Rainbowsphere

If Wakimiko was a Reich, I’ll gladly be her personal Grammar Nazi. SIG FUCKING HEIL!

Okay, so basically, we’re back in the World Wide Webwar (no, not II, there wasn’t even WWW I, dammit), and the war between the Axis Japanese Language Irregularities, the Great Abbreviation Force, and English Conversion Union rages on as they throw rules, regulations, irregularities, shitty changes and translations in the battlefield. Of course, with all the ruckus going around the general human populace around these factions, there are a select group of individuals who care less about their origin and place more importance to the sole weaponry that is rumored to kill even the most stupid irregularity or abbreviation that spawns anew every single day: Proofreading. Who are they anyway?

They are, THE GRAMMAR NAZIS. But no, they’re not from Hitler. Reimu spawned them, I swear I’m telling the truth.

Anyways, with all the internet, cellphone and convo (yeah that’s one abbreviation for you) mumbo-jumbo lingo-bingo going on around this pitiful realm of humus, it’s already normal to expect someone to go WTF (that’s another) when they see LOL (there goes another one) for the first time of their lives. Same goes to the noob (okay, let’s stop counting, shall we? It feels retarded) who sees “Zorro” when it is pronounced “Zolo” on their fanshitsubbed copy of One Piece. Same goes for one who reads westernized, copyrighted (I’M FUCKING GIVING EMPHASIS ON THIS?!) manga and then sees “Negi-kun” most of the time instead of the usual “Negi” since that’s his name anyways. So what’s with the deal anyway?

People, this is JAPAN. It has its own language, own rules, own ways to say things, etc. So basically, before I get dissed for acting like Otaking here, I’ll put it short. Japanese needs to stay Japanese. If one wants to convert it to English, then do the entire thing. Correcting some things (like the Zorro-Zolo part) is fine, but adding suffixes for emphasis on a certain material is just…. wrong. Sure it looks cool, and most Grammar Nazis would label them as fine, but does it really look fine and cool? Not really. Suffixes exist in Japan to denote respect and authority. That’s such an easy thing to do when it comes to English or any other language.

Then, abbreviations. Is it wrong to use LOL, WTF, WTH, LMAO, GTFO, STFU (yeah, I may be talking to you, but ignore that), etc? I dunno. People get lazy typing shit letters on their messages and such that they use them, even when they engage in a physical conversation. Now, I won’t be surprised to see someone say “He’s funny LOL!” in-your-face style to another person. That’s quite rare, but you’ll get that,

Now, I’m retired Grammar Nazi. I try not to even tackle this shit, but here I am, lecturing you on past experiences on scanlation, fansubbing, and translated material. What do I care about this shit anyways? I read and get my materials RAW (pure moonland grade alloy, dig that). Well, let’s just say I’m concerned about the general scope of the word “grammar” here. No, not involved, just concerned. I’m just Reimu’s personal Armpit Nazi, so to hell with the rest.