Internet apparent 'shortage of time'

The internet isn't bad for some people, it's just that people should know when to draw the line between internet communication and that of real life...In reality, one doesn't go up to another and say "Gday Joe, WU?" and he won't reply "N2M U? Btw I'm gonna go 2 lnch @ 4 this aftrnoon...r u busy?" No, in real life we use actual grammar and sentance structure...

I know that in school parents requested short, one paragraph writing assignments per week back in 6th grade to make sure kids distinguished between real world conversation and MSN.

Once they realize no one will take them seriously when they talk like that, they'll change. I've seen it happen on a few forums. But using internet slang in real life, I've never seen anyone do that here.

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The gullable 9th grader will follow on from his/her text messages into their writing assignments.

You're joking, riiiight..?

What's even worse is the ideology that the internet is also a means for using this type of communication. I, for one, never improperly utilize grammar except for the occasional lol or g2g on MSN or forums. Otherwise, I tend to assert myself properly so people can understand what I am attempting to communicate. Everyone else should try this, too - I automatically respect someone more if they have even a very basic understanding of English grammar rather than someone who uses lots of "..........."s or "u"s or any other shortcuts. Internet or not, this type of communication is simply asinine.

I agree, i've seen my friends Language Arts Paper it had:2,plz,thx,r u goin 2 ze prty? And it was going to the teacher.
If poeple didn't use 1337 on the internet than they wouldn't use it in real life stuations.
In fact if we remove 1337 totally 1/2 of all words typed on the internet would Disappear.

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I agree, i've seen my friends Language Arts Paper it had:2,plz,thx,r u goin 2 ze prty? And it was going to the teacher.
If poeple didn't use 1337 on the internet than they wouldn't use it in real life stuations.
In fact if we remove 1337 totally 1/2 of all words typed on the internet would Disappear.

1337 isn't the problem, because 1337 is different than internet shortcuts. They can be used simultaneously, however...

I have yet to see anyone at my school dumb enough to turn in a paper in 1337 speak or something similar. Usually all the kids are writing "correctly" or are learning how to, as in the case of my English 10 class.

No. I have yet to speak 1337 in real life, even on paper. Of course the occasional 2 comes out of no where only when I mean the number two (usually I erase it and then put the word down for proper English).

Well I live in Michigan... and surprisingly our economy sucks.

The "1337" talk if you ask me is more of a phase than anything. I used to talk like that when I first started using the computer because I was bad at typing and it was easier for me. Most of the people I know that use that the 1337 are younger, or like they once were at typing, poor and texting.

In all reality Internet speak in general is just the language of a generation...I've yet to meet a self-respecting 35 year old who uses Leet or any other type of internet speak...they're all just too SMART to use it. Iagree, it's just a phase.