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Several months ago, Microsoft reading expert Bill Hill gave a speech at Poynter. In this speech (click his name in the linked page to see video), he refers to “homosapiens version 1.0, shipped about ...

WASHINGTON—Many schoolteachers, editors and parents profess to be horrified by "Netspeak"—the distinctive language that young people are using more and more to talk with each other on the Internet.

A new study has found students learning English as a second language in Italy and Pakistan were influenced by “netspeak”, such as “gr8” and “lol”. The study looked at the online, text messaging and ...