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Here's the Economist story:
duz txt msgN mAk U :-) o :-( ?
R U wurEd dat d eng lngwij wil bcum cor^ted & unrEdabl, dat kds wont no how 2 spL? olds got ^set rEsntlE wen a 13-yr-old :o)3 in w scotl& rOt a skul SA in txt. she sed it wz EZer thn writN all d borN lng wrds. it Bgan: “my smmr hols wr a CWOT. B4, we Usd 2go2 NY toC my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kds FTF. ILNY, it iz a gr8 plc.” d Tcha sed he c% dnt BlEv it, it wz fulla hIrOglifs he c% dnt transl8
bt dnt fret. d sAm sorta shrt& n tLegrams o cAbls (remMbR dem?) didnt dstroi eng. kds txt (nOt d nu verb) Ech uthR cuz itz :) & chEp. 4ling mob fone chRjs & nu typz of mob fones mA mAk vox cmUnik8shn populR agN
txtN wil stil survIv, bt az a ritN dialect, jst az spOkn dialex survIvd Tchaz F4tz 2 frash dem outa :- kds. so cheer ^!
Here's the transl8t decoding of the first few sentences:
does text messaging make you happy or frown question
are you worried that the english language will become corrupted and unreadable, that kids won't no how to spell? oldies got upset recently when a 13-yr-old :o)3 in with Scotland wrote a school say in text. she said it was easier then written all the boring long words.
Damn. Computational linguistics still hasn't got a usable basis ... *sigh*
- Pfranz
Snope link includes this gem:
Porn Candidate Offers Date to Big Donors
Wed August 20, 2003 01:31 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)
Porn actress Mary Carey, one of 135 candidates running for California governor, offered on Tuesday to go on a date with anyone offering her a hefty campaign contribution. But that is it, just a date.
"As an independent, I don't have a large political party backing me," she said in a statement. "So I have to be creative and develop more unconventional methods of raising money."
If she won't sell herself for a vote, what kind of a politician is she going to make?
In her old job, at least her "backing" was on camera.
Oops! Is this a suitable subject for "AWAD in schools"?
Oops! Is this a suitable subject for "AWAD in schools"?
I assumed you were questioning which sense of "backing" should be taught in schools.
If nothing else it answers my unasked question about the obviously inadequate snurl url lengths.
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