Not a chat room guy, but, I have been reading so many questions and answers that are not complete sentences or are so horribly misspelled that I wonder if this is not the door that has been opened for the other languages to be considered for our country.
2006-12-24 07:28:04 · 10 answers · asked by brian z 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
...its okay dude..englisg is my bust subgect bbut sometimes i make a ytpo.
2006-12-24 07:30:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
You can't perform a miracle with a magic wand to change them.
English is not the easiest language to learn. The spelling is not the same as the pronunciation. I have taught English in five different countries, including Australia. I found out the even those Australian born children to British parents have problems in their spelling.
If you are really concern, there is one thing you can do. Keep on answering in good sentences and correct spelling of words youself, and that will hopefully influence others to follow your footsteps. That way, you have become a good English teacher indirectly.
2006-12-24 17:28:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot of this has to do more with the laziness of people and the lack of willingness to actually check their grammar and spelling. Languages, in general, are always evolving with the times. Currently, it's become much more informal with slang and shortened forms of words. It makes things quicker and requires less energy.
The key isn't to directly correct people but to reform their answer back to the speaker (called recasting) in the correct form. Don't say things like "That's wrong. This is the correct way." It discourages the person rather than unconsciously encourage them.
2006-12-24 19:58:33 · answer #3 · answered by nam_h_pham 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing you can do. People just don't care about how they use their language. English isn't the only language which is affected by these changes. As a matter of fact, English is corrupting purity of many languages around the world this way affecting their integrity. German is only one where this negative influence can be seen. German use the word handy (word of English origin) for cell phones. There are many examples of such uses.
2006-12-24 15:33:51 · answer #4 · answered by zeljko r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is a kind of internet slang with shortened, unpunctuated, incomplete sentences....but there's no excuse for the poor spelling unless it's obviously a typo.
I am appalled by the grammar on court TV shows like "I borrowed him the money" and all the double negatives. We can save our language by politely correcting people.
2006-12-24 15:34:39 · answer #5 · answered by Raven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not the door. the door that's been opened is due to immigration influx and many people not speaking English at all, and others being 100% bilingual. chat room spelling errors are many times due to typos, and before chat rooms people spelled and wrote just as poorly, it just wasn't as evident.
2006-12-24 15:38:20 · answer #6 · answered by michelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language, like all things is in a fluid state. No chance to "save" it just go with the flow LOL!
2006-12-24 15:31:39 · answer #7 · answered by Mad Dog Johnson 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes we can learn from other's mistakes and not all of us are very good at English so we need to learn English more
2006-12-25 09:47:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All languages change. If they do not, then we call them "dead languages". How often often you hear Latin spoken? We really don't know how it actually was pronounced.
2006-12-24 15:45:47 · answer #9 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think they can spell people just type in a hurry
2006-12-24 15:30:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋