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It's a sad day for the English language. Is this called "progress"? 
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omg whats next, capital letters and most punctuation will be left out probably. writing will be unintelligible. lol - not!
Maggie R
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I have been something of a grammar Nazi for years. Sometimes nothing depresses me more than to see our beautiful, expressive language misused for the sake of brevity and fashion. But recently I have come around to another way of thinking: language does and will change in accordance with our culture - it always has and it always will, and, like it or not, that's natural. What we might judge as a high standard of english today would horrify the speakers and writers of yesteryear. I hate textspeak, and web acronyms confuse me, but I am guilty of using them, and for me - that qualifies them to be included in the dictionary.
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I weep for the loss language has suffered today. We're all doomed.
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Quote by MinaMiranda
I have been something of a grammar Nazi for years. Sometimes nothing depresses me more than to see our beautiful, expressive language misused for the sake of brevity and fashion. But recently I have come around to another way of thinking: language does and will change in accordance with our culture - it always has and it always will, and, like it or not, that's natural. What we might judge as a high standard of english today would horrify the speakers and writers of yesteryear. I hate textspeak, and web acronyms confuse me, but I am guilty of using them, and for me - that qualifies them to be included in the dictionary.
I do agree with you for the most part, but what I'm tripping over is is the inclusion of the heart symbol in the dictionary. It could become crowded if they start adding a bunch of emoticons.
Maggie R
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Very true, in fact, it might make sense for them to create a new lexicon altogether for the digital side of human expression. These words (Words? Acronyms? Symbols?) are not designed to be spoken, the word Dictionary does come from the latin for "to say"...
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Is WTF in there? Equally as crass.
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I do like DILLIGAF* though ... that one definitely has its uses.
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Quote by chefkathleen
I found it kind of sad as well.
Agreed. I find the English language deteriorating at an alarming speed.
Though I do have DILLIGAF patch on my bike jacket.
One day, someone came up to me and asked me what does the patch DILLIGAF mean on my jacket, I said " does it Look like I give a &%*()". They just looked at me with a stunned look.... I think they thought I didn't give a hoot about their question....
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I found it kind of sad as well.
Agreed. I find the English language deteriorating at an alarming speed.
Though I do have DILLIGAF patch on my bike jacket.
One day, someone came up to me and asked me what does the patch DILLIGAF mean on my jacket, I said " does it Look like I give a &%*()". They just looked at me with a stunned look.... I think they thought I didn't give a hoot about their question....
That's funny!
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Quote by magnificent1rascal
but what I'm tripping over is is the inclusion of the heart symbol in the dictionary. It could become crowded if they start adding a bunch of emoticons.
I'm with Maggie Rascal here...though I wouldn't say I'm "tripping" about it...
I'm just sort of wondering how you would even look up something like the "heart" symbol...is there a group of symbols in the front of the dictionary? Or is it listed under "H" for "heart?"...
If they start including symbols and emoticons, it opens up the possibility of including lots of other things that could be considered language...like hand gestures, for instance...
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Doth language not change, mayhaps, couldst all still be speaking thusly? Yea, verily and forsooth, methinks...