Cher? Cher? Will our English get worse?
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Just read some interesting comments on the forum and also some very good advice from experienced "post-people" like laurence
Thanks to one and all for encouraging and taking care of my "babies"
So what's the verdict? What's the result? Would our English get worse when we use the INternet? Or would we get better?
4T2s?
missT
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1 comment from a lecturer i knew was the Enlgish her students used after exposing to internet... she found that students tend to use abbreviations, like lol for laugh out loud...in their essays... and some even use "e" as the substitute for "the"
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The whole point is to use proper english in the proper places. You dun use 'lahs' in ur essays do you?
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Wah brother laurence, you famous liao!
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if in the process of using the internet and sms u keep using broken english or poor grammar, then ur english std will inevitably be affected.
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Think so.
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Well, its like keeping your sanity in the midst of insanity, the problem is to make someone conscious of his falling standard of english before he 'zou huo ru mo' and 'wu ke jiu yao' aka 'walking on fire enter destruction' and ' cannot be saved'Originally posted by wuming78:if in the process of using the internet and sms u keep using broken english or poor grammar, then ur english std will inevitably be affected. -
yeah. hence i haf been consciously trying to ensure tt my posts are at least grammatically correct. i realise if i continually use lousy english in posting, my standard of written english will be affected.Originally posted by laurence82:Well, its like keeping your sanity in the midst of insanity, the problem is to make someone conscious of his falling standard of english before he 'zou huo ru mo' and 'wu ke jiu yao' aka 'walking on fire enter destruction' and ' cannot be saved' -
lol Miss Tan you are very funny =X
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personally, I would agree with ditzy..
There are certain places and times to use certain styles of English or even other languages. Of course, using one style more than another might make it harder for someone to switch when it is necessary. But then again, if that person cannot even use English?! The lesser of two evils?
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Miss T,
Do u believe that our english will get worse!!!!
Is it true that our english is getting worse!!!!
I'm aisha also from 4t2......
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Can anyone give an advice to me on how i can improve in my English......
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Read books, seriously.Originally posted by sha2488:Can anyone give an advice to me on how i can improve in my English......
Donch know, go ask teacher or check dictionary.
To do well, chuck ur friends aside
and keep OED as your best friend from now on. -
the thing with singaporeans is......they can speak proper english if they want to....
normal eberyday conversation would be mostly in singlish....as like other places' local dialects....nothing wrong........
written-wise, we would try to use proper english.....but u can't quite blame those who have bad grammar and limited vocab.....
the whole hoo-ha about proper english is oni for show to tourist....dun make ourselves sia suay.......
but i spoke to many ang moh tourists....and one of the reasons they come to singapore is for singlish itself....the product of multi-cultural society which they dun get in their own country......and they have no problem understanding us at all.............
as for cyber languages...there are quite a lumber of reasons why ppl speak (type) the way they do.......
(recalled from my area of study in Cyber-linguistics)
firstly....it's typed, not spoken....so ppl try to abbreviate to save time and minimise error in typing......
secondly....it's to create identity for onself....for example, im one sucker tt use "lumber" to represent "number" and it's exclusive to me......
thirdly, attention span online is short....and ppl usually want info fast and furious....for normal chatting or discussions, it's preferred to be short and sweet and to the point....lengthy posts/articles are not bery popular unless it's informational or educational.......
fourthly...the internet jargon is, well, international........most ppl across the globe understands "a/s/l", "lol", "brb".....the barrier in communication is reduced when everyone speaks the same "language"
in all, the internet language is a culture and breeds by itself.....governed by the medium, presented by the universal language - english....
back to the topic sentence....
why do we call teacher "cher"
this is actually baby language....when baby learn how to speak, he oni catches the last syllable....