Date Posted:17:08:35 01/20/08 Sun Author: Roger Subject: Re: Help needed In reply to:
Jay
's message, "Re: Help needed" on 17:45:06 01/18/08 Fri
His answer to question 7 is very perceptive.
Hi, Jay!
Roger
>
>Hi Rana, here are the answers of one of my sons. He is
>13.
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>
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>>1 – Do you understand txt language?
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>most of it
>
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>>2 – Do you like it?
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>yes
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>>3 – Do you use it?
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>yes on my phone and on the internet with my friends
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>>4 – What, in your opinion is the main reason that
>>makes people use txt language in their everyday
>>communication?
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>it is easier to use and im lazy
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>>5 – Do you think txt language is a way of
>>communication only used (or should only be used) by
>>youths?
>>
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>i dont think it should only be used by youths but some
>things sound really annoying when an older perosn says
>them
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>>6 - Do u expect that a day will come when daily papers
>>are printed in txt language?
>>
>>
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>yes but only in tabloids
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>>7 – What do you think about this statement: “texting
>>is eroding the English language”.
>>
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>i strongly disagree because the statement claims that
>the the changing of the times that happens every
>decade or so is suddenly going to destroy the language
>when the changing of the way people speak has happened
>before
>
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>>8 - On the whole, do you think the trend of txt
>>language positive or negative?
>>
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>i think it is positive
