I want to assume that message was sent from a mobile device. That should be expected from a QWERTY keyboard 1/3 the size of a credit card along with twitter's 140 character limit... no spell check? Brace yourself for more of those 'ebonics' tweets. Twitter Inc. is a $1 billion industry and it's here stay.
Cursive writing is fading skill, but so what? Fewer schools emphasize ‘penmanship’ as computer use increases http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32925695/ns/us_news-education/ On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 11:08:10AM +0100, Daniel Bwente wrote: > A Techie or any one should have good communication skills and better sense > to gauge their recipient, the student in question lacked both seeing as they > were addressing a lecturer, ignoring the email achieves nothing for the > student other than a perceived sense of "Lecturers don't return our emails" > and we know how fast a lie spreads, once this specific one gets on the move > even the well heeled students are reluctant to email simply because they > heard so and so does not return emails, whose to blame is any one's choice, > blaming IM applications reminds of me of how many times have we caught > ourselves trying to remember a spelling when actually putting pen to paper, > we are all used to auto correct and spellchecker we have lost touch with the > basics so we might as well as blame computers :-) and hey who says the guy > teaching me can't be a drinking mate, pass by Wandegeya Post Office in the > evening and you will meet fellows who believe this is the rule. > > What we are experiencing is at best a side effect of computing, > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Wire James <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Disappointing I should say. Bagye, it is very embarrassing for a student to > > fail to draw the line between serious communication and shirty (unserious) > > communication. If I were in your shoes, I would ignore that email until > > he/she writes in formal English as per the J.A Bright rules. While doing a > > techie assignment recently online, I was asked to come up with a 5000 word > > document on a topic. Imagine if I had used such despicable lingua, would my > > lecturer have looked at me twice? > > > > A big shame and please lets not heap the blame on the teachers only, but > > also sms, chatting, twitter, facebook, YouTube e.t.c. When he/she comes to > > your office, assure them how you have never been and will never be their > > drinking mate because that form of communication can only be tolerated by > > brains that are on leave. > > > > Wire > > > > > > On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 08:54 +0300, Paul Bagyenda wrote: > > > > MIT reignites the old debate by nixing the 500-word application essay. > > > > > > > > Word salad here: > > http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/07/0015204/MIT-Axes-the-500-Word-Application-Essay?art_pos=25 > > > > Passion here: http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N39/bayley.html > > > > > > > > I offer this extract from an email I received the other day from a > > student. Tweeterised, is what we might start calling it: > > > > -- > > > > heelo sir , am XXX yo student in YYY i just kindly > > want to help get acces to the sample test . > > on ma email inbox, if posble . > > , i'll be glad wen ma request z put into into yo kind consideration. > > thx > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Views anyone? > > > > > > > > P. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________LUG mailing > > [email protected]http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug%LUG is generously > > hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way.--------------------------------------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > -- > Dan > +256-071-2-552035 > > "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you will > wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will know; This > is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles." > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > -- Simon Sekidde gpg: 98A6 8D22 578C FFCE F6F8 FC80 94D4 2451 1E8B 049D _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
