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WCDT: 11-15 October 2010 (1771-1775)
jwhouk:
People who are 20-something are children to me.
raoullefere:
Wow, have you been busy.
--- Quote from: Schmorgluck on 16 Oct 2010, 17:35 ---And then there are those young'uns (plus those trying to pass as younger than they are) who seem to make a point of spelling like shit when communicating on the Internet. I try to explain to them that it's a lack of respect for those who'll try to read their prose. I try to talk to them about the Netiquette (yes, I'm old enough to know this word). But my ultimate impression is that they spell like shit on the Internet because "all the cool kids do it!"
And as a disclaimer: out of experience, I'm able to make the difference (at least in French and English) between dyslectic people and people who don't give a shit or even use deliberately bad spelling. Come to think of it, I wonder how the former view the latter. I suspect they might find them offensive.
--- End quote ---
I do wonder if this is actually born of the same impulse that sold 'decoder rings' and 'invisible ink' back when we were dodging T-rex's. Could be wrong, though.
celticgeek:
Get off my lawn, you damn kids!
Carl-E:
YOUR lawn?
raoullefere:
Two subscribers to the Louis Black Fountain o' Gripe theory of longevity, I see.
To wit:
The good die young, but pricks live forever
So be sure, next time you see the neighborhood kid,
To yell at him to stay the hell off your lawn
And it'll be just like taking Vitamin C.
Hey, the dino-smile's back!
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:mrgreen:
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