On Nov 15, 2007 5:24 PM, Matt Graham <
danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:
>
> Give it 20 years, and we'll see how it all shakes out. Formal writing has
> fallen out of favor in many ways. I heard of an 18-year-old incoming college
> student saying "E-mail is for old people!" recently. (Some) people in
> college use SMS-speak on class papers. icanhascheezburger.com gets tons of
> traffic. ("Billy Shakespeare has come not to bury proper English, but to PWN
> J00"?) Language evolves, what can you do?
Formal writing hasn't fallen out of favor, it's just not used via
email and texting.
Lazy people, nor people figuring out the 3133t speak exists, hardly
consist of language evolution.
Let's not put serious credibility behind something that's done for fun
and humor.
As far as college students using SMS-speak on class papers.. well...
if they make it through the class then that's proof the system needs
to be revamped.
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