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What's wrong with it is some of us still think the English language (in this case) exists for a reason and hate attempting to read vowelless nonsense created by
by tdavis 17y ago
What's wrong with it is some of us still think the English language (in this case) exists for a reason and hate attempting to read vowelless nonsense created by lazy teenagers. I've seen some pretty poignant and hilarious stuff fit into 140 characters, and not one of them included "SMS-speak."
What, exactly, have they taught us? That you can effectively communicate using a bastardized version of a language? Call me old-fashioned, but I think I'll stick with the old adage and, "use my words."
- WilliamLP 17y agoHas anyone ever tried to lay out a minimal standard for English spelling and communication? That sounds like an interesting idea to me, and it's also kind of funny that almost anyone who has a violent dislike for Java's verbosity would also violently resist the suggestion to make their written communication more efficient.
- branden 17y agoVerbosity is not word length, and efficiency of communication is not measured in characters.
- WilliamLP 17y agoI do get that, but efficiency of _typing_ can be rather directly measured in characters. I also get the point that part of the reason we (as a species) make language difficult is as a signaling mechanism: we can quickly identify people who aren't able to use it correctly (even if we understand precisely what they mean.)
- asnyder 17y agoThere is, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_spelling_reform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_spelling_reform for more information.