Usin' contractions

[ms_ann_thrope]

What does that say about a person?

 

[run_silent]

I would not say it means anything.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I would not say it means anything.

How could somethin' not mean anythin'?

 

[koalabear]

we'ns ain't gonna change.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

beats me lol

 

[thør]

How many minutes apart are they?

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

How many minutes apart are they?

I believe you have to wait at least 20 seconds between posts.

 

[cleaver]

i'd honestly say
that when i use 'em
it's cuz i choose'em...

they are less formal
and rounder on the tongue and ear.

they denote elements of character
and such.

they're ok, i s'pose.

 

[lovetoread]

How many minutes apart are they?

I think it's time we be goin to the hospital.

 

[thør]

I think it's time we be goin to the hospital.

You've still got the naughty nurse outfit?

 

[lovetoread]

You've still got the naughty nurse outfit?

I keep it at the ready

 

[run_silent]

I keep it at the ready

Officially requesting it.

 

[Sasha_Lyazzat]

I find the use of contractions difficult so I rarely use. I do not use speaking either.

 

[dolf]

prob'ly
probly

you're
ur

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

It's a race to the period.

 

[butters]

when i read them, i'm hearing someone playing with language

when using them, i'm the one playing with language.
what others choose to think of me using them is irrelevant to me as it's for my own small pleasure.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Is it's better or worse than it is? I imagine you can save about a third of a second.

 

[sweepthefloor]

I don't fuckin' know.

 

[butters]

Is it's better or worse than it is? I imagine you can save about a third of a second.

d'pend's entirely on t'context, in't it?

 

[butters]

plus, regional brit accents denotes a lot of what some of us type using the jolly old apos', what?

 

[cleaver]

d'pend's entirely on t'context, in't it?

n'tirely!
'specially when
erected as road hazards!

dialects'er oft'ner show'd that way.

contractions read
ain't same as
contractions heard.

 

[cleaver]

plus, regional brit accents denotes a lot of what some of us type using the jolly old apos', what?

GOD DAMN IT!

i'm fark'n slow!

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Funny. Everyone here sounds just like me.

 

[FGB]

What does that say about a person?

I don't know.

Y'all OK with that?

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I don't know.

Y'all OK with that?

I do it a lot.