You've got to be kidding..

[Woody]

My dear, aRJay - Till is a word

Originally Posted by [url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/till

The Free Dictionary[/url]]Usage Note: Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred: Until you get that paper written, don't even think about going to the movies.·Till is actually the older word, with until having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix un-, meaning "up to." In the 18th century the spelling 'till became fashionable, as if till were a shortened form of until. Although 'till is now nonstandard, 'til is sometimes used in this way and is considered acceptable, though it is etymologically incorrect.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-unt1.htm

*hides*

[Colza]

Originally Posted by RJ

the girl typing had used the word all through the 10000 word document - fun times editing that bad boy.

Find and Replace wins again *hides also*

[Matty]

Best April Fool's Day joke ever. Oh hang on...

Originally Posted by chris_P

Full words FTW

I'm sorry but I just had to quote that for irony's sake.

[grippy grip monster]

As someone who works in a school I have a mixed bag about his idea.

I have a hard time reading it and it would certainly make marking exams harder, but as long as you can demonstrate an understanding of the question i don't see to much of a problem with it.

In saying that, alot of people thought the way Shakespear wrote was horrid, and yet this way of writting and spelling is still taught in schools.

Text spelling i think is just another progression in the english language the same way the some of the words we used when we were younger are now common place today and in fact are allowed to be used in exams.

[Hayce]

So is the point of the exam understanding the question or the answer you give?

Sure there is natural progression in language (quick eg: shakespares betwix to the modern between) but IMO acronyms and such truncated abbreviations shouldnt be advocated.

[berman]

Originally Posted by trend.whore

wtf that's fuckin bullshit

Case in point.

[DoggNZ]

Originally Posted by grippy grip monster

As someone who works in a school I have a mixed bag about his idea.

I have a hard time reading it and it would certainly make marking exams harder, but as long as you can demonstrate an understanding of the question i don't see to much of a problem with it.

In saying that, alot of people thought the way Shakespear wrote was horrid, and yet this way of writting and spelling is still taught in schools.

Text spelling i think is just another progression in the english language the same way the some of the words we used when we were younger are now common place today and in fact are allowed to be used in exams.

You work in a school? 8O

[Bunger]

Are answers given in Maori allowed?

[manked]

they must be high

[grippy grip monster]

Originally Posted by DoggNZ

You work in a school? 8O

Yup not as an English teacher though LOL

[VTAKYO]

Wt a ld of blsht

[freestylin_hamster]

Originally Posted by Bunger

Are answers given in Maori allowed?

HAH! they'd probably pass you automatically for that

[trend.whore]

Originally Posted by berman

Case in point.

Yeah that's right, I passed NCEA with flying colours!

[UnitedWeFall]

Originally Posted by freestylin_hamster

HAH! they'd probably pass you automatically for that

Lmao. This thread made my day.

[VTAKYO]

Originally Posted by freestylin_hamster

HAH! they'd probably pass you automatically for that

And pay you $50 for trying. :wink:

[JasITRDC5]

Thats just stupid. I feel weird writing txt phrases such as lol or omg. To me it will always only feel ok typing it. Not to mention who in the right mind would even think of accepting it. My dad has never sent a single text in his life, and he actually received a certificate of thanks from some society dedicated to the protection of the english language lol.

[igor]

NCEA may accept it, but I am damn sure that most trade/uni exams will never accept it.

"The rsn the mtr spns anticlkws is tht 2 phs hv bn rvrsd".

I mean what the fuck man!!!

[VTAKYO]

^^ Agreed. When I actually see someone write "lol" or "omg" or shortened/phonetical language, I just point and laugh at their inferior intelligence. Honestly, what use is it? Apart from confusing people and saving maybe half a second of writing. Pfft...

[UnitedWeFall]

Originally Posted by Red Sleeper

^^ Agreed. When I actually see someone write "lol" or "omg" or shortened/phonetical language, I just point and laugh at their inferior intelligence. Honestly, what use is it? Apart from confusing people and saving maybe half a second of writing. Pfft...

Exactly. If I was still doing NCEA i'd write overly formally just to prove a point

[broken_ITR]

tkz me mre tym tryn 2 thnk bowt hw mny vwlz im gna drp. it wnt save 1 2nd n an exam.

Plus, things could be thrown out of context. E.g. "wnt save 1 2nd". When it should be "Won't save one second"

Anyone feel me??

[Robf]

Originally Posted by broken_ITR

tkz me mre tym tryn 2 thnk bowt hw mny vwlz im gna drp. it wnt save 1 2nd n an exam.

I actually can't read that at all

Does anyone here use predictive texting, I find it heaps faster and it all makes sense.

ie to say "ate" you press 3 keys.

or in txt spk : "8" you press the 8 key 4 times = slower.

[Robf]

Originally Posted by broken_ITR

tkz me mre tym tryn 2 thnk bowt hw mny vwlz im gna drp. it wnt save 1 2nd n an exam.

"click"

Just got it.

[GecKo]

Originally Posted by Robf

Does anyone here use predictive texting, I find it heaps faster and it all makes sense.

:thumbsup:

[Bananaman]

Has anyone seen the e-mail floating around explaining that you only have to get the first and last letter of any given word right with approximatly the same number of letters and you can still read it???

But in schools?! Next they will have to put together a txt english class.

[UnitedWeFall]

Originally Posted by GecKo

:thumbsup:

10 times faster, and no need to shorten words. gg.