On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Abhijit Bhopatkar <b...@devslashzero.com> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 11:15:47 pm jayant ogale wrote: >> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:39:35 +0530 >> From: Vipul Amler <vipulnsw...@gmail.com> >> Hi all,i am from PICT,my college authorities have shown keen interest >> for doing sumthng towards foss,for pune&beyond,funds no bar.so any1 >> interestd,may share your strangest ideas,or join d pilot later.wil >> keep you'l informed bout d progres. >> Cheers, >> -- > >> hi, >> can you please write your mails in plain english language? >> IT student is expected to know the importance of correct [programming] >> language. jayant > > I second that, your concept of 1337 5P34K could be a lot different than my > leet > speak different than l33t sp34k. > Last thing we need is one more interoperatbility beast. > > BAIN > > PS: Risking a flame war, i disagree with the facts pointed out about IT > industry. You don't need correct english, you need understandable _simple_ > english.
Fair enough and I agree but the *scary* part is that a whole generation of SMS speak is coming into the work force and their dialect is creeping into business correspondence - to their managers and associates. Many cannot write a full coherent sentence; makes one wonder how/what do they write in their exam papers :) -- Arun Khan _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
