LL-L "Language learning" 2005.11.28 (06) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 28 November 2005 * Volume 06
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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: L-L "Language learning" 2005.11.27 (02) [E]

Tom McRae wrote:
  "Nowadays I find many young folks have difficulties in reading a page of
text let
alone a book."

  Not helped by text messaging encouraging mass illiteracy.

  It was only a matter of time before teenagers started answering their
exams in
txtspk, and as far as I'm concerned most teenagers clearly think that "u"
and "r"
are actual standard forms for "you" and "are" and that "ur" is pronounced
[jor]
not [ur].

  Perhaps we're all just old and out of touch?

  Go raibh maith agat,

  Críostóir.

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