Comments on: A Million to Five… http://projectnomad.com/2009/04/20/a-million-to-five/ One Man's Attempt at Lifestyle Design and the Quest for the Perfect Virtual Company Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:39:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pierpaolo http://projectnomad.com/2009/04/20/a-million-to-five/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Pierpaolo Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:42:36 +0000 http://projectnomad.com/?p=205#comment-199 Thanks for the comment, Laura. Yes. I agree it is more of an effort. One thing though...for you, words are your life. How many other people that you have tweeted make the effort to use correct grammar/spelling/punctuation? (Or for that matter correctly use coalesce in a sentence :) ). I guess what I am asking is does Texting or Twittering make us lazy? I guess the same can be said of any type of slang. Thanks again for the comment. Pier Thanks for the comment, Laura.
Yes. I agree it is more of an effort. One thing though…for you, words are your life. How many other people that you have tweeted make the effort to use correct grammar/spelling/punctuation? (Or for that matter correctly use coalesce in a sentence :) ).
I guess what I am asking is does Texting or Twittering make us lazy? I guess the same can be said of any type of slang.
Thanks again for the comment.
Pier

]]> By: Laura Orsini http://projectnomad.com/2009/04/20/a-million-to-five/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Laura Orsini Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:34:37 +0000 http://projectnomad.com/?p=205#comment-198 Maybe. Before joining Twitter, I NEVER used abbreviations like 2 for "to" or 4 for "four." Now I do, occasionally, if it means making the 140-character limit. But I still use commas, properly hyphenate, spell correctly, and use complete sentences, if at all possible. I used the word "coalesce" in a tweet today, for example. I don't think microblogging and the preservation of language are mutually exclusive. It does take more effort though, to be sure! Maybe. Before joining Twitter, I NEVER used abbreviations like 2 for “to” or 4 for “four.” Now I do, occasionally, if it means making the 140-character limit. But I still use commas, properly hyphenate, spell correctly, and use complete sentences, if at all possible. I used the word “coalesce” in a tweet today, for example.

I don’t think microblogging and the preservation of language are mutually exclusive. It does take more effort though, to be sure!

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