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I totally agree with you on this, Ania. I detest text speak with a vengeance which is fine for a mobile phone, but not for polite communication.Re: Written English
Some - have mentioned 'text' speak - which is 'not' what Ania was referring to but the way some of us write our posts .....Re: Written English
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I have no problem with anyone or any group using a particular dialect/patois to communicate amongst themselves, but the whole point of language is to enable people to communicate amongst themselves, which is why the maintenance of our national language is so important. Irrespective of social background, ethnicity, culture or geographical origin, people in the UK should be able to read, write and understand our national language. Failure to maintain "English" will lead to an increasing divide between classes, groups and ethnicities. Already too many of our young people in London are pretty much incapable of stringing two sentences together in English, speaking only "Jafaican" (or Multi-cultural London English as the sociologists prefer). Maybe I could get a job as a translator - after all, as an ex-youth worker I'm "safe" and "Dis my yard. It's, laahhhk, nang, innit Blud?Re: Written English
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I have a friend who is dyslexic and practically illiterate, he also drinks too much. He posts on Facebook a fair bit and it does take quite an effort to understand his utterings at times but in them are some pretty good observations and thoughts. I don't care what people put down to be honest. It is what the words contain is the stuff I am interested in.Re: Written English
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