Secondary school students will be able to use text speak in written examinations this year, legitimizing a language loved by teenagers.
In New Zealand, that is. Here’s a reader comment:
“u mst b joking. or r u smoking sumthg? lol. so what if kidz pruv they no sbjct mtr? f u cant communic8 yr noldg, it’s prty much wrthlss. nz alrdy has svr prbs w stndrd nglsh speling, punc. and grmmr. dont make wrs!!! “
I think I undestand (?)what the commenter says, and I wholeheartedly agree. Or, to quote another reader comment:
“Wot a ld o rubish! Our edukshun sys is bad ’nuff alrdy. Mre dum kids who cant spel.”
Update (11/12): the AP version of the story got Slashdotted and it’s on Techmeme today.
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