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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:48 am


ima cake just dont eat me


i asked because i was curious about your opinion, no other reason.
Ah I see. Well, you got my opinion. whee
PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:03 pm




While I never truly learned how to type, I use a mumble-jumble of fingers flying everywhere. While I'm not to fast, I'm pretty uptight about keeping my spelling in check, unless say I'm on Skype mobile or just joking around with close friends, and we don't really care about being super correct.

I believe there's a really good video that explains "What's happened to the English language"...

Sorry the HTML to make it an instant video on here isn't working.

It actually explains the whole of the English language in a fairly funny manner, but doesn't get to the whole modern 'txt tlk' until near the end.

Separately speaking, from what I've noticed with a high school full of international transfer students, they English is actually much better than anyone I've met who was of long-term American descent. Mind you this is coming from a first-generation American citizen on one side and about maybe 20th generation American citizen on the other. (One side arrived around the 1500's, one arrived in 81'). I'm just observing what I've noticed is all, and I don't mean to offend anyone.

If you can't tell my English is a huge mix of stupid and stupidly posh. (Bleh).


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:01 pm


I'm English, and the level of English that some people have is quite terrible. It amazes me that some people don't know or can't spell simple words, even words like eucalyptus or Mesopotamia. But seriously. There are some people I know who are incredibly stupid in terms of their level of English. It's mind-boggling.
PostPosted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:26 pm


I think is due to the fact that the English are becoming lazy.
They look for the simplest way out of everything.
Food? - Go to the drive through.
Read? -Listen to it on audio.
Work? -Do the bare minimum to get a pay check.
Writing/speaking? -Abbreviate and paraphrase.

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