Abuse of the English Language - Page 3

Princess Ivy · 09-16-2004, 11:45 AM

Text and Net speak can be so confusing, especialy if you don't know what is being said. But It is almost a diferent language. I believe that a dictionary has been brought out now, specificaly for these forms of the language. I wonder how long before they will be offered as University degrees?
for details of the text dictionary click below
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_122372.html

Even the Oxford english dictionary is regognising certain phrases, as detailed below.
http://www.whatpc.co.uk/news/1123895

dwndrgn · 09-17-2004, 12:55 AM

I heard a doozie on the radio today. An advertisement for the radio station said "and a lot less commercials". Nobody noticed this??

Princess Ivy · 09-17-2004, 02:26 PM

thats not abuse of English, its just lying, outright, plain and simple.

dwndrgn · 09-17-2004, 02:34 PM

A double whammy, they abuse the language while lying to us! Bastages!

Princess Ivy · 09-17-2004, 02:54 PM

And here I thought they were hounerable and fought on the side of good...

LadyFel · 06-11-2005, 08:06 AM

Ooooooh, don't get me started...

My mum's actually a professor of English (says so on her diploma), and I sometimes freak out when I read something she's written or listen to her speak...

OK, point in favour for her - she isn't a native speaker, and started learning the language at the age of 14, while most of my friends and teackers here, being Croatian, actually have an excuse for making simple mistakes...

But when we lived in England...o dear God...I was actually told in school that they deliberately put me in group 2 (out of four, 'ranked' by ability) because 'it would reflect badly that you speak, read and write the language as well as or even better than most of our pupils who were born here and you've only been learning it for four years'...Keeping the morale of the majority up by keeping one person a bit behind, I guess

Lot of good it did anyway, all it really meant was that I got to read Romeo and Juliet instead of Macbeth, and still got an A for language and B for literature in my GCSEs...

I'd see the point if the final exams weren't the same for the whole country, and only school based, but this was just ridiculous...I get letters from friends occasionally who've become teachers and economists, and in some cases it takes me a couple of hours to read through and get the gist of the letter...

Stalker · 06-13-2005, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by polymorphikos

I hate the "z" in civilisation, *the lack of "u" in colour, and the "er" instead of "re" in centre. Newspapers and the like are even starting to do it now, and it bugs me no end. It's not that hard to remember.

I also hate people who write in "text". If your can't be bothered writing "for", is 4 really that easier? I mean, it does have a lot of big sharp angles in it. Watch it or you might cut yourself.

I'm a whinging old bugger, aren't I?

Just normal American way of spelling :wink:

Leto · 06-13-2005, 12:36 PM

Also known as globish english.

Princess Ivy · 06-14-2005, 11:13 AM

meh, english is a constantly evolving language, which is what makes it so difficult to nail down and say: That's right; that's wrong.

Alexa · 06-14-2005, 11:17 AM

like all the other languages