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Originally posted by The Original Ape:
Diva,
I didn't know most people write as they speak. I don't. I was taught to write for the reader, and that's what I TRY to do. I'm not a good writer, so I wouldn't know about that. I fine that interesting though.
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Original Ape,
Mostly I'm referring to general conversation as we do here in Greekchat. If I were writing an article, or a research paper I would tailor it to the reader. For a good example of what I am talking about, look at AKA2D '91's posts. She uses the expression "Lord have mercy" in her posts a lot because she really talks that way. Not that I have ever spoken to her but you can just tell.
Miss.Mocha,
You are hilarious. Your example of the bum of a brother on the news reminded me of something. Not very long ago there was a report on the local news about a skeleton that had been found in someone's backyard. The news media interviewed the next door neighbor who was as you described, a bum of a brother with a jheri curl and 2 gold teeth in the front of his mouth. As you can probably guess he was not the most articulate brother out there. But to make matters worse, he told the newsreporter that his name was "DJ Fast" and they actually put that in the caption on the screen! I was too through!
[This message has been edited by MIDWESTDIVA (edited December 01, 2000).]