"Lots of youngsters think this is real English. Because it is prevalent on the Net, they assume it is part of the language," said Hasan Abdul Bari, an English teacher at a government high school.
Abdul Bari gave an example of a boy named Musa'ed wanting to spell his name Musa3ed in English. He blamed this trend on a lack of guidance by parents and lack of interest by students. "They (students) are not interested in learning classical English. They only pick up things that interest them," he said, lamenting that he had also come across such language in exam papers. -Kuwait Times
Are you with or against formal usage of Arabish ?
Abdul Bari gave an example of a boy named Musa'ed wanting to spell his name Musa3ed in English. He blamed this trend on a lack of guidance by parents and lack of interest by students. "They (students) are not interested in learning classical English. They only pick up things that interest them," he said, lamenting that he had also come across such language in exam papers. -Kuwait Times
Are you with or against formal usage of Arabish ?
i think ppl even "youngsters" know that arabish is neither arabic nor english, its a blend of english letters and numbers to write up in arabic.
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