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something about IMs

hey everyone check this web out. this person talks about how a lot of instant messaging can make someone go dumb or look dumb. its kinda interesting. it maybe a little long tho, bare with me

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/featu...imshorthandmain

after you read it, take the poll please:

yea I find myself writing abbreviations in my school work.. but i dont consider that dumb.. its more like a habit...

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lol i do find myself like typin i instead of I alot in word for an essay or somethin but i mean at first yea but now im find i got an aim mode in my mind and an essay or hw mode so i stopped abb stuff

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I chose no.

the IM language is jsut another evolution of english. soon enough it might even become a common offline language. look at the word Hello....it evolved through time right? and turned into hey and hi...and I bet people used to think that that was weird..but now it's as common as the air you breathe. I mean look at english...it's based on a whole bunch of different languages....and it's it's own language now...so why can't the IM language be based on english and become a whole new language all together...I dont' think the IM language will be come Newspeak(go read nineteen eightyfour) or anything..I'm just saying that English is a collection of words taken from different places and completely original words too....it's the same thing for the IM language.

I don't think it makes you dumb at all. I'm not saying it makes you any smarter either though.

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