So what is it with non-english speakers and excessive use of smilies?

[Allnatural]

Something I've noticed over the years. Someone with a minimal grasp of the english language will heavily pad their posts with smilies. All of their posts. It's too common to be a collection of isolated incidents. I have two theories:

1.) Non-english speakers feel that hundreds of smilies strewn randomly throughout a post will make certain their friendly intentions, so others will be more inclined to help despite the obvious language barrier...

2.) Babelfish automatically adds smilies to its translations (can't say I've witnessed that myself)...


So which is it?

 

[Burnpro]

first one of course.. don't know whats wrong with it either :/

 

[ScottJC]

It is highly annoying!!!!!!!11111111111111111111111 j64:

 

[-Shadow-]

IMO, it's the first option, you shold've made a poll :happy: irate: :evil:

 

[Trotterwatch]

Nah, it's just one of those things - like you can virtually guarantee someone begging for roms or a beta will use this :bye3: smiley.

 

[vampireuk]

Nah, it's just one of those things - like you can virtually guarantee someone begging for roms or a beta will use this :bye3: smiley.

Usually coupled with either this lain: or this :huh:

 

[smcd]

I'm betting on option #2

 

[AlphaWolf]

It doesn't, and most people don't use babelfish to post in english. If they did then their speech would be even less coherent.

 

[Allnatural]

Hello all. :bouncy: I'm new and is don't speak very well English. :blush: :yucky: I unloaded the emulator but now good is don't know where to find the ROM. :yawn: :huh: Can any good person say where to find the ROM to me? :icecream: :bye3: :happy:

 

[MasterPhW]

Hello all. :bouncy: I'm new and is don't speak very well English. :blush: :yucky: I unloaded the emulator but now good is don't know where to find the ROM. :yawn: :huh: Can any good person say where to find the ROM to me? :icecream: :bye3: :happy:

You should be banned!
But after you find a ROM, can you give me the link, too? :bouncy:
I'm to silly to search in the internet for some games! :whistling
I have them all on my console, but don't know how A game start or how a bios looks. :saint:
Please, we all be friends, let us share roms. arty:

 

[aprentice]

i think that babelfish automatically adds smilies
the friendly intentions are probably factored in
secondly as well ;P

 

[Burnpro]

disable them if you don't like 'em

 

[smcd]

It doesn't, and most people don't use babelfish to post in english. If they did then their speech would be even less coherent.

I was kidding

 

[vampireuk]

disable them if you don't like 'em

I'll disable you!

 

[t0rek]

BTW, my english is good or bad?

 

[cooliscool]

BTW, my english is good or bad?

Very good seeing how it isn't your primary language.

I totally agree with everything said in this thread. I swear they try to make people kill themselves with their idiocy (No, I didn't say that people are idiots because they don't know English).

 

[Talas]

I guess its simply as in reallife. If you dont know the language very well you resort to sign language, using hands and feet. So, since there are no hands and feet here, you use the smilies.

 

[sheik124]

i ask a simple kestion when next chankast?

 

[GogoTheMimic]

I guess its simply as in reallife. If you dont know the language very well you resort to sign language, using hands and feet. So, since there are no hands and feet here, you use the smilies.

Nothing works better than a foot up someone's ass. :devil: :satisfied

 

[Eagle]

BTW, my english is good or bad?

It should be "BTW, is my english good or bad?"

t0rek, at least we can understand what you type, others are so far out there that its ridiculous.