Monday, January 09, 2006

SMS spk & gndr bias

SMS modifies language.
In English, particularly:
its/it's (its)
there/their/they're (?)
your/you're (ur)
two/to/too (2)

have gotten indistinguishably intermeshed.
Perhaps there's a need for speed communication, and the old verbosity is by and large rendered redundant, or is it yet another case of too little too fast? Will this change language for good?

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If an "ugly" man is seen with a "beautiful" woman, gender bias naturally implicates she's interesed in his money. How about an "ugly" woman with a "beautiful" man. Personality? In all fairness equality has not been achieved, but awareness of bias goes a long way.
Speaking of which:
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." - Timothy Leary