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[8:38:13 PM] Student 8 says: danger become safe throughout her 
lang
[8:38:29 PM] Student 9 says: also he indicated that politicians are so wise in 
using 
lang
., they knew how to take advatage of the strong points of 
lang
. 
[Language and the media pre-seminar, Summer group] 
However, we also find examples of students persisting in their own norms: 
[10:39:52 PM] Student 1 says: I think that we have a very interesting 
discussion today. hope some could satisfy your need but for some that we 
have't found out the answers, 
plz
leave themm for the next seminar 
[10:40:01 PM] Student 4 says: It's too late now 
[10:40:26 PM] Student 3 says: when is our next seminar?? 
[10:40:39 PM] Student 2 says: Student 1 set up the next seminar 
plse
[10:41:17 PM] Student 7 says: How can I find the text to read Student 5. Tell 
me 
plz
[Language and the media pre-seminar, Spring group] 
Student 1 and 7 use 
plz
which appears to be the norm for the community (White 2014). 
Still, Student 2 persists in using 
plse
. As noted in discussions of Complexity Theory 
mentioned above, this persistence is using individual forms is a feature of systems 
undergoing change. Thus, such variation is in itself evidence that norms are being 
negotiated. Let us now move onto the teachers, who are native speakers of English. As 
they are both native speakers and teachers, we might expect the norms they follow 
would be adopted by the students, and we do find examples of this type: 

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[13:36:16] Teacher 1 says: Student 26's example is not applicable to