Possible Scam.?

[jmh2002]

This thread from 2014 got bumped.

And then I just thought it was funny that a comment was made about a person's English skills, but the comment itself contained a grammar error...

[Deep Blue Water]

Sorry, went back in time and forgot to return to the present...

[StuM]

Originally Posted by jmh2002

This thread from 2014 got bumped.

Bumped by a totally irrelevant first post by a new member:
"How was it dealing with company? I'm looking do get something from them"

That's often the first step by a spammer to get their post count up so that they can post a commercial link.

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by StuM

Bumped by a totally irrelevant first post by a new member:
"How was it dealing with company? I'm looking do get something from them"

That's often the first step by a spammer to get their post count up so that they can post a commercial link.

Stu, your sooo cynical.

[double u]

"... that English may not be there native language...."

...but it's yours, right?

[AKA-None]

Originally Posted by SeanPatrick

The video below discusses how typing norms are changing. As someone who was raised to speak and spell "correctly", this irks me to no end. But apparently we all have to deal with the fact that languages do indeed change with use over time. And the reasons aren't all bad.

A very young co-worker once laughed about how I and the other managers wrote text messages. He said "Y'all type like you talk in real life. Haha!" I guess I'm going to have to get the book and learn how to communicate with the whipper-snappers.

Now if those young ones would just stop with the vocal fry it would make me happier