is it really too much to ask that when u r done IMing, u leave the English language the way you found it?Pul-leeeeeeezzeee?
just step away from the mouse and leave the typo-filled shorthand behind people. k? I don’t mind an occasional happy ending to a sentence either - i’m guilty as charged....:-)
just not EVERY time cuz OMFG! i’m ROFLMFAO when i see it. U ROCK!!!!!!! Wait a sec, brb. k, sorry, had 2 answer the phone.
For the three people out there who are not aware, that was known as: Instant messaging shorthand - or “How I Learned 2 Stop Running Spell Check and Heart the Smiley” ..:-)
I don’t mind that IM has taken over – IM not saying that. It was inevitable. We’ve basically compressed everything else in our lives - instant food to instant downloads. The logical next step was compressing our thoughts into quick four-word, three-letter type-bites that go along with our ever-increasing hectic schedules. IMing, commenting on blogs, email, text messaging, etc.
i'm not trying 2 b the spelling police either but omg r u kidding me?
On one hand, it’s awesome, because now, I can type at work and pretend I’m actually doing something productive. At least I think I am. More importantly, my boss thinks I am, or is that IM?
On the other hand, this very thing that was supposed to help us communicate more directly and quickly, is ironically contributing to the delinquincy of the English language.
wtf!?! well i’ll tell u what i mean.
Millenials and Gen Y peeps came up when the internet had already blown up. They’re used to the shorthand when u type. But, for those of us who remember getting beaten by nuns who corrected our English when we said ‘affect’ instead of ‘effect,’ it sucks. We watch this shorthand permeate other areas of communication and be accepted as ‘normal,’ while I’m viewed as the asshole for pointing it out.
u know: IM sessions where the writerz are SOOOO awesome cuz they can write like this maybe even uses a period maybe even a capital letter but it doesn’t end there.
;-p
So like I was saying, eventually, those wonderful shorthand habits will creep into everything you do at some point. And after sending out your umpteenth cover letter via email for a job without getting a response back, u may just figure out the problem. k?
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I sure as heck hope this will reverse when people discover that texting is a terribly inefficient means of communication, and vaguely above Morse code in sophistication. I can’t see the point of getting text-thumb and have messages that are barely comprehensible. Young people need to be told a simple rule: if in communicating you cause a problem, then obviously you didn’t communicate. And texting shorthand causes problems.
Scary thing is, it’s already adopted by the millenial generation as second nature to them. Even I get into IM mode when chatting with friends. Like anything else, once the kids get a hold of a trend, it’s hard to shake them loose from it.
cnam yrsrat kiu!
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