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Please please please stop the needless use of the @ sign! |
Vlammetje
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Ok, I have been watching people on the forum posting @ everywhere and anywhere, applicable or not...... and it's been getting on my nerves for a while now. I've let it build up, as I figured it was a rather minor issue, but I can't stand it anymore!!!!!!
@ all people who don't get it, @ is pronounced as 'at'
@ is commonly used on the internet to indicate that we are speaking to a specific person, that means @Vlammetje = at Vlammetje = i am talking to you, vlammetje!
It is NOT common practise to use an @ in front of everybodys username when you're not talking directly to them, but talking about them.
So @ all the people who use @ in the wrong places: STOP IT!!! I can't take it anymore!!!
if I wanted my nick to read @Vlammetje, I would have registered as @Vlammetje!
So please people, if you really must mention other members in your post, drop the @.
thank you 
I feel better already 
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Krubach
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Totally agree with you Vlamm@etje@
@Oops @@ th@e k@@ey got@ st@uck. So@rry@@@
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Bianca
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You are exactly saying what i am thinking for a while  |
Ayush
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@vlam i know it's me :-D
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Krubach
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And I think that jojo (aka JN) does it too 
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Ayush
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Lol :-D but i know i sure topped it off in my previous post ;-) that might have ticked vlam off ;-)
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methylated_spirit
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what if your nickname was @? would people, when talking to you, say @@?
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Vlammetje
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not quite, you said it TO me. it would have ticked me off if you'd said 'that might have ticked @vlam off' 
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djpowelly
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Good point Vlam., why do ppl use the @?
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Ayush
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I was refering to that 'theme' thread. Remember? ;-) though i'm not a regular at this ;-)
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Elrond
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I agree with you. It's pachy style. He used @ and now JN doeas and few other members. I only use it, when I want to speak (write) to someone specific.
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Vlammetje
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You're right elrond  It's all pachy's fault
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On 2004-08-04 12:01:23, Ayush wrote:
I was refering to that 'theme' thread. Remember?
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That post was actually the one that did it....... 
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whizkidd
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I use the @ sign cause i see most people using them. For a newcomer, he will think that this is how Esatoians address each other. From now on i won't use it. But is it really such a big problem?
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Elrond
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@Vlammetje Do you know what happened with pachy?
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Vlammetje
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It is not so much a problem I suppose, except for me. for me it is a HUGE deal. but that's only because I have nothing better to do at the moment 
But for the sake of clarity, wouldn't it be nice when we could all distinguish between when people are talking to us or just about us? 
Elrond I really have no idea. Pachy simply vanished one day.
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[ This Message was edited by: Vlammetje on 2004-08-04 11:14 ] |
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Posted: 2004-08-04 11:20
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