> Proper grammar and speech patterns a must for me. Not only are all kinds of
That's what they said about "blues music and rock n roll" back in the day. Glad they were wrong. > To me, with the number of people gaming and chatting online, all of these > corruptions of English appear like there will be long term effects. Even if we > don't see them yet, I can see them coming in the future. Slang, has been and always will be part of any langauge. I can see proper english on a list, but "chatting in a game" get real, "it's just a game, not English 101. Read any goverment,medical or military documents lately? NMFS,NOAA,MRI,HUD,CAT,BDU,FMJ,DOD, and on and on. The southern language, always ridiculed fot it's "lazy aspects", is where the most "new" words that are entered in the dictionary, are derived from.You, more than likely, use words that at one point were "slang" and then was accepted as "proper". All this fuss over one solecism. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
