Re: once or twice...

["Pro TechWriter" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Way to go on the slam....YOU WIN!  Isn't it lovely being right?

Ha. PT


On 10/16/07, Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Pro TechWriter wrote:
> > It's called LEET Speak.
>
> No, its not.  l33t is a very different dialect from IM, and gamer jargon
> overlaps both.  lolcats constructions have seeded all of them recently,
> although the phenomenon seems to be waning with overuse.
>
> Internet and text messaging dialects may be linguistically interesting,
> but everyone knows what real writing looks like by the time they exit
> grade school (let's all light a candle for the hardworking grade school
> english teachers right now).
>
> If you're seeing IM constructions in professional resumes, that just
> makes it extra-easy to screen those candidates into the round file.
> Buh-bye!  Thanks for playing!
>
> Laura
>
>
>
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