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    • farfallaF
      farfalla @shit-piss-love
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      @shit-piss-love I don’t have an example to offer, but yes… ish. I cannot just read the pose and understand it. I have to stop and parse each word. So technically I can read it, but I can’t read it just like a regular pose. I’m not talkin’ about dropping some Gs or whatever, but the heavy ones.

      as previously stated, good day.

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      • KarmaBumK
        KarmaBum @shit-piss-love
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        @shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth

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        • Duke WhiskyD
          Duke Whisky @shit-piss-love
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          @shit-piss-love - I’d feel horrible if someone then went to every scene they are currently in, did ctrl + F and copy pasted what I submitted to work out it was either their RPed accent in dialogue I was peeving on, or using as an example.

          In my own case, the dyslexia triggers more-so when the first and last letter is replaced with a ’ as I can’t work out what it says. So then I have to copy and paste the dialogue into notepad, fill in the blanks. Re-read it.

          Pretty much everything @farfalla said. I have to stop and parse each word, work it out. Well now I’ve forgotten context, so I am scrolling back up to read and just end up in a frustrated loop.

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          • L. B. HeuschkelL
            L. B. Heuschkel @KarmaBum
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            @KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:

            @shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth

            Augh. Decades ago, we had a player on LegendMUD who insisted on writing like that – also OOC.

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            • shit-piss-loveS
              shit-piss-love @KarmaBum
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              @KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:

              @shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth

              I mean this example is clearly awful but does this actually happen in the wild? The worst I’ve seen are people dropping Gs to communicate a colloquial brogue, and the occasional “dinnae” or something which has always felt cringey to me but I can grok their meaning.

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              • RozR
                Roz @shit-piss-love
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                @shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:

                @KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:

                @shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth

                I mean this example is clearly awful but does this actually happen in the wild? The worst I’ve seen are people dropping Gs to communicate a colloquial brogue, and the occasional “dinnae” or something which has always felt cringey to me but I can grok their meaning.

                It definitely used to happen a lot more regularly. Tbh, I used to be guilty of it in my misspent youth, and I know I’m not the ONLY ONE.

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                • KarmaBumK
                  KarmaBum @shit-piss-love
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                  @shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:

                  does this actually happen in the wild?

                  Yes.

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                  • SnacknessS
                    Snackness @shit-piss-love
                    last edited by Snackness

                    @shit-piss-love Again, yes.

                    eta: And I know it’s not the same one @KarmaBum is referring to because they weren’t on that game.

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                    • I
                      icanbeyourmuse @shit-piss-love
                      last edited by icanbeyourmuse

                      @shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      @KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      @shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth

                      I mean this example is clearly awful but does this actually happen in the wild? The worst I’ve seen are people dropping Gs to communicate a colloquial brogue, and the occasional “dinnae” or something which has always felt cringey to me but I can grok their meaning.

                      Almost every game I’ve been on someone types an ‘accent’. And it is almost exactly like Karma typed it. Tweaked to fit whatever accent they are doing. The accent typing is probably one of the bigger reasons I prefer original settings. Less likely to have those accents.

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                      • R
                        Raeras @KarmaBum
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                        @KarmaBum do i get a gold sticker for being able to read that without a problem? XD

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                        • shit-piss-loveS
                          shit-piss-love
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                          @Roz @KarmaBum @Snackness @icanbeyourmuse

                          Well I stand corrected. That would bug me too if I saw it.

                          So I’ve played characters in the past that I felt had strong accents, though usually what I would do is maybe drop some Gs or whatever but mostly I’d try to convey foreign-ness by playing subtly with grammar and sentence structure that was a few degrees off the western english norm. Is that as bad?

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                          • SnacknessS
                            Snackness @shit-piss-love
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                            @shit-piss-love That doesn’t bother me. If I can read the dialog and get the gist without having to squint at it, I’m pretty content.

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                            • RozR
                              Roz @shit-piss-love
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                              @shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:

                              @Roz @KarmaBum @Snackness @icanbeyourmuse

                              Well I stand corrected. That would bug me too if I saw it.

                              So I’ve played characters in the past that I felt had strong accents, though usually what I would do is maybe drop some Gs or whatever but mostly I’d try to convey foreign-ness by playing subtly with grammar and sentence structure that was a few degrees off the western english norm. Is that as bad?

                              Not at all. I find clever use of sentence structure and whatnot to be far more effective at actually indicating accent in my ear.

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                              • KarmaBumK
                                KarmaBum @Roz
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                                @Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                I find clever use of sentence structure and whatnot to be far more effective at actually indicating accent in my ear.

                                This. Or even just “he says in a heavy accent.”

                                I promise, if you tell me your PC has a deep southern drawl, I’ll imagine it that way. But if folks keep posin a’ me n sech a way as i cannae even unnerstan wtf yo aiccent is even upposed t’be, you are ruining my immersion, and I am going to ruin yours by not playing with you ever again. 🙂

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                                • G
                                  GF @shit-piss-love
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                                  @shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                  I mean this example is clearly awful but does this actually happen in the wild?

                                  Oh, ayuh. 'Ve seen it maw than wunce.

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                                  • JumpscareJ
                                    Jumpscare
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                                      icanbeyourmuse @KarmaBum
                                      last edited by icanbeyourmuse

                                      @KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                      @Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                      I find clever use of sentence structure and whatnot to be far more effective at actually indicating accent in my ear.

                                      This. Or even just “he says in a heavy accent.”

                                      I promise, if you tell me your PC has a deep southern drawl, I’ll imagine it that way. But if folks keep posin a’ me n sech a way as i cannae even unnerstan wtf yo aiccent is even upposed t’be, you are ruining my immersion, and I am going to ruin yours by not playing with you ever again. 🙂

                                      Clever sentence structure is awesome. Using ‘typical’ words a lot for the accent or basically writing ‘in that accent’ where I have to spend more time translating than trying to RP, I’m likely to finish the scene and avoid you than RPing with you in the future.

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                                      • SolsticeS
                                        Solstice
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                                        The best for writing phonetically is someone talking with their mouth full, or someone who’s taken enough of a beating to the face enough to warrant it.

                                        …or I guess someone who’s just been to the dentist.

                                        These are all great.

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                                        • OmenO
                                          Omen
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                                          I am guilty of writing with a hanging ‘g’ in a game I’m in at present, with a bit of ‘wanna’ and ‘gonna’ but otherwise that’s about as extreme as I think it ever gets. It seems like there’s a pretty wide range of examples listed here. Is there generally some kind of more acceptable standard for writing accents (such as, not at all)?

                                          At any rate, I feel bad for inflicting that on people unintentionally. I can see how it might be an issue.

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                                          • RozR
                                            Roz @Omen
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                                            @Omen said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                            I am guilty of writing with a hanging ‘g’ in a game I’m in at present, with a bit of ‘wanna’ and ‘gonna’ but otherwise that’s about as extreme as I think it ever gets. It seems like there’s a pretty wide range of examples listed here. Is there generally some kind of more acceptable standard for writing accents (such as, not at all)?

                                            At any rate, I feel bad for inflicting that on people unintentionally. I can see how it might be an issue.

                                            You shouldn’t feel bad; some hanging G’s, wanna’s, and gonna’s are definitely not what folks are complaining about. (I, for one, currently do the things you’re talking about here!)

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