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western civilization continues to decline.
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Nov 28 2006, 06:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 12-August 06 Member No.: 9,097 |
Nuclear launch detected.
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Nov 28 2006, 06:30 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 22-June 05 From: Behind you!!! Member No.: 7,458 |
The title of my Essay on the German Blitzkrieg: OMGZergRushlololololololololol
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Nov 28 2006, 06:47 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
ROFL :rotfl:
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Nov 28 2006, 07:52 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
So New Zealand schools are preparing their students for careers in the exciting world of court reporting?
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Nov 28 2006, 08:18 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
I don't understand why students that use "text-speak" abbreviations in English class are penalized...instead of just being put to death.
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Nov 28 2006, 10:04 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
[Groan] Next thing you know, they will be offering Masters on the subject of Ebonics...
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Nov 28 2006, 10:21 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 |
OMGWTFBBQ!
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Nov 28 2006, 10:38 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Only New Zealand, only New Zealand. |
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Nov 28 2006, 10:49 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 |
I'm actually suprised this didn't happen somewhere in North America first... but I'm not overly suprised with it at all. TLAs and ETLAs (Two Letter Acronyms and Extended Two Letter Acronyms) were course material for me back in college. 'course I was there for computers, but it's still ingrained in my mind.
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Nov 28 2006, 12:52 PM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,464 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
I hope this is a test of personal standards and anyone using text speak automatically fails. If it isn´t, germany will be happy to supply students who will be happy to finally fit to expectations.
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Nov 28 2006, 01:00 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
No longer losing at PISA! :D
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Nov 28 2006, 03:58 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...I recant my statement in the Skinlink by Sony thread about the impending apocalypse being foreshadowed in the froth of a Starbucks latte.
This is the sign, we are all doomed. |
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Nov 28 2006, 04:08 PM
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OMG! Frodo FTW! |
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Nov 28 2006, 04:21 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,150 Joined: 19-December 05 From: Rhein-Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 8,081 |
Some years back I had a girlfriend who actually used terms like 'lol', 'rofl' or 'gosu' in oral conversation.
I chose to find it cute instead of disturbing :twirl:. |
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Nov 28 2006, 04:33 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Until the sex stopped, anyway.
But I can't help but think of how the idea of English purity is tossed around whenever something like this is in the news. As someone mentioned on rpg.net several months ago, "English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words... We pursue other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." |
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Nov 28 2006, 04:34 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9,168 |
QFT |
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Nov 28 2006, 04:34 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Made a bad experience? :rotfl: |
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Nov 28 2006, 04:42 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
What does GOSU stand for? I have never seen that acronym before. |
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Nov 28 2006, 04:53 PM
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Nov 28 2006, 04:54 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,150 Joined: 19-December 05 From: Rhein-Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 8,081 |
Gosu is korean expression. At that time it was believed to mean something like 'cool, outstanding'. That was the time when korean people started to hang out in the internet 30h a day.
Edit: somehow I couldn't think of it, but gosu also meant AWESOME. At least for us non-koreans :P. |
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Nov 28 2006, 05:17 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9,168 |
We do indeed, we do indeed. And I understand that language is defined by those who speak it. But that doesn't mean we can't rail against the changes. If people show enough outage, the public perception might change (HA!). I imagine people felt like this when contractions became an accepted part of the language as well. But if we don't have people outraged by this sort of thing, the terrorists have already won. Or something. |
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Nov 28 2006, 05:31 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,150 Joined: 19-December 05 From: Rhein-Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 8,081 |
It's probably not international knowledge, but the german language experiences a reformation right now (well, actually since the last 10 years, and it is still going on).
Sometimes it gets pretty hilariuos. The other german posters here know what I am talking about, the rest... just use your imagination. |
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Nov 28 2006, 05:31 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
It just prolongs the inevitable. Then again, I just read a review accusing Happy Feet of being atheo-communist-liberal propaganda (literally, he used the word propaganda) followed by the reviewer replying to every third refutation so that he would get the last word, so given that conflict is inevitable because it's part of human nature, I just want the debates to get violent. At least then it'll be amusing to watch. It'd be a great day for the world when someone gets their ass beaten for using the word "pwned" in an academic setting.
Hell, people in this country can communicate via completely different forms of English, and yet there are people who want to make it the official language and all that crap. So I can imagine all sorts of things that would make most people's eyes bleed. Although I have heard about this. I would wish you the best, but... See above. |
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Nov 28 2006, 05:36 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,070 Joined: 7-February 04 From: NYC Member No.: 6,058 |
There's a big difference between borrowing words from other languages (expanding the language) and trends like this one, which make the language one uses increasingly primitive and reduce the ability to convey (and think about) complex ideas. Screw purity - slang can be great, but only as an addition to a language, not as a replacement. |
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