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Thursday, 11 May 2017

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/can-you-pass-year-six-52615.amp
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bedmo-backlash-bedminsters-nickname-traditional-53751
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/10/bad-grammar-gove-english-killing-children-love-language-adverbials-digraphs
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Wednesday, 3 May 2017

John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!! (TED Talk)

https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk
  • 150000 years - language
  • started as speech
  • writing came along much later
  • writing is a conscious process
  • word packets 7-10 words during speech
  • write like we speak- texting
  • loose structure
  • fingered speech
  • LOL-marker of accommodation-pragmatic particle
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