NE BODY OUT THERE?

Thanks for stopping by The Ruckus Room. We've saved the La-Z-Boy* just for you, so take a load off. That's what we're here for.

You've likely stumbled upon us because you clicked some link that you really should not have; or your 'bot turned up our byte-based basement retreat and how could you resist the possibility of virtual shag carpeting; or like us, your one of those people who possess an overwhelming urge, nay, biological imperative to correct others when they misuse a word, mis-spell a word, or basically butcher the English language so horribly as to make it incomprehensible. The Ruckus Room is the place to get that sort of thing off your chest.

That's not to say we're perfect. No sir. Not at all. But we're trying. And if we all tried just a little every day, dumbass additions to the language, like _ne_ included in the title above, wouldn't exist to infuriate us to the point of apoplexy -- although, I do admit that a little incoherent rage matched with splotchy fits of red covering the face and arms can be amusing. Sometimes.

For those of you not in the know, _ne_ is the phonetic representation of _any_. For those of you who do know what it is, and worse yet use it, shame on you. I get the cultural significance of pluralizing with a _z_ or mixing numbers with letters to form words (of a sort) like _l3wt_ and _l33t_ to keep the 5-0 guessing about your mad hackzor skills, er, skillz. But _ne_? You save just one letter when you're typing. Are you lazy? Is it cool? Probably, on both counts. You know who I feel for in all this, beside my doctor who has the unfortunate job of telling me my blood pressure is too high and that I need to relax, teachers. Imagine the state of English papers throughout the education systems, clogged with this new lexicon. Sigh

Thanks again for coming by. We're sure glad you did. Next time we'll break out the margarita mix.

* Don't worry, we'll get to this sort of thing and the marketers who breed it soon enough.