Comments on: Is text chat corrupting our language?

By: John the Statistician

John the Statistician — Thu, 03 May 2007 21:01:45 +0000

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

By: l2spell kthxbye at Kill Ten Rats

l2spell kthxbye at Kill Ten Rats — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:55:49 +0000

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By: Trucegore

Trucegore — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:05:29 +0000

Y3S.

By: Solok

Solok — Wed, 02 May 2007 23:55:18 +0000

Won’t someone think about the kids???

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

d00d ur teh sxya

lfg lvl 60 resto drood

CD and DVD are in Websters Online dictionary as nouns – how long before LFG?

Change is constant – people hate change. I hate to clean, but I’m doing it. Break time is over.

teh intrweb is the shizzle

ding!!!

By: Michael Chui

Michael Chui — Wed, 02 May 2007 23:37:16 +0000

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.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:16:52 +0000

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.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:08:42 +0000

Ditto 2 GBGames, brb lol, omfug.

By: GBGames

GBGames — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:42:10 +0000

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-)

By: constihill

constihill — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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