The Master™

Ivy, that should be BurmINGum!!!

I look at the BIGGER PICTURE...

The English Language has developed from SOOOOOOOO many sources over the past millennia!!!

It is a language that is so diversant... Cobbled together by influences from all corners of the world...

From the times of the Romans (and their followers, slaves, etc) through various invasions by armies, to the time of the British Empire onto today... English is a living laguage that has many derivations around the world... It is the language of trade and travel...

I love the way it is constantly adapting to the changes in the world...

Frost

I hate it when people say like about like 50 times in each sentence and like never use full stops

Esioul

I hate it especially like when I find myself saying like it's like you know all the time.

The Master™

HAHAHAH!!! I think it is so funny when people use those little "bits"...

Like, ya know, sort of, init... They are so silly!!!

McMurphy

The use of "z", the dropping of "u", and the switching of "er" are all examples of cultural differences in the development of the English language. Neither version is more correct than the other. You certainly are not writing or speaking the language in the Old or Middle version, and that doesn't mean you are less literate.

There are accepted rules in the English language for the use of numbers in professional writing. Any number that doesn't require more than two words to spell it, such as nine or twenty-nine (hyphenated words count as one word), get spelled out, otherwise use the numbers themselves to represent it, such as in the case of "456." Use the numbers themselves anytime the number has a fraction or decimal in it, and use numerals anytime the number is above the value of "nine" or isn't a whole number; however, use the numbers themselves for any amount when it is used to give a value of measurement, portions, or time. When using a percent, always write out "percent" instead of using "%". Regardless of the amount, a writer is supposed to always avoid using numerals to start a sentence. The only exceptions are dates.

I have the same complaints about the use of 4 instead of "for," even in casual communication. That and the overuse of chat initials annoy me.

Blue Mythril

Haha McMurphy, you sound like my Yr 9 English teacher She put a lot of effort into eradicating my laziness when it came to using numbers in formal writing. I could never be bothered to spell out the numbers, especially in an exam, so I'd just use the numbers themselves. Heh, I twitch these days everytime I go to use a number in an article or an essay.

McMurphy

Heh, there must be some kind of payoff for all the college loans I now need to pay off.

polymorphikos

You are an American (elseways an inhabitant of the country), and so legitimate in your dropping of "u" and utilisation of "z". But we follow (or used to) the standard British system of spelling here, and I think it looks nicer and makes us seem vaguely unique in a conformist way.

caladanbrood

"txt speak"


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH HH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blue Mythril

Urgh, both text and that net speak, the 1337 or whatnot. Stupid teenagers these days.... The sky's gonna fall on our heads!