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Stop press! Facebook to be translated into UK English ;)

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Stop press! Facebook to be translated into UK English ;)

October 6th, 2008 Social Media philippa

My husband was surprised to be greeted by the above message when he logged into Facebook over the weekend.
For those of you who like me are slightly visually challenged and have to squint to read it, this is what it says:
“Do you speak English (UK)? Help translate Facebook into English (UK) so that it can

Is ‘text speak’ really so bad?

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July 15th, 2008 Linguistics, Words philippa

Linguistic doom-mongers frequently lament the demise of the English language, complaining that standards are just not what they used to be, that kids these days simply don’t have a grasp of how to use language correctly, lack creativity, etc., etc. Human nature appears to have a natural tendency to assume that things gradually get worse,

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