Oh my! Cast your gaze upon the overly large words in that title! English, like so many other languages, is a massive beast. Most words have at least one other word that can be used in their place with a bit of brute force. The fact that a word can be understood in a particular position does not mean it is the proper use of the word. Even song writers are becoming lazy and are setting poor examples. The first guy to approach me with the question, "Can I have your daughter?" will find himself quite saddened by the response he receives. I am going to have a daughter shortly, so this seems like a perfect example of poor life choices brought to us by music.
I imagine there are a few people rolling their eyes at this point and calling me names for being fixated on grammar. It is possible that, even now, they are wildly typing on their phones to their friends about how much they "H8 GRAMer naTZEES." I am, surely fatally, wounded by this attack on my life choices. I will now limp away to hide with my personal loathing of idiots who can not be bothered to type complete, and properly spelled, words. Let us consider the query for a moment. You would like my acceptance, encouragement, and permission, to request my daughters hand in marriage. Your care, however, in choosing your words is significantly lacking. If you are unable to use a word properly, can I really be expected to trust you in taking care of my daughter? For the people "H8"-ing things: we have developed full qwerty keyboards on our phones now; the cause for you to shorten words has been removed, stop being lazy. Finally, if you are unable to determine what to capitalize, please remember that a special portion of the Internet was created for you; return to AOL with all haste and never darken my comment section with your filth.
With the continued popularity of Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging, and other similar services, people seem to forget the beauty and inherent variety in the language. Great artists spent years writing love stories and sonnets. People carefully crafted stories and wrote them into books for all to enjoy. Your words are an opportunity to demonstrate your intelligence. More importantly, the right words have the power to make your lady aware of how much you care for her.
Do not <3 your lady. Really go for it all; risk carpal tunnel and type the whole word out.
I have never seen anything truly amazing with a title resembling "DUD3-n-GRL!!!1"
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