Why do y'all do it

[billwald]

probably for the same reason some people use their signature line for a sermon or a commercial.

 

[Melanie]

Salty, I did not understand the response about translating into American English ......what,what,what? I cannot, I speakie proper English which is as everyone knows is good old Strine (Australian English). Don't roll your eyeballs as they may fall out?:tongue3:

 

[Salty]

Salty, I did not understand the response about translating into American English ......what,what,what? I cannot, I speakie proper English which is as everyone knows is good old Strine (Australian English). Don't roll your eyeballs as they may fall out?:tongue3:

sorry, I forgot the :smilewinkgrin: :smilewinkgrin: :smilewinkgrin:

Actually, England and Australia do speak proper English - Americans do not!!!

Salty

 

[SRBooe]

sorry, I forgot the :smilewinkgrin: :smilewinkgrin: :smilewinkgrin:

Actually, England and Australia do speak proper English - Americans do not!!!

Salty

We speak proper American English, the Brits and the Aussie's do not.

 

[Salty]

We speak proper American English, the Brits and the Aussie's do not.

I can feel WW III comming on:tonofbricks:

 

[David Lamb]

Might sound good, but what would you post above say, if translated into American English?

Being a Brit, I have never tried "translating" New Zealand English into American English. Maybe if she were an American, Briony Gloria might have put something like:

"Same with extra-long posts. Sheesh! I didn't join the BB to read dissertaions! Me, I reckon 4 sentences is long enough."
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Seriously, though, I agree with the OP that it is wrong to quote a whole post when you are replying just to a part of it. (Looking back at some of my own previous posts, I have to confess that I have far too often quoted big, unnecessary chunks.) On the other hand, not quoting at all has often led to confusion, particularly if a little time has passed between the message and the reply. No quoting at all can leave doubt aboutwhich message the person is replying to.

 

[Jim1999]

Perhaps the confusion comes from slipping off the main topic too often. Keep in line folks and avoid the tailbacks. Stop off at a layby and take stock.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[jaigner]

Often, someone will "quote" a previous post to comment on it - fine. But many times the "quoted" passage is extremely long, yet the new comment may only be 2 or 3 lines long.

Why do so many "quote" the entire post for such a short comment? Please just delete the portion that does not pertain to your comment. This is especially true when 15 or 20 Bible verses are being quoted.

Why,why, why???? Please enlighten me.

Laziness?

Just don't think to do it?

Just to aggrevate? .... naw, don't thing so.

They may not know they can.

I see this a lot with forwarded emails too - the ones in business that we do need to see

ALL those emails are left in. Sometimes there are not so many, but sometimes there are 100s. Take them out before you hit forward!!

Lot's of forums use the edit feature. Many persons use the quotes, no matter how long, so they are in fact responding to an unedited post in it's original context, just in case it is edited afterward, and the point they make is thus moot due to this edit.

Then perhaps before making a comment, the person should go back and read the entire contribution and get the context of what is being discussed.

We see this in biblical studies too, where people quote a text, and simply ignore other relative passages, that may shed light on the quoted verse or verses.

Cheers,

Jim

Because its there & WE CAN! LOL! oh boy

I'll tell you why: because the quote button at the bottom of each post quotes the entire post!

The rest is either laziness or lack of computer skills (some folk may not realize that they can edit out the "extras")

That bugs me too. Take it out unless the whole thing is needed.

On the rare occasions when I do, it is because I don't trust the person not to go mess with the post and then say they didn't say something. In fact, there have been forums where I quote them ONLY to preserve what they said so the stupidity will live on and they'll not be able to unclaim it. LOL I is a little mean like that sometimes, but only with people who deserve it so maybe it's just doing the world a favor.

90% of the time, I edit the posted quote.

There are rare occasions I don't, due to time constraints or (gasp) laziness. I try to remember to go in and re-do it later. Sometimes I do...sometimes, not.

But I seriously try--and seldom, if ever--quote a dissertation without some serious edit. My posts can be almost terminal in their ennui-factor. No sense in compounding it.

(proud that I used the French term ennui today.

My two cents, since we are venting.

What bothers me more is when a person edits the quote but also edits out who they are quoting. Often times that makes it much more difficult to read long threads after the fact and figure out who is saying what.

Just to bother you.

 

[Salty]

Just to bother you.

Didnt work - since it was so long, didnt even look at the "quotes" just came down to your new post.

And that is the entire point of the OP.

 

[Salty]

"Same with extra-long posts. Sheesh! I didn't join the BB to read dissertaions! Me, I reckon 4 sentences is long enough."
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David, excellent translation - do you have a degeee in inter-English translation:smilewinkgrin:

 

[annsni]

Didnt work - since it was so long, didnt even look at the "quotes" just came down to your new post.

And that is the entire point of the OP.

Yep - see, I'll peek at the quotes to see which they are quoting but I won't read through the whole thing again.

 

[blackbird]

Because its there & WE CAN! LOL! oh boy

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