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SMS Dictionaries

Text message and chat language are little by little accepted by society and dictionaries! The British Dictionary Collins has accecpted some of these terms, such as: b4 (before), gr8 (great) , lol ( laughing out loudly).
Nevertheless, the Spanish dictionary of the Royal Academy has not accepted any yet.
Language is not a static system, it changes with society. We do not write the same way people used to let's say... 1500.
So, perhaps we are facing a big change in writing. Don't U think so?

There is a very funny game, click on this link:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/elem/e_games/ne_elem_games_mobile01/
A new window will appear with a mobile phone. On the screen you will read messages, but they are not fully written. That is what you have to do: write the message. God luck and enjoy it!
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Beatriz! said…
Well, i'm a traditional woman so i thik is important to keep our language the way it is :) I just saw your comment about the video in my blog, to view the video get in www.youtube.com and put "KIWI MAD WORLD VERSION" on the search thing.. hehe. It's a cute video, hope you like it!! Kisses from Venezuela!!
11 August 2007 at 11:09
Matute said…
Hi Nelba!! How are you?

I'm fine and I want to share you this post in my blog with a very interesting video:

http://mbasilico.blogspot.com/2007/08/did-you-know-video-exponential-changes.html


I want to start a little debate on my blog about the topic and I think your feedback is very important 'cause It talks about education, Internet, Social Web tools and the changes we are living.

Thanks Nelba and see you soon!
24 August 2007 at 01:48
elcuatro said…
listas12hi! i will be a regular reader of your blog. i find it really nice to read. thanks.
16 September 2007 at 19:46
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