I haven't voted yet... I can't quite decide which option I fit with.

I'd like to say proper English all the time, but I know of people who have difficulties with reading and writing and they find it easier to communicate using chatspeak.

In fact this came up as an issue on an email group I'm in, when a couple of members came down hard on another member because her emails weren't 'proper English', and she had to explain why she couldn't write in 'proper English', and wasn't it enough that she was particpating to the best of her ability.

So actually I think I'll abstain. smile

As for this...

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And he's British!
Jus'cuz yoower British divn'mean ya can speak English proper.

That's Cumbrian for you. Very British smile

Helga

Knowledge is knowing that tomatoes are a fruit.

Intelligence is not putting them in a fruit salad.