http://simulacra.in/2006/10/thoughts-of-a-new-mobile-user/ Confusing fact and fiction, since 2006. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:38:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://simulacra.in/2006/10/thoughts-of-a-new-mobile-user/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Vivek Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:33:30 +0000 http://simulacra.in/2006/10/thoughts-of-a-new-mobile-user/#comment-27 Your comment about people forgetting the English language when writing short mobile messages is a potent one. What most people feel is that it is important to keep the message short, and so compromise on grammer and the construct of words, but what they fail to realise is sooner or later, this brevity of spelling and grammer is going to transcend the boundary of the mobile device or the chatting window and enter their official modes of communication, wherein good English, the way it appears in the newspapers is valued. But then those who care to write are termed fools, obsolete souls, elitists with their heads in the clouds, sitting up high in their ivory towers. And those who don't, should they be crowned the new monarchs? A valid point. Your comment about people forgetting the English language when writing short mobile messages is a potent one. What most people feel is that it is important to keep the message short, and so compromise on grammer and the construct of words, but what they fail to realise is sooner or later, this brevity of spelling and grammer is going to transcend the boundary of the mobile device or the chatting window and enter their official modes of communication, wherein good English, the way it appears in the newspapers is valued.
But then those who care to write are termed fools, obsolete souls, elitists with their heads in the clouds, sitting up high in their ivory towers. And those who don't, should they be crowned the new monarchs? A valid point.

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