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Why do people type 'prolly' instead of 'probably'?
Don McManus
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Seeing it more and more.
Is it like an ebonics thing for web posters?
I don't get it.
Don
Is it like an ebonics thing for web posters?
I don't get it.
Don
Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.
Brad Steele
Brad Steele
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[:D]
get some help[:D][:D]
Why do people type 'prolly' instead of 'probably'?
Just to chap your *.
Yup, dats prolly it. [;)]
While I am generally known as a grammarian and sometimes as a spelling nazi, I also see the merit in sometimes using a nonword for comedic effect. One can usually tell when a writer knows better but chooses to insert a term phonetically spelled from a dialect.
What grinds my jaws are the frequent uses of "textspeak" such as the substitution of single letters or numerals in place of words.
Just shorter and faster, also less formal and more friendly.
<~~~prolly guilty [8D]
I use both ways depending on the seriousness of the post. Don't ever use text-speak though.
yea thats prolly It
really bothers you dont it, Why, you even said you dont read past "Prolly", in my post on the BS traffic stop i posted
get some help[:D][:D]
[:)]
It is more curiosity than being bothered. I have never heard anyone speak that way, and have only seen the pseudo word here on GB.
And yes, I rarely read past the first 'prolly' I see. Can't imagine that someone who puts so little effort into his posts has much to offer.[:I][}:)]
Brad Steele
Nawada I'z sayen
Sheeeet yo whacked
"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck
quote:Originally posted by riflemike
really bothers you dont it, Why, you even said you dont read past "Prolly", in my post on the BS traffic stop i posted
get some help[:D][:D]
[:)]
It is more curiosity than being bothered. I have never heard anyone speak that way, and have only seen the pseudo word here on GB.
And yes, I rarely read past the first 'prolly' I see. Can't imagine that someone who puts so little effort into his posts has much to offer.[:I][}:)]
dont read my post . cause..whoops because I will Use it[:D]no hard feelings here
SS
A tip o' the hat to that fine gentleman, Walt Kelly.
Creator of Pogo, and all of his friends, from a kinder and gentler time.So you're saying that it's a little kid's way of writing it out.
[B)]barto[B)]
Doesn't prolly have its origin in a song? [8)] Hello Prolly, or something like that.
[:D]
i find it hard to believe there are so many idiots here who defend the use of improper English and poor spelling, i thought gun people were smarter than the average ghetto trash talk buttheads, but reading these replies prove me wrong and dang it anyhow i do not like being wrong.
PURELY PATHETIC !!
kinda like the young guys saying "shotty or remmy"
would you believe me if i told you it is pure stupidity, laziness and wanting to be hip ?
i find it hard to believe there are so many idiots here who defend the use of improper English and poor spelling, i thought gun people were smarter than the average ghetto trash talk buttheads, but reading these replies prove me wrong and dang it anyhow i do not like being wrong.
PURELY PATHETIC !!
And there you have it folks!!! This is the exact reason why we fail as a group, too many people feel the need to judge and look down upon those they deem a lessor person! Either you accept the fact that nobody is perfect, everybody has thier own personalities, differences including dialects or we as conservative gun owners will go down in history as the bunch of idiots who not only put thier own noose around rhier necks but pulled the damn trap lever as well! As why many conservatives take different paths! It's because we get tired of the perfect ones reminding us that we will never be thier equal. [:(!]
Nuttin' to see here. Move along...
Now, when she asks me to spell a word, I say
"Honey, I don't have a clue."[8D]
It is pointless to correct the former, and brainless to not recognize the latter.
quote:Originally posted by kimi
Doesn't prolly have its origin in a song? [8)] Hello Prolly, or something like that.
[:D]
It figures that you would get it, James! [:D][:D][:D]
There is an ocean of difference between an ignorant mistake and an intentional or creative misuse of language.
It is pointless to correct the former, and brainless to not recognize the latter.
Prolly gets a cracker.
Brad Steele
quote:Originally posted by Don McManus
quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
There is an ocean of difference between an ignorant mistake and an intentional or creative misuse of language.
It is pointless to correct the former, and brainless to not recognize the latter.
Prolly gets a cracker.
Prolly is a cracker.
and there YOU go,......slingin racial slurs at poor Prolly. He can't help he was born white[;)]
I use prolly, fixin, pert-near, and multitudes of other terms that some here must find horribly offensive[:X] But as Barzilla has stated, I use them because I feel they can enhance a conversation, if/when used in the intended manner. I don't use them as a staple in my vocabulary, only when I WANT to use them for the effect.