Warick Put Into Play!

I just thought I'd blog on something simple that happened in class yesterday. I was in Dr. DiCicco's class and we were discussing our new paper assignment that is due on Wednesday. Someone brought up the idea that it is very difficult at times to switch from AIM lingo back to normal, cohesive, english. DiCicco then responded by saying that he notices in a lot of his student's papers that very often they use this instant messenger lingo in their papers. This immediately made me think of the discussion that we had in class a few weeks back when we were discussing Warick and how it is very difficult for some students to differentiate the difference between this "new" language and proper english. Anyway, some of the kids in the class agreed that this was a problem for them as well, yet most of them responded that this new lingo that is being used over the internet just isn't for them and that they never use it. It was very easy for me at that time to realize who the english majors were and who weren't! Very rarely do I use this particular type of language, but in the few times that I have used it, I've found it difficult at times to refrain from using it in a paper. Just wanted to share that with you!