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"English" Not Threatened By Webspeak

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-it-is-threatened-by-my-inability-to-discern-then-and-than dept.

MudButt writes "Linguists say not to worry too much about Netspeak, otherwise known as the language of choice in chat rooms and IM clients. According to this Yahoo! article, linguists say that terms like "cya", "brb", "afk" are a healthy way of exploring the power of the written language. They went on to say "FYI, RTFA"!"

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  1. What about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP ?

  2. FIRST MIDGET!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LESBIAN STRAPON MIDGETS!

    You saw it first on Slashdot.

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  3. Re:When are we getting machine code natural langua by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You just got fp!