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TXT-speak approved for exams [New Zealand]
The Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ^
| November 9 2006
| Arwen Hann & Anna Charles
Posted on 11/08/2006 2:37:19 PM PST by shaggy eel
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To: shaggy eel
Dis hol f'n wrld is emplodin..............
May God watch over us.......
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posted on
11/08/2006 4:12:43 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(I was just thirteen, you might say I was a musical proverbial knee-high...)
To: Dont Mention the War; shaggy eel; All
All I'm saying is that I don't see anything wrong with the use of it to get your ideas out faster in a situation where you have an extremely limited amount of time and nothing but a pencil and paper
Cool, present your resume to a potential employer in txt, propose your time study analysis to your site manager in txt, present your plant's profit vs. product cost to your corporate board in txt, prepare your weekly manpower report in txt. after all, thats the only way you learned how to communicate......... And while we're at it, we'll let you write your college exams and job resume utilizing the much wanted language of EUBONICS.............
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posted on
11/08/2006 4:24:36 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(I was just thirteen, you might say I was a musical proverbial knee-high...)
To: shaggy eel
<< ... Papanui High School principal Denis Pyatt .... >>
You've heard of Dennis, the menace?
My name's Denis!
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posted on
11/08/2006 6:24:42 PM PST
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Brian Allen
("Moral issues are always terribly complex, for someone without principles." - G K Chesterton)
To: shaggy eel
1f u c4n r34d th1s u r3411y n33d t0 g37 l41d
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posted on
11/12/2006 10:03:16 PM PST
by
Nate505
To: Dont Mention the War
Dont Mention the War, this is not a criticism of you, so please do not take it that way. The fundamental problem that I have with allowing TXT-speak at all on school exams is that it is likely to creep outwards and lead to even higher rates of illiteracy. We already pump out a huge number of high school graduates in the U.S. who can spell little more than their name. TXT-speak is nothing more than modern lingo for shorthand. Shorthand has its place for tasks like taking notes. But for exchanging meaningful dialog, shorthand is entirely inappropriate and juvenile. Turning students into hardcore computer junkies does not solve the problem either. I have encountered more than a few kids who think that writing a research paper means nothing more than doing a web search and mindlessly paraphrasing whatever they find at the first few hits. Thinking for themselves is not part of the equation. Yet another road to a nation of illiterate morons, in the truest sense.
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