IM-speak v. "Standard English"

Submitted by Clancy on April 2, 2003 - 11:46.

This USA Today article, titled "'Yo, can u plz help me write English?'," harks back to this previous Kairosnews post. I wonder how much more of this we're going to see? Without bringing too much Chomsky into the discussion, do you think this IM-speak is changing the language? Do you think these students really think that "please" is spelled "plz"? Don't they read books?

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Re: IM-speak v. "Standard English"

Submitted by wordmunger on April 2, 2003 - 13:18.

Interesting that most of the academics quoted in the article didn't see much of a problem with IM speak, but parents and others were horrified. Perhaps it's representative of the division between the scholarly world and the "real" world.

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Re: IM-speak v. "Standard English"

Submitted by cel4145 on April 2, 2003 - 23:34.

FYI: jill/txt has a post which mentions how a colleague uses SMS language in the classroom.