Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
I think we are an evolving breed, and IMing is having a huge impact on both language and culture. My friend, who just taught a college level class, told me kids think email is for old people. It seems a simplification of our language is already occuring, and the complexities of spelling will "prolly" be eliminated by a phonetic and abbreviated new English. IMHO.

Remember when we learned to write cursive. Do kids learn that anymore?
Agreed. The English language is constantly evolving. What we speak today would horrify past "sticklers." Think of "goodbye," which originated from "God be with you." That doesn't seem to be so different from prolly.

But I do hate the word "prolly"; maybe because it makes think of Proles, which makes me thing of 1984, which always makes me a little sick.