Shodokan

Well I'll be damned. "LOL" has become an official part of the English language.

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Abu Dhabi

^_^ i'm not saying that language prohibts emotion or anything like that! i am a big fan of poetry and understand how vividly it can express emotion. However, i do not agree with is when the words become more important feeling. Such as, when music or books or poetry is given high honors if it sounds pretty, but when in actuality it displays little understanding of the heart or a bratty point of view.

however, what i have noticed (siting 1984) is that if you restrict language too much, it begin to restirct emotion. if one can't express something, how do they know they really have it. each word means something specific, the less words the less specific you can be.

in other words, less is good, more is good; but restircted is good for no one.

(hmm... not sure if that makes sense)

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worldpeace2529

it's alright if people type lyke dis cuz lyke now ppl understand dis lang and it doesn't matter as long as pplz get it

Zui Quan

On the other hand, typing like that makes it look like you have the intelligence of a retarded cactus. And writing like that on something as important as a resume is a great way to stay unemployed.

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SasuraiHell

capital point!.,

typically i dont look to high on people who do type like that, as for looking like a total 'cactus'. that posters example above just made me think "well i wont be reading his posts again".

this whole commitee getting txt as a valid form of litrature is just a prime example of people just being total lazy asses and as far "mudding up the feelings", i mean thats where you have to excel in your vocabulary to make the reader feel something, if you couldnt do that, then you should not be allowed to write and act like you know what you are saying.*kicks mark twain*

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Sazzy

On a personal view, i can't see how they can except this in exam situations. If they really want to see more people not writing properly then so be it. But i do have one question about it all....

What happens when the apply for a job in another country, surly they will look into the persons grammar and punctuation to see if they are suitable for the job. If they submit a paper with vowels missing and no punctuation, its not really going to score them high points.

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Sasuke Is Emo

shorthand is awsum!!!!! our teacher acctually wants us to use it! i love it so much it so mucheasier to use! u can rite lik dis<---

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DarkRoseofHell

Lol? XD

Well, to what I see, if these "shorthands" are to be used, it does partially defeat the purpose of it being an exam. A test, quiz, or exam usually is meant to show what you know, correct? Problem is, if you're using these shorthands, 1. You look a bit more stupid. 2. We don't know whether you can actually type/write in English. 3. It just looks plain weird when you look at it.

PsiKnot

Oh and leet will be next, we wont even be able to use all the letters anymore we'll use dashes and numbers. 733t teh 8o(V)8 1111

What a stupid policy.

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