Well obviously it is the context in which it is used.....good God, I really do give up around here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( enough exasperated exclamation marks for you, Cloudy ? )
And the point is, when writing or texting, one has to JUDGE the context, doesn't one ? Because one is not listening to the cadence in the voice/tone
Brilliant Becs, shut these stupid ignorant pricks up.
More than anything why on earth would I make it up.......what would be the point of that exactly?
Got to love the way a bunch of ignorant twats living in the bush find that they are in a position to dictate what is or is not common practice in another country.
And we wonder why Saffa's are perceived as arrogant?
I just love the fact that I am now TOLD that I reside in the North of England....Leeds or Liverpool, one or t'other
It's come as quite a shock to the system I can tell thee....oops, that gave the game away, me speaking all Northern there for a minute !!
Seriously, I just despair !
I'll explain one last time, we use the exclamation mark exactly the way Saffex described. Even Ceradyne has given you the usage way back up there....in the vernacular we drop the brackets, when using correct grammar we have to use them. But in a text, we would not, nor on a website such as this. See, that explain it all nice and clear for you ?
Nope, I'm sure you'll still say it's a load of old cobblers, won't you ? Ah well...I tried
Oh and yes, the love letters that pass between Saffex and I are truly a wonder to behold, poi-e. One day, I might collate them into a book...it would truly become a best-seller
So all the insults that have been thrown around that ended with "!" were in fact a joke.
We are really much more polite that I had realised!
You know what Rooi, you really are a prick. You are one of those blokes you meet in person and walk away thinking what a great guy only to discover that in fact you are a backstabber.
The difference between you and I is that I would never initiate an attack on you out of respect for you and the person I thought you were.
Fuck you and despite your connections, I and do use the ! for the very purpose I stated.
Beating re JJ's defence, what bullshit, funny the stats seem to tell me you are speaking shit
This is an award winning thread , comedy value is up there with the best.
There should be a poll - who is convinced ?
Firstly, I have certainly NEVER called anyone any names on this thread and I do not use that term you have used here, Rooinek. You should know me better than that. I don't agree with people using names like that and you should know it.
Secondly, you are all most deluded if you think I agree with Saffex on most things. I certainly do not. In fact, I would say, and with all honesty, that we disagree on a variety of topics on a regular basis. I wish we didn't spend as much time arguing as we sometimes do, but I suppose it gives me an insight into what it might be like to be married, something I won't ever get to experience ( !!!! )
Lastly, I'm afraid you are all wrong if you do not know that an exclamation mark can be, and is, used in this way. I don't care if you have not come across the usage yourselves before, it is used that way. As Ceradyne has posted above, it is one of the uses of the exclamation mark ! Go back and read his thread for goodness sake !
I am sure some of you even studied it in English Grammar way back when, but have probably forgotten it.
I am not going to be called names simply for agreeing with Saffex when he is actually right about something. And this time, he is !
As I said, I don't care if you have once visited Scunthorpe on holiday, if one of your relatives brought a book in a flea market in Basingstoke or if you actually have an English Spouse and they all say this isn't so. They are wrong in this instance.
And Hello Blobbok . Hope you're ok
