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ugh, new zealand!
ugh, new zealand!
Nov
.
9th
,
2006
09:08 am
sparkz0r
And I use the following ironically:
wtf?!
Oh, New Zealand, I am very disappointed in you. The NZQA = leading the way in the dumbing down of this country. :(:(:(
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2006-11-08 10:21 pm (UTC)
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This is my thesis topic actually.
And I'm not so convinced that "the English language" is a holy and sacred artifact to be perserved. Ironically, it is everyone
except
linguists who despair the arrival of txtspeak into everyday use. Because linguists know it's all happened before.
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2006-11-08 11:18 pm (UTC)
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Yeah it is my own bias, I just don't think I could take an essay seriously that's written in text speak.
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Date: 2006-11-08 10:21 pm (UTC)And I'm not so convinced that "the English language" is a holy and sacred artifact to be perserved. Ironically, it is everyone except linguists who despair the arrival of txtspeak into everyday use. Because linguists know it's all happened before.
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Date: 2006-11-08 11:18 pm (UTC)