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Thread ID: 15568	2002-02-10 07:58:00	Quick survey of the young ones.	Guest (0)	Press F1

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35186	2002-02-10 10:40:00	Well, I don't blame you for biting back, Nick. I suppose I did give in to the temptation to mock a bit (Okay - a lot). I'm 35, which I suppose seems pretty old if you're a good deal younger. I did try chat for a while, but I had to give it up. Not because I couldn't keep up (I touch type at a reasonable clip) - It was just that I couldn't get a decent conversation going. It was all 'Hi' and 'Bye' and 'Lol'; 'Wassup' and 'Nuthin'. Everyone was talking at once and no one was saying anything at all. It's hard for me to see how that's satisfying for anyone. Still, if you enjoy it, I suppose it's better you're doing that than stealing my car. ;-)	Guest (0)
35187	2002-02-10 10:44:00	Hi John, Did you not read my answer to the last time you posted this question? Thought I'd summed it up rather nicely! Heather PS Had a weekend away from computers (largely). Will look at your email later in the week - a tad busy the next couple of days.	Guest (0)
35188	2002-02-10 10:53:00	Thanks for your response, '58'. I see your point, but what is it that you are in such a hurry to say? And what good is it to get it out two seconds faster if it takes 10 seconds longer to read (the reader has to mentally put the pauses and stops in). Worse, it's likely to be misunderstood. It must have been so much slower and harder before the advent of computers - imagine dealing with jammed paper and stuck typewriter keys. But the typists didn't respond by debasing the language, they just learned to type faster and more accurately.	Guest (0)
35189	2002-02-10 11:27:00	Nick Johnson, I'm 24, married, spend most of the day online, chatting, instant messaging, and sending mobile phone text messages. My problem is that people like you make me (and others here) begin to ask whether its really worth our while taking so much time trying to decipher what your problems are (mental or technical) and whether we can solve them. Half the time I give up, half way through a 20 line, one sentence, unpunctuated sentence about how, when you turn your computer on, it works. That is (one of) my hell problem. My (19yo) wife and I are expecting our first child soon, and are very much considering schooling our children at home, because it is plainly obvious that our state schooling system isn't doing much good... or is it just that you 'young' people choose to ignore it, due to your 'individuality'? That's another thing that amuses me. It ain't individuality! Why not? Because you're doing exactly the same thing as all your friends, and about 75% of the rest of the youth population of the country. Why not be an individual, and be yourself, dress normally, talk normally, wear your underwear INSIDE your pants (that's why they call it UNDERwear), get a better paying job than serving fries for the rest of your life, and make something of yourself. There, now that that's over, I will go back to my instant messaging and trying to answer people's posts. Good night.	Guest (0)
35190	2002-02-10 11:45:00	Iain, I'm in for a job, if you're looking. I think you'd find I fit quite nicely within your requirements... I'll be waiting for your reply. Mike.	Guest (0)
35191	2002-02-10 14:05:00	Being a teen myself, I would have to say that it's mostly lazyness. Sometimes I just can't be bothered, and if you're not a touch typist then it can just ad to the agony of typing another email. But I would also have to agree with other postings here that it is also a lack of education often also due to lazyness. I sat school cert English in the 4th form and passed, all the other members of my class could have done the same if they had applied themselves. But who can be bothered? And that's what it comes down to: sheer lazyness.	Guest (0)
35192	2002-02-10 14:30:00	Yay a fellow Cantabrian teen. Laziness is definitely part of it. I'm as lazy as they get, but I still try and keep my spelling and grammar up to scratch though. Time for sleep me thinks JM	Guest (0)
35193	2002-02-10 20:07:00	... and I thought this was a PC help forum. More fool me. Seems to me we should be leaving language and grammar to the linguists. An overheating CPU doesn't give a damn how it's spelt	Guest (0)
35194	2002-02-10 20:18:00	Thanks to all who took the time to reply. It seems that it's a combination of text/chat habits, laziness, and 'style'. Something still worries me: It's fairly obvious that this is not a teenage chat site, so is it the case that these youths can't adapt their style to the context? If so, I shudder to think what opportunities they will be missing out on throughout their lives. I don't answer the illiterate postings, so they don't get the answer I would have had, had I been able to understand their problem. And I wouldn't hire someone who wrote to me saying, 'i want a job at ur compani can u gimme won????' Not even to wash my windows. The worst thing is this: Doesn't everyone want to be understood? Isn't it the urge of every intelligent person to express himself or herself? Writing and speaking is the only way we have of meeting the minds of other people. To think that otherwise intelligent kids are crippling themselves in this way makes me less angry than sad.	Guest (0)
35195	2002-02-10 20:25:00	Quite so, Greg. This IS a forum. As such, we have to use language to operate it. There's no other way. I can't come over to work on your overheating CPU, so you'll have to try and tell me - clearly and correctly - what the problem is and what you want to achieve. Thanks for your input.	Guest (0)
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