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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!

Hello, everybody. I have stopped writing about science fiction because I am reading a lot about ITCs. Now I have discovered this new widget: SNAP SHOTS. What is the purpose of this widget? Snap Shots enhances links with visual previews of the link where you put the mouse icon on, and brings you the information you need about a link , without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you "look ahead," before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

This is a photo of our wiki where you will find all the information about Writing Matrix from Argentina. Perhaps the picture is a bit small, but if you click on it, a new bigger window will appear :) If you want to visit the site: http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com/nelbaq

Here is a list of science fiction movies I have seen and liked : I robot ( robots Vs. men) Matrix (robots Vs. men) Terminator (robots Vs. men) X-men (genetical manipulation) Titan AE (the end of the world) Star Wars (good Vs.bad- eternal topic) Artificial Intelligence (robots Vs. men) The sixth day (clonation) Can you recommend any sci-fi movie? Give your reasons, please.

Thanks to all who have left a comment in my previous posting. I do really appreciate you have written so complete comments either if you like my topic or not. This posting will be devoted to one of the first sci-fi writers and one of the richest imagination : Jules Verne . I cannot separate my early adolescence from the book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea or the black and white movie Journey To The Center Of The Earth ( there is not a remake, is there?) I loved "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". Do you know that he called the submarine "Nautilus" because there is a beautiful mollusc called like that. It moves up and down as a submarine by filling or emptying with water the different chambers of his body. I really enjoyed all the adventures of this submarine and his legendary captain Nemo. Which book written by Jules Verne do you like best?

Why have I chosen Science Fiction? Well, there are some reasons. The first one may be closely related to human kind wondering to know about the future. Science fiction gives us an idea of what life may be like . Its hypotheses are based on recent technological achievements or reasearch plus the imagination of the writer. Evasion may be the second reason. I cannot complain about this present, but I would like a better future. A world with heroes and heroins with ideals fighting against... alliens, robots or very ambitious villains who want to dominate the wordls ( Oops, aren't I describing the present??? Finally, I like sci-fi because it suprises me either in written as well as visual form. I remembered that I was shocked by the cruelty of allienated children in Ray Bradbury's short story " The Prairie" when I was a teenager and had to read it for high school. And nowadays , the cinema does not stop surprising me with special effect. Do you like sci-fi?