Well Eva, I allow 'things like that' to get to me because I care deeply for the language I'm using, be it English, French or whatever. Spelling, grammatical and typographical conventions are not arbitrary, they've been built by general consensus and are ignored at distinctive cost - losing or alienating the reader at the forefront. Moreover, while I'm all for making room for changes brought by common usage (such as using 'I could care less' for 'I couldn't care less', which is becoming common and therefore OK in its way), typo games such as the Y/you do not even claim to convey some distinctive pronunciation (is there a sub way of mouthing 'i' rather than 'I'? If not, why not use those sub speech rules which countless BDSM bodice-rippers have made popular, such as having the sub speak of herself only in 3rd person derogative, as in 'this lowly slut needs to go potty please'? Sorry for the disgression) are completely gratuitous and stand no chance of making it to common parlance.

So I agree it's OK for private exchanges or group bonding - and you could argue that posting to a BDSM MB falls into such a category - what really riles me is to find it used to write whole book-length stories. So maybe my initial post was misdirected, especially since you say Bug spares her site readers the hassle of deciphering that new form of pig Latin.

Sorry if I sounded abrasive. I believe in BDSM fiction as a literary genre, and Jinn's policy of no censorship is a huge contribution, but that does not preclude vigorous debate, on form and substance.

btw, I agree that Bug's avatar is cool!

"jeanne,

lots of people don’t like it, lots of people do. As far as I know TG is native English speaker, and as far as I know he is irked by it as much as you are. It annoys me but I can get pass it, as I can get pass other things that I don’t enjoy and others do (unless they want to do it on my skin, hehehe). While bugs posts always contain it – her sites are void of it and, in my opinion, nice read … don’t get stuff like that get to you jeanne"