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The internet and its various messaging capabilities are not bringing about a revolution of speech, as some of you are liking to call it. I think what's being referred to here is the way that we are being lazy when we chat casually- tossing capitalizations, spelling, and grammar to the four winds. Just in this thread alone, there are two instances of people arguing over the degredation of the english language who have dropped the easy-out "(sp?)" or the like into their sentence, for lack of want to simply look it up. If you submitted a proper document to any professional with a word misspelled and a (sp?) next to it, you would find yourself on the other side of mockery- yet this seems to take place more than you think. College professors and high school teachers are battling this on the front lines, trying desperately to regain control over a language at the mercy of lazy, horny, socially active teenagers. Those who are older are simply falling prey to the way others speak in chat rooms, instant messaging, etc., and the spread of such practices is scary, at the least.
Why can't people write properly? Why do you have to shortcut everything? Most of you in the chat rooms and IM's can already type with great speed and accuracy, so it's not a time-saving thing... so what is it?
Thee and thy dropped out of favor over a course of time... this is much different than some kid wandering into chat and saying, "hey doodz wuts up 2nite? never seen so many ppl in chat b4!!111 lol omgwtfbbq!"
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