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Nov. 9th, 2006 08:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqThis picture made my day.
Somebody posted it in a thread in response to this article.
Here is a synopsis of the article: New Zealand has decided to recognize text speak as a second language and is going to allow students to use it on exams. O RLY? YA RLY!
Somebody posted it in a thread in response to this article.
Here is a synopsis of the article: New Zealand has decided to recognize text speak as a second language and is going to allow students to use it on exams. O RLY? YA RLY!
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Date: 2006-11-09 02:24 pm (UTC)I hate intentionally misspelled words, because I keep seeing the evidence of it in kids - when a 12-year-old spells extreme "xtreme" or replaces all 's's with z's... and thinks they're correct. O.o
See, I use text speak occasionally, mostly because it strikes me as absolutely hilarious. What's not to love about "OHNOES" or "ZOMG?"
But it started out as me being sarcastic.
No one gets sarcasm over the internet. It's just impossible to get that very subtle voice inflection.
*sigh*
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Date: 2006-11-09 02:36 pm (UTC)article: d157urb1n!
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Date: 2006-11-10 02:02 am (UTC)