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2:03pm Sep 27 2009
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I didn't think it was that offensive.
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10:14am Sep 28 2009
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Me, offended? No tehehe. If Kcad's sister admires her that much, well I respect that. But that's not to say I'll let my guard down. Nope, I've got my eyes peeled at all times so I'll spot anything funny going on.
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12:54pm Sep 28 2009
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Well I DO have a sister. Plus I helped her make up that name. She liked it. Also I suggested that name to her so ppl on res can know she really iz my sis. And she iz real. And when u ppl say that I just made up another account, it just makes me feel really bad u know? And I'm asking for respalz requests for her so she can get to know some ppl. Wutz so wrong about that. And Knux, U shouldn't think so badly of her. I'm still you know who's friend. She still sometimes kinda acts up but if ur her friend u have to respect how she iz. The same goes wit meh. I have mai evil side and my fluffy bunny side. |
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2:57pm Sep 28 2009
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Umm, I'd take you more seriously if you could type correctly. U should be you, iz should be is, ppl should be people, respalz is respal, wutz is what's, wit should be with, meh should be me, mai should be my. Please take this into consideration as it pains me to see such a wonderful language twisted into an abomination.
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5:04pm Sep 28 2009 (last edited on 5:08pm Sep 28 2009)
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"U" sceal beon "þu" oþþe "þe"
"iz" sceal beon "biþ" oþþe "is"
"ppl" sceal beon "folc"
"respalz" sceal beon "respal"
"wutz" sceal beon "hwæt biþ"
"wit" sceal beon "mid"
"meh" sceal beon "me"
"mai" sceal beon "min" Ne cwelle þis ænlice Engliscgereordan! It is sad what young children have done to this beautiful language. |
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5:24pm Sep 28 2009 (last edited on 5:25pm Sep 28 2009)
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I'm kinda young. A teenager, but I agree Flammable. We have such a vast and lovely language and I've seen it tainted and messed with to the point of me having a painful heart attack. By the way, what exactly does all that other stuff say? *Clueless*
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5:40pm Sep 28 2009
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It's Old English, which just goes to show that our language is already mangled beyond recognition. |
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5:44pm Sep 28 2009
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*Gasps* Wah! I need to learn all this Old English. I feel like a language twister now. Imagine one-hundred years from now. Do you think people will talk like some type now? You know, with the whole 'Wut up, where you at?' Kinda thing.
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9:11pm Sep 28 2009
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Since speech is generally learned before writing (for first languages at least), I don't predict that we'll come to a point where the way we type really influences the way we speak. In fact, usually it's the other way around (examples: "sort of"/"sorta", "going to"/"gonna", "is"/"iz"). Of course, our spoken language will continue to evolve, and it'll be interesting to see in which ways it does with increasing globalization. |
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9:19pm Sep 28 2009
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Hmm... it will be quite interesting to see a change in the language and if there is a change, I hope it is a good one.
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10:18pm Sep 28 2009
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"Good" is pretty subjective. I'm secretly hoping for the demise of that silly no prepositions at the end of the sentence rule. Same with the no double negatives rule, yet many feel differently about that. Personally, I love dental and labiodental fricatives but hate most things glottal (with a few exceptions). I would be overjoyed there were a trend that led to more d's being pronounce like th's (although it seems to be going in the opposite direction with thats turning into dats). On the other hand, my friend loves glottal consonants and doesn't really care so much for dental consonants. So clearly there are different ideas of what is good for a language! Fortunately for you, any change we'll live through, while I can't possibly say with any certainty, will probably be pretty subtle. Off the top of my head, the biggest thing I can think of that's happened to the English language as a whole recently was probably the sexual revolution of the 60s: We now seem a lot more comfortable with swearing and sexual language than we did eighty years ago, although this was probably more of a cultural change than anything. There are some changes in slang, of course. A few words have changed meaning or pronunciation (I notice a lot of old people pronounce mature as "matoor" rather than "machoor"). But overall there doesn't seem to have been a whole lot of change. I can watch an episode of the Monkees (from almost 50 years ago) and, except for the slang, it pretty much sounds like how people might talk today. With so much happening to the written language on the Internet, many feel unsure about its future; however, it doesn't seem likely that chatspeak will be formally recognized as an acceptable form of written English any time soon. As for its effects on the spoken language, read the sentence "so i herd u liek mudkips" and it sounds like perfect English (sans the mudkips). With all that said, embrace change! Everything changes; nothing remains still. |
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10:29pm Sep 28 2009
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Flammable, I adore reading your posts. |
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10:45pm Sep 28 2009
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Wow, nice Flammable. Lovely post, and I say that sicerely. As for embracing change, I know nothing stays still. Change scares me though, I've no clue why.
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2:13pm Sep 29 2009
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Change, depending on what it is, scares a lot of us. Sometimes it comes when we're not ready, but we learn to adjust to it. It takes time, is all.
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2:43pm Sep 29 2009
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I had a rather bad change a few years ago. My dad met this 14 year old girl, and feeling sorry for her let her stay with us. At first, she smoked, drank, and did drugs. She was and still is the meanest person ever. My dad gets her whatever she wants while she bullies and bosses me and my siblings around. She is now 16 and is a spoiled brat. My dad was kind enough to her to arrange for her to stay with his close friend. She went there and they gave her everything as well, however she threw a fit and got in a few fights. She ended up back with us and my dad's relationship with his pal ended right there beacause of her. Yesterday, in fact I went with my dad to pick out a new cell phone and of course, she had to come along. We went around shopping for other stuff as well since we were already out and she was miserable the whole time, whining and complaining about everything. I miss the good old days, where my dad cared for me and my siblings more than anything.
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6:08pm Sep 29 2009
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Wutz wrong wit da way I type? I like typing dis way. Itz easier considering that in essays at skool and stuff how u have to write correctly. I'm sorry u feel that way but kan't u just deal with it like every1 else? It's called the txt type of writing. Its the new modern version of english. And plus itz kinda funni. Well ttyl. Gunna write a fable about bunnies and a hamster named Chubbs for english.
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6:25pm Sep 29 2009
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i m sry mayb i shuld tlk lik dis to. its much hardr to undrstand but its funi. Translation:Boy, don't I look like an idiot.
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8:19pm Sep 29 2009
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I like doing things like mai and meh and is and ish. there's really nothing wrong with it. I guess KCAD just got into the habit from texting so much.
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8:21pm Sep 29 2009
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Even when I text I use capital letter, punctuation, and I don't mess with words.
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8:23pm Sep 29 2009
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I do it all the time. If you don't like it, just ignore it. Don't have to bother. I ish standing by mai case. (just ignore me)
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