15-08-2013, 11:52 AM
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Re: Written English
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Didn't take any offense from the OP, seemed a fairly normal question to be asking these days with the proliferation of different ways of communicating.
15-08-2013, 12:16 PM
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Re: Written English
Originally Posted by MKJ
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I dunno about that lol.Take Facebook for instance. I have nieces and nephews on there that write total garbage. A lot of it is made from mobile phones so the less typing they have to do the better. A whole new range of words has been created because of this. Mangled English is the order of the day. Meet the same members of my family in real life though and you will find them considerate, well spoken and eloquent
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15-08-2013, 12:27 PM
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Re: Written English
Originally Posted by Janela
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When I got my first mobile 'phone, my daughter bought me a book on text speak. In those days it cost per letter I think, so the shorter the message the less it cost. 
I'm guilty of using terms like 'dunno' occasionally but only to friends on here or close family.
I too was a secretary, and the apostrophe was a torment! More so for my boss than myself, who continually corrected my 'mistakes' which were his own
So, all in all, I agree Ania
Btw .. my granddaughter thinks I'm 'cool' - 'way to go nan!'
My last boss sent a report back to me ,having written in his own bold handwriting.
"Bob, this is not very proffesional"
Makes you want to weep. Bless him.
15-08-2013, 01:04 PM
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I was taught that correct spelling and good grammar were very important and even now I cannot send a text using the so called text speak. If there is one thing that is guaranteed to have me gritting my teeth and biting my tongue it's the constant use of LOL. Just me I know but it really does put my blood pressure up.
15-08-2013, 02:32 PM
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Re: Written English
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Didn't take any offense from the OP, seemed a fairly normal question to be asking these days with the proliferation of different ways of communicating.
15-08-2013, 03:54 PM
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I feel using dialect and deliberate misspellings on a forum is a silly affectation. Imagine if we all did it? The forum would be a presumptuous hotchpotch with everyone expecting every one else to put up with home- grown versions of the written English language.
15-08-2013, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by MickB
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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?
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