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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 07:19:37 AM

Title: why do people talk in ellipses?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 07:19:37 AM: I don't really get it... because it's not actually any easier to type than using proper punctuation... and it looks distinguished mentally-challenged... and I don't see what's so hard to learn or understand about punctuation rules... is it a style thing... where did it originate... what message is it trying to send... help me...
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Post by: pilonv1 on April 23, 2008, 07:27:44 AM: sup...
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Post by: Don Flamenco on April 23, 2008, 11:28:25 AM: oh...no...it's the end...of the world.
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Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 11:35:20 AM: yeah, like groo I do it where I would pause, hesitate or change direction midway through a word/sentence.
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Post by: bud on April 23, 2008, 11:51:28 AM: i never talk in ellipses when i'm on msn. i just hit enter.
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Post by: Tauntaun on April 23, 2008, 12:31:04 PM: ...........................................................................
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Post by: MrAngryFace on April 23, 2008, 12:38:12 PM: A lot of people use ellipses to basically insert an smh
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Post by: DJ_Tet on April 23, 2008, 01:04:27 PM: I use it as a substitution for train of thought type posting. Sometimes I post like that, other times I form complete ideas before I post. Still other times, I form complete ideas about midgets unrelated to the subject. It all depends, either way I find ellipses a good tool for informal posting and emailing.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on April 23, 2008, 01:04:51 PM: sometimes its for people who wanna act all high n mighty too!
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Post by: DJ_Tet on April 23, 2008, 01:13:49 PM: Really? I've always found it's the spelling and grammer nazis who are high and mighty.
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Post by: Ganhyun on April 24, 2008, 12:10:22 AM: Quote from: Tauntaun on April 23, 2008, 12:31:04 PM
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:lol :lol :lol :lol
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Post by: CurseoftheGods on April 24, 2008, 12:12:18 AM: Elliptists.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on April 24, 2008, 12:12:35 AM: Quote from: Groo on April 23, 2008, 08:15:20 AM
As far as my use of it goes, when I am online, I generally type as I would speak, and I use the ellipsis to mark a pause.

Quote from: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 11:35:20 AM
yeah, like groo I do it where I would pause, hesitate or change direction midway through a word/sentence.

But . . . that's what commas . . . dashes . . . semicolons . . . and colons are for. . . .
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Post by: Powerslave on April 24, 2008, 12:13:54 AM: look............at.................me..................writing...................this...................way..............to...............be...........ironically......................hilarious

goddamn im killing myself, that was so funny! :rofl
Title: Re: why do people talk in ellipses?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 24, 2008, 12:15:34 AM: Quote from: Gamestop Employee #18384 on April 23, 2008, 01:04:51 PM
sometimes its for people who wanna act all high n mighty too!

are you saying that ellipses are for the elitists? Shouldn't... like all... talk on EB, be like this then?
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 24, 2008, 12:16:34 AM: Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on April 24, 2008, 12:12:35 AM
Quote from: Groo on April 23, 2008, 08:15:20 AM
As far as my use of it goes, when I am online, I generally type as I would speak, and I use the ellipsis to mark a pause.

Quote from: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 11:35:20 AM
yeah, like groo I do it where I would pause, hesitate or change direction midway through a word/sentence.

But . . . that's what commas . . . dashes . . . semicolons . . . and colons are for. . . .

some people struggle with such fancy concepts.
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Post by: Raban on April 24, 2008, 12:17:28 AM: yeah I just use normal punctuation

I used to be alot more anal about typing, using capitalization, all that jazz, but then I realized it was stupid, so I stopped
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Post by: drohne on April 24, 2008, 12:18:53 AM: apparently céline is a major influence on internet users -- his prose style and his politics

i derive my underpunctuated, overindented posting style from futami, whose innovations in the field of being annoying on the internet merit deep study
Title: Re: why do people talk in ellipses?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 24, 2008, 12:19:53 AM: Quote from: drohne on April 24, 2008, 12:18:53 AM
apparently céline is a major influence on internet users -- his prose style and his politics

i derive my underpunctuated, overindented posting style from futami, whose innovations in the field of being annoying on the internet merit deep study
:lol
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 24, 2008, 01:12:58 AM: I basically associate it (in men at least) with unrelenting passive-aggression and perfect reason dodge. It gets me thinking Ayn Rand had a point about the evil evaders. Whatever else you might say about her, the lady knew how to rock the punctuation.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on April 24, 2008, 01:19:02 AM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on April 24, 2008, 01:12:58 AM
I basically associate it (in men at least) with unrelenting passive-aggression and perfect reason dodge. It gets me thinking Ayn Rand had a point about the evil evaders. Whatever else you might say about her, the lady knew how to rock the punctuation.
Actually the ellipses is rather helpful when it comes to Rand.

Quote
It is a sin to write. . . . The sacred word:

EGO
-abridged version of Anthem
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 24, 2008, 01:26:07 AM: it was totally appropriate there. Rand kicked ass at punctuation. Period.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on April 24, 2008, 01:28:29 AM: I inserted the ellipses. :-\

outside the first few and last few words, I omitted the entire book,
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 24, 2008, 01:32:11 AM: :-[
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Post by: Don Flamenco on April 24, 2008, 01:32:56 AM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on April 24, 2008, 01:12:58 AM
I basically associate it (in men at least) with unrelenting passive-aggression and perfect reason dodge. It gets me thinking Ayn Rand had a point about the evil evaders. Whatever else you might say about her, the lady knew how to rock the punctuation.

:lol

talk about reading way too deeply into punctuation...
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 24, 2008, 01:37:37 AM: Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on April 24, 2008, 01:28:29 AM
I inserted the ellipses. :-\

outside the first few and last few words, I omitted the entire book,

:lol
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Post by: xnikki118x on April 24, 2008, 01:58:55 AM: I hate when people write like that. I also hate that two-dot ellipsis. Is it supposed to be the new.. slimmer.. version.. or something?

Wanna know what else I hate? Misuse of the word literally. If you were literally falling apart on the floor, that'd be a huge mess. If you were to literally eat a horse, you'd have lots of PETA-type people angry with you. If you were literally freezing outside, I wanna know how you came back to life to talk about it.
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Post by: max_cool on April 24, 2008, 03:13:10 AM: I literally came at the prospect of lampooning MAF ... but then I realized I neither came nor was able to lampoon MAF.
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Post by: Eric P on April 24, 2008, 09:09:17 AM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on April 24, 2008, 01:32:11 AM
:-[

sounds like you need the ayn rand social networking site

www.theatlasphere.com
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Post by: tiesto on April 24, 2008, 11:04:42 AM: I have a habit of using lots of ellipses... I think that's because during my formative years I grew up spending a lot of time playing poorly translated 8 and 16 bit RPGs.
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Post by: Eric P on April 24, 2008, 11:07:40 AM: Quote from: tiesto on April 24, 2008, 11:04:42 AM
I have a habit of using lots of ellipses... I think that's because during my formative years I grew up spending a lot of time playing poorly translated 8 and 16 bit RPGs.

hahaha

my friend was mad at Golgo13 for NES because EVERYONE used ellipses all the time during dialog.
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Post by: DJ_Tet on April 24, 2008, 12:28:30 PM: lol my friend used to ask me what the ellipses meant in Golgo 13. I told him they were grunts, or him 'judging' whatever information was just told.

I hate questions like that, motherfucker you watched the same shit I did!
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 24, 2008, 12:46:02 PM: Quote from: DJ_Tet on April 24, 2008, 12:28:30 PM
lol my friend used to ask me what the ellipses meant in Golgo 13. I told him they were grunts, or him 'judging' whatever information was just told.

I hate questions like that, motherfucker you watched the same shit I did!

:lol