probably true but I fear there was precious little "raising" done by most
our my/our contemporaries. Too few people know or understand that "parent"
is both a noun and verb.
"GregP" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:21:07 -0500, Silvan
wrote:


In English, however, it is generally indicative of someone who's even
more
whippersnapperier than I am; 20-somethings and teenies. It's these punk
new generation kiddies with their stupid online gaming who are changing
the
shape of our language 4ever. I fear u and i are fighting a l00zin9
battl3,
and all these w0rdz are going to make it into the dictionary sooner,
rather
than l8tr. Then we wont be able to win "that's not a word" arguments,
and
these punks will dance on the grave of what used to be a respectable and
dignified language.


Each new generation is a reflection of the one that raised it.