Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:12
To the "traditionalists" amongst you
Eft he axode, hu qgre ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, gt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwgq he, "Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað gt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon."
Do we really need to STILL be reading Old English script???
Language is an evolving communication mechanism.
Translliteration:
Again he [St.
Gregory] asked what might be the name of the people from which they came. It was answered to him that they were named Angles. Then he said, "Rightly are they called Angles because they have the beauty of angels, and it is fitting that such as they should be angels' companions in
heaven."
Notwithstanding, there is a general agreement about which version of "English" should be spoken/written in a given circumstance, and it is common manners to use the correct language at any given time.
Personally I don't have any time for "TXTers" on this or any other
forum or in any formal sort of communication, other than texting someone on a mobile phone, when it is acknowledged that there is a limit of 160 characters in the message. Some abbreviations are acceptable (ppl = people, msg = message, etc) bu the "l33tsp3ak" swapping of "4" for an "A" and similar is simply rubbish as it does not even shorten the message at all.
Hidden agenda: make a language that looks like there MIGHT be some form of logic to it (in fact it is 80% random gibberish) and start posting on the "l33tsp3ak" forums (in groups of a couple of people "in the know" on the joke) so as to totally leave them in the dark :devil:
"Out"l33t"ed
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