Quote Originally Posted by davedove View Post
I do hope you all realize that this sort of thing has been going on since languages began, we just notice it more now because of the speed of communications. That's why the same item could be called three different things based on whether the speaker is from England, Australia, or the US. Now, I find it irritating myself, especially when someone uses "text speak" in normal language, but this is really just one more way the english language is evolving.
I don’t fully agree. I think the speed at which we communicate adds a new variable. Rather than our language evolving and gaining new words for new concepts, ideas, inventions, we are simply allowing for misspellings and laziness! Haha. We live in an age full of educators and spell-checkers; there is no real need to accept misspellings to mean the same exact thing as the word in which they are attempted to be. I agree with you guys language is ever evolving and adapting, but seriously, “buttload” ??? I mean, c’mon! lol