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Posted by Albert Manfredi on October 12, 2007, 2:29 pm
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wrote:
> Justa Lurker wrote:
>
> ...
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> > Admittedly, "u plz" and "thx" gives me a pretty accurate sense of your
> > existing English language skills....regardless of wherever you hail from.
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> > Good luck with the assignment.
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> Sorry to say but his/her lingo is historically liable to
> carry over to the mainstream, someday.
Living languages do evolve over time.
In this case, though, I figured that the shortened words are the
offspring of cell phone text messaging. It's becoming quite prevalent
even in e-mail and the usenet.
Hey, sit in a classroom and text message all day long, and the new
lingo will make a lot of sense!
Bert
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