Text messaging short hand and other chat abbreviation. - 2 views
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adria toshok on 12 Mar 14This 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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Matt Lowery on 13 Mar 14I 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.
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Jana Zills on 13 Mar 14Wow 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 I feel so outdated sometimes.