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So refreshing to hear that I'm not the only one enjoying online variations as a great new playground for linguistic innovation and play! Awesome interview with a linguist who rejoices (as most of us linguists do) in language variations and change.

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My blurb about Internet language (re-purposed from 2 yrs ago)

Linguistic speculations on Internet language

These days the variation of English I’m most fascinated with are the online variations. There are all sorts of new and flexible ways to use spelling, punctuation, abbreviations, grammar, vocabulary, morphemes….

It’s a great new language playground to mess about in!! I think it’s the rebel in me: I love seeing how everyone is breaking all the rules and getting away with it. Count me in! I rejoice in texting talk (ttyl, LOL—once I mashed the keyboard with my fist and send the letter blob to a colleague who uses lots of texting acronyms—took him half an hour of searching to realize I’d just sent him random letters). I love tweeting talk (RT@someoneyouknow), I love using “i” and “u,” adding “z” to wordz, writing “thru” defiantly, and isn’t it gr8 2 use #s, 2?

Purist writer colleagues shudder. They point to the degradation of the language and bemoan the fate of the English language: everyone is writing like first graders or worse and getting away with it! It is all so sick and wrong.

My theory on the future of the English language

Here’s what I say to calm them down: maybe we could potentially end up with two written variations of English:

High English (formal, academic English with set rules and guidelines for professional and international text)

Common English (informal, “improper” but commonly accepted English with evolving and flexible rules for everyday communication)

The fact that my purist friends know the High English well would be beneficial for them. They’d be in demand as fewer and fewer people would be able to write in High English, but it would be necessary for professional, international documents.

The Common English would not be accepted as the academic or business standard due the constant changes in its use. It would, however, be the most used variation for casual, online communication where you don’t have to worry about conventions or rules—you just need to get your message across.

What do you think?

Will we ever see teachers accepting essays about “wat i did @ summr vctn”?

#English #online dialect writing

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In Ottawa, we just substitute "3 days" for "2 days" and substitute "end of June" for "May".

Rules of language games in other languages may also vary, but here are some general guidelines for fun in 11 different languages.

Owhay ouldway imagineway atthay otherway anguageslay oday isthay ootay?

High tech companies squabble over who has rights to which word. Sigh.

New studies indicate that a language is lost every 3 months and that 50% of the world's languages are in danger of extinction. V sad.

Why do we use elongations like "soooooooo" and "yessssssssssss" in email and texting? Interesting article.

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/03/dragging-it-out/309220/

How and why tribal languages have disappeared forever from the world. What that loss means to all of us--losing a unique way of understanding human experience.

I'm a sucker for fun new words. How can you not like lolz or yolo or ridic?

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The Top Five Essential Reads for Teachers

I’ve included one of them below. What would you add to the list?

1. Visible Learning for Teachers: John Hattie

John Hattie has developed a global wealth of research in order to provide evidence for what works in education. The findings are fascinating and thought-provoking: strategies like homework are exposed, whereas strategies like formative feedback are heralded. The motto of the book is ‘know thy impact’ and it explains there is no ‘silver bullet’ answer, but that we must approach our teaching with passion and ‘deliberate practice’, focusing in upon the evidence of what works for our students. Don’t be put off by the statistical analysis or the science of a ‘meta-analysis’ - even this English teacher got a hang of the numbers! ‘Visible Learning’ – the original Hattie text, for which he has based this sequel – was rather grandly labelled “the Bible” in one review, but it really is a seminal work. A must read!

Give this a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sng4p3Vsu7Y

Your accent has an enormous impact on people's perception of you.

Yolo in dictionary?

http://mashable.com/2012/07/17/collins-crowd-sourcing-dictionary/

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