Ur prbly awar, nless u liv nder a brdge, that language s chngng. Alot. And social media is the driver. Mny peple arent hapy about it o course, but ther u go. Wat do u thnk about it? If ur over 35 u prbly hate it. If ur under 35 u prbly like it, & if ur under 20 ur wondering wat the big deal is.
But this s mor than a generational thng. Its an entir social revo/evolution that will chnge & shape the way we communicate. 4 ever. 2 quote Wikipedia on the topic:
“The objective of SMS language is to use the least number of characters needed to convey a comprehensible mes-sage, also as many telecommunication companies have an SMS character limit, another benefit of SMS language is to reduce the character count of a message, hence, punctuation, grammar, & capitalizations are largely ignored.
Vocabulary
Single letters can replace words
be becomes b
see or sea becomes c
okay becomes k or kk
are becomes r
you becomes u
why becomes y
oh becomes o
we becomes v
the becomes d or da
at becomes @
Single digits can replace words
ate becomes 8
for becomes 4
to, too or two becomes 2
won or one becomes 1
A single letter or digit can replace a syllable
ate becomes 8, so:
great becomes gr8
late becomes l8
mate becomes m8
wait becomes w8
hate becomes h8
date becomes d8
fate becomes f8
gate becomes g8
bait becomes b8
rate becomes r8
foreign becomes 4n
thank you becomes 10q
night becomes ni8 or 98
later becomes l8r or l8a
skate becomes sk8
skater becomes sk8r
tomorrow becomes 2mro or “2moro”
today becomes 2day or 2da
for or fore becomes 4, so:
from becomes 4m
before becomes (combining both of the above) b4
therefore becomes thr4
forget becomes 4get
once becomes 1ce
& becomes &, nd,”n”
have becomes hv
Combinations of the above can shorten a single or multiple words
Your & You’re become ur
wonderful becomes 1drfl
someone becomes sum1
no one becomes no1
any one become ne1
see you becomes c u
for you becomes 4u
easy becomes ez
enjoy becomes njoy”
So wats ur opinion abot it? I no, u prbly hate it. Buy y? Doesn’t it mak it easier? Easier 2 writ? Easier 2 spel? Easier 2 lern? Mny nglish techers want 2 thro thmselvs off brdges rite now, o course, but no wat? They’re wrng. Ths s gr8t 4 language. Jst imagin n a few yers tim, how mch fstr & ezier it wil b.
Yes, ul hav 2 lern a nu way o writin but u had 2 lern the 1 u use now didnt u? Wel, so whats the bg deal? & if it was taut n skul kds wuld hav it in 1 week. No bg deal.
Personaly i hop it hapens soon. Thnk how mch $ well sav on prntr ink & on pppr & n tim spnt on wrtng. We’ll hav tim 4 thngs lik sking, trvlng, snuzing, & mor. i cant wait. Hey, its a nu wrld bby & nly th strng & abrev8ted srviv. Viva la revo/evolution.
Want to know how old someone is? Easy: look at their casual texts. Not the formal ones to bosses but the casual, everyday messages to friends. The more casual the message, the more informal it is with greater use of symbols and SMS-friendly language, the younger the writer is. This differentiation won’t last long but for now you have a demographic marker in your messages.
Source: Wikipedia through Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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