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Hi Archie,

I'm not convinced yet that Shanty is real, or maybe i'm just not convinced that Shanty is the person that he is being portrayed as. Still, he won't get cheated. I am convinced that in the event he does win then he will be unable to travel, but I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Best regards,

Shannon
 
Hi Archie,

I'm not convinced yet that Shanty is real, or maybe i'm just not convinced that Shanty is the person that he is being portrayed as. Still, he won't get cheated. I am convinced that in the event he does win then he will be unable to travel, but I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Best regards,

Shannon

There's definitely something not quite right about Shanty. He's been posting on English language message boards for years and yet his style never evolves, which leads me to believe it's entirely an affectation. Writing, like most organic processes, is in a constant state of evolution and change, and while occasionally Shanty changes his style it always reverts to classic Shantyism, like an actor realizing he accidentally broke character.

Certain elements of his style make no sense, either. He knows enough grammar to end his sentences with a period most times, but seldom adds a space before the next sentence. Then all of a sudden he'll add a space before the period. And the 1s at the end of the exclamation points, sometimes that happens naturally, but he puts them in every post on purpose. Why? Because it's all part of the act.

In the end it doesn't matter one way or the other. Whoever is doing the Shanty posts is expending a lot of effort into looking pathetic, and that tells you everything.