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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:16:07 +0100, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
>On 14-Dec-08 18:27, Stephen wrote:
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>> Now as someone who has battled with dyslexia I find it insulting to be spoken to
>> like that. Also on an international newsgroup it is only polite to write in a
>> way that you can be understood.
>>
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>I can see your point, but the group is not only international, it is
>also intercultural. You'd be amazed what is considered normal spelling
>in some subcultures. Indeed we have had worse examples of 1337 here. If
>I were you I would not bother too much. Kids will always want to show
>that they are part of some interesting cultural development. I did it
>when I was young, you probably did it too,
Guilty as charged, my Lord.
>though in our cases it was
>not language that was the victim. It'll rub off when they get older
>generally (or it becomes standard spelling).
Heaven forbid the latter :)
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Regards
Stephen
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