Capitalisation, spelling and grammar

[dyna]

Several years ago however, as my portfolio grew to a level that I never thought I could accomplish as a kid growing up lower-middle class, I decided to bring the habit back, sort of as a weird way to stay mentally grounded and not get carried away with my growing affluence, by serving as a constant reminder of my humble beginnings.

Wow ! That paragraph just leapt out at me.
So ,...I'm not the only weirdo on this forum , after all.
Man, that made my day.

 

[farmerge]

Wow ! That paragraph just leapt out at me.
So ,...I'm not the only weirdo on this forum , after all.
Man, that made my day.

Shake the tree and you will never know who will fall out of it!!!!

 

[Sharkman]

Wow ! That paragraph just leapt out at me.
So ,...I'm not the only weirdo on this forum , after all.
Man, that made my day.

>>> disable_auto_interrupt (no_caps_output)
[Subroutine executed]

Absolutely. Can one really call themselves human if they don't possess at least one weird tic? And there's many more weird quirks where that one came from, which creep out from time to time. Such as imitating a robot/AI, for example.

 

[Joe Blow]

holy smokes i never noticed this thread until now. i've probably been one of the worst (if not the worst) offenders when it comes to this particular habit, however in my case there's a bit of a backstory to it.

when i was a kid, i learnt to type on a second hand computer my old man was gifted by one of his colleagues - family couldn't afford anything better. the shift keys didn't always work properly on that old computer, and had to be rapped pretty hard to register a keypress. after a while this got frustrating, so i stopped bothering to hit shift unless it was necessary (eg. when i was writing something for a school assignment, or my code wouldn't work if certain chars weren't capitalised) and a bad habit was formed.

Years later when I was in my mid-late teens, we could afford a proper computer, so I did eventually manage to kick the habit. Several years ago however, as my portfolio grew to a level that I never thought I could accomplish as a kid growing up lower-middle class, I decided to bring the habit back, sort of as a weird way to stay mentally grounded and not get carried away with my growing affluence, by serving as a constant reminder of my humble beginnings.

Although it's not really a habit anymore as I can fully control it and do use capitals properly when I have to (eg. writing reports/documentation or communicating with external parties at work). I've only been deliberately skipping capitals when writing casually/informally (eg. emails to family, writing anonymously/pseudonymously such as on here etc) for that reason. But if people find it irritating (though no one's ever said anything about it to me before), I can go back to typing properly, no problem.

The reason I ask people to consider those reading their posts is because I see ASF as a (hopefully) permanent resource and not a chat room. Content in chat rooms is here one minute and gone the next. It is disposable by its very nature. It is meant to be read, and then discarded. It disappears into the ether and is never seen again.

However, content on ASF lives on indefinitely. The first post ever posted here back in 2004 is still here. So in my eyes ASF is both a financial markets resource and a written history of the community. For example, if you want to know how ASF members reacted to the 2005 London Terrorist Bombings, there is a thread on that somewhere that you can read and re-live for yourself.

So I think how you write can be just as important as what you write. It's important that the content that you post be readable, well structured and easy to understand. Grammar, spelling and capitalisation are all big parts of that.

This thread was buried for years and now it has come to life again over 13 years later. I'm glad that I put some effort into my initial post so those who weren't here in 2009 can easily understand the purpose of the thread. Others may be reading what you post tomorrow in 2035, so give them a thought while you are writing your post and make it worth reading 12 years (or even 25 years) from now.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

This thread was buried for years and now it has come to life again over 13 years later. I'm glad that I put some effort into my initial post so those who weren't here in 2009 can easily understand the purpose of the thread. Others may be reading what you post tomorrow in 2035, so give them a thought while you are writing your post and make it worth reading 12 years (or even 25 years) from now.

Noble words, and true.

I quite like the SimilarThreads content, as exhibited below. I've had fun exploring, seeing the turnover of commentators and some familiar ones posting over the years.

The idea of a journal of record is important, which is why I drop in IPO info. (if only to save going back to the Prospectus documents). Ditto snapshots of pertinent announcemts and some graphs.

 

[divs4ever]

However, content on ASF lives on indefinitely. The first post ever posted here back in 2004 is still here. So in my eyes ASF is both a financial markets resource and a written history of the community. For example, if you want to know how ASF members reacted to the 2005 London Terrorist Bombings, there is a thread on that somewhere that you can read and re-live for yourself.

absolutely , eternal insight for those willing to seek it

( and an essential guide for any newcomers to investing )

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

holy smokes i never noticed this thread until now. i've probably been one of the worst (if not the worst) offenders when it comes to this particular habit, however in my case there's a bit of a backstory to it.

when i was a kid, i learnt to type on a second hand computer my old man was gifted by one of his colleagues - family couldn't afford anything better. the shift keys didn't always work properly on that old computer, and had to be rapped pretty hard to register a keypress. after a while this got frustrating, so i stopped bothering to hit shift unless it was necessary (eg. when i was writing something for a school assignment, or my code wouldn't work if certain chars weren't capitalised) and a bad habit was formed.

Years later when I was in my mid-late teens, we could afford a proper computer, so I did eventually manage to kick the habit. Several years ago however, as my portfolio grew to a level that I never thought I could accomplish as a kid growing up lower-middle class, I decided to bring the habit back, sort of as a weird way to stay mentally grounded and not get carried away with my growing affluence, by serving as a constant reminder of my humble beginnings.

Although it's not really a habit anymore as I can fully control it and do use capitals properly when I have to (eg. writing reports/documentation or communicating with external parties at work). I've only been deliberately skipping capitals when writing casually/informally (eg. emails to family, writing anonymously/pseudonymously such as on here etc) for that reason. But if people find it irritating (though no one's ever said anything about it to me before), I can go back to typing properly, no problem.

Sorry @Sharkman, I put this reply in the wrong place.

Good reason to keep your posts tight. Well done @Sharkman . We all have interesting backstories.

gg

 

[farmerge]

absolutely , eternal insight for those willing to seek it

( and an essential guide for any newcomers to investing )

Hmm didn't realise that ancient posts/threads were in the system. What a site !!!!

 

[divs4ever]

i had a few glimpses of that potential on some under-loved stocks

but hadn't got around to the more general chat
will have to check out CDU and LNC for old times sake

 

[wayneL]

holy smokes i never noticed this thread until now. i've probably been one of the worst (if not the worst) offenders when it comes to this particular habit, however in my case there's a bit of a backstory to it.

when i was a kid, i learnt to type on a second hand computer my old man was gifted by one of his colleagues - family couldn't afford anything better. the shift keys didn't always work properly on that old computer, and had to be rapped pretty hard to register a keypress. after a while this got frustrating, so i stopped bothering to hit shift unless it was necessary (eg. when i was writing something for a school assignment, or my code wouldn't work if certain chars weren't capitalised) and a bad habit was formed.

Years later when I was in my mid-late teens, we could afford a proper computer, so I did eventually manage to kick the habit. Several years ago however, as my portfolio grew to a level that I never thought I could accomplish as a kid growing up lower-middle class, I decided to bring the habit back, sort of as a weird way to stay mentally grounded and not get carried away with my growing affluence, by serving as a constant reminder of my humble beginnings.

Although it's not really a habit anymore as I can fully control it and do use capitals properly when I have to (eg. writing reports/documentation or communicating with external parties at work). I've only been deliberately skipping capitals when writing casually/informally (eg. emails to family, writing anonymously/pseudonymously such as on here etc) for that reason. But if people find it irritating (though no one's ever said anything about it to me before), I can go back to typing properly, no problem.

My story is pure youthful laziness and arrogance. Although top in my school in the sciences and good as maths etc, I actually failed English.

It was only later that i took an interest and eventually fell in love with the language. Although I do try hard, the fingerprints of that laziness does show up more frequently than I'd like.

I'd have to say that good written communication has may benefits and I would have councilled my youthful self to not have been such a d$ckhead in those English classes and truly admire those with a command of the language.

The topic doesn't matter so much as just hearing them speak. A happy coincidence is they usually have a very interesting message.

IOW of you want to get some concept out to the world which you consider important, language/writing skills are super important.

 

[farmerge]

What I have noticed creping in over the last few years in regard to written and spoken English is that it isn't anymore. it appears not to be an important subject. Taking my grand daughters as an example can't write only print. Apparently "running writing" as I knew it is a thing of the past.
Phonetic writing is good enough and spoken English, don't really have a clue about grammar. Don't get me wrong, they for their era are well educated and have skilled jobs. Two are in the medical field and the youngest looks to be following in their footsteps.
I suppose eventually R=are, U=you will be the norm and that will be considered educated.

 

[Sharkman]

My story is pure youthful laziness and arrogance. Although top in my school in the sciences and good as maths etc, I actually failed English.

I don't think you failed "English". You failed "Literature". A subject called "English" should be focused on topics like how to write modern factual reports and articles in a grammatically correct, clear and concise manner, not on analysing and critiquing literary works that were written 500 years ago. But the latter is what actually gets taught in high school, at least during my time (mid-late 90s). It ought to be called "Literature" in my opinion, and made into an optional subject, with a separate subject "English" covering grammar and clear, concise communication being mandatory.

But I'm still salty that the rule was at least one unit of Literature had to be counted towards your final score during my time, even if it wasn't in your best 10 units, and that's probably biasing my views on the subject. Like you, I excelled in maths and the sciences (I think I even mentioned in the WBC thread a while ago that I ended up winning enough prizemoney in those maths/science competitions to buy about 500-odd pre-split CSL at the IPO as a teenager, which I still hold today), and I was terrible at Literature. I'm almost certain I would've scored a clean 100 in the HSC had I been allowed to count 4 maths, 2 chemistry, 2 physics and 2 economics.