Is text chat corrupting our language?

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There is no such thing as corrupting the language.

Lest thou dost think that our tongue remaineth immutable,

This sooth shews yt fals.

  9 Responses to “Is text chat corrupting our language?”

  1. constihill says:
    May 2, 2007 at 11:27 pm

    Raph’s Website » Is text chat corrupting our language?

  2. GBGames says:
    May 2, 2007 at 10:42 am

    whew i was worried 4 a min now i no it will be ok lol

    I don’t know. I still like punctuation and capitalization. B-)

  3. Patrick says:
    May 2, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Ditto 2 GBGames, brb lol, omfug.

  4. Phil says:
    May 2, 2007 at 11:16 am

    The MUD-Dev thread on the importance of emoting has nearly tempted me to post several times myself. People seem to naturally fall into proscriptive and descriptive camps on issues of language, making productive discussion near impossible.

  5. Michael Chui says:
    May 2, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    The sanctity of language annoyed me, too. The thing is, if people can’t understand you, they won’t listen to you anyways. The only reason slang ever sticks is because it’s sensical to the intended audience.

  6. Solok says:
    May 2, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    Won’t someone think about the kids??? 🙁

    Can I put I speak multiple languages on my resume since I speak “chat”?

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  7. Trucegore says:
    May 3, 2007 at 5:05 am

    Y3S.

  8. l2spell kthxbye at Kill Ten Rats says:
    May 3, 2007 at 5:55 am

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  9. John the Statistician says:
    May 3, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    English is dead, long live english: http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html

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