End Of The English Language

Matt

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"The Sun" reports that students are to be allowed to use TEXT-Speak to answer questions in our national exams as long as what they write shows they know the subject.

I for one find this quite appalling and feel that it is yet another nail in the coffin of the English language. Far too often on forums I have seen text speak used to describe a problem that someone is having and the member trying to help ask them to please write in English.

Should we accept this sort of thing?
Are the UK exam boards being sensible in allowing the use of text-speak in examinations?
Is this really the beginning of the end for the English language?

Discuss

vocky

it is not a good outlook 🙁

and they say exams are not getting easier :shock:

Matt

Exactly, I sat my GCSE's 6 years ago, and ALL my exams (even Art) had a certain allocation of marks set asside for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammer.

I've stopped using websites/forums before because I couldn't read any of the posts on there, because they were all done in text speak.

Daz

I must be the worlds worst for using shortened and txty versions of words...
When writing letters i usually cock them up a few time because i put thing like

ere,bk,k,l8r etc..

JohnnyN

To be honest, I think we're all fooked in all aspects of anything English nowadays. We can't be English in our own country without being accused of being Politicaly Incorrect!!

I hear that the post boxes are being painted black so that the muslim women don't feel so obvious when they're out walking down the street!!

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Daz

rofl..

Matt

rofl.. Reminds of an article in the Daily Mirror the other day, a muslim student tried getting on the bus wearing the full veil thing, and the driver wouldn't let her on because she wouldn't show her face to validate who she was.....and she then complained!!