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@irish_lucy wrote:
Seriously is this real??
Kids today didn’t know about the titanic being real, most thought it was just a film!!!!!
http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2012/04/twitter-didnt-know-titanic-was-real
I do wonder why we’re still making a fuss about it, when other sinkings are forgotten.
I’m not trivialising, but perhaps it would be more ‘real’ to kids if the films etc highlighted why it mattered and didn’t just superimpose romantic ideas on a real tragedy.
@rainbowbrite wrote:
I’m wondering what schools teach these days and do children tweet more than visiting their local library.
I’m just glad I grew up during the pre-mobile phone era. Text speak and lack of basic grammar is endemic in today’s youth. I’m sure rogue trader is going to say how unimportant grammar is in today’s society, but (in my opinion) good grammar relies on sound intellect and good reasoning skills. Let’s not lose sight of that.
@terry wrote:
@rainbowbrite wrote:
I’m wondering what schools teach these days and do children tweet more than visiting their local library.
I’m just glad I grew up during the pre-mobile phone era. Text speak and lack of basic grammar is endemic in today’s youth. I’m sure rogue trader is going to say how unimportant grammar is in today’s society, but (in my opinion) good grammar relies on sound intellect and good reasoning skills. Let’s not lose sight of that.
I wish I could blame poor grammar on youthful habits, but 5 minutes in JC’s over 40s room will demonstrate enough poor grammar to place the youth of today within a much broader context.
@wordsworth60 wrote:
@terry wrote:
@rainbowbrite wrote:
I’m wondering what schools teach these days and do children tweet more than visiting their local library.
I’m just glad I grew up during the pre-mobile phone era. Text speak and lack of basic grammar is endemic in today’s youth. I’m sure rogue trader is going to say how unimportant grammar is in today’s society, but (in my opinion) good grammar relies on sound intellect and good reasoning skills. Let’s not lose sight of that.
I wish I could blame poor grammar on youthful habits, but 5 minutes in JC’s over 40s room will demonstrate enough poor grammar to place the youth of today within a much broader context.
We seem to speak the same language, but I could do with a translator.
@terry wrote:
We seem to speak the same language, but I could do with a translator.
And yet some say we’re both from Mars . . . . . . .
@wordsworth60 wrote:
@terry wrote:
We seem to speak the same language, but I could do with a translator.
And yet some say we’re both from Mars . . . . . . .
No we aren’t, we’re in ‘no-where land’! :lol:
Have to say though, that my two have been highly educated, one has finished uni, the other is in her second year, and when they text me, or bung something on f/b, it takes me a little while to work out what the hell they are saying! :lol:
@anc wrote:
@wordsworth60 wrote:
@terry wrote:
We seem to speak the same language, but I could do with a translator.
And yet some say we’re both from Mars . . . . . . .
No we aren’t, we’re in ‘no-where land’! :lol:
Have to say though, that my two have been highly educated, one has finished uni, the other is in her second year, and when they text me, or bung something on f/b, it takes me a little while to work out what the hell they are saying! :lol:
(dons po-face)
In theory, it would be quite possible to be from Mars and in ‘no-where land’.
Check out the book “men are from mars, women are from venus” anc
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two separate points.
1. I grew up with stories from the war told by my mum. She used to talk to me for hours about the air raids , rationing, putting a stocking line up the back of your legs with gravy powder , how her bro was killed on the Prince of Wales ( he was awarded a posthumous VC) etc. I loved hearing those stories. However, i was , naturally,never in contact with ppl who fought in Crimea or the Spanish war. Perhaps it is just that as the ones who experienced these things pass away, there is no one to keep the realities of it alive.
2. I dont know if grammar is disappearing with the coming of text speak. Perhaps it is just that our language is evolving. We do not speak , today,in the same way that Shakespeare did.
@eve wrote:
. . . . .. We do not speak , today,in the same way that Shakespeare did.
I blame that Dr Johnson wiv his new-fangled dictionary!
Wot a boundah! Forsooth!
u got a for soof?? Go to a dentist!
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