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Tony Phillips

Side note. As of 3pm tomorrow. - 39 views

Thanks Moriah, I'm in the process of adding you!

started by adria toshok on 12 Mar 14 32 follow-ups, last by Tony Phillips on 13 Mar 14
adria toshok

Text messaging short hand and other chat abbreviation. - 2 views

www.webopedia.com/...textmessageabbreviations.asp

abbreviations texting im chat messaging

shared by adria toshok on 12 Mar 14 - Cached
  • adria toshok on 12 Mar 14
     
    This is very detrimental to a kids growth in learning how to spell, write and over all communicate like a normal human being. I don't even know most of these.
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  • Tony Phillips on 12 Mar 14
     
    You're right Adria, it's a new kind of language altogether and only vaguely resemble the traditional English language based on all the abbreviations text users have to utilize in order to get the message across; but that is not growth (nor should be considered as such) in the sense of traditional grammar, punctuation or even "proper" speech, right?
  • Matt Lowery on 13 Mar 14
     
    I agree with both of the points above, however I feel that it is also good to bring up that that all languages have their own slang. In the English language you could say "Sup" in lieu of "How are you doing?" or "Totes" instead of "Totally!" I think the chat abbreviations are just short hand that has been integrated at lightning speeds. The point I'd most like to bring up is the "phonetics" involved with a lot of these. I think that's where the real problem is being generated. It's fine to drop a "BRB" or "LOL" into a chat convo because this is simple every day slang. It's when I read things like "10Q" (thank you) and "4NR" (foreigner) that make my brain want to melt through my face.
  • Jana Zills on 13 Mar 14
     
    Wow Matt! Some of these I've never ever heard of. In fact my brain might melt through my face as well. I'm just kidding but it annoys me too. I spoke with a 30 year old through facebook chat and she used tons of abbreviations I didn't understand. I feel so outdated sometimes.
Jana Zills

Traditional Literacy vs Media Literacy - 8 views

This is a good question. Maybe the new and the old exist together. For example, paperless versions of magazines and newspapers on iPads and related technology. Reducing waste, but that's a differen...

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started by Tony Phillips on 12 Mar 14 3 follow-ups, last by Jana Zills on 13 Mar 14
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