," the "their, there and they're," the "could of, might of, must of, should of and would of" and other such issues, I was wondering how we wound up with so many adults who apparently didn't learn much in school.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In my experience, the speech-to-text algorithm on my iPhone has been remarkably good at the correct use of their/there/they're, its/it's, etc.

Sadly, Mike, I think that your amazement at people's use of things like "could of" and "irregardless" is apropos.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Things people say incorrectly -

I could care less vs. I COULDN’T care less
For all intensive purposes vs. For all INTENTS and purposes
You have another thing coming vs. You have another THINK coming
Irregardless vs. REGARDLESS
Ex Cetera vs. ET CETERA
Jeffrey Epstein killed himself vs. Jeffrey Epstein DIDN’T kill himself
I need to lay down vs. I need to LIE down
Supposably vs. SUPPOSEDLY
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Todd stuck in a sneaky!!!

I'm telling teacher!

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Teacher doesn't mind that particular issue when it's sneaky.

It's becoming this year's Rick Roll.


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