Aftr wht appers 2b vry lil delbrashun, th ppl n chrge of r cuntry hv dcidd 2 allw NCEA studnts to use txt-spk n there exams ths yr. So, as a tst, Im gun c if I cn stll lk lk thrs a brn btwen my ears whle talkng like ths.
Nw, th resun prvded 4 lttng kids do ths s tht txt-spk hs bcum th 2nd lngage o mny teens ova th nation. Lgclly spking, this wud mean th kids hu spk, say, Samoan n Maori as 2nd lngages shud b able 2 use thse lngages in thr exams. But wht if the markr don't spk ther lngage? Theyd b prtty scrood.
Nxt thng, txt-spk is quite n ntrstng lngage. A tru phonetic lngage, wth a mnmlistc qualty not prsnt n in mst lngages. Dne properly (whch I'll admt, I'm not.) it's quite ez to undrstand, as nly carflly chsn lttrs r rmvd frm th wrds, 2 mke it easir 2 read.
Th trble is, thr r many ppl tryn 2 use txt-spk hu dnt no th basics of splling, nd rmve th rng lttrs, rsltng in a mss o randm incnprhnsble crp. Hw do thy xcpct rspct frm the ppl markng thr exms whn all thre doin is shwin tht thy cnt spk basc Nglsh?
Th wrst thng is tht txt-spk, whle a gr8 way to sve tm whn u hv 9 kys 2 spll wth, is qute slw 2 wrte wth. 100's of yrs hve gone behnd dvlpng th Nglsh lngage, nd it wrks quite wll thnku.
Nw, I wrk wth a lt of kids tkng xms ths yr, nd hvnt fnd 1 yt hu thnks ths is a gud idea. Thy hv bsclly sed tht if thy fnd out tht 1 of their m8s hd usd txt-spk n thr xms, thy'd lose all rspct frm thm. So, if evry1's agnst th idea, hu th hell came up wth it?
So kids, if u wanna lk intllgnt in ur xams ths yr, 4 Chrst's ske, BEING INTELLIGENT IS PROBABLY YOUR BEST OPTION!!! LEARN THE BASICS OF YOUR FREAKIN' LANGUAGE!!!
17 November 2006
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2 comments:
mmmm i have to agree with u johhny its tha most retarded idea ever, i couldnt believe it when i 1st heard it!
i know for sure i wont b using txt lanuage in my upcoming exams! and im pretty sure none of my mates will b either.
alex
Hello!
The text-speak is sooo horrendous. I know that I show my age but I simply can't read it. It's too painful.
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