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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #60 on: December 06, 2010, 12:08:57 am »
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Quote from: ninwa on December 05, 2010, 07:11:15 pm
Quote from: Mao on December 05, 2010, 07:06:16 pm
No mate, every word has an etymology, almost energy word we use now doesn't carry the current semantics back in the days.

How you know when someone's been studying too hard.

 That elicited a real, physical lol :)
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #61 on: December 06, 2010, 12:14:27 am »
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This discussion is reminding me of 1984. Internet slang should stay on the Internet and not find it's way in real life.
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #62 on: December 06, 2010, 12:26:39 am »
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Worse grammatical case I have ever seen:

"What's Obama?"

Okay, i highly doubt it was grammar, more an ignorance issue.
Other than that, people in year 9 didn't know "I" had to be capitalised when referring to first person/
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #63 on: December 06, 2010, 01:18:47 am »
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Quote from: iffets12345 on December 06, 2010, 12:26:39 am
Worse grammatical case I have ever seen:

"What's Obama?"

Okay, i highly doubt it was grammar, more an ignorance issue.
Other than that, people in year 9 didn't know "I" had to be capitalised when referring to first person/

One which really annoys me is 'loose' rather than 'lose'.

"So did you guyz win or loose on the wkend ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?"
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #64 on: December 06, 2010, 01:21:23 am »
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   I've seen 's being used (in an attempt) to convert a singular into a plural :o 
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #65 on: December 06, 2010, 01:33:27 am »
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I agree with the mobile phone/FB comment on how they're gradually denigrating the English language. It is commonplace to see teenagers, adults even to tell their friends to 'text' them rather than 'send them a text' and to 'facebook' them, rather than to 'message them on Facebook'. But, it really is just an innate psychological trait of the human mind; languidness.
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #66 on: December 06, 2010, 02:40:47 am »
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Quote from: Andiio on December 06, 2010, 01:33:27 am
I agree with the mobile phone/FB comment on how they're gradually denigrating the English language. It is commonplace to see teenagers, adults even to tell their friends to 'text' them rather than 'send them a text' and to 'facebook' them, rather than to 'message them on Facebook'. But, it really is just an innate psychological trait of the human mind; languidness.
Or... "google it" instead of "Why don't you just search for it on google?"
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #67 on: December 06, 2010, 04:01:24 am »
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Quote from: Cthulhu on December 06, 2010, 02:40:47 am
Quote from: Andiio on December 06, 2010, 01:33:27 am
I agree with the mobile phone/FB comment on how they're gradually denigrating the English language. It is commonplace to see teenagers, adults even to tell their friends to 'text' them rather than 'send them a text' and to 'facebook' them, rather than to 'message them on Facebook'. But, it really is just an innate psychological trait of the human mind; languidness.
Or... "google it" instead of "Why don't you just search for it on google?"

Well, I believe Google is now an official English word, given that it's in the Oxford Dictionary now.
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #68 on: December 06, 2010, 04:26:22 am »
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  Along with "staycation" and "simples". I ask you...
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #69 on: December 06, 2010, 07:56:14 am »
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Quote from: Glockmeister on December 06, 2010, 04:01:24 am
Quote from: Cthulhu on December 06, 2010, 02:40:47 am
Quote from: Andiio on December 06, 2010, 01:33:27 am
I agree with the mobile phone/FB comment on how they're gradually denigrating the English language. It is commonplace to see teenagers, adults even to tell their friends to 'text' them rather than 'send them a text' and to 'facebook' them, rather than to 'message them on Facebook'. But, it really is just an innate psychological trait of the human mind; languidness.
Or... "google it" instead of "Why don't you just search for it on google?"

Well, I believe Google is now an official English word, given that it's in the Oxford Dictionary now.
All this time I thought google was always an official word, haha. But can people actually just make up words which then become official?? o_o
Then again, if they didn't, there would be no words O_O
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #70 on: December 06, 2010, 10:49:12 am »
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Oh, I don't get how people mix up there and their. Or effect and affect.
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #71 on: December 06, 2010, 11:00:17 am »
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Quote from: iffets12345 on December 06, 2010, 10:49:12 am
. Or effect and affect.

I get mucked up with this :S because I always forget the easiest way to remember it...
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #72 on: December 06, 2010, 11:02:45 am »
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Quote from: Souljette_93 on December 06, 2010, 11:00:17 am
Quote from: iffets12345 on December 06, 2010, 10:49:12 am
. Or effect and affect.

I get mucked up with this :S because I always forget the easiest way to remember it...

My teacher taught me this:

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Remember
Affect
Verb
Effect
Noun

But I still manage to stuff it up from time to time.  :P
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
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Re: Teens are destroying the English language
« Reply #74 on: December 06, 2010, 01:11:32 pm »
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Quote from: stonecold on December 06, 2010, 11:02:45 am
Quote from: Souljette_93 on December 06, 2010, 11:00:17 am
Quote from: iffets12345 on December 06, 2010, 10:49:12 am
. Or effect and affect.

I get mucked up with this :S because I always forget the easiest way to remember it...

My teacher taught me this:

RAVEN

Remember
Affect
Verb
Effect
Noun

But I still manage to stuff it up from time to time.  :P
I don't know lol, it's kind of inbuilt into me. I think it's because I read a lot when I was young.
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