What the heck is

[Rusty]

prolly? Is it a phonics, ebonics term? Is the English language coming to an end?

[Phil Lilley]

What are you referring to?

[Rusty]

It appears to be used a lot on the computer. My daughter has used it in papers for school and the teachers are allowing it. Whats up?

[MrDucky]

If she were in my class, it wouldn't be accepted! However, online, it is a word. It's "short" for probably. There's a lot of "short fors" online now. Some of them, I was too embarrassed to ask about, but now I know them. Much the worse for the English language, they are becoming accepted in mainstream conversation, and even more formal communications. That's why the letter and even phone call are dying out, and more people use email, text messaging, and even voice mail, and do not actually speak to other people!

(There you go...soap box about the death of the English language...as typed on a bulletin board! )

[Flysmallie]

It appears to be used a lot on the computer. My daughter has used it in papers for school and the teachers are allowing it. Whats up?

Well you do live in Oklahoma for crying out loud!!

Just kidding, I was born in Oklahoma and lived there until I was 17.

[crappiefisherman]

what you spose hes upta,prolly startin truble

[Terry Beeson]

HUKT OWN FONIX PROLLY WERKT FOWER ME!

[Crippled Caddis]

Its' health took a downturn shortly after the passage of the Civl Rights Act of 1968 when educational standards were loosened to accommodate less talented students in order to prevent the failure rate falling off of the scale.

It worsened immeasureably when it was mandated that students must be offered education in their native tongue rather than the prevailing national language.

The question became moot when perversions such as 'ebonics' were allowed.

It became terminal when real teachers were replaced by those with a union mindset.

Now, to judge by spelling and syntax, a state funeral is long overdue.

The abuse it suffers on boards such is this is a natural outgrowth of our federally gutted educational system.

All plumbers know that "S**T runs downhill" and Capitol Hill is uphill from everywhere else in the nation. Clear?

[crappiefisherman]

wanna compare S.A.T. scores, prolly not, BBL, lmao.

[Brian Sloss]

The English language has been under assault in recent years, but the reasons are numerous. Standards may be lower today than during my school years, but in my experience as a substitute teacher during the winter when things are slow around the shop, are that not enough parents are engaged with the children's education. Too many parents don't support the school when it comes to homework and discipline. Teachers need to be paid more as well. Slang is nothing new, it has been going on for years, though it may be more pervasive today. But if parents don't expect better from thier kids, they probably won't get it. How the civil rights act of 1968 got dragged into this, I have no idea. It was long overdue when it passed and was one of the best things America did in the 20th century.