Ellipses...

Anyone else find that they use ellipses too often when having a conversation on AIM or some other such instant messaging service?

 

dont u mean commas? *rolls*

 

i use them all the time...no one has ever mentioned anything to me about my overuse of them...

 

There are many times when elipses are the best reaction.

JohnnyKickAss: Hey

Lodui: What's up?

JohnnyKickAss: Ya know if you fuck a horse with a broken leg, it'll grant you a wish?

Lodui: ...

Thats just one example... ellipses kick ass.

 

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a comma is sometimes too formal, whereas an ellipse expresses an emotion or the sound of crickets chirping in the dead silent audience....

 

Nope.

... <---- ellipse.

 

dot dot dot

 

yeah, i use them. also on this forum too, i don't know why...I suppose it is more visually a pause than a comma. Maybe a longer pause; it also works for when you sorta trail off...

 

exactly.......

I do it alot..... I dont know why. no one ever told me that I overuse them though....

 

I......................................................................do it all the fucking time

 

i do it all the time... i dunno why... dont believe me... check my posts

 

i was trying to make a dumb joke about a certain person that goes

"blah blah blah,,,,,sdkfjasdkjf,,,,,,"

but it was dumb and not funny, lol.....

 

ummm,
this is a fucking ellipse and this is a period "."

 

el·lip·sis ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-lpss)
n. pl. el·lip·ses (-sz)

The omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding.
An example of such omission.
A mark or series of marks (... or * * *, for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words.

i didn't feel like arguing the typo angle and just answered since i knew what he meant.

 

oh, wait, but there was no typo anyway, since ellipses is the plural of ellipsis.

 

ok you win

 

well, i wasn't sure. had to check. now we're all that much more confident and educated. lol.

 

I only use them for dramatic effect...




like in my name.

 

it's the way I talk, if you rifle through my posts you'll also find that I'll spell dialecticly (sp?) from time to time to denote how I'm saying it, it demonstrates my rhythm of speech.....


I mean without them most of what I said would have no rhythm, it would.... kinda suck...