How much does your writing style vary from the way you speak?

[Droopy]

I had the good fortune of meeting the almighty Hypnotoad in my last trucking tour of the country. Let me tell you, he is much more organized in person ;). I think I'm pretty much the same- bad grammar, cuss words, and all.

[belladonna]

1. It doesn't...

I talk as fast as I type... way too fast most of the time. Good to see ya around :hi:

[graywarrior]

2. I'm a replica of my fucking typing.

[Ariana Celeste]

3. I swear a lot more irl

and have a lot more to say.

[u4ic]

4. I think I am much more

disorganized in real life, I tend to be somewhat scattered when I talk (my mind tends to wander a lot - which isn't to say I'm not a good listener). I really need a back and delete button in real life. :silly:

I am often more talkative than my writing style seems to indicate.

Also inflection. I wouldn't be mostly lowercase in real life. :P

[Droopy]

7. Now I'm a lower case kind of guy

Soft spoken. But I will say what's on my mind most of the time if anybody wants to listen.

[u4ic]

11. We do, Droopy :)

I love reading your stories from the road. :pals:

[billyskank]

8. Your online persona totally did not prepare me for meeting you

But it was a wholly good experience. :D

[u4ic]

10. What does that mean?

:rofl:

I didn't realize I have an online persona.

It was definitely great meeting you, too. And the gopher. :hug:

[billyskank]

57. It's such a shame neither of us had a camera

No-one knows what your gopher reference is all about! :D

[Broken_Hero]

5. its about the same

except IRL, I cuss a whole lot more...a LOT.

[xmas74]

6. When I type my vocabulary

tends to be simple and I talk to more people on here than IRL.

IRL I tend to say as little as possible unless I know the person.

[Droopy]

9. Wow, how do you get to know anyone?

;), just kidding. I used to be like that to. Now I'll talk to anyone who has the poor fortune of standing within 15 feet of me. My quietness was actually caused by some serious problems that I was having at the time. Now that all that's cleared up I tend to be more outgoing.

[xmas74]

24. It's not that I'm overly quiet.

It's more like I tend to be ignored by my coworkers. They are all friends outside of work, they're young, etc. I have a different life and they don't understand it.

[SKKY]

12. Completely. I'm told I write well, but I tend to speak like I'm...

..from the trailer-park. I mean I am, and I grew up in one, but still.

[Droopy]

13. How's the military treating you?

Are you in the states somewhere or are you out there tooling around in the ocean?

[SKKY]

17. Personally, it's treating me quite well...

...I'm in Europe, not floating on some big grey thing or getting shot at.

[Fuzz]

14. I usually talk in a combination of pig-latin and Latvian with many Tagalog curses

[ZombieNixon]

15. Not much.

I use thesaurus words like "moiety" in real life, too. :P

[Madrone]

16. Fewer cuss words when I write -

But other than that, pretty much dead on.

[skygazer]

18. I speak pretty much the way I write

Because I write pretty much the way I think. I tend to be rather precise in both. Or all three. That wasn't very precise now, was it? :blush:

[trackfan]

19. If I should ever have to make my way out of the proverbial paper bag,

I would prefer to do it in writing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear Droopy!

Now here's a treat! Having you come by today!

I pretty much talk the way I write........

But I don't say "my dear" as much as I write it!

I think I use the "bad f word" more IRL........:blush:

:hi:

[Droopy]

25. The fuck word is probably the most useful word in the language

I say it a lot when I'm under stress and it tends to release that pressure. It's good to see you Peggy. I've been down in southern California several times recently. It's too bad I couldn't look you up when I was there. BTW, I say fuck a lot when I'm driving around SoCal.

I've got a little story up in the lounge if you'd like to read it. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. I'll bet you say the f word driving around SoCal!

I'll check out your story.........On edit: I already did read it!

I mentioned mine in your other thread....

Do you have my phone number? I'll PM it to you......

So you could at least call the next time you're here.......:hi:

[Droopy]

29. PM me the number

It would be most excellent to talk to you on the phone or possibly hang out in a writer's cafe in LA. I will give you my cell phone number in return.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. Already did! You have mail!

That would be most excellent!

:bounce: :bounce:

[BikeWriter]

38. Hmm, if I recall, I read one of your erotic essays...

:nuke: THERMONUCLEAR!

[crim son]

21. It depends what I'm writing.

I write on DU as I speak in real life. But I'm capable of better writing, certainly.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

22. I do speak pretty much how I write.

Well, no, my speech is littered with "like"'s. But my vocabulary and spoken grammar are the same, and I drop swears almost as often in real life. I'm actually far more coherent in the written word, probably because I'm a fair shy one. :D

[BikeWriter]

36. You are an excellent writer, Dear!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. On DU and IMs, I write how I talk.

I am very good at formal writing for papers and such, though.

[Writer]

26. I speak precisely as I write...

which I label as "wicked pretentious." :P

[Nikia]

27. It depends

I have a few different ways that I speak and write.

[SPKrazy]

31. It Varies...

I speak articulately when I need to and want to. I talk different with friends.

(not that I'm not articulate with friends, I just don't speak the same way?)

:shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

32. I'm much more concise and organized when I write.

In person, I have a start/stop sort of verbal dynamic, where I'm either speaking slowly as I gather my thoughts or blasting out everything in a mad rush.

[sweetheart]

33. in person, i'm a ponderous windbag

Whereas in print, my writing syle is eminently normal,
as any person might feel, whos life is complex beyond any
sterotypes or one act plays. <---- i talk this way!! :-) really :-)

[reyd reid reed]

34. Depends on what I'm writing...

but for the most part, I think it's quite different....it's more of a matter of the way I wish I spoke. When I write tongue-in-cheek I think it's closer, but even that's wishful thinking.

:shrug:

[BikeWriter]

35. Uh... umm... well...

[Droopy]

37. Pretty much the same?

Do people finish for you a lot in person as well as online?

It's good to see you, man. I hope you are doing alright. :)

[BikeWriter]

40. I'm not alright, but I'm breathing, Bro. Thanks for asking.

That's better than some.

[NNadir]

39. My speaking and writing are exactly the same.

I am prolix, obscure, wordy, redundant, dull, condescending, snobbish, and unclear.

Because of my hideous facial deformity however that causes paralysis in my facial muscles, including those on which my speech depends, I mumble so badly that people seldom hear what I am saying, which is a good thing, I guess. Regrettably I can type though.

[cwydro]

41. Depends on whom I'm talking to...

I work with morons, but I find the intellectual abilities of Duers much much above average.

[LaraMN]

42. It depends on who I'm talking with/to and what I am/we are talking about.

Some people will not connect with you if you speak *above* their level of general discourse, so with certain people, I often simplify my speech. I tend to invoke alot of different intonations when I'm speaking with friends- often for empahasis or humor- and that probably doesn't translate well, in written form. I can be articulate and formal when I need to be. I'm a pretty animated speaker, in general. I speak with alot more sarcasm irl, but it doesn't translate well, universally speaking, on a message board/in text.

[Rabrrrrrr]

43. You'd have to ask Lydia Leftcoast.

But I write better than I speak, only because in writing I can edit, look up a word, and/or think about something for a while before committing it to history.

[jobycom]

44. I mumble more in person, and spell better in writing.

Wish I could backspace more in live conversation...

[reyd reid reed]

45. I spell better in conversation.

Of course, I don't really say that much, but what I do say aloud is spelled correctly.

:D

[jobycom]

46. A friend once told me

he could tell when I was pissed off because I enunciated. In normal conversation, I drop syllables, and not just from the ends of words like most people. I drop them in the middle of words, I stutter out the wrong sounds... it's embarrassing at times! :)

[reyd reid reed]

47. Don't think of it as embarrassing...

think of it as your unique quirkiness.

Quirk is good. Unique is better.

:hi:

[jobycom]

48. I want to get rich and famous so I can be eccentric!

[reyd reid reed]

55. Eccentric is for the wealthy, that's true...

it also translates to the kind of weird that no one wants to be.

You want yours, so it's 'quirky'. And it's a Good thing.

I said so, so there.

[Generic Brad]

49. My sense of humor is very dry in real life

So dry that a connoisseur of the English language would consider it stale and unpalatable.

[NV Whino]

50. Pretty close to the same

We did an experiment in a class I took many years ago. We wrote something. Then we spoke about something, which was recorded and transcribed, word for word including all the "ands" "uhs" "likes" whatever.

My speaking was pretty close to my writing--a few "uhs" but not many. The rest of the class? :rofl:

[qnr]

51. Who knows? I might speak 30 full sentences per month. n/t

[ismnotwasm]

52. I cuss more. I'm very good at it.

And I'm much funnier. I was thinking about that actually-- I have a kind of uptight writing style that doesn't fit my personality at all. Of course I don't hang out in the lounge nearly enough-- that might have something to do with it.

[nuxvomica]

53. I'm much more talkative than you'd think from my writing

I'm actually quite a "pain in the ass" in that regard. I just can't shut up.

[hyphenate]

54. I write far more formally than

I speak. I think it's because I am a writer (as in manuscripts), I've been both a copy editor and a proofreader, and I majored in English. :)

[Kerrytravelers]

56. I ramble in person the same way I ramble in print.

[Oeditpus Rex]

58. I don't write out loud

:shrug: