xmas ... not

[robinturner]

1 of the suckiest things about living in turkey w uncle solri is theres no xmas. like how can they NOT hv xmas??? i spose its cuz their muslims but i thnk even muslims shd be alowed 2 hv xmas. i mean ok theyre like evil n stuff but even so no presents & xmas trees reely sux. bsides uncle solri sez therere lots of muslims who r ok and arent terorists so why shdnt they get xmas??? he sez its ok cuz nxt week its some big muslim festival called eid and i say whats eid and he sez its some thng where they kill a sheep!!! like that was so gross i couldnt keep my diner down and barfed lamb chops into the tiolet.

so anyway mery xmas u lucky bastards living in teh usa and hapy new year and stuf

Comments

[rainswolf.livejournal.com]

Do kids nowadays spell everything wrong on purpose like a fun secret code, or do they really think that's how everything is spelled?

[deepforestowl.livejournal.com]

I think that they think it is how everything is spelled. What pisses me off is that they do it in the papers that they hand in. Is thru even a word? ugh

[solri.livejournal.com]

Is thru even a word?
Spelling reform is a worthy cause, but an academic essay is not the best place to champion it!

[deepforestowl.livejournal.com]

I agree completely! LOL

b4d sp3l1ng

[solri.livejournal.com]

I think it's a bit of both. Young people (and quite a few older people) often have general problems with spelling, but that's only to be expected given the arbitrariness of English. And of course the more bad spelling you see on the Internet, the less likely you are to learn correct spelling.

The secret code side comes largely from leetspeak, where originally spelling was mangled as a way to make it harder for the authorities (and newbies) to understand things. (I suppose there was once a time when most people didn't know "pr0n" meant "porn"!) It's the typographic equivalent of what subcultures do all the time in speech.

There's also a playful element there, with typos becoming "official" usage, e.g. "pwn". This is like the kind of wordplay found among more literate geeks, like "boxen" as the plural of "box".

However, I think the main factor is just the speed at which people type when using IM and SMS. Once you get into the habit of typing like e.e.cummings, it sticks.

Wh?y

[(Anonymous)]

Hi all!


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