Question about proper english (grammar)

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by bxbodger</i>
To my children, it means naff, rubbish, useless- "Oh,Dad, your car is so gay...." They do not associate it at all with homosexuality or the May-fair!!!
Thats language evolution for you!!!
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You're not keeping up with the kids, its even spelled differently now too "ghey".
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ghey
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by 406 V6</i>

When the hearts beats like a pressure regulator you know it means one thing: <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
....You should see a cardiac specialist ASAP!
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A shrink, not a cardiologist [:D] (we all do need one, "me thinks"[:P])
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by martyhopkirk</i>

Then I suppose there is the problem of punctuation or lack of it for instance the sentance "What do you think I will cut your hair and give you a glass of beer" can have different meanings by the simple insertion of punctuation plus you wonder sometimes if people talk the way they type and perhaps dont come up for air and I suppose there are the POSTERS WHO SEEM TO BE SHOUTING ALL THE TIME when the caps lock key has been pressed no I know what you are saying Mike but there are a lot of people whos first language isnt English but sadly most of them seem to have been educated in England their language these days seems to be slang colloquial or even bleeding text speak
...,,,""??!,,! - (),..:-?.,,,,... (insert punctuation as appropriate)
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