> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Lias [mailto:anrwlias at hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 09:04 > To: baralier at optusnet.com.au; dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Question about Devera > > > >While we're on the subject of abuses of the English Language did > any of you > >see this news tidbit? > > > >http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_756462.html > > I did. And I hate it even when people talk like that when I'm messaging > them. A certain amount of abbreviation is normal and practical, but this > sort drives me up the wall. > > That said, I don't think that this is a big deal or a sign of the > impending > collapse of the language. It's a thirteen year old girl, not the Oxford > dictionary. A few fail grades on her papers ought to get > concept, through > her head, that IM shorthand is a welcome on an essay paper as CB > lingo would > be at a forensics debate. > Break 1-9, break 1-9, Come in good body..... W