So I've decided to take a break from the normal blogs about new "hip" words and switch to a little talk about our language and how it has changed since entering the digital world. If you've noticed, text messages have changed our way of looking at words. We can deliver a whole letter in a matter of seconds now. No pony Express here! (..ugh, Pony Express. What's that?!)...
Text messages can be both in-FORM-ational but also very in-FORM-al as well. In fact, they seem to have their own "Text Form". Has this made us lazy? I'd say somewhat... a few examples to follow.
"Text Form" examples:
r = are
u = you
b = be
n = in
lol = laugh out loud
lmao = laughing my a** off
ttyl = talk to you later
g2g = got to go
and so on...
Even though we can express our thoughts at the tap of a finger, it was soon recognized by users that sarcasm and emotion would get lost in our digital dialogue. Now, thanks to the emoticon , we can text with confidence again!
So next time you think to send a text. Think about how far we've come in this digital age. The evolution of language, and don't forget to follow some grammer rules every once in a while, please. And in case you've forgotten some writing rules, here's a little reminder.
Signing out,
Danimal
We (as in whoever the hell makes these rules) do prefer brevity over spelling, especially with Twitter which forces users to communicate messages in 140 characters. But abbreviating messages is nothing new - just in typing. Police, military, etc. have been using codes for all kinds of things. "10-4", "Code Black", and so on.
ReplyDeleteBut your point about emoticons is great. They help tremendously in conveying the 'attitude' of the message.
Nice post.
P.S. the Pony Express was a train ;)
I use these so much sometimes I find myself using these abbreviations in my papers for school.
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