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[Researcher]

Hello. I am a relatively new member to GreekChat.com. Although not a member of any Greek-letter organization, I have served as an adviser and am interested in learning as much as I can about Greek life. As a college professor, I found your post about scrambling letters in words intriguing. Thanks for sharing; however, if I may, I would like to provide a word of caution about writing and/or reading material constructed in this way via an example. The mind is extremely vulnerable to habit, which I think is evidenced by the fact that some students will submit papers for grading that contain acronyms, partial words, or abbreviated words, e.g. LOL, becus, etc., typically used when sending a text message. Although I understand what is being written, it is not a good practice to undergo in formal settings. I don't like having to downgrade papers for grammatical errors when I think this is happening unconsciously, but it is something that must be done so that students realize they are doing this. I don't think there are too many bosses who would appreciate this type of "language" while producing on the job material or E-mails.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Researcher

Hello. I am a relatively new member to GreekChat.com. Although not a member of any Greek-letter organization, I have served as an adviser and am interested in learning as much as I can about Greek life. As a college professor, I found your post about scrambling letters in words intriguing. Thanks for sharing; however, if I may, I would like to provide a word of caution about writing and/or reading material constructed in this way via an example. The mind is extremely vulnerable to habit, which I think is evidenced by the fact that some students will submit papers for grading that contain acronyms, partial words, or abbreviated words, e.g. LOL, becus, etc., typically used when sending a text message. Although I understand what is being written, it is not a good practice to undergo in formal settings. I don't like having to downgrade papers for grammatical errors when I think this is happening unconsciously, but it is something that must be done so that students realize they are doing this. I don't think there are too many bosses who would appreciate this type of "language" while producing on the job material or E-mails.

I don't know that anyone would read that post over and over enough for that type of mismatched spelling to become habit.